Energy, Climate, Environment

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 09.07.01

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Purpose
  2. Introduction
  3. What Are Plastics
  4. Anything You Can Do, I Can Do BETTER!
  5. From Natural to Not So Much…
  6. Better Things for Better People - Marketing of Plastics
  7. So What Is the Big Deal??
  8. Health Concerns
  9. Out of Sight, Out of Mind
  10. Are We Really Recycling?
  11. Strategies for Implementation
  12. Stage One - You as the Consumer
  13. Stage Two - You as the Recycler
  14. Stage Three - You as the Global Citizen
  15. Reflection
  16. References
  17. Reading List for Students
  18. Materials for Classroom Use
  19. Appendix - Implementing District Standards
  20. Endnotes

Flexible Enthusiasm: Consumption and Awareness of Plastics in Our Lives

Stephanie Anaissa Brown-Bryant

Published September 2009

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Purpose

The purpose of this curriculum unit is to bring awareness to the role humans play in our personal and environmental health as consumers of plastics. Marketing and convenience play important roles in our choices of purchases, but how informed are we about the production, regulations, and impact of plastics in our everyday lives? The goals of the unit are to uncover a realm of consumption that outlines possible unscrupulous marketing tactics that promote consumption over conservation and to learn how we can put into practice simple ways to alleviate this problem.

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Amy Loretta Neiter

November 19, 2009 at 8:29 am

Thank you

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