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Framework
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Topic outline
Click the linked topics below for additional
resources
| Human
Systems |
| 1. Human well-being and environmental
quality |
a. Interdependence
b. Sustainability |
| 2. Consumption and natural resources |
a. Population -
world population,
exponential growth,
birth/death rate,
age
structure, migration,
historical patterns |
| 3. Effects of natural resource
consumption |
a. Social development - affluence,
health,
culture, economic growth
b. Resource distribution - food/water
distribution, nourishment, wealth gap
c. Waste - reduce, reuse,
recycle, refuse;
toxic waste; pollution
d. Cultural diversity threats
e. Variability - socioeconomic status, race,
culture, ethnicity, etc. |
| 4. Addressing effects |
a. Education -
empowerment of women,
needs hierarchy
b. Political action -
laws,
lobbying,
environmental justice
c. Ecomanagement - trail building,
recycling,
ecosystem restoration
d. Legal action - lawsuits, law enforcement
e. Lifestyle choices - ecological footprint,
consumer choices
f. Community involvement -
service learning,
ecomunicipalities |
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RESOURCES
| Human well-being and environmental quality |
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EarthTrends: Population, Health and Human Well-being
(web site)
Source: World Resources Institute
http://earthtrends.wri.org/
Click on the link for
Population, Health and Human Well-being to find a searchable
database of statistics, maps, and country profiles of
environmental,
social, and economic trends that shape our
world. Example information includes life expectancy, literacy
rates, water and sanitation, and population density |
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Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases
(activities)
Source: National Institutes of
Health
Web site
This web site provides background information
and lessons related to many aspects of infectious disease. Good
images, videos, simulations, and interactives. It includes five
modules that can be followed as written or adapted for
individual/class needs. |
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Mercury Poisoning Reading and Questions
(activity)
Source: Sleuth At Work, Lester Levin
Book chapter 10 (PDF)
Student questions (PDF)
Book: ~ $15.00 from
Amazon
Mercury is one of the most significant
metal toxins and pollutants in the world. This reading involves
a young college student who works in the chemical storeroom at
school. He mysteriously and unwittingly becomes a victim of
mercury poisoning, which eludes detection by supervisors and
faculty, his parents and even his doctors. Readers are
introduced to mercury's properties, its many uses in our world,
and the environmental consequences of improper disposal and
exposure. The book, Sleuth At Work, features many other stories
related to environmental and occupational health. |
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