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  • Sustainable Development

    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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  • Sustainable Development

    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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  • Food and Agriculture

    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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  • Sustainable Development

    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 Development

    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 Development

    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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  • Sustainable Development

    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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  • Sustainable Development

    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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  • Sustainable Development

    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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  • Natural Resources

    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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