Global Sustainability Projects

Learn About Global Sustainability Projects

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General Instructions

1) Click on the box of materials that you would like to use in your classroom. This will take you to another link where you can download the materials. If you want to choose more than one you can always come back and repeat the same steps.

2) Download the information and save it to your computer. Open the video with a video program on your computer to make sure that you received it okay.

3) Review the information packet for that video and introduce the concepts in your classroom.

4) Watch the video. You can use a projector or put it on individual computers for your students to watch or you can watch it off of one computer in groups or together depending on the size of your classroom.

3) Complete the worksheets. The worksheets are provided in two formats: one with answers for you and one that you can print out and give to your students directly. Once you have seen that your students have learned the material in a way that you are satisfied you can move to Section C of Step 2.

Wastewater Garden® Project

View a documentary and use supplementary materials to learn about the building of a Wastewater Garden® in an Aboriginal community in Western Australia. Some of the components included in the documentary are: the hydrologic cycle; different types of waste water; large-scale water treatment vs. septic systems; human water consumption; and current misconceptions about “waste” water.

Nguna-Pele Marine Protected Area Project

View a documentary and use supplementary materials to learn about the Nguna-Pele Marine Protected Area in Vanuatu. Some of the components included in the documentary are: geography; community relationships with their surroundings; sustainable agriculture and island resource use; local government structures; cultural lifestyles; ocean environments; the use and protection of marine resources (i.e.—turtle tagging, fish counting, conservation areas, etc.).

Brown School Paper Waste Project

View a documentary and use supplementary materials to learn about the Paper Recycling Project with OEDSI at Brown School, Schenectady, New York. Some of the components included in the documentary are: deforestation associated with paper production and waste; different efforts to improve awareness within a school environment; understanding why it is important to follow structured guidelines when carrying out a project; sustainability concepts from a student point of view; how students can interview faculty; and how to look at a project as a long-term school commitment.

What to do if you are having troubles downloading the videos from the internet!

You will need to download the videos from the internet to your computer as instructed in the video links. This can take anywhere from twenty to forty minutes or sometimes even longer depending on the connection speed of your computer. If you do not have a cable connection to the internet this process could take hours. If downloading the videos will take too much time or becomes too costly for your school, please contact us immediately and we will send you a hard copy of the videos in the mail. If you receive a hard copy in the mail we will ask that you act as a librarian to these videos and pass them around to other schools in your area that might become involved in the program or other teachers in your school that you feel would benefit from the content in their classrooms. We will only send one copy per school and if you are the first teacher to receive the videos we ask that you take on this management role of the videos to reduce our costs.

If you need to have the videos sent because of slow internet connection or other problems please click here and fill out the form and submit it so that we can process your request as quickly as possible. Please include a detailed account of why you are not able to download the videos from the internet and a complete address of where we will need to send your materials.