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1 Case Study #7 Environmental Sustainability & Garbage Island

2 Outline  What is “Garbage Island?”  What is “sustainability?”  Is environmental sustainability the same thing as economic sustainability?  Climate change & global warming  Environmental Legislation  Debate!

3 Hawaii!!

4 Vancouver Island

5 Thailand

6 Garbage Island….

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10 Group Discussion How has globalization helped to create Garbage Island? How could Garbage Island affect Edmonton?

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16 “Sustainable Prosperity”: Meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

17 So what does Garbage Island have to do with sustainability?? Course Question: To what extent does globalization contribute to sustainable prosperity for all people??

18 Group Discussion: What is your definition of “sustainability?” (REMEMBER! Different stakeholders will have different definitions…) Unit Q: To what extent does globalization??

19 Class Discussion: What are the links between economic sustainability & environmental sustainability? U + Q: To what extent does globalization??

20 Meet Boyan Slat How to fix the ocean…..

21 What’s it all about??? Climate Change & Global Warming

22 What have YOU heard about climate change and global warming? Climate Change & Global Warming

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24 We recycle! We’re doing our part! So, why is this global warming thing still around? Climate Change & Global Warming

25 How do global warming and climate change affect Canada?? Affect you??

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28 BUT! Countries don’t all contribute the same amount of pollution to climate change and global warming…

29  Legislation: Laws  Environmental Legislation: Laws to do with the environment  Why would this be tricky….? Think about globalization and the environment….  The two major subjects:  (1) Pollution control & cleanup  (2) Resource conservation and management Environmental Legislation

30 Activity! Investigate the following pieces of environmental legislation and answer the following: Who supports them - why? Who does not support them - why?  Kyoto Protocol (pp. 272)  Alberta Tar Sands (pp. 273)  Instituting Alternative Energy Sources (pp. 274)  Copenhagen 2009… Let’s discuss.  Environmental taxes… Let’s discuss. Environmental Legislation

31 Topic: Should the government create laws to enforce environmental sustainability? Debate!

32 Structure:  100% participation – I want to hear from every student  Side A presents its arguments  Side B presents its arguments  Side A rebuts  Side B rebuts  Side A closing statements  Side B closing statements Debate!

33 Reflection:  Which arguments did you find most convincing? Why?  Which argument did you find least convincing? Why?  What could have been done to make non- convincing arguments more convincing?  What would you do the same/differently the next time? Why? Debate!


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