1. What is
the future
of our urban environment?

2. Today’s lesson Feedback forms Lesson goal Future of urban planning
Measure your Ecological Footprint
Food wastage
Video
Design a Fakebook post
Goal reflection x 2
Thank you!

3. Feedback Forms

4. Lesson goal /4/15
To understand the future challenges and strategies of a sustainable urban environment.
To devise personal strategies to improve our own ecological footprints.

5. United Nations Millennium Development Goals

6. Sustainability
Maintaining the capacity of the environment to support our lives, the lives of other living creatures and for future generations.

8. Global Urban Population
50% of people live in urban areas
Predicted to increase to
60% in 2030
2 billion people will need housing, basic urban infrastructure and services
7 new megacities

9. Challenges that need to be addressed
Least developed countries
Transition countries
Developed countries
Poverty and inequality
Slow/negative population growth, ageing
Mortgage and housing market crisis
Development of slum housing
Shrinking cities, deteriorating buildings
Unemployment
Demand for housing, etc
Urban sprawl
high energy use from cars, waste and urban sprawl
Education and employment needs of young people
Demand for housing and facilities
Slow population growth, ageing, cities shrinking
Shortage of skills in urban sector
Environmental pollution from old industries
Vehicle ownership rising
Financing local authorities

10. Planning for the future
Sustainable urban
environments
at all levels
local
regional
national
global

11. Strategies to achieve a sustainable urban environment
p. 103 in textbook

12. Ecological footprint
The amount of productive land required by each person in the world for food, water, transport, housing and waste management.

13. Measure your own ecological footprint

14. Video:
How much perfectly good
food do we waste?

15. Reduce your ecological footprint Go to FoodWise (Australia)
Get in the same groups you were in last lesson.
Using the FoodWise website, research the simple ways you can reduce your own food wastage.
Create a Fakebook post to show what you have found.
Include in your post:
Explanation of the issue of food wastage
List of steps to reduce food wastage
Image or video that reflects your ideas

16. Goal reflection
LAST LESSON
What elements are needed in an urban area to help make it liveable?
THIS LESSON
Based on your Ecological Footprint measurement, what is one thing you are going to try to change in your daily life to try to reduce it?

17. THANK YOU!