This document provides information about sustainable development. It defines sustainable development as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. The goal of sustainable development is to improve everyone's quality of life without damaging the environment. Examples of sustainable practices include using renewable resources, recycling, and energy efficiency. Learners are assigned activities like evaluating their homes' and schools' sustainability and researching local businesses' sustainable practices. They must create a video reporting their findings and educating any non-sustainable businesses.

1. GRADE 7 EMS
TOPIC: SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT

2. Learning Objective
Learning Outcomes – By the end of the lesson the learner
should be able
• Understand what is sustainable Development
• Distinguish between sustainable and un-sustainable actions
• Think about how we can change things in the future.

3. Definition :
• What is sustainable development?
• You are allowed to use your cell-phone to
search the meaning of this concept.

4. Define sustainable
development
• Sustainable development is development
that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs.

5. Sustainable development
The goal of sustainable development is to enable all
people throughout the world to satisfy their basic
needs and enjoy a better quality of life, without
compromising the quality of life of future generations.

6. ? ?
? ?
What are our needs?

7. Food Water
Fresh air Waste Treatment
Our needs

8. Our focus will be on:
• Social sustainability (in the society).
• Sustainability in Businesses.

9. You!!!!!
• list of 3 things you do that have a negative impact on the
environment
• For each thing you do, how does it impact environment and
what can you do to reduce the impact on the environment
(make it more sustainable)
For example:
1. I throw out all of my rubbish instead of recycling.
2. The negative impact on the environment this has is that a lot
of landfill is created. To reduce this impact I could start to
recycle.

10. Can you write down 5 things
which make this house
sustainable?

11. Can you think about how this house is
sustainable?
A
B
C
E
F
G
H
I
D

12. Recycling
Bins
Photovoltaic
cells
Double
Glazed
Windows
Solar
Power
Loft
Insulation
Wind
Turbine
Compost
Heap
Water
Conservation
Tank
Cavity
Wall
Insulation

13. Sustainable Development
Planning Goals…
In order for a house to be classed as
sustainable it must:
• Be designed and constructed using materials
which reduce impacts on the environment.
• Produce a living space which allows for
natural light and heat energy to be used.
• Provide private outside space which is easily
linked to public green areas.

14. Activity
• Every individual has the responsibility to act
as a sustainable citizens.
• As demonstrated in the picture.
• Identify ways in which your home is acting
in a sustainable manner.

15. Sustainable businesses
• Search on the internet for different
sustainable development behaviours which
can be implemented by various businesses.

16. Sustainability in Businesses
• On the previous lesson you were required to
search the internet for sustainability in
society and businesses, today we will focus
on sustainability in businesses with regards
to transportation, operation
• http://doingbusinessinbirmingham.wikis.birmingh
am.k12.mi.us/Energy+and+Water

17. Activity 2
• Identify and write down how your school is following
the sustainable development goals, if not use the
knowledge you have gained suggest ways.

18. Assignments
• Our school does not have recycling bins,
which means its not following a simple
sustainable development.
• For an assignment the class will choice five
learners who will go to the nearest
municipality office to request for three
recycling bins for [ Plastics, Cans and paper]

19. Previously!!!
• Previously you where instructed to search
on how various businesses follow the
sustainable development goal.
• As we have learnt on the different
measures businesses use you are required to
complete an assignment.

20. A research assignment.
• In groups of six visiting different business
(each group should visit a particular
business) in the community to research on
how they follow the sustainable
development goal.

21. Finally!!!
• After you completed the group research, in
groups you are required to make a video
whereby you report on your research
findings.
• On the video report on how the business you
visited as group, follow the sustainable
development goal

22. Continuing...
• In case the business your group choose does
not follow any sustainable goal, using the
information you gained you have to educate
the business on how to follow a sustainable
development goal.