29 August - 4 September

EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

• We are EXPLORING the problem and the End User
• We are IDENTIFYING the characteristics of the circular economy
• We are QUESTIONING the idea of sustainable cities and communities.

Purpose

Students will engage with an environmental justice issue in their community in order to be an active participant in positive change. Students will learn that civic engagement, whether through great or small actions, can have a positive impact on one’s community. You and your classmates will research an issue in your community, then present an action plan to educate and/or involve your community in resolving that issue.


What is it?
Individual research project culminating in a group presentation of a campaign strategy to best address the community environmental justice issue.

Case Studies

• Youth Activism: India
• National Environmental Injustice Issues
• North Dakota Access Oil Pipeline
• Flint, Michigan Water Quality
• Uniontown, Alabama & Coal Ash
• Houston, Texas
• “Cancer Alley” Louisiana
• NZ - New Zealanders are also particularly concerned about soil health: excess of acidification, loss of vital organic matter and the population declines of earthworms and other soil-friendly organisms. While it faces air pollution, primarily from cars, half of New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture.
• our native plants, animals, and ecosystems are under threat
• changes to the vegetation on our land are degrading the soil and water
• urban growth is reducing versatile land and native biodiversity
• our waterways are polluted in farming areas
• our environment is polluted in urban areas
• taking water changes flows, which affect our freshwater ecosystems
• the way we fish is affecting the health of our ocean environment
• New Zealand has high greenhouse gas emissions per person
• climate change is already affecting Aotearoa New Zealand

• Independent Research
• Project Visual
• Campaign Strategy
• Community Engagement Action Plan