1. W What questions does this image make you ask?

2. Starter Around the classroom are a number of key questions that link to today’s learning. Consider each questions and write your answer on a yellow post it note.

3. Should we continue to cut down the rain forest for the sake of human consumption?

4. Should we continue to manufacture petrol driven cars when we have the technology to make cars which do not pollute the environment?

5. Should we knowingly cause the extinction of other species?

6. What if any are our environmental obligations to future generations?

7. Should humans be forced to live a simpler lifestyle in order to protect and preserve the environment?

8. Learning Goals Today we are learning are introducing the topic ‘Environmental Ethics’. By the end of the lesson you will be analyse environmental case studies in line with Christian teaching on the environment.

9. By the end of today’s lesson You must: be able to give examples of environmental issues. You should: be able to explain the Christian teaching on environmental ethics. You could: compare and contrast the different Christian teachings relating to environmental ethics and assess their validity.

10. Big Picture In this section of work we will be learning about: Different ethical approaches to the environment and business, both religious and secular. An understanding of the underlying principles and implications of these different approaches for making decisions about the environment. How to assess the different approaches and to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. The approaches of different ethical theories to the environment and to business ethics.

11. Environment Climate change Deforestation Destruction of habitats Energy Sources Greenhouse effect Fresh water crisis Industrialisation Ozone layer

12. Pair Work In pairs read and analyse a key Environmental issue. Prepare a short presentation on your issue. To be successful you need to: 1.Outline the Issue 2.Include Key facts 3.Explain the dangers/ problem/ impact.

13. As you listen to each of the groups try and rank the issues in order of importance. Ozone LayerIndustrialisation Fresh water crisis HabitationsDeforestation Greenhouse Gases Climate Change Energy sources

14. Biggest threat

15. Progress Check Answer the key questions that are around the classroom. When you answer them this time take into account the environmental case studies we have been learning about? Use the pink post it notes.

16. How much is this tree worth? Intrinsic Value: something that has worth in and of itself Instrumental Value: something that has value only in the way that it

17. Do you think it is acceptable to ignore environmental crisis? What would the philosophers say?

18. How should humans relate to the environment? Does believing this provide a helpful approach to the environment? ‘Let us make people in our image, to be like ourselves. They will be masters over all life – the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the livestock, wild animals, and small animals.’ Genesis 1:26

19. What do Christians believe about the environment? Dominion – belief that God has given human kind authority over the Earth and all its animals and plants. Stewardship – a way of interpreting the use of dominion, which sees humans as caretakers of the natural world. Creation Spirituality – a religious approach that emphasises that human kind is part of creation and that God can be found in all creation. Consequences of Sin – the environment must be protected and past mistakes must be used as a learning tool and rectified where possible. Rapture and End Time Theology – the destruction of the environment is to be welcomed as it is a sign of the coming Apocalypse.

20. Pair Work Using the textbook information, create a revision resource for yourself on the different Christian responses to the environment. ‘Humans should care for their own kind first’. How far do you think religious ethics would agree with this?

21. Progress Check Answer the key questions that are around the classroom. When you answer them this time take into account the aspect of Christian ethics you were given teach the rest of the class? Use the green post it notes.

22. Is protection of the Environment only for the good and benefit of humankind? Plenary

24. DominionStewardshipCreation SpiritualityConsequence of Sin