Introduction to ESS: What's going on Here?
What is Environmental Systems and Societies?
1. Video
It all starts around humans and their relationship with the environment. How we use resources and generate waste has created sometimes devastating impacts on the environment.
1. Video
It all starts around humans and their relationship with the environment. How we use resources and generate waste has created sometimes devastating impacts on the environment.
- You are to watch the movie and identify how humans use the planet's resources. Use the post it notes on your table.
- In pairs, identify the problems related to those human uses and how you think it relates to this course? Put the post it's on the board.
- Create one paragraph that identifies the goals of this course and what you think it will cover over the next two years.
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2. Case Study
- A requirement of the course is to have two case studies that you must know at depth. We will look at these two at depth throughout the course and refer to them at different times.
- Use the information below to learn about the two case studies we will focus on.
- Make a mind map about each of the 2 case studies in pairs.
- Research the case studies further online and develop the mind map further.
- Once you've discussed with your teacher and identified a case study that interests you.
- Research that case study at some depth and write a short report.
- Then, link the information below, to the case studies you've written about.