Module 9 Consumer education - APCEIU

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How large is your footprint Find out by answering the quiz below. Circle the number (either 1, 2 or 3) next to the answer that best fits your family’s lifestyle. Food How much meat do you eat vegetarian (no meat) 1 How much food is wasted in your household Where does your food come from most is eaten 1 grown at home or bought from local markets - no plastic packaging 1 meat 1 to 4 days a week occasional wastage as rotten or uneaten food grown in your country and bought from supermarkets packaged in plastic 2 2 2 meat almost every day uneaten food thrown away most days mostly imported food from supermarket packaged in plastic 3 3 3 Travel How far does your family travel each week Where do you go for holidays each year How do you travel to school each day less than 100km per week Does your family have a car no 1 Housing 1 100 to 300km per week 2 over 300km per week 3 not far from home 1 within your region 2 another country 3 on foot or by bicycle 1 public transport 2 by car 3 one small car (1600 cc or less) 2 large car or more than one car How big is your house small (1-3 rooms) 1 medium (4-7 rooms) 2 large (over 7 rooms) 3 What power source does your some or all solar/wind house have power 1 only electricity 2 wood/coal/paraffin 3 How much electricity does your household use Check up to $10 per month 1 $10 to $30 per month 2 over $30 per month 3 your electricity bill. How much water does your 700 litres or less per 700 to 1200 litres per over 1200 litres per household use Check your 1 2 day day day water meter/water bill. 3 How many of these waterwise activities does your family do Share baths; recycle used water on garden; garden with all 5 of these 1 3 - 4 of these 2 0 - 2 of these 3 indigenous plants; have a dual-flush toilet; have no swimming pool. Do you recycle paper; tin cans; plastic; glass and make compost all 5 of these 1 3 - 4 of these 2 0 - 2 of these 3 3 Population How many brothers and sisters do you have None 1 one 2 two or more 3 Now add up all your circled points to find the Grand Total =
How did you score Check your total score below to find out how your family’s lifestyle affects our planet. Less than 16 You tread softly on our Earth and have a small footprint compared to others. Wish there were more of you around! 17 to 30 You have a medium footprint and your prescence on Earth is damaging. The natural environment cannot support very many people like you. Over 30 Lighten up! If everyone had footprints like this, we would need several more Earths to have enough resources to meet all these demands! Source: Adapted from EnviroKids, 22(2), March/April 2001, Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa.
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Introduction As with issues of citi
Page 3 and 4: OECD (1997) Sustainable Consumption
Page 5 and 6: Begin by opening your learning jour
Page 7 and 8: Population - Whose Problem Source:
Page 11 and 12: World Bank economist, Herman Daly,
Page 14 and 15: Consumption Does Not Guarantee Happ
Page 17 and 18: Many Poor People Live in the Most A
Page 19 and 20: A Story About Economic Growth and t
Page 21 and 22: Many Polluting Industries are Movin
Page 23 and 24: Environmental Costs The producton o
Page 27 and 28: Why are the Resources Impacts of No
Page 29 and 30: Thus, while consumption may be a ca
Page 31 and 32: Wants Wants are the goods and servi
Page 33 and 34: Globalisation Globalisation is more
Page 35 and 36: Changing and Improving Products and
Page 37 and 38: Changing Patterns of Household, Gov
Page 41 and 42: Many countries greatly exceed the f
Page 43 and 44: Q15: What is the size of your Ecolo
Page 45 and 46: The American Footprint ... Estimate
Page 47 and 48: Compound Footprinting The most robu
Page 49 and 50: Consume less by consuming less per
Page 51 and 52: Country Population (1995) The Ecolo
Page 53: How and why to teach with the Ecolo
Page 57 and 58: Towards a Definition There are many
Page 59 and 60: Taking such principles into account
Page 61 and 62: Use If the product goes into the dr
Page 63 and 64: Sustainable consumption requires ev
Page 65 and 66: Defining Sustainable Consumption -
Page 67 and 68: Q23: Explain how you could adapt th
Page 69 and 70: Consumption does not guarantee happ
Page 71 and 72: The work-and-spend cycle Alienation
Page 73 and 74: Activity 7 - Reflection Q22: Answer
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