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CONTINUED A2 It’s not just numbers 7. After examining the pie chart on activity contributing to Victoria’s footprint, and calculating your own footprint, add some of your suggestions for reducing the state’s footprint. Compare your ideas with the rest of the class. 8. a) Outline some advantages and disadvantages of using the footprint as a tool for measuring environmental stress. b) What other factors could be taken into account? 9. According to The Age article, Victorians are ‘munching resources faster than they regenerate’. Create a cartoon, poem, website or song which sums up the EPA warning. consumer affairs victoria 22 Need consumer help? 1300 55 81 81 www.consumer.vic.gov.au
CONTINUED A3 Treading lightly in the great outdoors Tourism is now one of the world’s largest industries and one of its fastest growing economic sectors today. Like other sectors, tourism uses resources, generates wastes and creates environmental, cultural and social costs and benefits during its process. Outdoor activities are fun and healthy but as more and more people are visiting our natural places their impact is increasing. Litter from people, introduced species, weeds carried by car wheels, emissions from snow mobiles and 4WD vehicles are all potential threats to natural systems. Eco-tourism has become increasingly popular but not all holidays using that label offer environmentally sensitive tourism. As with energy, water products and vehicles, holidays have accreditation schemes. The activities below will help you tread lightly when exploring the great outdoors. Exercise 1 - What is our impact? The impact on plants and animals and ecosystems can come in many forms. Different activities may have physical impacts such as trampling, erosion, auditory impacts including loud noises that disrupt animal communication or human enjoyment, pollution impacts such as emissions from engines or litter left over from people. For each of the following activities give one example of a potential physical, auditory, and pollution impact and rate the severity of the impact from 1-10. Activity Mountain Biking Snow Mobiles Overnight Camping Bushwalking Bird Watching Fishing Hunting Rock climbing (add your own example) Physical Impact Auditory Impact Pollution Impacts Did you know? Many people think Australia’s electricity is ‘clean and green’. Apart from Tasmania, almost 90% of electricity is made by burning coal, the fossil fuel with the highest greenhouse impact. ABC Planet Slayer factoid consumer affairs victoria 23 Need consumer help? 1300 55 81 81 www.consumer.vic.gov.au
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Page 4 and 5: Contents 4 Message from the Ministe
Page 6 and 7: Victorian Essential Learning Standa
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Page 12 and 13: The Thinking Curriculum Multiple in
Page 14 and 15: A SECTION A Consuming the planet Ai
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Page 32 and 33: BCONTINUED SECTION B Buy ‘green
Page 34 and 35: CONTINUED B1 Calculating utility co
Page 36 and 37: CONTINUED B3 Reducing the waste Exe
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Page 40 and 41: CONTINUED B4 Making sense of energy
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Page 44 and 45: CONTINUED B5 How sustainable is my
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Page 48 and 49: C SECTION C The real cost of food A
Page 50 and 51: CONTINUED C SECTION C The real cost
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Page 54 and 55: CONTINUED C3 Water - tap or bottled
Page 56 and 57: CONTINUED C4 Exploring new options
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Page 64 and 65: CONTINUED D1 Getting around 7. Calc
Page 66 and 67: D3 Consuming fuel Exercise 1 - Labe
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CONTINUED E1 What do I want? Exerci
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CONTINUED E2 Why do I want what I w
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CONTINUED E3 What is it really goin
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CONTINUED E3 What is it really goin
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F SECTION F Wealth, consumption and
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FCONTINUED SECTION F Wealth, consum
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CONTINUED F1 Is happiness about hav
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F2 Social sustainability and proble
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