Sustainability Education Handbook Sample Activities

Consumption:

Theme: (K-12) Keep a daily journal of all food and products consumed or used.

Goal: Students create a personal, daily journal of all goods eaten or used for 2 weeks. Based on their findings analyze eating habits(nutrition), waste creation (weigh all trash, recyclables and non-recyclables), import, export and trade issues, hidden costs of products (inexpensive in dollar amount you pay at the store, but expensive as far as agricultural practices, shipping, handling, pollution, etc). For high school, discuss free trade & globalization. Final projects include: creating self ‘audit charts’graphing all findings, writing a book (for K-1 emphasize drawings, storyboards) on everyday ideas of how to curb waste & consumption/ guide to better nutrition (eating & purchasing locally).

Standards / MEAP:

»English Language Arts: I.2.1 (Meaning & Communication), VI.8.1 (Genre & Craft of Language), IX.11.1 (Inquiry & Research), X.12.4 (Critical Standards)

»Social Studies: II.3.1, II.3.2, II.3.3 (Geographic Perspective), IV.1.3, IV.2.2, IV.4.1, IV.5.1 (Economic Perspective)

» Mathematics: III.1.1, III.1.4, III.2.3 (Data Analysis & Statistics)

» Science: III.5.5 (Use Scientific Knowledge from the Life Sciences in Real-World Contexts), V.LE.3.4, V.HS.3.4 (Use Scientific Knowledge from the Earth & Space Sciences in Real-World Contexts)

Curriculum:

» Earth Matters: Studies for our Global Future (9-12)

Contact: Zero Population Growth (ZPG)1400 16^th St. NW. Suite 320, Washington, D.C. 20036

1-800-767-1956 or www.apg.org/education or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

» Living in a Material World: Lessons on Commercialism, Consumption and Environment (9-12)

Contact: Center for A New America Dream, 6930 Carroll Ave, Suite 900, Takoma Park, MD 20912

202-332-9110 or www.newdream.org

$10

» Population and Consumption (9-12)

Contact: Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), Popnet, Karen Hlynsky, 55 Chapel St. NewtonMA 02458-1060

401-941-8249 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or www.edc.org

» Stuff,the Secret Lives of Everyday Things

» Material World

Websites:

»Second Nature

» Global Learning, Inc.

» Redefining Progress