Sustainable Living

10 GEOGRAPHY TERM 1

Sustainable Living

The pictures pretty bleak, gentlemen The worlds climates are changing,
the mammals are taking over, and we all have a brain about the size of a
walnut according the Far Side,

Key Concept: What is Ecologically Sustainable Development?

ESD involves the need for:

Sufficient levels of economic development in order to
reduce income inequalities and poverty
2. Protection of air, water, soil and bio-diversity, upon
which we all ultimately depend
3. Social justice and cultural diversity to enable local
communities to express their values when solving
issues associated with economic development and
environmental protection
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Key Concept: What is Ecologically Sustainable Development?

ESD involves the need for:

Sufficient levels of economic development in order to
reduce income inequalities and poverty

Human poverty cartogram: http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?

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Key Concept: What is Ecologically Sustainable Development?

ESD involves the need for:

Protection of air, water, soil and bio-diversity, upon
which we all ultimately depend

Key Concept: What is Ecologically Sustainable Development?

ESD involves the need for:

Social justice and cultural diversity to enable local
communities to express their values when solving
issues associated with economic development and
environmental protection

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Story of Stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM

Discuss key statistics and ideas? Any questions raised?

What were the inputs, outputs and issues?
Create poster that illustrates a system of consumption. (You may use the

ideas from The Story of Stuff or choose another Story of Consumption

Make 3 suggestions that the individual can act on to influence this system.
(EXT) Choose one more Story of.there are many and identify the issues

related to sustainability.
Explanation of Sustainability
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5r4loXPyx8#t=104

Key Concept: Ecological Footprint

Ecological Footprint = humanitys demand on Earth

& her systems

A countrys ecological footprint is the sum of all the

cropland, grazing land, forest and fishing grounds

required to produce the food, fibre and timber it
consumes, to absorb the wastes emitted when it uses
energy and to provide space for infrastructure. (from
http://www.wwf.org.au/our_work/people_and_the_environment/human_footprint/eco
logical_footprint/)

Key Concept: Ecological Footprint

What is Australias Ecological footprint?

Use your iPads to discover what Australias ecological footprint

is and where we stand in relation to the other nations of the
world.
Look for diagrams, infographics, tables, graphs Save to share.

Ensure you know the source and the date of your information.

After 10 minutes, take 2 minutes to share your findings with a

neighbour then as a class we will share

Key Concept: Ecological Footprint

What is yours?
Identify

EPA Victoria

some ways you could and would

be willing to reduce your footprint.

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Biospheres
Make a list of Biospheres
What is the aim of a biosphere reserve?
How do they relate to ESD?

Exxon Valdez
View the Foreign Correspondent article from October 1993 on
the Exxon Valdez disaster at:
http://youtu.be/_AJ512UpT_E
What does this suggest about the ESD of the oil industry?

River Runs Red

This song was written by the Australian rock band Midnight Oil in response to the Exxon
Valdez disaster. They performed it in an illegal concert outside of the Exxon
headquarters in New York. This video clip was made after that event. Perform a SWOT
analysis to assess whether this band should have broken the law of the city of New York
to raise awareness of the Exxon Valdez disaster.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EyQkc2w5E4
So you cut all the tall trees down,
You poisoned the sky and the sea
Youve taken what's good from the ground
But you've left precious little for me
You remember the flood and the fall,
We remember the light on the hill
There should be enough for us all,
But the dollar is driving us still
River runs red, black rain falls, dust in my hand
River runs red, black rain falls, on my bleeding land
So we came and we conquered and found

Strengths

Weaknesses

Should Midnight Oil

have broken the law
of the city of New
York
to
raise
awareness of the
Exxon
Valdez
disaster?
Opportunities

Threats

Intergenerational Equity

CREATIVE THINKING
EXCERCISE
WHAT IS IT THAT THESE 4 OBJECTS HAVE IN
COMMON?

Yellow Cake

Rock art

A warning sign

A standing stone

Join the dots

What would happen if a disaster were to happen

that removed our civilisation?

What would happen if a disaster were to remove our

civilisation?
How could we communicate that an area was off-

limits to future generations?

How do we communicate that nuclear waste facilities

or radioactive areas are off-limits to future

generations 10,000 years into the future?
Just think: 10,000 years in to the past puts us into

pre-history, before the Ancient Egyptians, Sumerians

and Chinese. Think how much the world has changed

What would happen if a disaster were to remove our

civilisation?
What does inter-generational equity REALLY

mean?

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What would happen if a disaster were to remove our civilisation?

What does inter-generational equity REALLY mean?
Intergenerational equity is a concept that says that humans 'hold the

natural and cultural environment of the Earth in common both with

other members of the present generation and with other
generations, past and future' (Weiss, 1990, p. 8). It means that we
inherit the Earth from previous generations and have an obligation
to pass it on in reasonable condition to future generations.
Read the article by Sally Palmer Look out below in NewScientist, 9

September, 2006 and view the Oscar winning documentary

Chernobyl Report [avail on Clickview]

Linkstart: http://www.clickview.com.au/LinkStart/?videoid=3287