Environmental education for sustainability

L2691

9–10

Students consider the long-term environmental, social and economic effects of development at a beach resort over the past 15 years. They then compare the merits of different environmental management solutions and recommend and evaluate their solutions

Students view snapshots of the deterioration of the environment over the past 15 years, identify the cause of the problem, then choose a solution that will fulfil the demands of the triple bottom line (it must benefit the community, be economically viable and good for the environment, both now and in the future). Students have opportunities to observe the consequences of proposals to plant mangroves, cocos palms or build a sea wall and can interrogate data to validate or revoke each one.

The learning object:

• illustrates long-term effects of environmental degradation and remediation in a coastal tourist resort;
• provides tools for students to analyse the economic, social and ecological consequences of environmental disturbance and remediation;
• facilitates comparison of solutions that address coastal management problems;
• encourages students to identify a solution that has the most positive outcome on social, economic and environmental factors;
• test understanding of key concepts through a series of multiple-choice questions.

Sustainability and environment education

Coastal management, Coasts, Community attitudes, Community development, Decision making, Ecological sustainability, Economic analysis, Ecosystems, Environmental impact, Estuaries, Expositions (Factual texts), Letters (Texts), Living standards, Mangroves, Recreational facilities, Resorts, Town planning, Triple bottom line

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