Environmental Change
1. AGRO-INDUSTRIALIZATION: INTRODUCTION
1a. What is Agro-Industrialization? PPT 1b. Agroindustrialization Worksheet 1b. Jon Foley: The Other Inconvenient Truth --> Move over Al Gore... "When asked to identify the greatest threats to our 21st century lifestyle, most of us would likely choose war or economic crisis over farming. But according to Jonathan Foley, Director of the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota, agriculture is... “single most powerful force unleashed on this planet since the end of the Ice Age.” ~ Worldwatch.org |
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2. FOOD MILES & TRANSPORT COSTS: 2a. Your food mile distances: (Brief PPT) How far has your food travelled? How has it travelled? What is the environmental impact (costs) of this travel? Where have the greatest impacts been felt? 2b. Local Responses: Guerrilla Gardening in HICs Is this a 'fad'? What is the major benefit to the consumer? Greenhouse in the Sky: Inside Europe's Biggest Farm How does it work? What are the environmental consequences? The Hundred Mile Diet What could you eat? What would you have to sacrifice? |
FRACKING: CRACKING OUR EARTH?
1a. 300 Years of Fossil Fuels in 300 Seconds (video) - Make a list of all the uses for fossil fuels in our world. - Identify three human historical events fuelled by fossil fuels. 1b. Fracking Interactive: New York Times - What is fracking and how does it work? - Can you identify some areas of environmental concern? 1c. PBS Learning: Fracking Videos and Discussion Questions Watch the two videos and answer the discussion questions listed 1d. Homework: Fracking Dangers... Compile a list of the dangers of fracking, using two detailed (dates, amounts, places) examples to illustrate two of these dangers |
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THE CHANGING LOCATION OF TNCs AND POLLUTION
3a. Relocating TNCs and Environmental Challenges of E-Waste PPT
3b. E-Waste in Guiyu Video Essay (The Guardian) and Do You Know Where Your Waste Goes? (CNN)
3c. E-Waste in China: Time Magazine Photo Gallery
3b. Overview: Locational Factors Influencing TNC Movement (GeographerOnline)
Briefly Research the Kuznets Curve (What does it theorize? Why is this important?)
Read the overview and create a Mind Map showing all the factors/causes that influence TNC movement & pollution
3c. Overview: Case Studies E-waste and Transnational Dumping (Geographer Online)
Scroll down to the section on 'transboundary pollutants.'
3a. Relocating TNCs and Environmental Challenges of E-Waste PPT
3b. E-Waste in Guiyu Video Essay (The Guardian) and Do You Know Where Your Waste Goes? (CNN)
3c. E-Waste in China: Time Magazine Photo Gallery
3b. Overview: Locational Factors Influencing TNC Movement (GeographerOnline)
Briefly Research the Kuznets Curve (What does it theorize? Why is this important?)
Read the overview and create a Mind Map showing all the factors/causes that influence TNC movement & pollution
3c. Overview: Case Studies E-waste and Transnational Dumping (Geographer Online)
Scroll down to the section on 'transboundary pollutants.'
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION EVENTS 4a. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (PPT Overview): What is it and what were the consequence? Responses? 4b. Please read the following article. Complete in your notes an overview on the Aliso Canyon Methane Leak similar to the one we complete together on the BP Oil Spill. Arrive at a clear conclusion (paragraph) on which transboundary pollution event was the greater threat to world environmental sustainability. Aliso Canyon Methane Leak 'Largest in US History' 4b. Your Review and Additional Research: Transboundary Pollution: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch What We Know About 'Garbage Patches' Encyclopedia: National Geographic's Overview What is it and what can be done? |
4d. Acid Rain and It's Consequences...
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5. ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
We see the growth of environmental awareness as a result of our own increased environmental impact on the planet. Many environmental organizations exist however the three we have studied here are the WWF, Greenpeace and Sierra Club; arguably the three most influential civil society organizations on the planet for environmental issues. 5a. Greenpeace: Using the Greenpeace Website, find an issue of interest. Summarize how Greenpeace responds to the issue. 5b. Environmental Stewardship Assignment: The Sierra Club, WWF & Greenpeace See Oral Rubric on IB homepage |
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Additional Resources:
LiveScience: Fracking Led to Ohio Earthquakes
The Dangers of Fracking: Use of Water Overview
Additional Resources:
LiveScience: Fracking Led to Ohio Earthquakes
The Dangers of Fracking: Use of Water Overview