4. List at least three ways in which your community currently promotes sustainability. This can include recycling programs, public transportation options, green spaces, etc. Explain how these initiatives benefit the community and the environment. (6 points)
5. Describe any environmental challenges your community faces, such as pollution, deforestation, or habitat destruction. How do these challenges impact the community and its residents? (4 points)
6. Identify at least one organization or group in your community that works to address environmental issues. Describe their mission and any recent projects or initiatives they have undertaken. (4 points)
7. Reflect on your own personal environmental actions and habits. What steps do you take to reduce your environmental impact, such as recycling, reducing waste, or conserving energy? How do these actions contribute to sustainability in your community? (4 points)
8. Consider the future of your community in terms of sustainability. What changes or improvements would you like to see in the next 5-10 years to make your community more environmentally friendly? How can residents, local government, and businesses work together to achieve these goals? (6 points)
Checklist
Check each step you complete as you go
Protect the endangered species and preserve biodiversity in your community. To do this, make sure there is enough natural land surrounding them rather than high- population or pollution-inducing areas.
Decide how people will live in your community. You can have any mix of housing options to cover that number of people. Decide how to distribute the people living in your community, and figure out the number of boxes for each category.
Recall the population density of the people you need to house. Answer
• Recall the number of boxes you have left after the natural areas (144 minus the number of boxes used for natural areas). Divide that number by 4 (since each box is 1/A mile). This is the number of boxes where people could live. Answer.
. Multiply the population density by the number of boxes. This will give you the number of people you need to house in your redesigned community Answer
. Low-density housing consists of single-farnily homes with large areas of land around them (such as a large yard or very small farm not an agricultural area) You can house 200 people per box in low-density housing Number you need
• Medium-density housing consists of single-family homes with small to average sized yards. You can house 500 people per box in medium-density housing Number you need
• High-density housing consists of aparments or condos, where numerous familiies live in the sarne building or complex You can house 2000 people per box in high density housing. Number you need:
• Very high-density housing consists of high-rise appartments or condos, where many families live in the same building. You can house 10,000 people per box in very high-density housing. Number you need.
Decide how you will get food in your community. The more agriculture you have, the less air pollution there will be from shipping food but the more ground and water pollution there will be from farms. You also lose biodiversity by planting crops or raising cattle. You can choose a few options with trade-offs for the number of people in your community:
• You can feed 100 people per box with agricultural land if they eat local food and no animal products (vegan).
• You can feed 75 people per box with agricultural land if they eat local food that includes meat
• You can have people eat a combination of local and store-bought food, but shipping in food to stores will increase the air pollution due to trucking You also need to add 1 box of commerical area for every 20,000 people not eating local food. So add up your agricultural land and multiply by the number of people it feeds. Then subtract that amount from the total population to see how many people are eating nonlocal food. Divide that number by 20,000 to see how many additional commercial boxes you need Answer.
Decide how many industrial and commercial areas to have You need a minimum of 5 boxes of each, and may need more commercial areas, depending on your food decisions for the community. Realize that your community can make more money and have a higher average income with more industries but that your pollution levels will go up. Add 1 waste management site for every additional industry box over 5. Answer.
Decide how many of each of these you will need if each takes up 1 box
• 1 hospital per 50,000 people
• 1 high school per 40,000 people
• 1 elementary/middle school per 20,000 people
• 1 park or natural land per 20,000 people (you decide on a traditional grass park or more natural land)
1 waste management site per 50,000 people (add 1 waste site for every additional industry box)
• 1 government building
Decide what kind of power your community will use. You need one option for your map
• Traditional fossil fuels or nuclear power plants take up 2 boxes but generate a lot of pollution or waste.
• Wind or solar power take up 5 boxes but generate almost no pollution.
• River or tidal power takes up no boxes (place thern in the river/ocean) and generate almost no pollution, but you need to have a large river or section of ocean nearby
Decide how to space everything in your community. Do people live near each other, with the comirnercial and agricultural areas across town? Do people live interspersed with the comrnercial centers and industries, with a large agricultural area nearby? Do people live in high-rises next to the agricultural land that feeds them? You decide Place the boxes on the map, move them around, and color them in/add your symbols.
Double-check that you've included everything from the legend and can check off every box on the checklist. Make sure every square on your grid has a purpose and that there are no blank squares. If you have a blank square, decide what to fill it with. After all of the land is desigriated, draw in roads, light-rail systems, train tracks, and aqueducts. Be sure there are adequate water supplies for the housing areas and farms (from a river or lake, or through an aqueduct that enters your community from somewhere else).
Take a picture of your map and include it with your assignrnent.
Part II-B: Project Analysis and Conclusions (10 points)
1. What legislative act do you think has made the biggest impact on the world? On your community? Why? Answer in one or two paragraphs (2 points)
2. Describe the steps you took in designing your city. How did breaking it down into smaller steps make the process easier? (1 point)
3 What were the most challenging decisions you made when designing your community? Why? (1 point)
4. Evaluate the positive and negative aspects of your newly designed community. Write three paragraphs, the first describing in detail at least three positive aspects, and the second describing in detail at least three negative aspects. Finish by describing whether you would want to live in your city, and why or why not. (6 points)
Part I. Background Check (10 points) this page is only Part 1 of the Project, Part 2 is in a separate Document
1. Read all the instructions for the project, including the questions you will answer after your observations are complete
2. During the project, you will use multiple online sources Explore the website listed on the landing page of this assigriment, and list other websites you will use to complete the project. Describe how you can know that you are finding good, reliable unbiased information (4 points)
3. State the city, county, and state in which you live (or township county and state if you live in a rural area) Identify and describe at least one thing you would like to see changed in order to make your community more sustainable. What challenges do you think might come with this change? Do you know of any legislation that might regulate this issue? (6 points)
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