Assignment #3: What are My Tangibles, Intangibles, and Universals Related to My Environmental Issue?

In your post: 1) State your environmental issue. 2) List at least ten tangible (concrete) items related to your issue. 3) List at least five intangibles (concepts, ideas, emotions, or feelings) related to your issue. 4) List at least three universal (cross-cultural) ideas related to your issue.

My environmental issue is Outdoor Recreation. Specifically, my issue focuses on the opposing viewpoints related to how overexposure to media and technology deprives children of healthy outdoor recreation. 

Ten tangibles related to my environmental issue include

1. Outdoors
2. Nature
3. Children
4. Streams
5. Mud
6. Recreational Activities like hiking, biking, fishing, hunting, and camping.
7. Obesity
8. Wildlife
9. Plants
10. Weather

Instructor note: "Tangibles" are concrete items that you can identify with one or more of your five senses: touch, see, smell, hear, or taste.

Five intangibles related to my environmental issue are

1. Stress
2. Health
3. Spirit
4. Play
5. Fun

Instructor note: "Intangibles" are abstract items that you cannot easily identify with your five senses. These are emotions, concepts, or ideas. 

Three universals related to my environmental issue are

1. Health
2. Play
3. Fun

Instructor note: "Universals" are cross-cultural ideas that a wide cross section of ages, races, cultures can relate to.