Part 4 "Sustainability"

Part 4 - Sustainability
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Part 4 - Sustainability
The orange colour shows a grammar subject from the Basics. You can click the Basics tab on the left to find the explanation.

The blue colour shows words that might be new or difficult. You can use an online dictionary to find the meaning. You can add these to your personal word list.

Questions in English will be answered in English. Questions in Dutch can be answered in English and Dutch.

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

During the last parts you’ve learnt about things good and bad for the environment. 
In the end, we want you to learn about this because we want to make you live more sustainable or at least be aware of these problems. But what is sustainability exactly? Let’s find out.

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Task 1 – Sustainability explained (watching) Basis


Please answer the questions on the next slides

Slide 3 - Tekstslide



1. Wat realiseerde Carl Von Carlowitz?

Slide 4 - Open vraag



2. Wat zijn de drie pilaren van duurzaamheid?

Slide 5 - Open vraag



3. Geef drie doelen van duurzaam handelen bij pilaar 1.

Slide 6 - Open vraag



4. Leg in je eigen woorden uit wat het duurzaamheidsdoel is bij pilaar 2.

Slide 7 - Open vraag



5. Leg in je eigen woorden uit wat het duurzaamheidsdoel is bij pilaar 3.

Slide 8 - Open vraag



6. Waarom moet je niet altijd alles geloven wat bedrijven zeggen?

Slide 9 - Open vraag

B. Reflection


1. What are ways you have been living sustainable already?
2. What are things you can start doing?


Another way to live more sustainable is to upcycle old products or material that would otherwise have been thrown away. Read about upcycling below.

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Task 2 – Fashion industry (Reading) Basis

In 2018, the fashion industry was responsible for 4% of the world’s total waste. That’s a whopping 92 million tons of waste, a statistic that puts the industry neck and neck with sectors like cement production, responsible for 5% of the world’s total waste production, and livestock, which accounts for 5.4%.

Some of the world’s biggest names in fashion have been caught in controversy for adding in major ways to this waste production: British luxury giant Burberry burned $36.5 million worth of unsold clothing in 2017. Nike was caught slashing and trashing unsold shoes, making them unwearable in case people managed to find the discarded goods. Fast fashion retailer H&M was accused of annually sending 12 tons of unused, unsold clothing up in flames.

After facing major backlash around the world, fashion companies have stepped up to the plate and promised to do better. One way they are attempting to reduce waste and increase sustainability is by using the power of upcycling.

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Task 2 – Fashion industry (Reading) Basis
What Is Upcycling?

Upcycling is the reuse and repurposing of discarded materials to create products of higher value than the originals. For example: In 2019, Nike teamed up with MINIWIZ to design and build a groundbreaking Nike store constructed from over 250 pairs of used sneakers. The project recycled 12,000 plastic bottles into the lounge’s Air Brick wall and transformed the soles and insoles of discarded shoes into carpets and various other furnishings.

What About Recycling?

At this point, you might ask: Why bother with upcycling? Why not just recycle old clothing? And what on earth is the difference between recycling and upcycling anyway?

Recycling is a process in which thrown away goods are broken down into their raw materials for the purpose of producing new goods. For example, plastic water bottles can be broken down into new plastic, which can then be used to manufacture T-shirts, carpeting, or more bottles.



Slide 12 - Tekstslide

Task 2 – Fashion industry (Reading) Basis

Upcycling is all about taking apart a discarded good and repurposing its parts to craft new products. The process preserves many characteristics of the original materials.

But the question remains: Why bother upcycling, say, a bunch of unsold scarves and handkerchiefs into a new line of T-shirts?

The statistics around recycled clothing are not good. According to Greenpeace, a whopping 73% of recycled and donated clothes are shipped off to the landfill every year. Given the high costs of recycling clothes, clothing manufacturers prefer to keep things cheap and work with new fibers. Recycling also takes a major toll on fabrics, which means that the majority of fabrics can only be recycled one time before being dumped or burned.

Let’s hope that fashion industry starts to take its waste more seriously and that upcycling will become a regular thing, this way we can shop a bit more environmentally friendly.


Slide 13 - Tekstslide

A. Questions (Basis)
If the question is in English, you answer in English. If the answer is Dutch, you answer in Dutch.


1. For how much waste was the fashion industry responsible in 2018?

Slide 14 - Open vraag

A. Questions (Basis)
If the question is in English, you answer in English. If the answer is Dutch, you answer in Dutch.


2. Why were Burberry, Nike and H&M criticised?

Slide 15 - Open vraag

A. Questions (Basis)
If the question is in English, you answer in English. If the answer is Dutch, you answer in Dutch.


3. Leg in je eigen woorden uit wat ‘upcycling’ is.

Slide 16 - Open vraag

A. Questions (Basis)
If the question is in English, you answer in English. If the answer is Dutch, you answer in Dutch.


4. What is so groundbreaking about the new Nike store? Explain in your own words.

Slide 17 - Open vraag

A. Questions (Basis)
If the question is in English, you answer in English. If the answer is Dutch, you answer in Dutch.


5. Wat is het verschil tussen recyclen en upcyclen?

Slide 18 - Open vraag

A. Questions (Basis)
If the question is in English, you answer in English. If the answer is Dutch, you answer in Dutch.


6. Waarom is het beter om kleding te upcyclen dan te recyclen?

Slide 19 - Open vraag

Reflection (Uitbreiding)

1. If you buy new clothes (or your parents for you), which clothing brands or stores do you usually buy from?

Slide 20 - Open vraag

Reflection (Uitbreiding)

2. Search on Google and write down the names of 5 clothing brands that are unsustainable.

Slide 21 - Open vraag

Reflection (Uitbreiding)

3. Are the stores/brands you usually buy from on this list? If yes, how many?

Slide 22 - Open vraag

Reflection (Uitbreiding)

4. Think of 2 ways you can upcycle some of your old clothes you never wear.

Slide 23 - Open vraag

Task 3 – Repurposing chopsticks (watching) Basis


Watch the Video, if the question is in English, you answer in English. 
If the answer is Dutch, you answer in Dutch.

Slide 24 - Tekstslide

If the question is in English, you answer in English. If the answer is Dutch, you answer in Dutch. (A. Question)

1. How many chopsticks get thrown away in Vancouver, Canada daily?

Slide 25 - Open vraag

If the question is in English, you answer in English. If the answer is Dutch, you answer in Dutch. (A. Question)

2. What do they make with the discarded chopsticks?

Slide 26 - Open vraag

If the question is in English, you answer in English. If the answer is Dutch, you answer in Dutch. (A. Question)

3. Omschrijf de stappen die nodig zijn om een tegeltje te maken.

Slide 27 - Open vraag

If the question is in English, you answer in English. If the answer is Dutch, you answer in Dutch. (A. Question)

4. What can they create with a finished tile?

Slide 28 - Open vraag

If the question is in English, you answer in English. If the answer is Dutch, you answer in Dutch. (A. Question)

5. What are Sheila Morovati and activists in China trying to achieve?

Slide 29 - Open vraag

If the question is in English, you answer in English. If the answer is Dutch, you answer in Dutch. (B. Reflection)

1. Do you use any single-use products? How often? (Single-use products are products you can only use once.)

Slide 30 - Open vraag

If the question is in English, you answer in English. If the answer is Dutch, you answer in Dutch. (B. Reflection)

2. Look up online if there is a better alternative available and write it down.

Slide 31 - Open vraag