SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Productions

Understanding Goal 12

We commonly listen the expression "responsible consumption and productions". However, do we really know its meaning?

a) Whatch the following video and check if you knew its proper meaning.

Participate. Understanding Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production (CC BY-SA)

b) Answer the following questions:

Why do we have to consume and produce only what we need?
What kind of material can we use?
What role do we all have to play?
How did women give old clothes a new life?
Why is important to mend?
What was considered food waste in some countries?
What were people econuraged to do?
What humanitarian organization is helping in Bahamas?
What are Japanese doing?
What kind of world do we have to get?

c) Read the following article which belongs to the United Nations and it is not adapted. Skim it and scan it.

You will skim the reading to grasp the main idea and you will scan it to get the specific information that call your attention.

d) Complete:

The main idea of the article is : _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Specific information that called my attention:

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

You can download a handout to write your answers in odt or pdf.

Everyday items made from Animals

1. A lot of things you, your friends and family buy are made from animals. For example, the shoes you are wearing are made from...

Individually, think about them , write a list down and tell your classmates.

2. We often use the passive voice to remove the person or thing doing the action and to focus on the object and its ingredients or components.

Some examples of the prepositions which are used with the verb 'make' : Made of, Made from, and Made with.

You can have an short an easy explanation in this video.

PUPPI Channel. made of, made from, made with (Licencia estándar de YouTube)

Are you an ecofriendly consumer?

As you arleady know, human activities on earth have a huge effect on animal extinction, pollution, and reasons why the green is slowly disappearing on the planet.

Burhankhawaja. *Shopping* (Pixabay License)

Companies and countries are starting to see the impact of human activity and ask people to be eco-friendly.

An example of beeing an ecofriendly consumer is not to leave the water running while you wash your teeth.

What do you do to be eco-friendly? If you do not do anything, it is the best moment to start!
In pairs, write down all the actions you have observed at home, in your family in general, and friends do and which are not ecofriendly at all. Use the passive voice.

For example,

Fruits from far away are bought by my mother.
The lamp of my brother's bedroom is left on for hours and hours by my brother.

Here you have some activities to practice with the passive voice.

TASK 3: Ecofriendly Consumer Quiz

In groups, you are going to do a quiz in order to guess how many ecofriendly people are among your friends and family.

You can do the quiz with google forms.

When you finish, show your teacher the questions . Then, share it with your friends and family (minimum 20 people).

Explain your classmates the graphics that google forms generates with the answers.

Don't forget that the rubric to assess a quiz will help you know how to do a great job (download in editable odt format or pdf).

Learning Diary

Now, write in your learning diary your reflections.

Here you have also some questions to answer:

What did I learn?
What was new to me?
Was there something that changed my views and why?
What did I not understand? Why?
What was more difficult for me? Why?
What was easier for me? Why?
What do I think about learning English by using ICT?
Have you learned about other subjects apart from English?

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