Embedding Sustainable Development into the Curriculum
I. Hair, Beauty and Related Therapies ......................................................................................... 4
A. Impacts to environment and human health from chemical use and inhalation ................................................. 4
B. Where products have been produced i.e human hair for extensions or cotton for the towels etc .................. 4
C. Equipment used, energy usage, production and disposal of the equipment ..................................................... 4
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II. Business .................................................................................................................................... 4
A. Sourcing a product, impacts on local economies and ethics .............................................................................. 4
B. Development of new sustainable economies ........................................................................................................ 4
C. Developing sustainable business strategies......................................................................................................... 4
D. Creating an economy for the future ....................................................................................................................... 4
III. Health and Wellbeing ............................................................................................................... 4
A. Consider biodiversity as a health benefit .............................................................................................................. 4
B. Health benefits of sustainable travel for humans and the environment ............................................................. 4
C. Sustainable future for the our children i.e cannot continue wasting resources and polluting the planet ....... 4
IV. Engineering and computing ................................................................................................... 5
A. Development of sustainable, recyclable technologies ......................................................................................... 5
B. Sustainable travel .................................................................................................................................................... 5
C. Consider the components of a computer, where the elements are sourced - transport impacts, mining/
extraction impacts, labour, health impacts and disposal. ........................................................................................ 5
D. Are computers more sustainable than using paper and pens?........................................................................... 5
V. Art and Design .......................................................................................................................... 5
A. Creating art through sustainable products ........................................................................................................... 5
B. Expressing sustainablility through art and drama................................................................................................ 5
C. Consider the environmental impacts of the products students are using to create an painting or
photograph etc ............................................................................................................................................................. 5
VI. Tourism and Leisure ............................................................................................................... 5
A. Environmental impacts of travelling, ie carbon emissions and fuel required .................................................... 5
B. Ethics of manufacturing sportswear or sporting equipment, who are the real winners? ................................. 5
C. Environmental, economic and social impacts of holiday destinations .............................................................. 5
VII. Access ..................................................................................................................................... 6
A. Fairtrade ................................................................................................................................................................... 6
B. Recycling .................................................................................................................................................................. 6
C. What is climate change? ......................................................................................................................................... 6
VIII. Academic Studies .................................................................................................................. 6
A. Economic .................................................................................................................................................................. 6
B. Social ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6
C. Environmental .......................................................................................................................................................... 6
D. Language Could incorporate conversations about sustainability, recycling, fairtrade, biodiversity etc ....... 6
E. Human rights and Global citizenship ..................................................................................................................... 6
IX. Construction ............................................................................................................................ 6
A. Sustainable building materials ............................................................................................................................... 6
B. Disposal impacts ..................................................................................................................................................... 6
C. Economic and social impacts of building and construction from extraction to building ................................. 6
X. Catering ..................................................................................................................................... 7
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A. Love Food Hate Waste. Environmental and social impacts of food waste disposal ........................................ 7
B. Environmental Impacts of packaging .................................................................................................................... 7
C. Social and ethical impacts of food ......................................................................................................................... 7
D. Transport impacts of international farming vs local farming............................................................................... 7
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I. Hair, Beauty and Related Therapies
A. Impacts to environment and human health from chemical use and inhalation
B. Where products have been produced i.e human hair for extensions or cotton for
the towels etc
C. Equipment used, energy usage, production and disposal of the equipment
II. Business
A. Sourcing a product, impacts on local economies and ethics
B. Development of new sustainable economies
C. Developing sustainable business strategies
D. Creating an economy for the future
III. Health and Wellbeing
A. Consider biodiversity as a health benefit
B. Health benefits of sustainable travel for humans and the environment
C. Sustainable future for the our children i.e cannot continue wasting resources and
polluting the planet
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IV. Engineering and computing
A. Development of sustainable, recyclable technologies
B. Sustainable travel
C. Consider the components of a computer, where the elements are sourced transport impacts, mining/ extraction impacts, labour, health impacts and
disposal.
D. Are computers more sustainable than using paper and pens?
V. Art and Design
A. Creating art through sustainable products
B. Expressing sustainablility through art and drama
C. Consider the environmental impacts of the products students are using to create
an painting or photograph etc
VI. Tourism and Leisure
A. Environmental impacts of travelling, ie carbon emissions and fuel required
B. Ethics of manufacturing sportswear or sporting equipment, who are the real
winners?
C. Environmental, economic and social impacts of holiday destinations
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VII. Access
A. Fairtrade
B. Recycling
C. What is climate change?
VIII. Academic Studies
A. Economic
B. Social
C. Environmental
D. Language Could incorporate conversations about sustainability, recycling,
fairtrade, biodiversity etc
E. Human rights and Global citizenship
IX. Construction
A. Sustainable building materials
B. Disposal impacts
C. Economic and social impacts of building and construction from extraction to
building
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X. Catering
A. Love Food Hate Waste. Environmental and social impacts of food waste disposal
B. Environmental Impacts of packaging
C. Social and ethical impacts of food
D. Transport impacts of international farming vs local farming
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