s1 geography sustainability: an introduction
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S1 Geography Sustainability: An Introduction. Sustainable Development Topic 1- Sustainability: what does it mean?. By the end of topic 1 you should be able to: 1.1 Know what we mean by the term resources 1.2 Know the link between population growth and our use of the world’s resources - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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S1 GeographySustainability:
An Introduction
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTOPIC 1- SUSTAINABILITY: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? By the end of topic 1 you should be able to:
1.1Know what we mean by the term resources 1.2Know the link between population growth
and our use of the world’s resources 1.3Know what the term sustainable
development means 1.4Know and give examples of ways in which
different places and people in the world are connected and understand the term, “Think Global Act Local”
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WORD CHECK FOR TOPIC 1Here are the main words and ideas that we
shall be looking at in Unit 1.
Resource(s) Non –renewable energy (Fossil fuel) Renewable energy
Consumption (“using”) Production (“making”) Sustainable Conservation Interdependence Recycle
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ResourcesAny thing that we take from the physical landscape to make other things that we need or want for our lives, eg
•Drink•Food •Shelter•Fuel/Power•Manufactured goodsBut, using resources can lead to a lot of waste
Resources Activities Finished products+ =
waste
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ie we make stuff that we never use.It just gets thrown out as waste!
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Gives support and nutrients to crops
Absorbs water, so helps to slow down or stop the risk of flooding
Soaks up some harmful chemicals
Eroded and blown away by wind
Over use by people and/or animals can cause lasting damage to soils
Washed away by heavy rains
Resources: soil
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More than 1,000 new coal plants are planned worldwide,
with about three-quarters of these in China and India alone
China & India Are Building 4 New Coal Power Plants – Every Week
Resources: coal, oil, gas and minerals
Coal, oil and gas are Fossil Fuels.We dig up coal and drill for oil.We then burn the coal and oil (and gas) to generate electricity
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To think about:What do you think will be the impact of these types of fishing on the resources of the sea?
Resources: seas and oceans70 % of the Earth’s surface is water
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Resources: forests
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Iron ore mine, Australia
Granite quarry, Glensanda, Argyll
Resources: minerals
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Consuming resources in New York
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Resources Activities Finished products
waste
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Consuming resources in North West India
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Resources Activities Finished products waste
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Sustainable development
Development means making life better, eg, to have a better standard of living and an improved quality of life
Sustainable Development means making sure that the things we do, the goods we buy and the lifestyle we have today will not harm the environment for us, for people in other places and for future generations
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Sustainable development means•Looking at levels of consumption and waste
•Thinking about our careful use of the Earth's resources
•Realising that we are each responsible for our actions, and that what we do can have a huge effect on other people, and places
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1950 2 Billion
2013 7 Billion
So, big question:How many people can the Earth sustain, and at what standard of living?
Contrasting lifestyles, Manilla
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“Enough for everyone’s need, but not for everyone’s greed”
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1.5 million tons of clothes a year are thrown out
...9,000 garments thrown into landfill every five minutesIs this
sustainable?
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Sustainable living-recycling clothes and other textiles
60% of old clothes go abroad
35% used for mattress stuffing
Where do recycled clothes go?
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Sustainability? what’s the message here?
Think Global Act Local !
What do you do with your plastic bags?
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If you recycle a tonne of paper, how many trees are you saving?A. 12 trees.B. 17 trees.C. 23 trees.D. 28 trees.
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Recycling just one aluminium can saves enough energy to run a television for how long?
A. 3 hours.B. 6 hours.C. 9 hours.D. 12 hours.
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How many years does it take a single aluminium can to decompose?A. 20 – 40 years.B. 60 – 80 years.C. 80 – 100 years.D. 100 – 120 years.
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Sustainability: plastic bags; a problem or not?
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Recently, as part of our commitment to sustainable living, Hutchesons' has been working with a local park to create a community orchard.
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In the US people throw away 2.5m plastic bottles every hour and less than 3% are recycled. In the UK: of the 15m plastic bottles used every day, much less than 3% gets recycled. Less than 1% of the billions of plastic bags used each year are recycled and the majority are used only once.
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A worker sorts through computer keyboards in Guiyu, China. Since the late 1980s, computer waste from developed countries has been imported to China and broken down at Guiyu.
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