Chapter 10: Environmental Sustainability
What you need to learn in this chapter
In this chapter on Environmental Sustainability, we will be learning about the threats to the environment, such as climate change, deforestation, pollution, loss of biodiversity, and the rapid growth of the human population. We will also explore the concepts of preservation, conservation, and restoration of ecosystems, understanding the need for maintaining, conserving, and restoring the balance of nature. Additionally, we will discuss practices that contribute to environmental sustainability and generate ideas on how we can contribute to preserving the environment. Lastly, we will define green technology and explore its use in preserving the environment. We will also discuss the status of food security in Malaysia.
Topics in this chapter
1. Threats to The Environment
What you will learn in this topic
- Explain the meaning of environmental sustainability
- Analyze environmental threats: (i) climate change. (ii) defforestation. (iii) pollution. (iv) loss of biodiversity. (v) boom in human population growth. (vi) global warming. (vii) eutrophication. (viii) global warming
- Experiment to compare the levels of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) in different water samples
2. Preservation, Conservation and Restoration of The Ecosystem
What you will learn in this topic
- Define: (i) ecosystem preservation. (ii) ecosystem conservation. (iii) ecosystem restoration
- Justifies the need for: (i) ecosystem preservation. (ii) ecosystem conservation. (iii) ecosystem restoration
3. Practices in Environmental Sustainability
What you will learn in this topic
- Generate ideas related to practices that contribute to the sustainability of nature
- Discuss the status of food security in Malaysia
4. Green Technology
What you will learn in this topic
- Define green technology
- Justify the use of green technology in preserving nature
- Communicate about the application of social science to solving environmental problems and challenges.
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