Blogs
Simulation Nr. 1
1. What part of your ecological footprint most surprised you?
- The part that surprised me the most is food and transportation, after using data from a very poor person in the simulator , the footprint assuming that everybody consumes as this poor person is 0.7 earth, the extra contribution I give with food is 1.4 earth and when I consider all the data of my person consumption 3.4 earth
2. How did your footprint compare to your city’s average (if available) and your country’s average?
- The way I consume, that is 3.4 earths is much larger than my country which is 1.3 earths.
3. Find a location with a smaller carbon footprint from yours, within your own country if possible. What is different about this community from your own? What can you learn from this?
-My country's carbon footprint is 1.65 tons and my carbon footprint is 8.4 tons. What this teaches me is the as I produce more CO2 as the average person in country, the planet will suffer more if all people would consume the way I do.
4 What parts of your footprint do you feel is possible to reduce? What parts don’t?
-It is possible to reduce the consumption of water and electricity since they are more efficient way of consumption which doesn't produce to much CO2.The part that I could not reduce is food since it is something that my family is used to do and in me also and it would be very difficult to adapt to another form of consumption because I am already accustomed.
Simulation Nr.2
1. What strategy did you take in Climate Challenge? Was it effective in reducing emissions?
- The strategy I took was to contribute everything to the environment using renewable energies and also to sanction factories and ban people to build houses in green areas and also increase the income to implement projects in a later future . The reduction was very effective but the people did not agree that all the actions I took were more for the environment than for the community producing a disapproval of the citizens causing me to withdraw from my position.
2. What did you think of how the strategy cards represented resources? Do you think some of the strategies/policies would have different impacts than the ones shown in the game?
-That when choosing one of the cards, these would have a positive and negative impact on resources as well as the environment. If it is already that I choose a letter that favors the environment but not the country would make a disapproval vote to my person causing me to retire from my position or be expelled for my actions.
3.How did you approach international negotiations? Was it better to lead by example, or attempt to encourage other nations by investing in their green economies?
-Trying to implement my idea of the environment to the other countries and to be able to obtain economic resources for new projects. For my part the two options but the one that benefits the most would be to encourage other nations to be able to contribute to the reduction of CO2 in the world and to be able to arrive to the goal as fast as possible.
Simulation Nr:3
1.Where you surprised by how much water you consumed?
-the part that surprised me most was the food in the cereals since I consume 229 m3 of water a year.
2How did your footprint compare to your country’s and the world's average? (You will need to research this.)
-I can not compare with my country because I haven't found data on their water footprint. My water footprint is lower than the average consumption that occurs in the world which is 1243 m3 , I do not consume so many domestic and industrial products but the most relevant use of water is in my food especially in the cereals.
3.What parts of your footprint do you feel is possible to reduce? What parts don’t?
-What I could reduce would be food in cereals, I would change my way of eating trying to change the consumption of some products and implementing a more appropriate diet to save water. The part that could not be the domestic part of me and family because it is something implicit in my family and its value is not to high.
4.Do some research on a water-based conflict in your country. Which communities have access to water, which ones don’t, and who controls the resource use?
-communities that have access to water would be those that have water pipes and drainage, which are close to rivers lakes. The ones that do not have are the people of low resources and that are in desert places. The people who control the resources are the authorities since they are in charge of distributing the resources in a way to give more water to the people with more economic possibilities and also when trying to take money for themselves.
