WEEK 11--Sustainable Development and Environmental Education

Themes Associated with Sustainability Literacy
Intergenerational perspective
change in produce available, eating "in season" is gone
Stewardship
Interdependence
Chernobyl influenced people in Finland hundreds of miles away
Reindeer were eating radioactive grass, dying, and people were unable to eat the meat
Citizenship
Each Toilet uses 2.5 gallons of water each time it is flushed

What is Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)?
educating for stimulating holistic, integrated, and interdisciplinary concern for sustainability.

The Global Situation
Facing difficult times, people are at their worst when they are without resources.
Our current consumption patterns could, as resources become scarce, be security threats.

Teacher TV--
http://www.teachers.tv/video/24976
Climate Change-The Causes

http://www.teachers.tv/video/24992
Climate Change-The Causes

http://www.teachers.tv/video/12110
Inspirations-Sustainability
A lesson from Tanzania

http://www.teachers.tv/video/17992
Watch Us Grow at Guildford Grove
Connecting content to ESD

Gardening in the Classroom
Try contacting the nurseries in your community to donate plants that are not sold in the time that they can be kept alive in the tiny plastic pots.

Stewardship
water conservation
Importance of Local Place

Material World Curriculum

a photographer traveled around the world asking families to take out all their material out of their house and then photographed them. Menzel also photographed food around the world.

www.menzelphoto.com

Hungry Planet Time Photo Essay
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519,00.html

Material World
http://www.menzelphoto.com/books/mw.html

Social Studies Services--Material World Curriculum
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Social Studies Service--Hungry World Curriculum
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