Project background - Weeks 1 and 3
Main inquiry question:
How can we make our community more sustainable?
How can we make our community more sustainable?
Examine the definitions of sustainability below:
"An ability or capacity of something to be maintained or to sustain itself. It’s about taking what we need to live now, without jeopardising the potential for people in the future to meet their needs." Land Learn NSW
"A widely accepted definition of sustainability is to "...meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (Brundtland Commission, 1987)." University of Queensland
"...quality of life; fairness and equity; participation and partnership; care for our environment and respect for ecological constraints - recognising there are 'environmental limits'; and thought for the future and the precautionary principle." Global footprints
Now write your own definition of sustainability.
"An ability or capacity of something to be maintained or to sustain itself. It’s about taking what we need to live now, without jeopardising the potential for people in the future to meet their needs." Land Learn NSW
"A widely accepted definition of sustainability is to "...meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (Brundtland Commission, 1987)." University of Queensland
"...quality of life; fairness and equity; participation and partnership; care for our environment and respect for ecological constraints - recognising there are 'environmental limits'; and thought for the future and the precautionary principle." Global footprints
Now write your own definition of sustainability.
As a class, brainstorm ideas related to sustainability.
Class activities
Play a game of charades. Act out words related to sustainability.
Make a glossary of terms related to sustainability.
Complete a crossword related to sustainability.
Play a game of charades. Act out words related to sustainability.
Make a glossary of terms related to sustainability.
Complete a crossword related to sustainability.
Your sustainability project
In completing your project you will be asked to incorporate information and processes from a number of different subject areas. If you click on the subjects from the drop-down menu (under the words "Evaluation") you will find a wordle and focus questions that will give you some ideas about how sustainability relates to each subject area. In your group you should try to settle on one particular concept or topic that you would like to investigate.
In completing your project you will be asked to incorporate information and processes from a number of different subject areas. If you click on the subjects from the drop-down menu (under the words "Evaluation") you will find a wordle and focus questions that will give you some ideas about how sustainability relates to each subject area. In your group you should try to settle on one particular concept or topic that you would like to investigate.