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Cohort 2020-2021<\/div>\n

Introduction<\/h3>\nYou are a part of a global effort to increase access to education and empower students through \"open pedagogy.\"\u00a0 Open pedagogy is a \"free access\" educational practice that places you - the student - at the center of your own learning process in a more engaging, collaborative learning environment.\u00a0\u00a0The ultimate purpose of this effort is to achieve greater social justice in our community in which the work can be freely shared with the broader community.\u00a0\u00a0This is a renewable assignment that is designed to enable you to become an agent of change in your community through the framework of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).\u00a0 For this work, you will integrate the disciplines of Political Science to achieve SDG #08: Decent Work and Economic Growth\u00a0\u00a04\n\n<\/div>\n
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Learning Objectives<\/h3>\nEvaluate costs and policy implications of material footprint.\n\n<\/div>\n
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Purpose\/Rationale<\/h3>\nPart of the effort to \u201cdecouple\u201d economic activity from environmental impact is to reduce or even eliminate the carbon or material footprint of a business or activity. Carbon footprint is relatively easy to determine by measuring the energy required to produce or good or service or engage in an activity, then compare that with the carbon cost to produce that energy locally. But what does \u201cmaterial footprint\u201d mean? This is a larger measure of the inputs required to make a good or service or engage in an activity. These include not just energy, but raw materials, human labor, even the opportunity cost of the space being used.\n\n<\/div>\n
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Instructions<\/h3>\nAssignment: Assess the material footprint of a local business. List all of the input costs for the main product or service marketed by the business. Identify any way to reduce the material cost by increased efficiencies or replacing inputs with less costly substitutes (in material terms). Conclude with a discussion of whether any of the costs associated with the material footprint are uncaptured externalities, and any policy implications your findings suggest.\n\n<\/div>\n
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Format Requirements<\/h3>\nRubric \u2013 50pts\n\n<\/div>\nList of the material costs of inputs - 15 pts\n\nThe list is comprehensive and well-sourced. \u2013 15\n\nThe list is partial or not well-sourced -10\n\nThe list is both partial and not well-sourced.-5\n\nProposal to reduce material cost of inputs \u2013 15 pts\n\nPlan is viable \u2013 15\n\nPlan is possible \u2013 10\n\nPlan relies on rainbows and unicorns \u2013 5\n\nExternality Policy Plan \u2013 15 pts\n\nRich description, erudite analysis - 15\n\nBasic description, some analysis - 10\n\nPoor description, no analysis - 5\n\nProfessionalism \u2013 5 pts\n\nCitations provided and few typos \u2013 5\n\nNo citations or lots of typos \u2013 3\n\nThis is truly embarrassing \u2013 0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n
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Attribution<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n

Material Footprint of Local Business<\/strong> is licensed by Brian Dille, Maricopa Community Colleges under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n\n<\/div>","rendered":"
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Cohort 2020-2021<\/div>\n

Introduction<\/h3>\n

You are a part of a global effort to increase access to education and empower students through “open pedagogy.”\u00a0 Open pedagogy is a “free access” educational practice that places you – the student – at the center of your own learning process in a more engaging, collaborative learning environment.\u00a0\u00a0The ultimate purpose of this effort is to achieve greater social justice in our community in which the work can be freely shared with the broader community.\u00a0\u00a0This is a renewable assignment that is designed to enable you to become an agent of change in your community through the framework of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).\u00a0 For this work, you will integrate the disciplines of Political Science to achieve SDG #08: Decent Work and Economic Growth\u00a0\u00a04<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n

Evaluate costs and policy implications of material footprint.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Purpose\/Rationale<\/h3>\n

Part of the effort to \u201cdecouple\u201d economic activity from environmental impact is to reduce or even eliminate the carbon or material footprint of a business or activity. Carbon footprint is relatively easy to determine by measuring the energy required to produce or good or service or engage in an activity, then compare that with the carbon cost to produce that energy locally. But what does \u201cmaterial footprint\u201d mean? This is a larger measure of the inputs required to make a good or service or engage in an activity. These include not just energy, but raw materials, human labor, even the opportunity cost of the space being used.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Instructions<\/h3>\n

Assignment: Assess the material footprint of a local business. List all of the input costs for the main product or service marketed by the business. Identify any way to reduce the material cost by increased efficiencies or replacing inputs with less costly substitutes (in material terms). Conclude with a discussion of whether any of the costs associated with the material footprint are uncaptured externalities, and any policy implications your findings suggest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Format Requirements<\/h3>\n

Rubric \u2013 50pts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

List of the material costs of inputs – 15 pts<\/p>\n

The list is comprehensive and well-sourced. \u2013 15<\/p>\n

The list is partial or not well-sourced -10<\/p>\n

The list is both partial and not well-sourced.-5<\/p>\n

Proposal to reduce material cost of inputs \u2013 15 pts<\/p>\n

Plan is viable \u2013 15<\/p>\n

Plan is possible \u2013 10<\/p>\n

Plan relies on rainbows and unicorns \u2013 5<\/p>\n

Externality Policy Plan \u2013 15 pts<\/p>\n

Rich description, erudite analysis – 15<\/p>\n

Basic description, some analysis – 10<\/p>\n

Poor description, no analysis – 5<\/p>\n

Professionalism \u2013 5 pts<\/p>\n

Citations provided and few typos \u2013 5<\/p>\n

No citations or lots of typos \u2013 3<\/p>\n

This is truly embarrassing \u2013 0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Attribution<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

Material Footprint of Local Business<\/strong> is licensed by Brian Dille, Maricopa Community Colleges under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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