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To understand why we need to improve our society’s view on sustainability.

To consider how we could go about building a greener society.

To consider the challenges that may arise.

Creating a new Green Society

New Vocabulary

Society, environmental issues, regulations

In partners, discuss what we mean by the word “society”

How does the society we live in make us feel?

Creating a new Green Society

Complete a baseline assessment of where you think you are at for this lesson

(Discussion or complete sheet)

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2 Minutes

What is a society?

The formal definition is “a group of people living together in a more or less ordered community”.

What is a society?

Watch this video to learn more about societies and how they can work together to overcome challenges.

What is a society

3 Minutes

In partners, make a list of the skills that the community in this video used to overcome their challenge of not having enough food.

5 Minutes

What are the current green issues our society faces?

In the video you watched, the story showed that the society’s main challenge was having enough food to eat. They overcame this by sharing their food and creating a meal they could all enjoy.

In our world, we are currently experiencing what we call “green issues” or “environmental issues”.

Environmental issues are defined as problems with the planet’s systems (air, water, soil, etc.) that have developed as a result of human interference or mistreatment of the planet.

What are the current green issues our society faces?

Here are some examples of the environmental issues we are facing:

Pollution: There are 7 key types of pollution – air, water, soil, noise, radioactive, light and thermal and these are primary causes that affect our environment in many ways.

Climate change: Global warming leads to rising temperatures of the oceans and the earth’ surface causing natural disasters that include flooding, melting of polar ice caps, rise in sea levels and also unnatural patterns of precipitation such as flash floods, hurricanes, wildfires, drought, excessive snow or desertification.

Overpopulation: The population of the planet is reaching unsustainable levels as it faces a shortage of resources like water, fuel and food.

Generating Unsustainable Waste: The huge production of waste due to our hyperconsumption is a major threat to the environment. As per the study, the average person produces 4.3 pounds of waste per day.

How can we overcome these issues?

There are two key ways to overcome environmental issues:

Prevention: This means to prevent the current issues from getting worse or new issues from evolving.

Cure: This means to cure the issues we are already experiencing.

How can we overcome these issues?

In partners, decide whether you think the below ideas would fall under prevention or cure.

6 Minutes

Use energy more efficiently 

Install renewables 

Conserve water 

Reduce, reuse, recycle 

Travel less 

Ship goods more efficiently 

How can we overcome these issues?

Your teacher is going to put you into groups of four.

Pretend that you and your team have arrived on an undiscovered planet. On this planet, you can create a green society from scratch, ensuring you do not make the same mistakes that we have made on earth!

Within your team, we’d like you to work as a team to create a new society.

20 Minutes

Each person should take responsibility for one of the four key areas required to build a new society:

• Laws – what laws are in place to help prevent crime?

• Rights – what are people allowed and not allowed to do on your planet?

• Resources – how will your planet generate power and ensure there is enough resources (food, water, shelter) for everyone?

• Management – how will you enforce these laws and communicate to the people who live on your planet?

Complete the confidence checker of where you think you are at for this lesson (Discussion or complete sheet)

3 Minutes