18 Mar We welcome back Steve Cutts with another eye opening and thought provoking animation to close out this mini module on all of our stuff and where it comes from.
PART 1
Read this introduction to the Book Confessions of an EcoSinner tracking down the sourses of my stuff
In Confessions of an Eco-Sinner, Fred Pearce surveys his home and then sets out to track down the people behind the production and distribution of everything in his daily life, from his socks to his computer to the food in his fridge.
Select one thing in your home and briefly do the same (anything: food, an article of clothing, furniture, anything. Your assignment is to track it down and tell me about it. Track down the source of _________. Tell me about what you discovered, where did it come from and what sort of impact getting that item to you had on the natural resources of the planet. Think of shipping, packaging, air freight, water use, people/labor, land, energy, trucking… think it through do just a bit of research ( one could easily spend a lifetime on it or write a book as the author did — but let’s just take a quick look. Tell me in words, write a poem, draw a diagram, make a photo essay, whatever you wish.
PART 3
Trying to live a day without plastic
It’s all around us, despite its adverse effects on the planet. In a 24-hour experiment, one journalist tried to go plastic free.
READ the article or LISTEN to the author read it aloud ( or both!)
Then consider it yourself – how far into the day would you get? Respond in the discussion and include your impressions of his attempts to live a day without plastic. What surprised you?
Trying to Live a Day Without Plastic – The New York Times-1.pdf Download Trying to Live a Day Without Plastic – The New York Times-1.pdf
PART 2
Two things we can’t seem to do without; smartphones and plastics.
Learn what a smartphone is made of, the history of plastics and Coca Colas 100 Billion bottle problem
https://youtu.be/jQdBag_p6kE Links to an external site.
https://youtu.be/eIdJ22AfsO8Links to an external site.
Answer the following:
Can we have these things AND live sustainably? If yes, How? If no, now what?
How can Coca-Cola solve its plastic problem? – BBC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUVuUXv2UDILinks to an external site.
Reflect on the Coca Cola problem – Anything in the video that was new to you? Single Use plastic is the huge issue So… Do you think glass bottles with a deposit are the answer? Would you be motivated if you received a deposit on return of your bottles and packaging?
