Making a Difference: Sustainability

• Humanities
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Making A Difference

Statement of Inquiry: 

Revolutionary changes in technology can lead to positive and negative impacts on a global and sustainable society.  

Key Concept: Change

Related Concept: Innovation & Revolution

Global Context: Globalization & Sustainability 

Making A Difference

The goals for this lesson: 

You understand that: 

- sustainability means limiting the use of natural resources 

- there are several ways to promote sustainability

- agriculture, fisheries and forestry can encourage sustainability

- renewabale energy does not contribute to the enhanced greenhouse effect

Making A Difference

Read p. 90 and 91 of the GeoGuide about sustainability and answer the questions on the following slides. 

Read G 131 Ecological footprint and write down the meaning of the following key words:
1) natural resources
2) ecological footprint
3) sustainability

Read G 131 Ecological footprint and check out Figure 4.41

List the 5 key-factors that are used to calculate the ecological foorprint.

Read G131 Ecological footprint and check out Figure 4.20

Give three differences between de ecological footprint of the average human from the United States and the Netherlands.

Go the the following website and calculate your ecological footprint: https://www.footprintcalculator.org/

Upload a screenshot of your results.

Read G132 Sustainabe use

List three ways of promoting sustainable use, and give an example for each one of them

Read G133 Sustainabe agriculture and fisheries

Give one reason why we need sustainable agriculture and fisheries?

Read G133 Sustainabe agriculture and fisheries
Describe the follwing key-words:
1) sustainable agriculture
2) sustainable fisheries
3) sustainable forestry

Read G134 Renewable energy

List at least 6 different forms of renewable or sustainable sources.

Read G134 Renewable energy

Go to the youtube playlist 'Energy Literacy' by clicking on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7b293q4n8alo87lK74wa2iuJRVGmBxvH

Choose 3 forms of sustainable energy sources from the GeoGuide and watch the corresponding video.
Fo each source, describe in about 20 words how this form of energy is sustainable.