Who’s Responsibility is it Anyway?
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Wait for the signal word “Service” to begin
Get in a group of 4-5
Select a topic from the list (next slide)
On paper, BRAINSTORM for 4 Minutes:
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Who is responsible for that topic – list all
possibilities?
Why is it their responsibility?
Include ALL ideas even if you don’t agree.
What questions are there?
SERVICE.
Who’s Responsibility is it Anyway?
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Protecting Workers (working & living conditions)
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Helping the Homeless – Needs of the community
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Consumer Health & Safety
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Protecting the Environment
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Conserving Water
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Protecting Air Quality
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Conserving Natural Resources
Share Time!
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In your group, select a speaker.
One minute to present (using your group
paper):
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topic
who is responsible
Why they are responsible
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Speakers – come to the front of the room
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Group Discussion
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Who is responsible for you?
Who is responsible for your family?
Who is responsible for our community?
Service Leadership
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Service
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Making a difference in another’s life by helping meet a
need through actions of helpfulness.
Service – Leadership
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Desire to serve others that leads to actions that
influence others.
What difference is there between these two?
What chapter activities / community
service events do we have?
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Which of these (or any others) have you done?
If you haven’t done any, why not?
Behaviors of Service Leadership Skills
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Lead from the heart.
Have a passion for people and a cause.
Develop a positive attitude.
See the needs of others.
Improve work ethic and commitment.
Encourage others. Infect others with the need to
serve.
Break down racial barriers.
Have grateful hearts.
Impact the world
So how does this apply to Natural
Resources & Agriculture??
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Who’s responsibility is it to:
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Monitor use and levels of natural resources?
Produce food and fiber?
Protect consumer health and safety?
Protect workers?
ALL OF OURS!
But are we ALL doing it?
Natural Resources &
Agriculture
Get Your Note Paper Ready
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Fold your paper in half .
Rotate the paper ¼ turn.
Fold the paper in half
again.
Unfold to show four equal
quadrants.
Label the paper as it
looks on the next slide.
Natural Resources in Agriculture
Water
Energy
Air
Soil
How will we take notes?
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In the quadrant, write the important
information about the natural resource.
In the
draw an icon that represents
that natural resource.
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Finally, we will be doing a motion to help
remember the resource.
Water
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Principal resource that allows agriculture and
society to prosper
What things in agriculture need water?
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Major limiting factor when mismanaged
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Water Issues….
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Water Supply & Use
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Water Quality Issues
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California’s extensive water storage & transfer system
Droughts
Salinization
Contamination
Wildlife
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Riparian habitats, watersheds & ecosystems
Draw icon.
What motion do you want to represent water?
California Aqueducts
Active picture: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/rmrs_sai/Images/watershed_action.gif
Energy
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Dependent on energy for ag, commercial &
domestic needs.
Rely heavily on NON-RENEWABLE resources!
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Non-renewable resources
Take thousands and thousand of years to replenish
 Example: petroleum
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Renewable resources
Easily replenished in shorter periods of times
 Example: ethanol from corn
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Alternative sources of energy:
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Wind
Water – Hydroelectricity – Rivers & Oceans
Nuclear
Solar
Biodiesel
Draw icon.
What motion do you want to represent
energy?
Hyrdoelectric Plant
Wind Energy
Air
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Air quality – what is it important?
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Photosynthesis
Human air quality – health concerns
Atmosphere & Greenhouse Effect
Agriculture contributors:
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smoke from agricultural burning;
dust from tillage,
traffic and harvest;
pesticide drift from spraying;
nitrous oxide emissions from the use of nitrogen
fertilizer.
Ways to Reduce Emissions
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Incorporating crop residue into the soil
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Using appropriate levels of tillage
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Plant:
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wind breaks
cover crops
strips of native perennial grasses
Draw icon.
What motion do you want to represent air?
Wind Break
Factory Emissions
In the no-till farming system, significant amounts of crop
residue remain on the soil surface, protecting it from
water erosion and improving soil tilth. (Mark Carlton)
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Soil
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Material in the top layer of Earth’s surface
in which plants can grow
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Composed of SAND, SILT, and/or CLAY, and
organic matter
Concerns
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Soil erosion
Contamination
Nutrient Depletion
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Solutions
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Crop Rotation
Reducing/eliminating tillage
Reducing irrigation runoff
Cover Crops
Draw icon.
What motion do you want to represent soil?
Irrigation Systems to Reduce
Run Off – Pivot Irrigation System
Erosion Control
Check for Understanding
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You are news reporter from your local news
station.
When you hear “write,” you have 3 minutes
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Write three questions about your concerns
regarding these natural resources
And/or what is being done to help conserve
them.
What questions are there?
“Write.”
Eye Witness News
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We have a room full of reporters ready with questions
– but no experts… Yet….
So.. Directions for this activity.
Get a partner.
There will be 2 rounds lasting 3 minutes each.
When you hear “ACTION,” begin.
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Round 1
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Person A: Reporter
Person B: Expert in Ag & Natural Resources
YOU WILL HEAR “SWITCH” after Round 1.
Switch roles and start the interview.
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Round 2
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Person A: Expert in Ag & Natural Resources
Person B: Reporter
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What questions are there?
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Action!
Exit Ticket
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On the index card, make the four
quadrants as we did for the notes.
Label each quadrant.
List one way that you can contribute in a
service activity or daily routine to
contribute to protecting these natural
resources.
Name on the back.
Submit as you leave.