Grade 6 Language: Environmental Sustainability

Acknowledgements

Some images supplied by Getty Images. Other images, graphs, diagrams, and illustrations in this course, unless otherwise specified, are TVO created.

Learning Activity 1

Climate Change - We are the PROBLEM & the SOLUTION (Animated Infographic), Matt Miltonberger, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D_Np-3dVBQ, Published 19/05/2017, Accessed 28/08/2024.

January global temperatures compared to average (1850-2024), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Government of the United States of America, URL: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/global-climate-summary-january-2024, Published 16/02/2024, Accessed 28/08/2024. Based on data from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Greta Thunberg Addresses Climate Protest In London, Handout / Handout/Getty Images News/Getty Images

8 Sustainability ideas that will change the world | FT Rethink, The Financial Times, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMqtwbKc8EA, Published 20/10/2022, Accessed 28/08/2024.

Can we create the "perfect" farm? - Brent Loken, TED Conferences, LLC, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFqecEtdGZ0, Published 12/10/2020, Accessed 28/08/2024.

Learning Activity 2

How China's Flood-Proof Mega Cities Work | Earth Explained!, Terra Mater Studios, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsXd4hOue-I, Published 11/03/2022, Accessed 28/08/2024. Information sourced from Sponge city practice in China: A review of construction, assessment, operational and maintenance, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652620350071.

Growing Food in the City - Urban Rooftop Farm in Downtown Toronto, Exploring Alternatives Inc, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SzTSepQuMU, Published 10/02/2019, Accessed 28/08/2024.

A smog vacuum cleaner and other magical city designs | Daan Roosegaarde, TED Conferences, LLC, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVFYhbHpfqU, Published 19/09/2017, Accessed 28/08/2024.

Learning Activity 3

A Brief But Spectacular take on debate and democracy, PBS News Hour, NewsHour Productions LLC, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMVAE0pogxo, Published 19/09/2017, Accessed 28/08/2024.

Learning Activity 4

Interceptor Original 007, Motaykay, URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interceptor_Original_007.jpg, Published 11/12/2022, Accessed 29/08/2024.

10 Ways to Help Our Oceans, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, URL: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/ocean/help-our-ocean.html, Published undefined, Accessed 29/08/2024.

Learning Activity 5

The Wisdom of the Universe, Christi Belcourt, URL: https://ago.ca/collection/object/2014/6, Published 2014, Accessed 04/09/2024.

Christi Belcourt, Hyungchoel Park, New Sun Conference, URL: https://carleton.ca/trickstershift/new-sun-conference/2010-photos-9th-annual-new-sun-conference-on-aboriginal-arts-something-else-again/, Published 2017, Accessed 04/09/2024.

Close-up of traditional Métis beadwork - Jennine Krauchi, Jennine Krauchi, URL: https://pawaatamihk.uwinnipeg.ca/index.php/Pawaatamihk/article/view/41, Published 29/09/2023, Accessed 03/12/2024. Photo: Dayna Danger.

Beadwork by Jennine Krauchi, Jennine Krauchi, URL: https://pawaatamihk.uwinnipeg.ca/index.php/Pawaatamihk/article/view/41, Published undefined, Accessed 23/10/2024.

Artist Statement, Christi Belcourt, URL: http://christibelcourt.com/artist-statement/, Published undefined, Accessed 04/09/2024.

Dwarf Lake Iris, Judith Jones, Government of Canada, URL: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry/management-plans/dwarf-lake-iris-2023.html, Published 2023, Accessed 04/09/2024. © His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2023.

Christi Belcourt, quoted in "The painter raising awareness of our connection with nature," Alison Tedford Seaweed, Rewilding Magazine, URL: https://www.rewildingmag.com/christi-belcourt-essential-nature-art/, Published 01/11/2022, Accessed 04/09/2024.

What is biodiversity?, WWF Wild Classroom, WWF, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y18o0mACCQs, Published 30/11/2021, Accessed 04/09/2024.

The Wisdom of the Universe, Christi Belcourt, URL: https://ago.ca/collection/object/2014/6, Published 2014, Accessed 04/09/2024.

My Heart (Is Beautiful), Christi Belcourt, URL: http://christibelcourt.com/beadwork-style/my-heart/, Published 2009, Accessed 04/09/2024.