1. Sustainability and The Lorax
What does it mean to me?

2. Explain what is going on in the cartoon below:
Habitat Destruction

3. Habitat Destruction
The destruction of the species in an environment.

4. KEY CONCEPT As the human population grows, the demand for Earth’s resources increases.

5. The Lorax

6. So….what issues did you see?
Work in groups of 2 to develop lists of issues you saw.
Be prepared to discuss how these issues take place in the “real world.”

7. The Lorax Vocabulary Worksheet Name:____________________________________Date:______________________ Using your notes, book, internet, or dictionary look up the meanings of the following words based on their use in the story The Lorax. Use the back of the page for extra space if needed.
Environment:
Conservation:
Urbanization:
Clear cutting:
Deforestation:
Refugee:
Industrialization:
Ecosystem:
Anthropocentric:
Biocentric:
Ecocentric:
Population:
Restoration:
Biodiversity:
Stewardship:

8. The Lorax
Environment: The circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded
Conservation: A careful preservation and protection of something
Urbanization: Characteristics of city or city life
Clear cutting: Removal of all trees in a stand of timber
Deforestation: The action or process of clearing of forests
Refugee: One who flees in search of refuge, or safety
Industrialization: To develop industry
Ecosystem: The complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit
Anthropocentric: Considering human beings as most important entity in the universe
Biocentric: Having life as its principal fact
Ecocentric: Places intrinsic value on all living organisms
Population: The whole number of people in a country
Restoration: Act of restoring or putting back into use
Biodiversity: The number and variety of organisms found in a region
Stewardship: A person who acts as the surrogate of another

9. Resolve the issues
How do you think the issues you defined could be solved?
Work with your partner to come up with a way to “fix” each problem.
Develop a PowerPoint for each issue:
Explain each issue
Include the definition of each problem
Tell how you would solve each problem
Explain how the community and business could work together to HELP the environment instead
What do YOU think could be done differently in each problem
Follow your rubric to get all your points!

10. Rubric PowerPoint Slides Contents 25 points each slide
Slide 1: Explain the issue with picture
Good explanation, no grammatical
Explanation acceptable with
Explanation unacceptable with
Definition of the problem
errors, picture is relevant
less than 5 flaws, picture is relevant
more than 5 flaws, picture not relevant
Slide 2: Your way of solving the problem with picture
Solution is relevant, picture is appropriate
Solution needs improvement, picture is relevant
Solution inappropriate, picture irrelevant
Slide 3: How community and business could work together with picture
Idea is relevant, picture is appropriate
Idea needs improvement, picture is relevant
Idea inappropriate, picture irrelevant
Slide 4: What could be done differently to conserve the environment with picture
Conservation idea is relevant, picture is appropriate
Conservation idea needs improvement, picture is relevant
Conservation idea inappropriate, picture irrelevant

11. What can you do? Act locally Reduce usage of natural resources
Recycle at home
Support Environmental Action Groups (Greenpeace, Sierra Club)

12. Resources:
Definitions: miriam-webster.com accessed 9/9/2013
Pictures:
City: Google.com blog.marketplace.myspace.com
Forest: Google.com eofdreams.com
Habitat Destruction: Google.com biodiversity1wordpress.com
Windmill/Solar Panels: Google.com
Accessed 9/9/2013
The Lorax: Teachertube