Worksheet 6:Ecological Literacy

1. What environmental issues and concerns move you and provoke you to action? What
efforts and practical steps do you take to influence others to take action?

Global Warming and Climate Change are the issues that provokes me to action. The
steps I did to influence the others is the proper handlings of our wastes.. the
3Rs,Reduce,Re-use,Recycle.

2. What is sustainability? Give examples.

Sustainability is the ability to exist and develop without depleting natural resources for
the future. Sustainability implies assuming that nature and the environment are not an
inexhaustible source of recourses, but subject to protection and rational use. Life below
water: Avoiding the use of plastic bags to keep the oceans clean. Life on land: Planting
trees to help protect the environment. Responsible consumption and production:
Recycling items such as paper, plastic, glass and aluminum.

3. What personal greening initiatives would you propose to your own school, community, or
home?

There should be recycling bins in school, community, or home as it would make it easier
for us to give materials for recycling. Refills of pens, paper, cardboard boxes, clothes,
plastic items.