Segment C: Sustainable Design
Sustainability has been defined as the balance of the environment, the economy, and equity. In this segment of Let's Go Enviro, hear how Georgia students are being encouraged to create sustainable ideas in their curriculum.
Segment C: Sustainable Design
Sustainability has been defined as the balance of the environment, the economy, and equity. In this segment of Let's Go Enviro, hear how Georgia students are being encouraged to create sustainable ideas in their curriculum.
Science
Design and defend a sustainability plan to reduce your individual contribution to environmental impacts, taking into account how market forces and societal demands (including political, legal, social, and economic) influence personal choices.
What are important design principles to consider when designing a sustainable environment where humans can coexist with nature?
What challenges should be considered when designing a sustainability plan?
Considering market forces and societal demands, explain steps to take to create a sustainable plan that reduces negative environmental impact.
byproduct: something that is produced as a result of making something else, or something unexpected that happens as a result of something
carbon footprint: a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person, group, etc.
gross domestic product (GDP): measures the value of economic activity within a country; the sum of the market values, or prices, of all final goods and services produced in an economy during a period of time
gross national product (GNP): an estimate of the total value of all the final products and services turned out in a given period by the means of production owned by a country's residents; measures the output of a country's residents regardless of the location of the actual underlying economic activity
infant mortality rate: the probability of a child born in a specific year or period dying before reaching the age of one, expressed per 1,000 live births
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design): a green building certification program used worldwide
maternal mortality rate: the probability of a woman dying while pregnant or within one year of the end of pregnancy from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy
monoculture: the practice of growing one crop species in a field at a time
net-zero: cutting greenhouse gas emissions to as close to zero as possible, with any remaining emissions re-absorbed from the atmosphere, by oceans and forests for instance
