I would focus the students on things that they were able to do in order to contribute to global sustainability. They don't usually worry about saving resources (paper, water, electricity, etc) and when they do, they tend to think that there is little they can do. And even more, if they finally are aware of the importance of that issue, they argue that as they are the only ones doing something, the effort is worthless.
I would make my students calculate the amount of paper and electricity we were able to save in the school by means of changing certain habits. Later on, we would translate this amount into trees and into money(the language they understand the best). To end with, we would design a campaign to convince the rest of the students in the school to modify their habits relating to wasting resources.
The questions I would make sure my students respond to are:
Are resources endless?
Does nature suffer because of us (human race)?
Is there something we can do to release some of the nature suffering?
What easy things can we change relating to our conssumpsion habits?
I would make my students calculate the amount of paper and electricity we were able to save in the school by means of changing certain habits. Later on, we would translate this amount into trees and into money(the language they understand the best). To end with, we would design a campaign to convince the rest of the students in the school to modify their habits relating to wasting resources.
The questions I would make sure my students respond to are:
Are resources endless?
Does nature suffer because of us (human race)?
Is there something we can do to release some of the nature suffering?
What easy things can we change relating to our conssumpsion habits?
Ana, I think that if more teachers start promoting sustainability how you've mentioned this earth will eventually be a much happier place!
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