Related Benchmarks
- SC.912.L.17.8 - Recognize the consequences of the losses of biodiversity due to catastrophic events, climate changes, human activity, and the introduction of invasive, non-native species.
- SC.912.L.17.11 - Evaluate the costs and benefits of renewable and nonrenewable resources, such as water, energy, fossil fuels, wildlife, and forests.
- SC.912.L.17.12 - Discuss the political, social, and environmental consequences of sustainable use of land.
- SC.912.L.17.13 - Discuss the need for adequate monitoring of environmental parameters when making policy decisions.
- SC.912.L.17.14 - Assess the need for adequate waste management strategies.
- SC.912.L.17.15 - Discuss the effects of technology on environmental quality.
- SC.912.L.17.16 - Discuss the large-scale environmental impacts resulting from human activity, including waste spills, oil spills, runoff, greenhouse gases, ozone depletion, and surface and groundwater pollution.
- SC.912.L.17.18 - Describe how human population size and resource use relate to environmental quality.
- SC.912.L.17.19 - Describe how different natural resources are produced and how their rates of use and renewal limit availability.
- SC.912.L.17.20 - Predict the impact of individuals on environmental systems and examine how human lifestyles affect sustainability.
An entertaining and informative look at our economic dependence on a consumptive society and the dangers that it entails.