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Complete Study Questions - Chapter 10 - Environmental Stewardship

  • Due May 1, 2022 by 11:59pm
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  • Available Apr 24, 2022 at 6pm - May 15, 2022 at 11:59pm
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Students,

Complete the study questions associated with Chapter 10 pertaining to Environmental Stewardship.

Exercises

  1. What does carrying capacity mean? Provide an example from your local tourism industry.
  2. List five impacts that climate change will create and five corresponding implications for the tourism industry.
  3. Articulate the difference between provincial Crown land, federal Crown land, private land, and First Nations land.
  4. What is the Environmental Assessment Office and what are its responsibilities?
  5. Use the carbon footprint calculator Links to an external site. (http://www.livesmartbc.ca/homes/h_calc.html) to determine your household carbon footprint. How many tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) do you emit per year? Name three actions you could take to reduce your footprint.
  6. Explain what the tourism paradox is, giving examples from your local tourism industry.
  7. This video from the David Suzuki Foundation presents the case that insurance companies are reacting to climate change because it is impacting them financially through claims after extreme weather events. Watch the video, Your insurance is being affected by climate change, here is how Links to an external site.: https://vimeo.com/108216236. What do you think? Will insurance companies continue to offer coverage in the face of increasing extreme weather events and large-scale insurance payouts?
  8. Visit the website “The Story of Stuff” Links to an external site. (http://storyofstuff.org). Watch the movies and review the fact sheets. Reflect on the message that the organization is delivering and answer the following questions:
    • What is the core message of the organization? Why is it important?
    • How can you as an individual make a real change to mitigate consumptive behavior?
    • Relating these principles to tourism, how would you implement them in a tourism company?
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