1. Starter Read the questionnaire and decide if you agree or disagree with them. Share your results with a partner – Do you have different ideas? – Why do you think this is?

2. Learning outcomes You should all be able to: State what is meant by an environmental value system Identify your own personal viewpoint on the environment. Most of you will be able to: Outline the range of philosophies shown in the diagram provided

3. Environmental value systems?? Inputs Outputs Why do we call them a system? What are the inputs and outputs? Media Religion Science Education Politics Decisions Perspective Course of Action

4. Look at the diagram Continuum of Environmental Thought A range of perspectives on environmental thought can be classified and ordered into a continuum as shown in the diagram below. It is important to recognise that this scale and the following outlines represent great generalisations of complicated political beliefs. Individuals are rarely likely to fit such simplistic classifications.

5. In groups Take one of the environmental value systems and write a paragraph explaining what your value means. You now need to explain your value to the rest of the class.

6. Individually What would a person holding each of the three points of view initially think an IB syllabus called “Environmental Systems and Societies” is ‘all about’? Technocentric: Anthropocentric: Ecocentric:

7. Individually… Look at the rest of the diagram… Now Read the different statements you have been given and decide which of the four viewpoints you think each represents.

8. Complete the table Environmental Value System EcocentricAnthropocentricTechnocentric Environmental Management Strategies Environmental Philosophies Labels and characteristics Politics

9. Watch the videos and decide where they are on the environmental philosophies continuum. http://www.tokresource.org/tok_classes/enviro /syllabus_content/7.1_value_systems/index.htm