Sustainability
Tragedy of the Commons
Ecological Footprint
Vocabulary
100

The kind of sustainability that involves money 

economic sustainability 

100

What is the resource in the Lorax story? 

trees

100

What is one way people impact the environment? 

(many answers) 

100

What vocabulary word so you see in the picture? 

trees

200

Protecting forests is an example of ________

environmental sustainability 

200

What is one example of Tragedy of the Commons? 

- cutting all the trees 

- killing / eating all the fish 

- too many cows eating all the grass

- people buying all the food and sanitizer from the store during COVID

200

How can people help the environment? 

(many answers)

200

What vocabulary word do you see in the picture?

solar panels 

300

Protecting animals is an example of ____________

environmental sustainability  

300

What happened to the resource in the picture? 

People bought / took all the resources (food, sanitizer, toilet paper, etc.)

300

Does this person have a big or small ecological footprint/impact? 

BIG! 
300

What vocabulary word do you see in the picture? 

ecosystem

400

Hospitals for all people would be an example of ___

social (community) 

400

What happened to the resource in the picture? 

Too many cows ate all the grass. 

400

What is an ecological footprint? 

impact a person makes on the environment 

400

What vocabulary word do you see in the picture? 

Tragedy of the Commons 

500

Having safe, affordable housing for all people is an example of ___________

social sustainability 

500

What is Tragedy of the Commons? 

When people destroy a resource. 

When people use all of a resource. 

500

Is it better to have a BIG or small ecological footprint? 

small 

500

What vocabulary word do you see in the picture?

ecological footprint 

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