Environmental Sustainability - Te Whakapūmautanga Taiao
Course Description
Students who choose to study Environmental Sustainability 301 will explore environmental sustainability issues in Marlborough through a series of guest speakers and field trips. They will want to make a difference to their world. Students will enjoy planning and taking their own action to make the future more sustainable; get out into the environment and collect information first hand, and make connections with people in their local community who are tackling some of the sustainability issues; investigate and focus on the local challenges; and engage with specialists in the community as stakeholders and/or mentors.
Note: Field trips are an integral part of this course and it is expected that all students will attend these.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
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Education for Sustainability 3.1 - Evaluate a personal action that contributes towards a sustainable future
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Education for Sustainability 3.4 - Analyse the impact that policies have on a sustainable future
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Education for Sustainability 3.5 - Develop a strategy for an organisation that will contribute to a sustainable future
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Earth and Space Science 3.2 - Investigate a socio-scientific issue in an Earth and Space Science context
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Education for Sustainability 3.2 - Evaluate measures that may be taken to sustain and/or improve a biophysical environment
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 24
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.