Overall aim and objectives for today

1. Overall aim and objectives for today • Aim: • To explore sustainable development, linking this to the people being affected by environmental problems. • Objectives: • By the end of the session you will hopefully………… • Understand and be able to define the term, sustainable development. • Be able to link sustainable development to the issues that were discussed at Rio 2012, i.e. jobs, energy, cities, food, water, oceans and disasters. • Be aware of the significance of waste, where the environment is concerned. • Be aware of the importance of recycling, and especially re-using. • Be able to describe the relationship between social justice and sustainable development.

2. Rio+20: the future we want And Flip Flops ?? Rio de Janeiro, Brazil PHOTO: JENNY MATHEWS/ACTIONAID

3. Rio+20: the future we want • In the next few slides, we will……………… • Explore some of the themes of Rio+20: the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (which was held in June 2012). • Explore sustainable development and what it means. • Investigate the issues discussed at Rio - jobs, energy, cities, food, water, oceans and disasters – from the perspective of people living in less economically developed countries (LEDCs).

4. What do you know about sustainable development? Complete the first two columns of your KWL grid

5. What is Rio+20? Sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Women, from Brazil, breaking open the coconuts of the Babassu palm PHOTO: LUCA ZANETTIACTIONAID

6. What do these images represent?

7. Which issues do you think world leaders should be discussing at Rio+20? 1 in 5 people live on less than $1.25 a day The Earth’s natural resources such as water and land are in demand from growing populations The Earth’s natural resources are under threat from the impacts of climate change

8. Jobs Rose Cicy, who’s farm was affected by flooding, has been provided seeds by the government to help restore her crops PHOTO: JAMES AKENA/ACTIONAID

9. Energy Ashley Church of England School in Surrey now uses solar panels for hot water and electricity PHOTO: KRISTIAN BUUS/ACTIONAID

10. Cities – The Wall Street Campaign The ‘Wall Street Campaign’ in Chennai, India PHOTO: PARVINDER SINGH/ACTIONAID Over 40,000 children, men and women live on the streets of Chennai. They are seen as problem and get little or no support in their struggle for identity and rights.

11. Food Men on a cash for work programme building stone walls in Haiti for flood prevention PHOTO: CHARLES ECKERT/ACTIONAID

12. Water Justine, 15, on her way to fetch water PHOTO: GEORGIE SCOTT/ACTIONAID “Collecting water is normal but it is far and the water is very dirty. Sometimes we have to chase animals away before we use the water.” Justine, 15, Uganda

13. Oceans “Over the past few years, because there are not enough fish, more and more families are having to rely on collecting seafood, and it’s becoming muchmore difficult to survive just on this.” Mama CodouN’Diaye Mama CodouN’Diayecollecting mussels and oysters, Senegal PHOTO: CANDACE FEIT/ACTIONAID

14. Disasters Lifeguards K. Anusha, G. Divya Rani, D. DivyaDeepika and G. Vijayakumari, all aged between 12 to 13, from Andhra Pradesh, India PHOTO: G M B AKASH/PANOS PICTURES/ACTIONAID

15. Which are the best solutions?

16. Youth of the world: make some noise! All African children have access to quality education, regardless of their parent’s economic background. Tumisang, South Africa A world with equality, social justice, and liberty for all. Aaron, Canada Human rights are guaranteed everywhere in this world! Where we appreciate people for their values not money! Rawan, Jordan The same opportunities for all people’s needs, special or not. Sebastian who is visually impaired, Ecuador

17. What have you learnt about sustainable development? Complete the last column of your KWL grid

18. PowerDown... and save energy

19. For further information visit www.actionaid.org.uk/schools And now what to do with your flip flop!!.....

20. Flip Flop Activity • In groups of 2 to 3, come up with as many uses for a flip flop as you can. • These could be funny uses, or they could be serious, and well…………… useful uses!!!! • You have 2.99 minutes!!

21. Flip-flopjourney "Flip Flotsam" Video Photo taken by UniquEco found at http://www.uniqueco-designs.com/ Used with permission

22. Activity Objectives: • To relate the flip-flop’s travels to sustainable development • To look at the costs and benefits of this “flip flop phenomenon!” • To look at the relationship between sustainable development and social justice.

23. Where does the flip-flop travel? Where is Kenya? Map made by Ionut Cojocaru found at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Political_World_Map.jpg Creative Commons Licence

24. The flip-flop journey Public Domain Map from the Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kenya-CIA_WFB_Map.png

25. What are the effects of the flip-flop’s journey? • In pairs, Discuss what the negative and positive impacts of having flip-flops washed on to the beach are: • For the environment • For the local people • For social justice • For the local animals

26. Benefits of reusing the ‘waste’ • What are the benefits to the economy in Kenya? • How can reusing, recycling material have an impact on people? • What are the environmental effects? • Do you think the reusing and recycling of the flip flops is a good example of sustainable development?

27. Have we met our objectives? • You can hopefully now………………… • Understand and be able to define the term, sustainable development. • Be able to link sustainable development to the issues that were discussed at Rio 2012, i.e. jobs, energy, cities, food, water, oceans and disasters. • Be aware of the significance of waste, where the environment is concerned. • Be aware of the importance of recycling, and especially re-using. • Be able to describe the relationship between social justice and sustainable development.