The climate and sustainability

Description of the activity:

• Divide the group in pairs

• Provide each pair with a copy of the 'Climate and sustainability' handout

• At the beginning of the training, ask the following questions to the group

Does climate change seem far-fetched, a world problem over which you have little control? Or are you concerned about it, but you don't know what you can do yourself? You may already be doing everything.

Only, does it really help? Learn more about it while completing this assignment.

• Let the learners work through each element of the handout, contrasting the learner’s view on the climate and sustainability.

• Support the learners by following the descriptions of the task.

• Fill the answers in the boxes of the handout.

Climate and sustainability

Good environmental awareness requires good documentation. That is why we create an information bundle together with the entire class. You are responsible for developing one theme in pairs. For that theme you create an information sheet (of 2 to 3 pages) and a worksheet (of 1 to 2 pages).

You can choose your group member, as well as your theme. Everyone, please forward your top 3. The faster you answer, the better chance you have of getting your first choice.

The themes are the following:

1. Old-growth forests: A discussion about forest protection.

2. Help the bees: Without flowers, there are no bees.

3. The plastic monster: What is plastic and why does so much of it end up in the sea?

4. Wind energy: indispensable for the future?

5. The climate and the North Pole: One cannot exist without the other.

6. Oil, the black gold: The dangers of oil extraction.

7. Sustainability: Know what you eat. The impact of our food on the environment, animals and people.

8. Toxic-free clothing: The rivers of Asia color like the fashion season, why is this?

1.        The orientation phase

For this phase you do not have to look anything up on the internet and only write down the things you already know. What you don't know you leave open.

1.        Collaboration

• Which people do our pair consist of? (Two names)

• Which will be the target audience that will  see this assignment afterwards? 

2. Retrieve your prior knowledge

• What is your theme?

•  What do you already know about this theme?

2.        The implementation phase

You create an information sheet about your theme

• Minimum 2 pages, maximum 3 pages

• Calibri or Times New Roman, 11 or 12

• Provide a clear layout and some pictures

• Pay attention to  language or spelling errors

You make a worksheet for the other students on your theme

• Minimum 1 page, maximum 2 pages

• Calibri or Times New Roman, 11 or 12

• Be creative

• Provide clear instructions

• Pay attention to  language or spelling errors