Globalized Commodity Paper instructions: This exercise will get you thinking about your own role in a globalized economy. Every week you buy goods that were produced in a distant land or sea. Your local choice has an impact on the environment far away. For this discussion board post, you will think about a commodity you use regularly. For the purposes of this graded exercise, there are some rules to follow in your selection: ¢The commodity must be made in large measure (by dollar value, even if not in weight) from a natural resource of some kind, not a service performed by people. I.e., call centers in India are out. ¢The commodity must come from a nation that meets two criteria: 1. From a developing country, NOT a developed country 2. From a nation that was a colony of a European power in the 19th or 20th centuries. ¢Examples: cocoa from the Ivory Coast œcounts (it was colony of France); cell phone from South Korea does not (it was a colony of Japan, and besides, South Korea is no longer a developing country). ¢You must be able to find web resources you can link to which document the information in your post Essay instructions: Your mini-essay will have four paragraphs: 1.Describe the commodity and its importance in your daily life. 2.Describe a country that produces the commodity, subject to the above criteria (developing country, colony of a European power in the 19th or 20th centuries) 3.Describe the environmental problems associated with the production of the commodity you use in the country you chose. 4.Discuss how your new knowledge about production of the commodity will, or will not, affect your purchasing decisions. Professor note: I drink coffee every day. I admit I generally take it for granted”t here is always a hot cup of bitter black beverage to sip and keep me awake on long days. In May, 2012, I had a chance to spend a week in the coffee growing region of Monteverde, high in the mountains of Costa Rica. On some farms, all the trees are cleared to let sun shine directly on the shrubs that yield the ripe red berries containing the bean. Other farms leave a few tall shade trees. Birds use those trees as habitat. The shade means that the coffee shrubs grow more slowly and yield fewer baskets of berries per hectare. However, the slower ripening beans are more flavorful. Coffee connoisseurs pay a premium for that richer flavor. Knowing what I do now, I look for shade-grown coffee and am willing to pay more for it. I feel good knowing that birds have more habitat, and that the coffee I but will taste better. I also think about the concept of œfood miles. No coffee is grown in Oklahoma, so I have to buy coffee imported from abroad. Transporting coffee beans consumes fo ssil fuels and produces carbon dioxide and other air pollutants that rain down upon the coral reefs I love to SCUBA dive in. I have seen with my eyes the damage to cor al reefs from increasing ocean temperatures and decreasing water pH resulting from the carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere”and then the ocean, after it rains”from h uman’s burning of fossil fuels. This includes the use of fossil fuels for the transport of coffee and other commodities. So, I try to buy coffee from Mexico, Guatemal a and Costa Rica over coffee from Papua New Guinea, Kenya and Tanzania. I like to think that less fossil fuel is used to transport coffee beans over the shorter distan ces.TO ORDER FOR THIS QUESTION OR A SIMILAR ONE, CLICK THE ORDER NOW BUTTON AND ON THE ORDER FORM, FILL ALL THE REQUIRED DETAILS THEN TRACE THE DISCOUNT CODE, TYPE IT ON THE DISCOUNT BOX AND CLICK ON ˜USE CODE’ TO EFFECT YOUR DISCOUNT. THANK YOU