Resource Riches
These resources can replenish themselves over time, like trees or fish stocks, as long as we don't overuse them.
What are renewable resources?
This general term refers to the process of getting natural resources out of the Earth or from nature.
extraction or harvesting
This atmospheric phenomenon occurs when certain gases trap heat, keeping our planet warm enough to live on.
What is the greenhouse effect?
These are diamonds mined in war zones and sold to finance armed conflict, making them a significant ethical concern.
What are conflict diamonds?
This global initiative by the United Nations aims to solve challenges like poverty, inequality, and environmental degradation by 2030.
What are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
This type of resource is constantly being renewed by natural processes, and we can't use it up, such as sunlight or wind.
What are flow resources?
In this mining method, layers of soil and rock, called overburden, are removed from the surface to access minerals.
what is (surface) mining
This term describes the total amount of greenhouse gases, typically carbon dioxide equivalent, released by an individual, event, or organization.
What is a carbon footprint?
This group often views the natural environment as sacred and deeply connected to their culture, identity, and way of life.
Who are Traditional Indigenous Communities (or Indigenous peoples)
The idea that we should use less, produce less waste, and buy fewer disposable items.
What is reducing consumption?
Once these resources, like oil or coal, are gone, they're gone because they take millions of years to form.
What are non-renewable resources
A common environmental impact of clear-cutting large forests is this process, where soil is left exposed and can be washed or blown away.
What is soil erosion?
This type of air pollution forms when industrial emissions and car exhaust react with sunlight, often seen as a hazy layer over cities.
What is smog?
This type of town often relies heavily on a single natural resource industry, such as mining or logging, for its economy and livelihoods.
What is a resource town?
Using appliances like refrigerators, washing machines, and light bulbs that are designed to consume less power.
What are energy-efficient appliances (or energy-saving strategies)?
Essential for growing food, this resource can keep producing for generations if managed through practices like crop rotation and composting.
soil
This method of harvesting trees involves cutting down only specific, mature trees, leaving others to grow and maintain forest structure.
What is selective logging?
This environmental issue happens when once fertile land turns into desert, often due to overgrazing or deforestation.
What is desertification?
This is a type of protest where people refuse to buy products from a company or industry because they disagree with its practices or ethics.
What is a boycott?
This concept means meeting our current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
What is sustainable development?
This type of non-renewable resource, often found deep underground, is typically extracted through complex drilling operations and is a major fossil fuel.
What is natural gas or oil?
The process of restoring land disturbed by mining or industrial activities, often by re-covering it with soil and planting vegetation.
reclamation
The burning of fossil fuels releases these gases into the atmosphere, which many scientists link to rising global temperatures.
What are greenhouse gases?
This movement aims to give producers in developing countries better prices, improved working conditions, and a fairer deal for their products, often seen on coffee or chocolate packaging.
What is fair trade?
This SDG is specifically focused on taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
What is Climate Action (or SDG 13)?