Introducing sustainability
I can explain what sustainability means to me and start to identify choices that can be made with this in mind.
Introducing sustainability
I can explain what sustainability means to me and start to identify choices that can be made with this in mind.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Sustainability can be defined as meeting the needs of today without preventing future generations from doing so.
- There is great inequality across the world about who gets what, where, when and why.
- We have some power to enact some choices about where we go, how we get there, what we eat and what we do.
Common misconception
Children may believe that renewable resources are 'safe'.
Explain that even water - a renewable natural resource - could become too polluted to use or if trees are cut down quicker than they can be replanted then that supply of wood will be exhausted.
Keywords
Consumption - Consumption is the process of using up resources.
Inequality - Inequality is when something is not shared evenly between everyone.
Natural resources - Natural resources are those that come from Earth without human influence and can be used for human needs.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
when resources and opportunities are not evenly available for everyone
the process of using up resources
materials produced by the environment that humans can make use of