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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
| Sustainability |
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Drilling Down to Sustainability (activity)
Source: Facing the Future
Web site (free download)
Students define and discuss
sustainability and its three key components: the economy, the
environment, and society. In a warm-up activity, they evaluate
two seemingly identical apples through the lens of
sustainability. Students then discuss and debate the
sustainability of various resource extraction methods. Finally,
they determine if alternatives would be more sustainable. |
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Education for Sustainability (web site)
Source: The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education
Web site:
http://www.sustainabilityed.org/education/
The Cloud
Institute equips school systems K-12 and their communities with
the core content, competencies, and habits of mind that
characterize education for a sustainable future. Their web site
provides an overview of sustainability education and framework
of core standards. |
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Sustainability Overview (background info)
Source:
Compiled by Jeremy Solin, LEAF Program
Download 3 page PDF
Explanation of sustainability and The Natural Step
principles for sustainability. |
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