What should you do about it?

Climate change.  It matters.


Today, you need to figure out what we should do for climate change.  It must involve the following:

a) bringing the geochemical cycles into balance
b) deciding what you do should do differently to reduce your carbon footprint
c) figuring out how methane and carbon dioxide move around the geochemical cycles
d) deciding if there is technology out there to store carbon or methane, or if it still needs invented
e) deciding on what the best strategies should be to control energy and population


EEEEEEEEK.  That's a lot of information to process.

First, break it down.

Define the following:

• geochemical cycle
• carbon footprint 
• methane
• carbon dioxide
• energy sink
• population control

Now, figure out where each of those fit in the 

Carbon Cycle

Water Cycle

Nitrogen Cycle

Find out how population changes the geochemical cycles

Find out about your carbon footprint by using a calculator or two (there are dozens)

You will turn in your group notes and a poster at the end of the class.

The poster should identify the three most important worries we have about climate change.

It should also identify what YOU can do differently