Changing Our Future

Aim; To look at the different ways we can prevent climate `change in the future.

Changing Our Future

Name 3 fossil fuels?
1. Coal
2. Oil
3. Natural gas

What is the cost?
Carbon Dioxide

The CO2 level has soured since when?
Industrial revolution

What are the effects in the UK?

1.   Heat waves
2. Thousands of species die  Animal extinction

How many climate refugees will there be in Britain by 2050?

200,000,000

When will Fairborn be flooded?

Some time in the next 26 years

What are some of the other things that will be 'swallowed by the waves'?

1. Power stations
2. Gas plants
3. Toxic dumps

How can we stop climate change?

1.    Removing gas boilers
2.    Buses and cars need to be used by Hydrogen or batteries   
3.    Cut back on meat, stop eating as much
4.    Fly less

What is the atmosphere called?

Waste Dump .

What is the last statement the reporter made? 

We Know what we need to do, we have got the technology. What we lack is the

Political Will.

What can we do to prevent climate change?

What can we do?

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CURBING CLIMATE CHANGE

What is the one, silver bullet solution?

What is the mix of things we need to start doing?

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What are 3 others you can think of?

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Activity: Ranking climate change issues.

Using the worksheet,  rank the issues from climate change.

MY INVESTIGATION

Aim: To look at how I can prevent climate change in the future.

1. Complete the activity Ecological Handprint.

2. Complete the activity Carbon Footprint.

How is sea level rise going to effect us in NZ

What places will be effected?

All around the coast

What else do we need to think about?

Building houses not on the 

What other places around NZ will be affected?

Pacific islands

What does this do to our drinking water?

Put salt in the drinking water

What are the main concerns?

Flooding

Erosion

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What can we do to prevent climate change?

What can we do?

1. Use electric cars
2. Recycle
3. Less fossil fuels

Curbing climate change

What is the one, silver bullet solution?
Something that provides an immediate and extremely effective solutionto a given problem or difficulty, especially one that is normally very complex or hard to resolve. The phrase is almost always used in a statement that such a solution does not exist.

What is the mix of things we need to start doing?

1. electric
2. renewable fuels
3. Using transport thats doesnt use fossil fuels

What are 3 others you can think of?

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My Investigation

Where does our food come from?

• Choose your favourite food.

1. Upload a picture of it.
2. Draw a picture of it on A4.    

On your blog answer the following questions.

• Where does the food come from (e.g. is it from another province or country, was it purchased or made locally)? Italy, 

• How many kilometers away did the food travel to get to you?

• What are the main ingredients? Pizza Dough, Tomato sauce, cheese, 

• How is the food packaged? In a box

• What resources do you need to produce this food item (e.g. land, water, oil, food, etc.)? Oil food

• Would this item have been processed? Yes

• Is there anything unique or significant about the food item (e.g. fair-trade, local)? 

• What else do you notice about this food that affects its climate friendliness? 

• Do you think this food is climate friendly (Circle)?    NO 

• Why? Because you need to kill animals to be able to make it and they are trucked to the places wheer they are made

• If no, what would be a better alternative?  

What will you do to stop climate change? Using ideas from the Ecological Handprint and Carbon Footprint list 10 changes that you can make to stop Climate change?

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The Years of Living Dangerously (Film, 59 min.)