Students should be able to discuss sustainability strategies that individuals, communities, businesses, agriculture and governments can employ to address climate change.
Exercise 43A Identifying how I can improve my sustainability Key Skills Success criteria
I can name sustainability actions that I can do myself, those I can promote with my family and those that I can ask for government action on.
Look at the following sustainability actions. Note whether you could achieve each one by doing it yourself, with your family’s help or with action from the government.
Action
1. Replace all bulbs with energy-saving bulbs 2. Buy locally produced foods 3. Buy food in season 4. Create a compost heap 5. Rewild part of my garden 6. Donate my old clothes and books to charity 7. Recycle leftover cooked foods 8. Heat only the rooms that are being used 9. Wear warmer clothes indoors when it is cold
10. Use public transport, walk or cycle 11. Turn off lights when a room is empty 12. Do not drink bottled water 13. Grow my own fruit and vegetables 14. Take shorter showers 15. Use only environmentally friendly cleaning products
16. Turn off and plug out electrical appliances rather than leaving them on standby
17. Replace our home’s boiler with a more energy-effi cient one 18. Install a wind turbine and solar panels 19. Avoid air travel when going on holidays 20. Reduce the number of products I buy with plastic wrapping