1. Unit 3, Day 1 Visuals

2. Agro-Industrialization
Characteristics of  Agro-industrialization
Large scale
Use of machinery
Often specialization in one or a limited number of products (monoculture)
IT management systems
Intensive use of chemicals
Low labor inputs in comparison to outputs
Often owned by agrobusiness companies (many of which are TNCs)
Maybe vertically integrated with food processing companies.
Regions where Agro-industrialization is evident
The Canadian Prairies
The corn and wheat belts in the USA
The Paris basin
East Anglia in the UK
The Pampas in Argentina

4. Questions
What is agro-industrialisation? (explain and list its key characteristics)
What are the main environmental consequences of agro-industrialisation?
Explain the concept of 'vertical food chain integration' and why it is becoming increasingly important.
What is the Green Revolution and what has been its impact on farming?
What are the main characteristics of Organic Farming
Why is food waste and packaging such a major problem and what does it hold for the future?

5. Day 2 Visuals:

7. Kuznets Curve

8. Day 3 Visuals

12. Greenpeace
Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organization that acts to change attitudes and behavior, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace by:
Catalyzing an energy revolution to address the number one threat facing our planet: climate change.
Defending our oceans by challenging wasteful and destructive fishing, and creating a global network of marine reserves.
Protecting the world's ancient forests and the animals, plants and people that depend on them.
Working for disarmament and peace by tackling the causes of conflict and calling for the elimination of all nuclear weapons.
Creating a toxic free future with safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals in today's products and manufacturing.
Campaigning for sustainable agriculture by rejecting genetically engineered organisms, protecting biodiversity and encouraging socially responsible farming.
Greenpeace is present in 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and the Pacific.
To maintain its independence, Greenpeace does not accept donations from governments or corporations but relies on contributions from individual supporters and foundation grants.

13. Reasons for Increased Social Awareness:
As suggested by the Kuznets curve, environmental awareness increases with economic development.
Increased publicity and campaigning by NGOs and charitable organizations e.g. Greenpeace
Increased coverage of environmental problems by media organizations e.g. BBC and CNN
Environmental disasters like the BP Oil Spill have heightened awareness
Improved economic development allows people to consider other matters rather than just the economy and making money
Because people have more leisure time and greater disposable income they have more time to enjoy the environment so would like it protected
Government have created more protected areas e.g. National Parks as well as the UN e.g. World Heritage Sites which has increased the profile of the environment

14. Continued
Political parties like the Green party in the UK are growing in importance and stature and are increasing people awareness
Environmental campaigns can be spread easily via social media like YouTube, Twitter and blogs
Education about the environment e.g. the three R (reduce, reuse, recycle) has improved at school
The number of recycling centers and recycling bins have increased which has increased awareness
Environmental labelling e.g. FSC and Dolphin Friendly have made consumers more aware of the environment
The environment has been made one of the Millennium Development Goals - Goal 7 is Environmental Sustainability
UN conferences like the Rio Earth Summit have increased global awareness of the environment
Global issues like acid rain, the greenhouse effect and the hole in the ozone layer are better understood and better publicized and taught

15. Day 4 Visuals

16. Introduction
The ocean is one of Earth's most valuable natural resources. It provides food in the form of fish and shellfish—about 200 billion pounds are caught each year. It's used for transportation—both travel and shipping. It provides a treasured source of recreation for humans. It is mined for minerals (salt, sand, gravel, and some manganese, copper, nickel, iron, and cobalt can be found in the deep sea) and drilled for crude oil.
The ocean plays a critical role in removing carbon from the atmosphere and providing oxygen. It regulates Earth's climate. The ocean is an increasingly important source of biomedical organisms with enormous potential for fighting disease. These are just a few examples of the importance of the ocean to life on land.

20. Global Overfishing

23. Satellite of Fukushima