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AR2723 Assignment 1 (For Students)

This document provides an overview of the structure and requirements for Assignment 1 of the AR2723 tutorial. It outlines that students should demonstrate their understanding of the ecological footprint concept by calculating and comparing their footprint using different lifestyle scenarios and calculators. The assignment should include an introduction, objectives, methodology, calculation, analysis/discussion of results, and conclusion section. It provides examples of what to include in each section, such as justifying key areas of interest to track, designing a footprint questionnaire, stating the evaluation tools used, and discussing the strengths and limitations of different calculators. Students are advised to submit their assignment as a PDF through the specified Google form by the deadline of February 19th, with a maximum word count of 1500 excluding tables

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AR2723 Assignment 1 (For Students)

This document provides an overview of the structure and requirements for Assignment 1 of the AR2723 tutorial. It outlines that students should demonstrate their understanding of the ecological footprint concept by calculating and comparing their footprint using different lifestyle scenarios and calculators. The assignment should include an introduction, objectives, methodology, calculation, analysis/discussion of results, and conclusion section. It provides examples of what to include in each section, such as justifying key areas of interest to track, designing a footprint questionnaire, stating the evaluation tools used, and discussing the strengths and limitations of different calculators. Students are advised to submit their assignment as a PDF through the specified Google form by the deadline of February 19th, with a maximum word count of 1500 excluding tables

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AR2723 Tutorial 01

Assignment Briefing
Overview of Assignment 1 Structure
Introduction

Objective

Methodology

Calculation

Analysis/Result Discussion

Conclusion

Endnotes
Introduction
- Demonstrate understanding of Ecological footprint concept
- What is the Ecological Footprint (EF)?
- What kind of metric(s) is it? Why are there different calculators?
- How is it calculated?
- Why is a metric like the EF important? Links to:
- Climate Change
- Food security
- Sustainability
- Economy, etc
- How is it being used / how can it be used?
- Preferable: To draw succinct links between the larger picture and personal choices/individual behaviours
- *Make fact-based statements and inferences.
- Cite your sources from reputable journals, books, reports. Take caution when citing news articles, op-ed columns, social
media posts.
- Avoid citing news articles that cite a journal/book/report. Always read and cite the original source.
- https://www.mybib.com - Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition (Full Note) or APA
Objectives
Intent of “footprint questionnaire”, the purpose of the report in assessing your Ecological Footprint.

E.g. of Variables to consider

Identifying 2 lifestyles for cross-comparison


CNY lifestyle vs Typical Lifestyle , Hall Lifestyle vs Stay home lifestyle, Overseas lifestyle vs Singapore Lifestyle

Choosing the right calculator


Greencred, footprint.wwf, footprintcalc.org, nus office of environmental sustainability
Methodology
To clearly define and organise the steps and components with which the comparison is made

Identify and justify key areas of interest that will help with your comparison

- Indicate the range of dates that activities were tracked for


- Areas of intent may include:
- Food consumption patterns
- Domestic energy
- Household travel
- Consumer Goods
- Housing
- Tourism

Design your own footprint questionnaire to help organise the data you are tracking

- May be presented in a table form under the calculation section with the data input
- Note down personal choices (if relevant) with respect to your consumption patterns
Methodology
To clearly define and organise the steps and components with which the comparison is made

Clearly state and, if needed, compare the evaluation tools used to


calculate your personal ecological footprint:

- Should have prior understanding of the differences between


each tool and how they calculate differently
- To take note of the criteria listed inside each calculator
- And how the data is tabulated
- Possible calculation tools that you may use in your report:
- https://www.greencred.me/index.php
- http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/
- http://www.footprintcalculator.org/
- https://uci.nus.edu.sg/oes/resources/
Analysis
Elaborations should be made on broad Results from the ecological footprint Tables and charts can be used to consolidate the
categories, explaining lifestyle differences as calculators are compared using tables showing results of the study, providing legibility and ease
well as give reasons to why differing results precise numbers and percentages of understanding.
may occur.
Analysis / Result Discussion
- Refer to original research objective/ hypothesis and compare if your research have fulfilled your objective
- Identify if there are immediate observations with the results
- Question if there were any flaws in the methodology that may have influenced your result
- Discuss the suggested ecological footprint calculators and discuss their strengths and shortfalls (Optional)
1. https://www.greencred.me/index.ph
2. http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/
3. http://ecologicalfootprint.com/
4. http://www.nus.edu.sg/oes/Resources.html
- Examples of topics that you may discuss (Not exhaustive, based on your research objectives):
- Personal lifestyle habits (Eating/ travel/ material consumption)
- Cultural behaviours influenced that is regional/ global
- Climatic factors
- Assess your research result and how your research informs a larger
context
Analysis / Result Discussion (Sample)
Discusses the shortfall of
the research tools

Evaluates certain unique


observations

Conclusion and links


research to a wider context
with ordinary people
Analysis / Result Discussion
(Sample)

Check whether all the questions/objectives has been answered by


the result discussion.
OBJECTIVE
Conclusion
This section, similar with the abstract, should conclude what you did in
the whole report.
References (Works Cited) Bibliography

APA style preferred (in-text citation)

Works cited
Endnotes

Other citation styles are accepted, key is to be consistent!


Important things to take note *******
Submission deadline: February 19th, (Week 6 Friday) 2021 12pm through TWO platforms
- to Luminus, only soft copy is required
- to the TAs via this Google form link: https://forms.gle/hqBK197aBt4fDm8U8

File naming format


Tutorial No._Full name_matric number_AR2723_Assignment 1
E.g T01_John Doe_A0158888X_AR2723_Assignment 1

Submission format
- PDF file (saved out from the word document), please do not do your reports on ppt slides
- Have a cover page

Word Count
- max 1500 (excluding tables/charts)
- no minimum
that’s all!
questions?

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