Eco-Sense provides educational opportunities for schools and for trade professionals. Watch also for our tours and workshops on our home page...
Less life stuff, more life style
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Objective:
to demonstrate that sustainability
is more than the three R’s. We show it isn’t cool to
make the Earth hot and provide real-life solutions.
Tour Topics
• What does sustainable mean?• Need vs. Want
- how desires become needs
• What does “footprint” mean?
- Carbon foot print defined
- Ecological foot print defined
• Resource vs. Waste
- Resources defined
- Waste defined
- Finite defined
- Finite resources – i.e. fossil fuels, water, etc.
- Waste and fossil fuels
- Plastics, chemicals, other pollutants
• Energy
- What do we use energy for?
- What energy do we need?
- Why do we buy more than what we need?
- What energy is wasted?
Obvious: lights, cars idling, computers, phantom loads
Less obvious: disposables, Jacuzzi tubs, two cars, iPods, uneaten
food, gold jewellery/diamonds, cruise ships, Disneyland, travel,
etc.
• Solutions
- Consume less – reduce your usage
- Don't buy what you don't need.
- Choose sustainable energy
- Change waste into a resource
- Use local/sustainable materials
- Before you become a consumer ... look for what you need
used
RE-USE – RECYCLE
Trade Professionals
Please contact Eco-Sense directly for more information on our educational opportunities.
