Piers sellers before the flood

WGS 3123

Social Justice and Social Change

Film Response 3

Watch the documentary Before the Flood (Fisher Stevens 2012). It can be access online through

the library. Log into your account. Search for the film by inputting “Before the Flood DiCaprio”

and select “Full text available at: Alexander Street Press.”

1. Describe reaction of the media to the announcement of Leonardo DiCaprio as the United Nations Messenger of Peace on Climate Change? (max. 200 words)

2. What are fossil fuels and what is the most devastating form of producing them? Why? (max. 200 words)

3. What will happen when the sea ice in the Arctic Oceans melts? (max. 200 words)

4. Why is there such opposition to the science (of climate change) and who finances much of the climate science denialism? What do they have to gain? (max. 200 words)

5. Why does the average American household consume more than France, China, and Indian, among others? (max. 200 words)

6. How are oceans and rainforests stabilizing forces in climate? (max. 200 words)

7. Why is beef production one of the most inefficient uses of resources? What percentage of emissions in the US comes from the consumption of beef? (max. 200 words)

8. What is the advantage of solar power and batteries? What is a carbon tax and how might it encourage more sustainable practices? (max. 200 words)

9. According to Johan Rockstrom, what might the world look like if we do not take action now? (max. 200 words)

10. According to Piers Sellers, what is the biggest impact of climate change and why? How does this result in civil uprisings in places with sustained drought? (max. 200 words)

Note: film titles must always be presented in italics

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Formatting

 12 point Times New Roman black font (no color!)  1 inch margins (or 2.54 cm)  double spacing  page numbers

 proper tabs (0.5 inch or 1.27 cm)  no pictures, graphics, or tables are allowed  no “tracked changes” should be visible

Style

 present ideas in complete sentences and use proper paragraph form (i.e. no point form!)  use subheadings to differentiate each question/answer  answer questions in the order that they are listed  do not exceed the maximum word length for each section

Submission

 submit the document to Canvas under the dropbox option  the deadline is listed on the course syllabus  paper submissions will not be accepted  no extensions will be granted for this assignment