Environmental Ethics

    • Answer the questions for each article. Write 1 paragraph for each answer,     Fresh Water 1. How is the author’s front yard in southern Appalachia different from the water situation at his previous residence in Arizona? 2. What brought the author to the Bajo Piura Valley in Peru, and how was the reality quite different from what he had expected? 3. Explain what the author means by “Water is the ultimate commons.” Also, explain how Ecuador has been a leader in taking action to conserve water.Outlook: Extreme4. How did water issues affect the maintenance of early civilizations? Give 2 specific examples and explain their problem and outcome. 5. Explain why some areas will get more water and others will get less. 6. Explain how water problems escalate political instability. Australia’s Dry Run7. Explain Malcolm Adlington’s situation as the author describes it. 8. Explain this history of how this “low-nutrient ecosystem” came to be inhabited and why it is causing problems now. Include information about “Goyder’s line”. 9. Explain Mick Punturiero’ s situation as the author describes it.