Warm Up You have 8 minutes to complete

Warm Up: • You have 8 minutes to complete your worksheet regarding American Names.

Economic Activities

Primary Economic Activities • Rely directly upon natural resources • What are examples of primary economic activities? • How would primary activities differ between developed and developing countries?

Secondary Economic Activities • Using raw materials to produce or manufacture new products • What are examples of secondary economic activities? • How would secondary activities differ between developed and developing countries?

Tertiary Economic Activities • Service Industries • What are example of tertiary economic activities? • Where are these activities located?

Quaternary Economic Activities • Acquisition, processing, and sharing of information • What are examples of quaternary economic activities?

My Job is What?

• To What degree do you agree or disagree (TWEDYAOD) with the following statement: • “As humans, it is our right to extract as much oil as we want to meet our everyday energy needs and strengthen our economies. ”

Natural Resources • Materials in the natural environment that people value and need to satisfy their needs

Renewable Resources • Constantly being regenerated or replaced by the environment • What are some examples of renewable resources?

Nonrenewable Resources • Cannot be replaced once used • Examples: minerals and fossil fuels

People and the Environment • Pollution can affect the amount of Natural Resources we have. – Water and Land Pollution – Air Pollution – How does pollution affect our ecosystems

Distribution of Resources • • • Uneven Oil- SW Asia – less than a century Natural Gas – Northern Eurasia Coal – US, China, Russia - 200 years How does the distribution of resources affect people’s lives?

Other Energy Sources • • • Nuclear Energy Water power Wind Geothermal energy Solar Energy What are governments or citizens doing to help develop these industries?

Global Trade Patterns • Why do countries trade? – Imports – Exports • Why do countries try to balance their imports and exports? • How are trade routes changing with technology? • Free Trade: the removal of trade barriers so goods can flow freely among countries – WTO – World Trade Organization – NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement – EU: European Union

Sustainability? • What does the word mean

Sustainable Development • Sustainability means meeting present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

Principal of Sustainability • The sustainable use of renewable resources means using them at rates within their capacity for regeneration – – Soil erosion cannot exceed soil formation Forest destruction cannot exceed forest regeneration Species extinction cannot exceed species evolution Fish catches cannot exceed the regenerative capacity of fisheries – Pollutants cannot exceed the capacity of the system to absorb them – A society can violate the principles of sustainability in the short run, but not the long, if they want to endure

Sustainability has to consider • The environment • The economy and • Society/equity Developed countries are in the best position to promote sustainable development. Why? Developing countries struggle with sustainable practice. Why?

Example of conflict between Developed and Developing Countries: Kyoto Protocol • The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These amount to an average of five per cent against 1990 levels over the five-year period 2008 -2012. • The major distinction between the Protocol and the Convention is that while the Convention encouraged industrialised countries to stabilize GHG emissions, the Protocol commits them to do so. • Recognizing that developed countries are principally responsible for the current high levels of GHG emissions in the atmosphere as a result of more than 150 years of industrial activity, the Protocol places a heavier burden on developed nations under the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities. ”

Strategies of Sustainable Development 1. Conservation 2. Reuse 3. Substitution

Examples of Sustainable Development • Crop Rotation • No Overfishing

Deep Space 3000 • You are on a mission with the United Nations. The earth’s ecosystems have been severely damaged and are unable to support life. Your task is to outfit a spaceship that will be away for 3000 years, and will bring future generations back to Earth alive, healthy and happy. Assume that on its initial departure from Earth, the spaceship will have a crew of about 1000 people. The ship will have an orbit around the sun similar to that of Earth’s orbit. It will have big windows, and can be as large as you want it to be, within reason. You may bring items when your ship leaves, but you may not get any more items with you when your ship leaves Earth. Once you depart, your ship is a “closed-system” which means you cannot use anything from outside the ship – except for solar energy – nor can you remove anything from the ship except heat. You are allowed to use only today’s technology, but should assume that the technical construction of the ship is already figured out.

Assignment • Brainstorm the following – Address the following in your spaceship design: • Food, water, oxygen, energy, waste disposal, governance, community rules, entertainment, quality of life, other needs – What products, services and expertise do you want to bring. – Explain why you chose why you did and how it meets the need of your community. • REMEMBER, it is a 3000 year voyage and you are responsible for your own well being, and for that of hundreds of generations after you.

What do I turn in? • A picture of your spaceship • List the contents of your spaceship and show the various parts relate to each other • List any rules, community agreements, governance systems, and other nonmaterial aspects • Remember to consider the following: – Food, water, oxygen, energy, waste disposal, governance, community rules, entertainment, quality of life, other needs