Economy
Economy: Sustainability
INTRODUCTION
POSSIBLE LEVELS
ACTIVITY 1
ACTIVITY 2
PREDUCTIONS: PESSIMISTS?
• Malthus 1798
• Mill (ca. 1800)
• Rachel Carson 1965 Silent Spring
• Club of Rome Report 1972 The Limits to Growth
RECENT MILESTONES - 1
RECENT MILESTONES - 2
ACTIVITY 3
ACTIVITY 4
ACTIVITY 5
Discuss some of the issues involved and research the costs and
benefits. Use this to report back to the class in a future lesson – or
run as debates sessions in small groups. Examples could be:
a) For some environmentalists, long distance flights are
unsustainable. People who work in the airlines will probably
disagree, however.
b) Some people believe we should protect all the forests that are
still standing. However, for many people in developing
countries, the money to be made from logging and farming in
forested areas is their best chance of escaping poverty.
c) Some people think wind farms are an important alternative
energy source – however, communities living near to proposed
sites may not be so keen and the energy produced might not
be the most cost effective.