This poster simplifies the main concepts and ideas of sustainability into one easy-to-follow poster.
The main ideas are summarized and connect to the three dimensions of sustainability identified: environmental integrity, social vitality, and economic prosperity.
Teaching Tips
Positives
Each idea and concept is defined on the poster.
This resource serves as an excellent introductory tool to the intersectionality of sustainability.
Additional Prerequisites
The concepts are not listed in any specific order.
The three dimensions of sustainability at the top of the poster are not defined.
Differentiation
It may be best to help link concepts like "equilibrium" and "cycles" to sustainability as a class, as it might be unclear to students how certain concepts tie into sustainability and its dimensions.
It is essential that students understand that many of these concepts like "Diversity" and "Limits" apply to both humans and the natural world even though their definition may not obviously suggest this.
This poster can be used in science classes during lessons about ecology and climate change, in civics classes during lessons about the importance of inclusion and diversity in decision making and the impacts of environmental degradation on different peoples, and in economics classes during lessons about the role of economic growth in development and climate change.
Scientist Notes
This poster presents basic ideas in sustainability science. The idea is suitable for students to plan for immediate, short-term, and long-term sustainability action in their community. This resource is recommended for teaching.
Standards
Science
ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
5.ESS3.1 Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
HS.ESS3.4 Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.
Social Sciences
Social Science Analysis (K-12)
8.34 Analyze how a specific problem can manifest itself at local, regional, and global levels over time, identifying its characteristics and causes, and the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address the problem.
