Car-less day

What is the effect of not living this way on our environment?
· Continue to pollute the air
· Continue to use fossil fuels
· Bad road congestion
· Roads have more traffic so need to be replaced more often

What is the benefits of operating in a sustainable manner?
· Less carbon emissions
· Less car use means car is usable form more years
· Less traffic congestion
· Fossil fuels wont run out as soon
· Public transport


What are the benefits to each of us personally in living sustainably
· Less money spent on WOF and car regos
· Less money spent on petrol
· Cleaner air to breathe (less pollution/carbon emissions)
· Public transport
· No parking costs/trying to find a park


No Packaging day

What is the effect of not living this way on our environment?
· An estimated 12 million barrels of oil is required to make that many plastic bags.
· Thousands of marine animals and more than 1 million birds die each year as a result of plastic pollution.
· The United Nations Environment Programme estimates that there are 46,000 pieces of plastic litter floating in every square mile of ocean.
· Plastic bags are often mistakenly ingested by animals, clogging their intestines which results in death by starvation. Other animals or birds become entangled in plastic bags and drown or can’t fly as a result.
· Even when they photo-degrade in landfill, the plastic from single-use bags never goes away, and toxic particles can enter the food chain when they are ingested by unsuspecting animals.
· Greenpeace says that at least 267 marine species are known to have suffered from getting entangled in or ingesting marine debris. Nearly 90% of that debris is plastic.
· Paper production requires hundreds of thousands of gallons of water as well as toxic chemicals like sulphurous acid, which can lead to acid rain and water pollution
· Most of the pulp used for paper shopping bags is virgin pulp, as it is considered stronger


What is the benefits of operating in a sustainable manner?
· Less waste in landfills
· Better for the environment/marine life
· Less toxins in the water system
· Water which is used in the production can be used for other purposes
· Less consumption of fossil fuels

What are the benefits to each of us personally in living sustainably
· Less polluted water
· No toxic particles in food chain -> healthier food

I think making a joint decision as a class or small groups to select the topic is a good idea as that way everyone can have an imput and have their say. The analysing, exploring, vision and aims should be discussed as a class with teacher imput as well. The action could be either direct or indirect depending on what was decided however i think indirect would be easier to accomplish. There is a lot of different things to think about and ways to approach it but discussing it will narrow down what we want to do.

Explain the concept of Sustainability:
Sustainability is to do with looking after what we already have in order to make sure it is there for further generations.

Share your views on social equality, including culture and religion:


Share your views on the natural world:
The natural world is a fascinating place with so many different species and variations of mammals, animals, birds, insects etc. It can also be a source of awe and fear.

What do you consider to be important for our world and our species:
I consider adequate food, shelter, warmth and love to be important to our world and species.

Hi, Im Rebecca, Im a 21yr old studying Travel and Tourism at Otago Polytechnic.