Definition:
The ability to demonstrate knowledge of the environmet and the circumstances surrounding it pertaining to air, climate, land, food, energy, water, and ecosystems. Demonstrate the knowledge of understanding of society's impact on the natural world. Investigate and analyze environmental issues, and make accurate conclusions about effective solutions. Take individual and collective action towards addressing environmental challenges.
Impotance and lessons:
- calculating environmental/carbon footprint
- gaining an understanding of how you can reduce environmental/carbon footprints
- undertand how carbon moves throughout different "spheres" of the earth
- learning about global climate change. What is causing it, what changes are we seeing, how can the process be slowed down, what are the solutions?
- learning to protect and enjoy the environment
- learning about scientific principles and how they tie into society and its value systems
- understanding the role of water in the environment and its uses
- biodiversity between different species and also within species, understanding how the biodiversity helps all creatures as a whole
- learning how to be a good citizen in the realm of making decisions involving environmental literacy issues that are supported with research and are for the good of the environment as a whole
Benefits:
- students learn to appreciate the world around them
- students become more aware of the activities they are doing that help/hurt the environment
- students learn ways to preserve the environment
- students gain an understanding that their actions are a result of the environment and have an effect on the environment
Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSBKqFrxoZA&list=PL5mh7T4pFh1bHyXgawo3RMDDSdAgTWzU1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glhT59NUnjs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8nXltMZYtM
Ecological Footprint:
http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/
We make a good team!! we focused on different parts of our project for the most part. Some differences I found were that I focused on finding a game for our project where as you found some videos. Both the game I found and the first video you found could be used as examples of what to do to protect the world and be more environmentally literate. I also noticed that you came up with a different definition for environmental literacy than i could find or come up with. I think your definition is more understandable than most of the definitions i found. Something we both came up with is the benefits of being environmentally literate however our findings were not completely the same, telling me there are many different positives to environmental literacy so I am very glad we are doing our project or this topic. i think when we put your findings and mine together we will have a good presentation of what environmental literacy is.
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