A resource for teaching and learning about consuming planet earth

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CONTINUED A3 Treading lightly in the great outdoors Exercise 2 - Leave no trace Set up a mock campsite in the school grounds. Place different kinds of litter around, for example, food scraps, chip packets, water bottles, plastic bags and paper. Take digital photos of the area. Sort out the litter into different categories and complete the following sentences. Removing our Trace - Taking and Leaving Let’s pick up the plastic litter! Let’s pick up the food scraps! Let’s make sure we leave NO TRACE! Once the area has been restored, take some more digital photos. When back in the classroom, display the before and after photos you have taken at the campsite and write a short refl ective summary of what leaving no trace means to you. consumer affairs victoria 24 If I leave the plastic litter it would… If I leave the food scraps… If I take a stone/ fl ower home then… If we all take a stone/ fl ower home then … If all visitors took a stone/ fl ower home then… Need consumer help? 1300 55 81 81 www.consumer.vic.gov.au
CONTINUED A3 Treading lightly in the great outdoors Exercise 3 - A free holiday! Imagine you and your family have won a free holiday to a destination of your choice in Australia. You want to convince your family to have a genuine environmentally friendly holiday. a) Identify accredited ecological holiday suppliers. – Type ‘ecotourism Australia’ into a web search engine. – Using the following descriptions, how many of the first ten found are: Ecotourism - nature holidays involving wildlife watching? Ecotourism - holidays where measures have been taken to reduce your impact on the local environment and increase integration with the local community? b) Visit the Eco Tourism Australia website www.ecotourism.org.au and identify the logo used to indicate ecotourism holidays within Australia and internationally. Create a logo that could be used to identify ecotourism holidays in Victoria or your local area. c) Continue your research and select your preferred holiday destination. Explain your choice in the table below. Our destination will be Why I chose this destination – – – – d) Create a poster or webpage to explain to the general public the benefits of the ecotourism accreditation scheme and the importance of ecotourism. consumer affairs victoria 25 Insert images which support your reasons The impact of our holiday on the environment will be... Positive impact Negative impact (include travel to and from the destination) To reduce the negative impact we could.... 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
Page 8 and 9: Victorian Essential Learning Standa
Page 10 and 11: Links to Victorian Certificate of A
Page 12 and 13: The Thinking Curriculum Multiple in
Page 14 and 15: A SECTION A Consuming the planet Ai
Page 16 and 17: ACONTINUED SECTION A Consuming the
Page 18 and 19: CONTINUED A1 World population growt
Page 20 and 21: CONTINUED A2 It’s not just number
Page 22 and 23: CONTINUED A2 It’s not just number
Page 26 and 27: CONTINUED A2 Consuming the planet 1
Page 28 and 29: CONTINUED A2 A Consuming the planet
Page 30 and 31: B SECTION B Buy ‘green’, save m
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
Page 38 and 39: CONTINUED B3 Reducing the waste Exe
Page 40 and 41: CONTINUED B4 Making sense of energy
Page 42 and 43: CONTINUED B4 Making sense of energy
Page 44 and 45: CONTINUED B5 How sustainable is my
Page 46 and 47: CONTINUED B Buy ‘green’, save m
Page 48 and 49: C SECTION C The real cost of food A
Page 50 and 51: CONTINUED C SECTION C The real cost
Page 52 and 53: CONTINUED C1 My food footprint You
Page 54 and 55: CONTINUED C3 Water - tap or bottled
Page 56 and 57: CONTINUED C4 Exploring new options
Page 58 and 59: CONTINUED C The real cost of food 5
Page 60 and 61: D SECTION D Smarter transport optio
Page 62 and 63: DCONTINUED Smarter transport option
Page 64 and 65: CONTINUED D1 Getting around 7. Calc
Page 66 and 67: D3 Consuming fuel Exercise 1 - Labe
Page 68 and 69: DCONTINUED Smarter transport option
Page 70 and 71: ECONTINUED SECTION E A consuming cu
Page 72 and 73: 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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