2. Note to self: All going well, most of this class should take place on a
website. Questions on slides as back-up.
Heading: Sustainable Living 1 Date:
4. (1st Day back – I am not expecting everyone to have books/copies yet)
Skills: Managing Yourself, Literacy
Objectives:
1. Introduce the plan for the year.
2. Answer a questionnaire to see how long the earth would survive
if everyone acted like us. (7th April – my result.)
Heading: Sustainability 1 Date:
Warm-up – pens, paper, journal, (no books today)
Homework journal: note the following supplies you need for CSPE:
Small Copy (A5), Folder (plastic), Pens (Red, blue/black),
(Colors - Optional)
Also note in your journal:
www.footprintcalculator.org – see details.
5. For Junior Cert CSPE, PE and Religion (Wellbeing classes),
we put a comment directly on the certificate. For CSPE that
is based now on classwork, your blue reflective journals and
research reports (no action project).
In first year, you were graded on a report on CSPE and an
open book test.
In second year, you will be graded on a research project on a
charity and global issue of your choice (Such as climate
change, poverty, racism, gender inequality, etc).
This and more contributes to your Junior Cert Comment.
Plan for Year – Junior Cert
6. Some topics include: Climate Change,
Child Labour, Theme Parks, The 4’R’s
(reduce, replace, recycle, reuse), Poverty,
Homelessness, The Economic Crises in
Greece, War, Debt, America, The United
Nations, That we eat too much, throw
away too much and have to save the
planet right now. Today: Eco Footprint.
Plan for Year (Topics).
7. You will answer 15 questions about your home and life. Your
homework will be to go to www.footprintcalculator.org and
fill in the answers you write today. All going well, I should
move over to the website after this slide.
(It will ask you for an e-mail/Facebook – 123fake@gmail.com)
Note your answers to the questions, 1-15.
Point of today – the world is doomed if we act selfishly.
Plan for today Sustainable Living 1 Date:
8. 1) How often do you eat animal-based products on a
scale of 1-5? (1 never, 5 very often) (Answer should be
like ‘On a scale of 1-5, Q1. Answer = 5.)
2) How much of the food that you eat do you think is
unprocessed, unpackaged or locally grown?
(0-100%) (I.E. Not frozen)
Writing down question number and answers.
9. 3) Which housing type best describes your home?
Freestanding – no running water
Freestanding – running water
Multi-story apartment
Duplex, row house or building with 2-4 housing units
Luxury
4) What material is your house constructed with?
Straw/bamboo
Wood
Brick/concrete
Adobe (a type of clay)
Steel
Writing down question number and answers.
10. 5) How many people live in your household?
6) How would you describe the size of your home?
(Tiny, small, medium, large, huge)
7) Do you have electricity?
Writing down question number and answers.
11. 8) How energy efficient is your home? (This means is
the heating on a lot, do you leave lights on, do you
have a lot of appliances/technology?)
(Answer below average, average or above average)
9) What percentage of your home’s electricity comes
from renewable sources do you believe? (Roughly
20% on average from government scheme (wind)
but does your home have anything extra?)
Writing down question number and answers.
12. 10) Compared to your neighbours, how much trash do
you think you generate? (Mush less, less, same,
more, much more)
11) How far do you travel by car each week? (1km
roughly 1 minute let’s say) (Motorbike = 0)
Writing down question number and answers.
13. 12) What is the average fuel economy of the vehicles
you use? (60-80 miles to the Gallon is average in
Ireland – how often do you need petrol do you
think? Lots – 60mpg, not a lot – 80mpg)
(Motorbike = 0)
13) When you travel by car, how often do you carpool?
(Answer in %)
Writing down question number and answers.
14. 14) How far do you travel by public transportation a
week (Again, 1km – 1 minute)
15) How many hours do you fly each year?
Questionnaire complete – we will now look at the
results.
Writing down question number and answers.
15. Results - homework
Homework – get to the results page. See details.
Note your ecological footprint .
www.footprintcalculator.org
