⏳ENV_Recovery_Renewable City Plan_4.28.23

⏳ENV_Recovery_Renewable City Plan_4.28.23

Complete this lesson and activities to replace low or missing scores for the Write About It: Renewable Energy

​Indicate the words in the song that relate to energy - circle, highlight, or underline (should have five or more)

Open Ended

“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” The Brundtland Report, 1987. Do you think YOUR life is sustainable? How can you tell if your life is sustainable?

​ecological accounting

It would not make sense to compare dirhams to dollars to rupees, so convert everything into a single currency to compare. Ecological footprints convert lifestyle choices – what we do every day – into the land area needed to sustain it.

Sunshine Marie, 15 years old, Tallapoosa, Georgia, U.S.A.

I live in rural Georgia with my parents, grandmother, and five siblings. We all attend GCA, an online public school, sometimes we go to the library to complete our work at the end of the day, because the internet service is faster. We have a five bedroom house with electricity and city water. We use wood for heating and electricity for all our other appliance needs. My mom stays home with my siblings and I and takes care of grandma while my dad works.

My dad works in retail, and my mom raises chickens, grows a garden, and takes care of the house. After school and on weekends, we all play community sports. We eat a typical American diet and pack convenience foods for game days. We all have chores to do, and the older kids pair up with the younger kids for the chores. We average one bag of trash per day and my mom does about three loads of laundry per day. We have four dogs and four cats, and about 50 hens.

We have two vehicles, but they are older and do not get very good gas mileage. My parents drive about 200 miles per week for work, sports, shopping, and doctors. My mom cuts all of our hair, and we get most

​View this student information to compare with your lifestyle and footprint.