A resource for teaching and learning about consuming planet earth
A resource for teaching and learning about consuming planet earth
A resource for teaching and learning about consuming planet earth
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ACONTINUED<br />
SECTION A<br />
Consuming the <strong>planet</strong><br />
Introductory Activity<br />
Ask the class to recall when <strong>and</strong> where they may have heard the word ‘sustainability’<br />
or ‘sustainable’. Write the responses on the board, using the table below as a guide,<br />
<strong>and</strong> then ask the students to go through the list individually <strong>and</strong> decide what was<br />
meant by using the word in that context.<br />
When Where What context/meaning<br />
Test the students underst<strong>and</strong>ing of the term ‘sustainability’ <strong>and</strong> its opposite,<br />
by asking them to complete the following sentences.<br />
My family underst<strong>and</strong>s the need to act sustainably because every week we…<br />
Our school encourages students to act sustainably by…<br />
Tao’s neighbours obviously do not know what sustainability means because they…<br />
My definition of sustainability is…<br />
I think I could live more sustainably by…<br />
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