Post on 26-Mar-2015
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What a What a Wasteful Wasteful World!!!World!!!
….that we live in….or do we????
Answer the following questions:
•Describe what your picture is showing?
•What time of year do you think it shows?
•Write a list of the waste that there would be at the time of year of your particular picture
Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
Your group will be allocated one of these pictures
Photo taken by Jeremy Bailey at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremybailey/450524851/ Creative Commons Licence
Photo taken by Gracefamily at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gracefamily/2133915592/ Creative Commons Licence
Photo taken by Aine D at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dainec/4925756/Creative Commons Licence
What a waste! Over 36 million
heart-shaped boxes of chocolate are sold each year
Globally, around a
billion valentine cards are sent each
year - making the
day the second
largest card sending
holiday of the year –
behind Christmas
Nestle Kit Kat Easter egg –
You pay - £3.99
BUT 52% of its weight is edible - the rest is packaging!
We throw away
• 1 billion Christmas cards
• 8 million Christmas trees
• 83 million km² of wrapping paper
1/10th of our annual rubbish is generated at Christmas
Photo taken by D'Arcy Norman at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/251645085/Creative Commons Licence
Development Compass Rose
You will be using this to help you ask
questions about 2 pictures
We will do the first example
together as a class
Image from Tide~ global learning found at www.tidegloballearning.netFull permission given
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Photo taken by D'Arcy Norman at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/251645085/Creative Commons Licence
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Photo taken by Colin Crowley at http://www.flickr.com/photos/newbeatphoto/3726827048/Creative Commons Licence
Give examples of what Give examples of what impact waste can haveimpact waste can have
Answer the following questions:
• Can you think of the impacts of waste?
• Does this change from one country to another? o How?
• Does waste have a greater impact on countries that are less developed?
So what is the future?
Watch the short clip below – can you think of ways we could manage our waste problem in the future?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH61dU_NKxw&feature=related