Standards for Environmental Education in the Curriculum (2008); suggests that students should be given the opportunity “to become environmentally literate; apply their acquired knowledge, perspectives, skills and practices in real‐life situations; and, become environmentally responsible citizens who are aware of the global implications of local action”. In this lesson, students begin to analyze the processes of extraction, production, consumption and disposal of consumer products from a geographical perspective.
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