Topic 1.1 Activities - Environmental Value Systems
1.1 Who am I?
This is a great activity to use as an introduction to the course. Understanding Environmental Value Systems can start on day one and helps students to understand their relationship with the course and...
1.1 What do you think? What do they think?
It's useful to start with the student at the centre of things and to have them engage with their own EVS. Next students need to start developing an understanding of why different groups will have different...
1.1 Exploring ideas of Intrinsic Value
Some people believe that all / some elements of the natural environment have intrinsic value. They should be valued just because they exist. There are a number of countries which have given an equal right...
1.1 Tribal Societies
In order to develop a deeper understanding of how different societies interact with the environment and explore the ideas that tribal societies are somehow "in balance" with the environment, try this...
1.1 Cultural Attitudes
The development of environmental movements is often viewed from a very western perspective. We are going to investigate a couple of examples that will help broaden our understanding of how different societies...
1.1 Applying the Environmental Value Systems
It can be difficult to develop a thorough understanding of the EVSs and then to apply these to the topics across the course but they are at the heart of ESS and can be asked in many different contexts.
1.1 Environmental History and Attitudes
In order to develop and understanding of how societies have developed an understanding and relationship to the environment, it is useful to review a brief history of the environment.Use the presentation...
1.1 Important People in Environmentalism
Significant Idea:Historical events, among other influences, affect the development of environmental value systems (EVSs) and environmental movements.Student ActivitiesVersion 1
1.1 Sometimes it takes a Disaster
Sometimes it takes a disaster to change the way a government or society responds to an environmental problem. In this activity students consider five major environmental disasters answering key questions...