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Popping Canada's 'Carbon Bubble' good for economy, says Jeff Rubin
In a CBC radio interview, author Jeff Rubin says all is not gloom and doom over the collapse of Canada as a major oil superpower, the change in climate could make Canada once again the breadbasket to the world. Jeff Rubin is the...
Type:Research
Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Sustainable Development
Subject:Geography, Economics, Environmental Studies
Level:Secondary
Grade: 9 10 11 12
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Shopping in Circles - Vancouver Sun
An article on the emerging "circular economy", a product production system that could completely reduce the waste we produce and the resources we consume.
Type:Research
Topic:Business and Economics, Energy Use and Conservation, Sustainable Development
Subject:English / Language Arts, Economics, Business Education, Environmental Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
Grade: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Sugar Maple Sap Yields Using One or Two Tapholes per Tree
This accessible research article looks at research in Vermont to increase sap production in sugar maple trees by limiting tapholes to one or two per three. Early results are dicussed.
Type:Research
Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Ecosystems, Food and Agriculture
Subject:Science, Geography, Economics, Social Studies
Level:Secondary
Grade: 12
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Surface Area & Volume: Sustainable Design
Surface Area & Volume: Sustainable Design is Lesson 12 from "Real World Math". In this lesson, students analyze the characteristics of sustainably designed items. In a real-world application exercise, students calculate...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Social Justice, Solutions, Sustainable Development
Subject:Mathematics, Geography, Economics, Social Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Sustainable Economics Curriculum: A Supplementary Curriculum for High School Economics Courses - Cener for Economic Conversion
A supplementary curriculum for high school economics courses. Topics include: • What is Economics • Economic Systems • The Market System and Consumer Culture • Products, the Environment and consumerism • Business Practices and...
Type:Research
Topic:Business and Economics, Sustainable Development
Subject:Economics, Business Education, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
Level:Secondary
Grade: 9 10 11 12
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Sustainable Schools Project - Shelburne Farms
Shelburne Farms' Sustainable Schools Project helps schools use sustainability as an integrating context for curriculum, community partnerships, and campus practices. Link: http://www.sustainableschoolsproject.org/tools-resources
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Business and Economics, Solutions, Sustainable Development
Subject:Economics, Business Education, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
Grade: 8 9 10 11 12
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Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future - UNESCO
Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future is a multimedia teacher education program published. It contains 100 hours (divided into 27 modules) of professional development for use in pre-service teacher courses as well as the...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Business and Economics, Sustainable Development
Subject:English / Language Arts, Economics, Business Education, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
Level:Primary / Elementary, Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
Grade: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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The Business Logic of Sustainability - TED Talk
TED Talk by Ray Anderson entitled ‘The business logic of sustainability’. This would make a good case study for a Sustainability Education project.
Type:Video
Topic:Business and Economics, Science and Technology, Sustainable Development
Subject:Economics, Business Education, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
Grade: 8 9 10 11 12
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The Cost of Production
The Cost of Production is Lesson 4 from "Buy, Use, Toss? A Closer Look at the Things We Buy". In this lesson, students consider where most of our imported material goods are assembled and the environmental and social impacts...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Business and Economics, Sustainable Development
Subject:Science, Economics, Business Education, Social Studies, Biology
Level:Secondary
Grade: 9 10 11 12
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The Economics of Maple Syrup Production in Ontario
The Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association commissioned this report and the accompanying budgeting tool to assist maple entrepreneurs in building a solid BUSINESS PLAN to tap into this incredible business...
Type:Research
Topic:Business and Economics, Food and Agriculture, Natural Resources
Subject:Geography, Economics, Business Education, Environmental Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
Grade: 9 10 11 12
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