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  Informative Illustrated Videos Outlining Sustainability - Sustainability Illustrated

  Learn about and teach sustainable development with these engaging sustainability videos. Topics include: -The Business Case for Sustainability -Creating Sustainable Value for Business -Triple Bottom Line -Ecological footprint -4 root...

  Type:Video
  Topic:Business and Economics, Energy Use and Conservation, Sustainable Development
  Subject:Civics & Citizenship, Economics, Business Education, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
  Level:Primary / Elementary, Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  It’s a Dirty Job

  It's a Dirty Job is Lesson 8 from "Buy, Use, Toss? A Closer Look at the Things We Buy." In this lesson, students take on perspectives of different stakeholder groups involved in determining how to deal with a...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Business and Economics, Recycling and Waste Management, Sustainable Development
  Subject:Science, Economics, Social Studies, Global Studies
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  Literacy and Earnings Project - Canadian Literacy and Learning Network

  A series of reports that illustrate the opportunities for individuals, business and government about investing in upskilling Canada’s workforce. Link: http://www.literacy.ca/research-and-resources/clln-literacy-and-earnings-project/

  Type:Research
  Topic:Business and Economics, Science and Technology, Sustainable Development
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Economics, Business Education, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  Location Matters - A GreenLearning Inquiry

  Where Should I Live? This investigation takes students through the inquiry process to discover how transportation is a significant factor in helping people in cities decide where they will live.  It uses the RBC &...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Business and Economics, Energy Use and Conservation, Solutions
  Subject:Geography, Civics & Citizenship, Economics, Business Education, Social Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  No Impact Project: Food

  Explore how food choices affect the environment and our quality of life. Develop a plan for one meal that includes only food that is seasonal, local, and unpackaged. The lesson also incorporates web site resources that build on themes...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Food and Agriculture
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Geography, Economics, Health & Wellbeing
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  Oil Sands: The Case for Caution

  Oil Sands: The Case For Caution provides an overview of the two main processes involved in extracting oil from the oil/tar sands - surface or "in situ" extraction. It presents some of the environmental issues related to...

  Type:Video
  Topic:Energy Generation, Energy Use and Conservation
  Subject:Science, Economics, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 6 7 8 9 10 11
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  On the Road to Retail

  On the Road to Retail is Lesson 5 from "Buy, Use, Toss? A Closer Look at the Things We Buy". In this lesson, students read about different components of product distribution in a scenario. They analyze information related to...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Business and Economics, Sustainable Development
  Subject:Science, Geography, Economics, Business Education, Social Studies
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  One Degree Matters

  One Degree Matters follows social and business leaders as they travel to Greenland and experience for themselves the dramatic effects of the melting of the ice caps and come to understand the planetary effects of climate change and...

  Type:Video
  Topic:Business and Economics, Ecosystems, Water Issues
  Subject:Geography, Economics, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Global Studies
  Level:Secondary
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  Playing It Cool:A Renewable Energy Economics Game

  This game simulates some of the economic changes necessary to make renewables succeed as large-scale electricity sources. Students buy and sell electricity from various sources—coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, and...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Business and Economics, Science and Technology
  Subject:Mathematics, Economics, Social Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  Pope Francis Encyclical

  This is the full text of the much publicized Encyclical of Pope Francis that addresses climate change and human responsibility. From E.O. Wilson: The reason Francis is so influential, Wilson said, is that “he...

  Type:Research
  Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Ecosystems, Social Justice
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Civics & Citizenship, Economics, History and Social Science, Social Studies
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 8 9 10 11
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