EVR 1001 The Big Sugar Toilet Case Study Questions
Big Sugar, Lake Okeechobee, and Florida’s Water
Recent years have seen voter mandates to the Florida Legislature to deal with Everglades protection, dramatic videos of summer time red tide and green slime outbreaks (see videos below) on both of South Florida’s coasts, and considerable infighting in the Legislature over whether or not to deal with the growing crisis in South Florida’s water flow.
Read these online stories and view the video as background prior to participating in his Forum. Do not participate in the discussion without having this background knowledge.
Big Sugar Hires 64 Lobbyists in Tallahassee
Bittersweet: The Sugar Industry in South Florida
Florida Legislature Passes Everglades Restoration Bill – May 2017
Lake Okeechobee: A Time Warp for Polluted Water
What is Eutrophication? (video)
U.S. Sugar Corporation home page
Now answer the following questions in your posting and number your responses B1 and B2 (worth 6 points).
How has cartoonist Doug MacGregor used the cartoon at the top of this page to illustrate the current status of the quality of South Florida’s water flow? That is, how has he used the map, colors, shapes, etc. to tell this story? Be sure to include in your discussion the aspects of South Florida’s water flow as part of the Greater Everglades Ecosystems. (4 points)
Describe whether or not you think the illustration is accurate in its depiction.
Data Analysis and Interpretation Discussion
This assessment takes the form of a data analysis and interpretation exercise.
Preparation – In order to be able to complete this part of the work you will need to: 1) know different types of data analysis and interpretation, 2) perform your analysis and interpret the data and information presented to you c) critically review published evidence and data. The word limit for this piece is 2,000 words, which requires you to write succinctly and clearly for each of the four sections. Note that each section suggests a maximum of 500 words, but this is flexible as long as the total in all sections is a maximum of 2000 words.Task A-Environmental exposures in urban landscape.Task B- Graveyard data analysis.Task C- Peer review: Qualitative examination of walk .Task D- Map data analysis