EXPO Theme: Feeding the Planet. Energy for Life.
SCIENCE Focus for EXPO:
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Focus Topics: human footprint, sustainability, renewable and non-renewable resources, biodiversity, species, species evolution, species extinction, slow food movement, green revolution, blue revolution
Essential Questions:
* What impact does an individual have on the environment, and how can the human footprint be decreased to sustain
life on Earth for ALL living organisms?
* How can we encourage humanity to take a more responsible attitude to balancing food production and the use of
natural resources?
* How do natural and man-made factors contribute to the extinction of a species (food sources - agriculture, for
example)?
Essential Questions:
* What impact does an individual have on the environment, and how can the human footprint be decreased to sustain
life on Earth for ALL living organisms?
* How can we encourage humanity to take a more responsible attitude to balancing food production and the use of
natural resources?
* How do natural and man-made factors contribute to the extinction of a species (food sources - agriculture, for
example)?
VIDEO: Kid President’s words of wisdom on the Global Goals!
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Visit the UK Pavilion "Grown in Britain: Shared Globally". The design is inspired by the unique role of hives in our ecosystem.
The Germany Pavilion, "Fields of Ideas", traces the sources of nutrition all the way to food production and consumption in the urban world. At the end of the visit in the Germany pavilion is a live show entitled Be(e) Active in which you will be transformed into a swarm and observe the German world of food through the eyes of bees in flight. |
Where will we find enough food to feed 9 billion?
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Click on The Future of Food link to access
National Geographic
Future of Food topic ideas and information on
How to Feed Our Growing Planet
Once you have decided on the ESSENTIAL QUESTION for your topic idea, you will need to take Cornell notes on your RESEARCH. Use at least three different sources. You must have a minimum of one full page of research (two is better!) before completing your final product!
Don't miss the point: It begins with me. How the world can end world hunger in our lifetime.
Bono’s position is clear: “We can solve the problem of hunger. We can solve the problems of poverty and conflict. There is already enough food to feed the world, the problem is not a shortage of food but a lack of will to share it.” The distribution of food and personal responsibility are also reflections that are central to the Swiss pavilion, with its four towers at the top of which is painted the question “ce n’è per tutti?” (is there enough to go around?). To successfully meet this challenge takes commitment. “It begins with me” is the answer that will make it possible to give everyone equitable access to the earth’s resources.
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ONE is an international campaigning and advocacy organization of more than 7 million people taking action to end extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa… because the facts show extreme poverty has already been cut by 60% and can be virtually eliminated by 2030, but only if we act with urgency now.
Cofounded by Bono, we raise public awareness and work with political leaders to combat AIDS and preventable diseases, increase investments in agriculture and nutrition, and demand greater transparency so governments are accountable to their citizens. ONE does not raise money itself to build schools, hospitals and the like, but does its work by advocacy and campaigning so that government funds continue to flow to programs that make a difference in people’s lives. ONE works closely with African activists and policymakers as they fight corruption, promote poverty-fighting priorities, monitor the use of aid, and help build civil society and economic development. ONE’s work is strictly politically non-partisan.
In recent years, ONE’s members, together with other campaigners, have played an important role in persuading governments to support effective programs and policies that are making a measurable difference in fighting extreme poverty and disease. Partly as a result of these advocacy efforts, more than 9 million people living in Africa today have access to lifesaving AIDS medication, up from only 50,000 in 2002. Malaria has been cut by 75% in eight African countries since 2000, and 54 million more children across sub-Saharan Africa are now going to primary school compared to 1999.
Click on the link to TAKE ACTION!
Cofounded by Bono, we raise public awareness and work with political leaders to combat AIDS and preventable diseases, increase investments in agriculture and nutrition, and demand greater transparency so governments are accountable to their citizens. ONE does not raise money itself to build schools, hospitals and the like, but does its work by advocacy and campaigning so that government funds continue to flow to programs that make a difference in people’s lives. ONE works closely with African activists and policymakers as they fight corruption, promote poverty-fighting priorities, monitor the use of aid, and help build civil society and economic development. ONE’s work is strictly politically non-partisan.
In recent years, ONE’s members, together with other campaigners, have played an important role in persuading governments to support effective programs and policies that are making a measurable difference in fighting extreme poverty and disease. Partly as a result of these advocacy efforts, more than 9 million people living in Africa today have access to lifesaving AIDS medication, up from only 50,000 in 2002. Malaria has been cut by 75% in eight African countries since 2000, and 54 million more children across sub-Saharan Africa are now going to primary school compared to 1999.
Click on the link to TAKE ACTION!
Read about how large French supermarkets face ban on throwing away food: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/05/22/uk-france-food-idUKKBN0O71A120150522
Water Changes Everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCHhwxvQqxg
20-Year-Old to Launch World’s First Ocean Cleaning System Next Year
http://www.discovery.com/dscovrd/nature/20-year-old-to-launch-worlds-first-ocean-cleaning-system-next-year/
Can we live in a world without....Bananas? Chocolate? Hazelnuts (Nutella)? Avocados?
Looking at: bias in media, hidden agendas, speaker credibility, & how the delivery of information affects the listener. BIAS? PERSUASIVE? Will you still consume products with palm oil in their ingredients after watching this video? #inyourpalm
Dear Future Generations: Sorry
Is this the future of our Earth?
"Wall-E is a computer-animated film set in the future. Humans have long since abandoned the Earth because their littering has made the environment uninhabitable. Wall-E is a robot programmed to tidy the rubbish, but years of isolation have meant that Wall-E has developed a personality. One day a mystery spacecraft lands on the Earth and leaves behind EVE – a modern robot who has been sent to find any lifeforms which could suggest the Earth can be lived on again."