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Sustainable World Heritage?

Understand the concept of World Heritage through case studies like Bath, explore sustainability implications, threats, and preservation. Dive into meaningful discussions on heritage, change, and future planning.

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Sustainable World Heritage?

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  1. Sustainable World Heritage? A Project for Secondary Schools

  2. What does the word Heritage mean to you personally?

  3. What is our school’s heritage?

  4. What is a World Heritage Site?“What makes the concept of World Heritage exceptional is its universal application. World Heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located.” (UNESCO)Can you name these sites?

  5. Bath is a World Heritage Site for two main attributes:1) The Georgian architecture and town planning 2) The Roman Baths

  6. World Heritage Sites are managed by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation).In 1972 UNESCO set up the World Heritage List to protect important sites for all the peoples of the world.Bath was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987.

  7. UNESCO World Heritage Logo Patrimonito World Heritage Guardian

  8. Sustainability means:“providing for the best for people and the environment both now and in the indefinite future” (Websters Online Dictionary) But is World Heritage is sustainable? What might threaten World Heritage Sites?

  9. Watch the first episode of the Patrimonito films for ideas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR9GJ-xVgeA

  10. How did Patrimonito help to protect the World Heritage Sites? • Stopped damage by pollution from buses. • Prevented poachers from shooting wildlife. • Stopped people from drawing graffiti. • Reminded people not to drop litter.

  11. World Heritage = PreservationThese resources have been developed by the Bath Preservation Trust.

  12. Plan for a Citizenship Day Today you will complete activities focusing on the following themes: World heritage in danger What does world heritage mean to Bath? Does Bath need to change? Planning for the future

  13. Plan for a Citizenship Day (continued) At the end of the day, you will have learned about Bath as a world heritage site understood the challenges Bath faces dealing with issues such as traffic, new building development and tourism discussed the future of the city

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