Supply Chains and Climate Change
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Provided by: MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This lesson about supply chains, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the environmental impacts of making goods includes student pages, a mind-mapping activity, a podcast, and a map reading exercise.
- The podcast talks about the problem of scaling up clean energy technologies while also ensuring people's rights and protecting the environment.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Engineering
Authors: MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- Students may be surprised to learn how many locations raw materials come from to make just one tech device.
- The UN Sustainable Development Goals can be printed for display in the classroom.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should already be familiar with the concept that every product we use is created from raw materials that are sourced, processed, manufactured, and transported.
Differentiation
- Social studies or economics classes could use this resource to support their discussion on understanding supply chains and the importance of certification labels to distinguish responsibly produced goods.
- Science and social studies classes could use this resource to examine how the mining industry negatively affects the environment and the injustices associated with the storage sites for spent radioactive fuels or other hazardous wastes.
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About the Partner Provider
MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
Founded in 2014, the Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI) is MIT’s institute-wide effort to mobilize the substantial scientific, engineering, policy, and design capacity of the MIT community to contribute to addressing climate change and other environmental challenges of global import. ESI pursues multidisciplinary research, education, events, and partnerships to help move society toward an environmentally and socially sustainable future. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts on MIT’s main campus, ESI is powered by a lean staff working closely with students and faculty across the full spectrum of disciplines. Led by architecture professor John E. Fernandez, a leading scholar in the emerging field of urban metabolism, ESI is advised by students, faculty, alumni, and thought leaders from many sectors of society.
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