Term 4 Rich Task

“The future starts now!”

Task: Identify a global, national or local concern relevant to building a sustainable future for the planet and design personal, family, community, national or global plan using an ICT format to address that concern.

Some key ideas:
If a sustainable future is our desire we have to start now.
What can we do to achieve that?

Some useful references:
8 Millenium goals
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
What can you do?
http://www.aag.org/sustainable/aboutmycoe/bestpractices.cfm#3
Reducing waste
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/garbage/intro.html
Teacher reference
http://www.sdp.gov/initiative/mycoe/31537.htm
Clean water for people
http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/environment/wssd/2002/document/us.html
Topics and information
http://www.aps.com/my_community/default.html

Sustainability
http://www.eeeee.net/sd_educ_example.htm

Some essential questions:
What is sustainable devlopment? http://www.aag.org/sustainable/aboutmycoe/whatis.cfm
How can we apply what we know to ensure a sustainable future?
"development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."