Buying and accumulating stuff is such a big part of our culture and lives we rarely question it. But in creating a Loop de Loop world we need to start by asking ourselves if we have too much & how we might manage with less.
Materials Required
- Images of landfills and garbage dumps
- Chart paper
- Markers
- GOOS (good on one side) paper
PART 1: Discuss
- What is consumption?
- Have you ever seen a landfill or a garbage dump?
- Where does the trash you create in your daily life go?
- Do you think it’s possible to get rid of trash altogether?
- What did you learn in reading the book about ways to change our consumption patterns?
- What might an Indigenous Guardian/Land Keeper think about over-consumption?
PART 2: Bell ringer
Using a carousel/bell ringer model, place chart paper with the images of landfills and dumps around the class. Place markers nearby. Ask the students to record their thoughts and feelings when looking at each image and answer the questions.
- What can be done differently?
- How does this image make you feel?
- How can we solve this problem?
Students will have just a few minutes at each image to share their reactions to the images and their classmates’ ideas.
At the last image, ask the students there to share their reactions with the whole class.
PART 3: Media campaign
Students will pick an image/problem that they felt most passionate about and will create a simple media campaign to bring awareness of the issue to their peers.
Students are encouraged to think about ways of solving the problem.
Using GOOS paper, students draw their poster & create a brief written summary of their campaign.
In a short oral presentation, students share their poster with the class.