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CONTINUED B3 Reducing the waste Exercise 3 - You are the new Mayor! a) Working in small groups, imagine you are the Mayor for your Local Council/Shire and local councillors. You know waste is a problem as you are running out of room to put it. Your options include: – paying to have the rubbish sent elsewhere – digging deeper landfills – putting in more kerbside recycling – working with the packaging people to reduce packaging on popular foods and items – educating the people living in the area to encourage them to recycle. Write a plan for your council explaining what measures you want to put in place. Remember the 3 Rs! Use de Bono’s Six Hats to get you started. Red Hat – what are our feelings about the options? White Hat – where can we get more information from? Green Hat – how can we generate some creative ideas? Yellow Hat – what’s good about our ideas? Black Hat – what’s bad about our ideas? Blue Hat – what other types of thinking could we use? b) Create a web page, leaflet or information kit, advising rate payers of your proposals, or write an article for your local newspaper. Ask a classmate to review your work, then respond to any concerns. consumer affairs victoria 38 Need consumer help? 1300 55 81 81 www.consumer.vic.gov.au
CONTINUED B4 Making sense of energy rating labels Many of our every day appliances now have energy, environmental and water ratings on them, to help consumers make informed decisions. Saving energy can be good for the wallet as well as the planet. Energy costs have been described as the ‘second price tag’ and they are often forgotten! Exercise 1 - Little decisions make big differences Look at the product labels in the table below. You may recognise some from your home. Visit the websites below and then answer the following questions. What do these labels mean/represent? Which appliances have them? What is the difference between a 1 star and 5 (or 6) star rating? How does buying a 5 (or 6) star appliance benefit you? Select one energy efficient label and explain the difference between a 1 star and a 5 (or 6) star rating. How does buying a 5 (or 6) star appliance benefit you as a consumer? How does buying a 5 (or 6) star appliance benefit the environment? www.sustainable-energy.vic.gov.au www.energyrating.gov.au www.wsaa.asn.au www.buildingcommission.com.au www.5starhouse.vic.gov.au www.deh.gov.au/water/urban/scheme.htlm www.greenpower.com.au consumer affairs victoria 39 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 24 and 25: CONTINUED A3 Treading lightly in th
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 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
Page 74 and 75: CONTINUED E2 Why do I want what I w
Page 76 and 77: CONTINUED E3 What is it really goin
Page 78 and 79: CONTINUED E3 What is it really goin
Page 80 and 81: F SECTION F Wealth, consumption and
Page 82 and 83: FCONTINUED SECTION F Wealth, consum
Page 84 and 85: CONTINUED F1 Is happiness about hav
Page 86 and 87: F2 Social sustainability and proble
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