GEN 013: People and the Earth's Ecosystems

Module #8 Student Activity Sheet

Name: _Mike Jerome S. Andaya____________________________________ Class number: _______

Section: _BSEE2-01_ Schedule: __1:30 – 3:00 PM________________________ Date: 01-03-2023_______

Lesson title: Consumption of Natural resources and the Materials:

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Learning Targets:
At the end of the module, students will be able to: References:
1. Explain the impact of overusing of natural resources in the https://www.oneplanetnetwork.org/SD
ecology
2. Sight long term plan to reduce the environmental impact
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A. LESSON PREVIEW/REVIEW

Introduction
Hello, PHINMA Ed students! Welcome to GEN 013! Today we will explore your consumption as individual. My
task is to make you aware about your overconsumption. Because it exhausts the planet's life support systems
like the ones that provide us with fresh water, and leaves us short of materials critical to our health and quality
of life. Fresh water reserves, fish stocks and forests are shrinking, many species are under threat of extinction
and fertile land is being destroyed.

B.MAIN LESSON Content and Skill-Building

Consumption and production relies on the input of natural resources, which are extracted from
the environment and often processed or manufactured to form the final products and services that we
produce and consume.

• This includes materials like metals and minerals that are used to create products such as
steel for buildings, aluminum for cars, copper for electrical products and many other
rareearth minerals that go into making electronics such as smartphones.
• The farming that produces our food and drinks, and the clothes we wear, depends
significantly on natural resources including land, soil and water, as well as ecosystem
services like pollination.
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• The products and services we produce and consume also depend on burning fossil fuels
such as coal, oil and gas to generate the energy that powers machinery, factories,
processing plants, transportation and the use of many products and services.
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• Even services like finance, education, healthcare and telecommunications that don’t produce
physical products rely on infrastructure, technology and energy that are built and powered
using natural resources.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

Unsustainable consumption and production practices not only deplete natural resources through the
use of material inputs, but also cause environmental impacts as a result of the extraction, processing,
manufacturing, consumption and waste disposal at every stage of a product or service lifecycle.

These environmental impacts of unsustainable consumption and production are driving the three
planetary crises we are currently facing: climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.

1. Climate change
One of the most well-known environmental impacts of unsustainable production and
consumption is climate change, which is primarily caused by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and
gas to create the energy that powers economic activity. This energy is used for heavy machinery
for mining and industrial farming; factories for processing and manufacturing products; trucks,
ships and planes for transporting products; energy related to consuming products and services; as
well as the energy to power the necessary disposal and treatment of waste leftover from
production and consumption.

In addition to energy, climate change is also caused by the extraction and production of certain
materials, which can release greenhouse gases as a result of chemical processes like in making
steel for buildings and infrastructure. The production of food and agricultural products is also a
major source of greenhouse gases, through the use of fertilizers containing nitrogen, as well as the
raising of livestock which excrete methane, and the clearing of land for farming and grazing cattle
which reduces the amount of carbon that can be captured and stored by trees and vegetation and
increases the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.

2. Pollution

The amount of pollution that is created as a result of unsustainable production and consumption
is also causing great damage to the planet’s life-supporting systems of food, water and air, and as
a result harming human health and the health of the planet. While rubbish in the form of packaging
or disused products is a major issue that harms both life in the oceans as well as on land, pollution
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doesn’t just happen at the end of a product or services’ lifetime. Pollution takes places at every
stage of the value chain of a product or service, during the extraction of raw resources, the
processing and manufacturing of goods, as well as distribution and consumption.

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SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS

Natural-resource use and environmental impacts from unsustainable consumption and production also
have socio-economic consequences for people around the world.

1. Loss of natural resources and environmental damage can threaten livelihoods, especially of the more
than one billion farmers in the world, leading to food and economic insecurity as well as nutritional
issues.
2. In addition to nutrition, pollution in land, air and water from unsustainable consumption and production
also cause major health problems, especially for people living in poor countries.
3. Loss of availability of natural resources and the livelihoods that depend upon them is also a major
cause of conflict and war, which can jeopardise human rights, further damage the environment, destroy
livelihoods and harm human health.

These socio-economic impacts caused by unsustainable consumption and production are also felt
unequally throughout the world, thereby worsening inequality.

It is the poorest people who are most directly dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods, and
most exposed to risk from damage to these resources and environmental impacts, with the least means and
support available to cope with the consequences.

Check for Understanding

Direction: answer the following question.

1. How the pollution relates to the consumption of natural resources?

___Just like the air pollution , it can damage crops and trees in a variety of ways. Ground-level
ozone can lead to reductions in agricultural crop and commercial forest yields, reduce growth and
survivability of trees seedlings, and increased plant susceptibility to disease, pests and other
environmental stresses.
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2. Why overconsumption affects the change of climate? Site at least 3 real life scenarios
_____Its because of the things we buy and the activities we do. The higher the consumption, the
higher the emissions associated with our lifestyles that aggravate other environmental issues.
Examples of over consumption are the a.) increased used of fossil fuels, b.) buying too many
products and c. ) eating too much food.
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C. LESSON WRAP-UP Summary

Direction: You are done with the session! Now let me know how much have you learned from the lesson today
by answering the 3 questions below.

1. Three things you learned:

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2. Two things that you’d like to learn more about:
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3. One question you still have:
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Thinking about Learning

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Direction: Make a long-term plan for effective use of natural resources. Use the table below and
enlist all the plans you want to implement at home.
Resources My plans
Water 1. Promoting more efficient water use in homes and businesses.

2. Moving more water from one region to another through existing waterways and
now pipelines, building new reservoirs.

Oil/gasoline 1. Promote more efficient oil/gas use in homes, businesses and other things.

2. Take care of our natura resources so that we cannot over use the oils.

Food 1. Avoid buying too much food that you will not going to eat to lessen the food
waste.

2. Avoid eating too much food that you can’t finish.

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Paper 1. Reusing the used paper especially when it still have clean spaces that we can
use in printing.

2. Stop wasting papers.

Electricity 1. Promote proper use of electricity in our homes and businesses.

2. Avoid improper using of our electricity especially in our home.

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Answer Key

Check for understanding

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Thinking about learning

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