Introduction to Environmental Health

Climate change is a global environmental health issue affecting all countries in the world and is a result of human development and activity. It is related to the ecological footprint of the human population.
Case Assignment
In this CA, you will analyze your individual ecological footprint and will examine the footprint of developed and developing countries:
1. Take the Ecological Footprint Quiz, and calculate your ecological footprint. Chose the part of the world(San Antonio, Texas) that you consider home to start the quiz. (Earth Day Network, n.d.)
2. Determine your ecological footprint based on the online quiz and describe ways by which you can reduce this footprint.
3. Compare the ecological footprint of a developed to the one of a developing country,
4. Compare the impacts of climate change on developed versus developing countries.