The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9-12 - Ministère de l'éducation ...

C1.2 describe environmentally responsible practices that can be used to reduce the impact of
communications technologies on the environment (e.g., recycling or finding new uses for
obsolete equipment, disposal of batteries as toxic waste, using energy-efficient equipment
and turning off equipment that is not being used, recycling of toner cartridges, use of
recycled paper)
Communications Technology: Broadcast and Print Production,
Grade 11, Open (TGJ3O)
A. Communications Technology Fundamentals
A1. Core Concepts, Techniques, and Skills
A1.1 demonstrate an understanding of technological concepts (e.g., aesthetics, control,
environmental sustainability, ergonomics, fabrication/building/creation, function,
innovation, material, mechanism, power and energy, safety, structure, systems) and their
relevance to the design and creation of media projects …
C. Technology, the Environment, and Society
C1. Technology and the Environment
C1. describe the impact of communications media technologies and activities on the
environment, and identify ways of reducing their harmful effects
C1.1 describe the effects of current audio, video, broadcast journalism, graphic arts, and
printing technologies on the environment (e.g., increased energy consumption, waste and
disposal problems created by rapid obsolescence, toxic wastes, noise pollution,
electromagnetic interference, RF pollution)
C1.2 describe ways in which environmental problems are being or can be addressed by the
audio, video, broadcast journalism, graphic arts, and printing industries (e.g., using
energy-efficient equipment, upgrading rather than replacing obsolete equipment,
recycling equipment slated for disposal, using environmentally friendly inks and
environmentally responsible press cleanup methods, using the persuasive power of the
media to promote environmental stewardship, environmental certification of operations
[EcoLogo, ISO 14001])
Communications Technology, Grade 12, University/College
Preparation (TGJ4M)
C. Technology, the Environment, and Society
C1. Technology and the Environment
C1. analyse the environmental impact of recent advances in communications technology, and
describe ways of reducing harmful effects
176 Environmental Education, Grades 9−12: Scope and Sequence of Expectations, 2011