How might you use this stimulus material in class? 

Learning Outcomes: (You can choose what suits)

Strand 1:

1.1   Review the personal resources available to them to realise their needs and wants and analyse the extent to which realising their needs and wants may impact on individuals and society

1.7 Distinguish between and appreciate their rights and responsibilities as consumers

1.9 Debate the ethical and sustainability issues that arise from their consumption of goods and services and evaluate how they can contribute to sustainable development through consumer behaviour 

1.10 Discuss and evaluate how globalisation and developments in technology impact on consumer choice and behaviour

Strand 2: 

2.4 Distinguish between the rights and responsibilities of employer and employee from a legal, social, environmental and ethical perspective 

2.5 Investigate the positive and negative impacts on a community of an organisation from an economic, social and environmental perspective

Strand 3:

  3.6 Explain how economic growth can impact positively and negatively on society and the environment and justify the promotion of sustainable development

 

Stimulus material:

 

Can we turn the tide of plastic packaging? | Rethink Sustainability

 

Targets for recycling plastic packaging will be 'extremely challenging' - so how do we do it?

 

https://www.thejournal.ie/plastic-packaging-waste-recycling-5654841-Jan2022/

 

How might you use this stimulus material in a class?
As a method of realising the levels of waste created in Ireland & how unavoidable a lot of these waste problems are

SDG 12.Responsible Consumption and Production

1.9, 2.2, 2.5

 

 

 

I will learn about the importance of sustainability when making spending choices;

 

I will learn about the life-cycle of products and the implications of fast fashions;

 

I will learn about the importance of environmental impact of the fashion industry.

 

 

 

Seek prior knowledge of the life-cycle of their casual clothing, consider the modes of transport used in the supply chain and the environmental impact.

 

Read down through the article, click into their website, have students investigate other similar business modes.

Learning Intentions
Understand the ethical and sustainability issues that arise from our consumption of goods and services

Assess the environmental impact that arises from our consumption of goods and services

Materials
The video introduces students to fast fashion.
Include a list of questions students have to answer while watching.

How might you use this stimulus material in class? 

-          1.9

Debate the ethical and sustainability issues that arise from their consumption of goods and services and evaluate how they can contribute to sustainable development through consumer behaviour

Learning intentions

-          Learn about the exploitation of workers in underdeveloped economies

-          Identify the link between individual consumer decisions and the exploitation of workers in underdeveloped economies
Learning experience
- show video ( stop and start to discuss and opportunity to answer questions)
- use question quadrant ... peer activity
Explanation
- video highlights link between our choice of make up products and child labour

3. Each pair reports back to class, and ideas are presented on whiteboard.