SUSTAINABILITY Our choices have consequences.
What is sustainability? Here is what Wikipedia says: Sustain can mean “maintain", "support", or "endure”. [3][4] Since the 1980s sustainability has been used more in the sense of human sustainability on planet Earth. [3][4] Look at the following slides with images from around our world, and see what sustainability might mean to you. Think about the idea that we are all guardians of our world.
Flooding February 2014 in England
Climate Change
“ Guys, the ice caps are melting”
Sea levels are rising as ice caps melt
Path of Global Warming
Endangered Animals
Endangered animals list
Endangered Cultures
Endangered groups of people who can no longer live in the habitat they have known
Rubbish
Rubbish in the ocean
People throw out items they no longer need or want but where does it all go?
Antarctica
Rising Sea Levels The Maldives is likely to become submerged if the current pace of climate change continues to raise sea levels.
Refugees
Storms
Threatened Habitats
What is sustainability? Our planet Earth needs protecting so that every human being can live safely and happily on it. To make sure that we all have enough resources to survive, we have to sustain what the Earth can give us.
How can our choices make a difference? We can all help to sustain the resources of our planet Earth by making wise decisions every day of our lives.
What if we don’t make wise choices? We will not be able to enjoy our lives as much as we can. We may not have the necessities of life.
How can we be Guardians? We can decide to do our very best to look after our planet Earth and make choices in our lives that can help sustain the resources we need to live.
Maungawhau 2014 PROJECTS
Rubbish… reduce, reuse and recycle
FRUIT ORCHARD
Maungawhau Vegetable Garden
Maori Medicinal Garden
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Cleaning Beaches
TERM1 EVENTS DATE/ WEEK HYPERLINK Childrens’ Day March ol/indexolder.html
TERM 2 EVENTSDATE/ WEEKHYPERLINK Travel Wise Week May, nz/Schools/index.cfm?id=1 147 Earth Day Tuesday, 22 April World Environment Day 5 June, 2014 Theme: Think.Eat.Save Matariki Begins June-July, andfigureswww
TERM3 EVENTDATE/WEEKHYPERLINK Conservation week Frog Week September /getting- involved/events-and- awards/conservation- week/ Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week September World Car Free Day 22 September
TERM 4 EVENTSDATE/WEEKHYPERLINK World Animal Week Save Kiwi Week 4-10 October 20 – 26 October /education.asp s:// org/what-we-do/save- kiwi-week/