Principles of Sustainability: 5 Big Ideas
Wild Treasures: Sustainability, Naturally (WT) begins with students trying to solve a variety of engaging problems introducing them to big ideas about sustainability: waste, exponential growth, feedback loops, cycling and entropy. It "ends" with a class transforming the way their school operates, based on these principles of sustainability.
How Does Your School Stack Up?
There are many ways your school may be choosing products and activities that contribute to compromising the quality of life for future generations. Be sure to keep these concepts in mind when figuring out things like how your school:
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Each of these big ideas about sustainability correlate to a Wild Treasures Challenge.