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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
| Addressing effects - Lifestyle choices |
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Nourish (videos)
Source: WorldLink
Download video clips
The purpose of Nourish is to open a
broad public conversation about our food system that encourages
citizen engagement, particularly among young people and
families. To inform and inspire, Nourish combines television
programming, short films, web content, and learning tools.
Several two minute videos are available on topics such as local
food, health, hidden costs, and more. |
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Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things
(book)
Source: The Futurist
Book: $10.00 from
Amazon.com
Digital download: $5.95 from
Amazon.com
This book walks through the environmental
consequences of everyday items. Chapters include coffee, cola,
French fries, T-shirt, computer, car/bike, and more. Each
chapter focuses on one item and what it takes to make, package,
and ship the product. Suggestion: have students read a chapter,
get in small groups to answer discussion questions, report to
the class. This way students aren't overwhelmed by the
depressing realization of the products we are so addicted to. |
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