Unit 3: Global Resource Consumption

Units of Study

1. Global trends in consumption
2. Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption
3. Resource stewardship

Introduction

     Current events: Recent links on resource consumption
                                  Recent links on resource stewardship
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This third unit of Paper Two will explore poverty reduction, trends of resource consumption, the food - energy nexus and how resources can be managed. While it may be seen as more of 'traditional' unit it does seek to investigate the issue of resource as a 'wicked' problem.

Tuning in to the Topic

     Activity: Thinkographic unit introduction
    Terminology: Unit key terms table

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Reading: Concerns about overpopulation are a a red herring
Reading: To cure affluenza we must be satisfied with the stuff we own
Reading: It's not overpopulation but over consumption
Reading: Capitalism can't save the planet, it can only destroy it

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Consequence Wheels on Resource Consumption