Drought
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ACTIVITY!
Watch the following: Vanilla Slice
Complete the worksheet whilst watching 👉
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Milked Dry
Is growing Cotton in Northern Australia a good idea?
High rainfall in northern Australia is seeing local farmers start to grow cotton. The crops are rain-fed, meaning the majority of irrigation is from the sky.
Questions
- Identify the crop being grown in this documentary
- Describe the location of the Cotton Farm in this short documentary.
- Describe the Biome and environment shown in the documentary.
- Where is most cotton grown in Australian at present?
- Why is growing cotton in Northern Australia viable now and not in the past?
- Outline the challenges of growing cotton in Northern Australia.
- Describe the links between the cotton industry and the cattle industry.
- How might a increase/decrease in the price of cotton in the future affect the development of the cotton growing industry in northern Australia?
Worksheet with the questions above 👉
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International Water Scarcity and Management
Food needs sunlight, water, land and good soil to be abe to grow. Easy right? The increasing scarcity of water, and demands on housing and other fuel, as well as climate change, have all made the production of food both today and in the future, increasingly complex, especially in developing regions like Africa, the Pacific Islands and parts of Asia.
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Figure 1: A Day in the Life of Shaniella
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Questions:
- Refer to figure 1. Where does Shaniella live?
- Refer to figure 1. Draw a timeline of the events and Shaniella participates in and the food she eats in a typical day.
- Refer to Google Classroom where will find some Caritas files. Choose one to complete. These are also in Google Drive for teachers in the Resources folder.
ACTIVITY!
Complete the following worksheets:
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Cowspiracy
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We are going to watch Cowspiracy. In your exercise books you are to complete the following two activities as you watch:
Answer the following two questions after watching the documentary.
3. Do you think that the general public would change their behaviour if they saw this documentary? Why or why not? Explain.
4. Whose responsibility is it to try to solve this problem? Explain. (ex: families, individuals, government, non-profit organizations, specific countries, world organizations such as the UN, etc.)
Extension
In order to maintain clarity it is important to check each of the factual claims made in the movie with our own original research from the most recent studies we can find. The claims and the sources relied on by the filmmakers are on the Cowspiracy fact page http://www.cowspiracy.com/facts/. Please research the following topics:
• the impact of animal agriculture on water use;
• the impact on the environment of the disposal of the waste from factory farming of cows, pigs, chickens and fish;
• the comparative water footprints of providing 1 lb of protein from soy, wheat, beef, pork, chick and fish;
• the risks posed by antibiotic resistant bacteria, and the contribution of animal agriculture to that problem;
• the causes of the deforestation of the Amazonian rain forest, and its worldwide environmental impact;
• the environmental impact of a diet in which protein is obtained through grains or legumes as opposed to a diet in which protein is obtained through meat consumption;
• the impact on the health of an individual of a vegan diet.
- List some of the consequences that animal agriculture has on our planet that were stated in the film (eg. deforestation)
- What role can individuals take to reduce the impact agriculture has on the planet.
- Outline 3 key organisations who have failed to respond to environmental change in the documentary.
- Explain your position on the ethics of eating meat vs the impact it is having on the environment and climate change.
Answer the following two questions after watching the documentary.
3. Do you think that the general public would change their behaviour if they saw this documentary? Why or why not? Explain.
4. Whose responsibility is it to try to solve this problem? Explain. (ex: families, individuals, government, non-profit organizations, specific countries, world organizations such as the UN, etc.)
Extension
In order to maintain clarity it is important to check each of the factual claims made in the movie with our own original research from the most recent studies we can find. The claims and the sources relied on by the filmmakers are on the Cowspiracy fact page http://www.cowspiracy.com/facts/. Please research the following topics:
• the impact of animal agriculture on water use;
• the impact on the environment of the disposal of the waste from factory farming of cows, pigs, chickens and fish;
• the comparative water footprints of providing 1 lb of protein from soy, wheat, beef, pork, chick and fish;
• the risks posed by antibiotic resistant bacteria, and the contribution of animal agriculture to that problem;
• the causes of the deforestation of the Amazonian rain forest, and its worldwide environmental impact;
• the environmental impact of a diet in which protein is obtained through grains or legumes as opposed to a diet in which protein is obtained through meat consumption;
• the impact on the health of an individual of a vegan diet.