ECOLITERACY
One example of the environmental crises that we face today is the use of ______ ______.
fossil fuel
It is the quality of causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time.
Sustainability
They depend on a continual flow of energy, water and nutrients to maintain their basic functions and stay alive.
Organisms
Solar panels capture the electromagnetic radiation of the sun to produce electricity and ______.
heat
Australian Aboriginal culture to the Gwich‟in First Nation in the Arctic Circle, traditional societies have viewed themselves as intimately connected to plants, animals and ______.
land
______ energy sustains almost all life directly or indirectly and drives most ecological cycles.
Solar
The study of the relationships between organisms and their environment, and the balances between these relationships.
Ecology
It involves putting yourself in the other person's shoes and understanding why they may have these particular feelings.
Empathy
It provides a safe crossing path for wildlife amidst the danger of highways.
Wildlife bridge
The process of collecting and processing materials that would otherwise be thrown away as trash and turning them into new products.
Recycling
The kind of learning that meets the critical needs of the twenty-first century — and offers an antidote to the fear, anger, and hopelessness that can result from inaction.
Ecoliterate
Educators can use phenomenal web-based tools, such as _________, to enable students to “travel” virtually and view the landscape in other regions and countries.
Google Earth
Trees, shrubs and grass remove smoke, dust and other _________ from the air.
pollutants
Extracting and processing wood, oil and ore to make usable materials requires a lot of energy. Recycling ______ energy because the products being recycled usually require much less processing to turn them into usable materials.
saves
To be Ecoliterate, we should develop __________
for all forms of life.
empathy