RW5.1


 * K-12 Goal: To examine various worldviews about the use and distribution of resources and wealth in relation to the needs of individuals, communities, nations, and the natural environment and contribute to sustainable development. ****(RW) **

**Outcome: RW5.1 ** **Explain the importance of sustainable management of the environment to Canada’s future. **
 * 1) Differentiate between renewable resources (e.g., forests, fish, water) and non-renewable resources (e.g., oil, minerals).
 * 2) Create an inventory of current non-sustainable practices (e.g., presence of plastics, packaging, dumping of waste into river systems).
 * 3) List the possible consequences of non-sustainable practices related to the use of resources (e.g., lack of resources for future generations, endangered species, climate change).
 * 4) Taking one resource as an example, illustrate how resource use and the extraction process of the resource affects the environment (e.g., forests, tar sands, coal, uranium, potash).
 * 5) Give examples of policies and actions that contribute to sustainability (e.g., water conservation, informed decisions by consumers, reusing materials).