Poverty 2 Prosperity - Challenge Pack

Lesson Objective To think creatively about current lifestyles and ask ‘does it have to be this way?’ Ignorance is Bliss Moving Forward The Climate andMe Imagining Change Launch Hand out one image to each pupil. Pupils have to find the others in their group and then place the images in order of date. (e.g. from earliest to most current). Five images each, showing the progression from first invention to present day: • washing clothes • cars • cooking methods • cleaning • lighting The teacher can then encourage pupils to think about why change happens and what triggers change e.g. a need for change due to demand, change in raw materials, prices, environmental impact etc. Group Work Using the most up-to-date image from the launch activity. Pupils are asked the question, ‘is this the most effective product of it’s kind?’ Consider this from the producer’s, the consumer’s, and the environment’s point of view. How do we move forward/progress? If going back to how we used to live and repeating what we do now is not the solution, what comes next? Use the product evaluation sheet to evaluate the impact of the product. Can we achieve this task in a different way, or does it need to happen at all? i.e. we’ve already designed self cleaning glass, so can we design clothes that don’t need washing? (Check out claims about merino wool products - www.icebreaker.com) . Also consider how these products can be made accessible to communities across the world. Useful Websites Changing World Imagining Change 29 Quick Resource Guide Biodiversity & POVERTY | WORKSHEET 1.2 ImaginingChange CLIMATE CHANGE AND ECONOMY Launch activity -Washing clothes Ignorance IsBliss Moving Forward TheClimate AndMe Changing World Imagining Change CREATIVE THINKING Biodiversity & POVERTY | WORKSHEET 1.2 ImaginingChange CLIMATE CHANGE AND ECONOMY Launch activity -Cars Ignorance IsBliss Moving Forward TheClimate AndMe Changing World Imagining Change CREATIVE THINKING -> -> The Observer - www.guardian.co.uk/ environment/2009/jan/11/ green-living-ethical- fashion-business - article showing the top 20 green ideas and how they rate in reality. Ecoutlet - www.ecoutlet.co.uk - an online eco- shop that sells things fromwind up torches to natural cleaning products. Ecocentric - www.ecocentric.co.uk/index.html - low energy, sustainable, ethical and recycled products for sale. Playpumps International - www.playpumps.org - improving the lives of children and their families by providing access to clean drinking water, enhancing public health, and offering play equipment to millions across Africa. Ecotopia - www.ecotopia.co.uk - eco-friendly products ranging fromwater butts to fair trade rugby/footballs. Run Car onWater - www.carrunningonwater.net - American site making claims that cars can run on water. Co2 balance - www.co2balance.uk.com - can help you minimise your carbon emissions and offset the unavoidable residue. Green Innovations - www.greeninnovations.ca - company providing eco-solutions to properties, including living roofs. Green Car Site - www.greencarsite.co.uk/electric- vehicles-cars.htm - guide to low emission electric cars Green Energy UK - www.greenenergy.uk.com - the UK’s first independent 100% sustainable electricity supplier. Clipper - www.clipperwind.com - wind turbine manufacturer that has taken on the role of producing the biggest ever blades on turbines to be used in the UK. National Energy Foundation - www.nef.org.uk - charity explaining and offering advice about renewable energy to individuals, organisations and schools and the opportunity to calculate your CO2 emissions. Renewable Energy Centre - www.therenewableenergycentre.co.uk - useful website providing statistics of government energy targets. Energy Saving Trust - www.energysavingtrust.org . uk - conduct an energy audit. Sustainable Schools - www.teachernet.gov.uk/ sustainable schools - looks at what is meant by sustainable development and sustainable schools, and at the UK Government and DCSF’s approach to these. Carbon Detectives - www.carbondetectives.org. uk - carbon calculator for schools. Tomorrows World - www.bbc.co.uk/archive/ tomorrowsworld - episodes from the BBC’s science programme document its history and chart how television tried to predict future technology. Dragons Den - www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden - a show that offers ordinary people a chance to pitch their business ideas to rich but ruthless investors.