Environment

Conceptual Lens: Sustainable Community

FOCUS: ENVIRONMENT

As a community strives to stay sustainable over time, there exists a continuous influence over the environment it resides in. So as we explore the possibilities of improving the lives of others, how can we take deliberate actions to safe keep the integrity of the environment whilst using it to fulfil our needs and aspirations?

The teachers in this cluster will guide you through 2 weeks of cluster learning to explore different interpretations of the concept 'environment'. At the end of this module, we would like to hear your views on this overarching question:

"Does a sustainable community compromise a sustainable environment?"

There will be 2 cluster learning sessions in week 1 and 2 of the IDS period whereby students will go through 2 sessions of pre-cluster, cluster and post-cluster activities . In between the 2 cluster sessions, students are to attempt the online lessons and view the resources posted on this site in preparation for the next session. Extended activities will also be conducted online in weeks 3 and 4.

Pre-cluster Activity

Students are to read the readings or watch the videos uploaded and do a group discussion based on the questions posted by the teachers-experts. Responses to the questions are to be posted online via the platform provided.

Cluster Activities

Teachers will introduce and frame the cluster meeting whereby IDS groups will come together at the cluster sessions to explore ideas around a given central theme. The products of this discussion will be shared or viewed by other IDS groups in the cluster.

Post-cluster Activity

Students are to consolidate their thinking and views using the guiding questions and resources provided.

SESSION 1

• What is an environment? 什么是环境？
• What are the different types of environment? 有什么不同类型的环境？
• Why is a sustainable environment important? 为什么建立可持续生活环境是重要的？
• How can an environment be sustained? 怎样创造永续环境？
• Is a sustainable environment a myth? 永续环境是一个神话吗？
• Do humans have control over their environment? Or does the environment decides their fate? 人定胜天或听天由命？

SESSION 2

• What is a community? 什么是社群？
• What makes up a community？社群由什么构成？
• Are there different types of community? 有什么不同类型的社群吗？
• What is a sustainable community? 什么是永续性的社群？
• Can a community be sustained without science and technology? 建设永续社群可以否无需科技支持？
• What role does an environment play in sustaining a community? 环境在建设永续社群中扮演什么角色？