Climate Change & Consumerism Teachers Module

IHTEC CLIMATE CHANGE & CONSUMERISM MODULE
July 5, 2010

THERE IS NOWHERE TO THROW AWAY TO

Some ideas for action on climate change, after a discussion on the science of carbon emissions, and weather and their effects on the planet, set students into groups to discuss the following:

1. Choose six of the following and then choose six items that can be bought and then thrown away, that create carbon emissions, from
       i. Food
       ii. Water
       iii. Energy
       iv. Building a home
       v. Used in the kitchen
       vi. Beds and bedding
       vii. Clothing
       viii. Toys

2. Find out your ecological footprint on each of the items chosen and track them over the next year. This to be done by the whole class.

3. Identify how the media influences your choices, as to your purchases.

4. Trace the items journey from cradle to cradle. If the resource is not able to be reused, then make suggestions on how to redesign it.

5. Learn how to be thrifty and find 10 ways to re-use the resource.

6. How much of your chosen items can currently be re-cycled.