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Pollinator Peeps
Devika M., Gaiyatri J., James P. & Ryan F.
Our Sustainability Challenge...
How might we support the sustainability of the biosphere?
Campaign Aims
Campaign Aims
We aim to provide students with hands on experience with helping pollinators, specifically bees, and educate students about why they are important. We propose making a bingo card and social media campaigns to keep track of everyone's progress.
Moral Imperative
Moral Imperative
This sustainability challenge is interesting to us because pollinators, especially bees, are often underappreciated and outright feared. We took it upon ourselves to help people understand and maybe do something that could help.
Benefits for the UTS Community
Benefits for the UTS Community
Our campaign benefits the UTS community because it educates and gives people experiences that they will not commonly find elsewhere. It also teaches how small actions can have a big impact.
The Sustainable Development Goals our Campaign Addresses
The Sustainable Development Goals our Campaign Addresses
JOIN US!
JOIN US!
Join us in the change-making! Let's work together to support sustainable development in this area.
Follow us at: @PollinatorPeeps
or subscribe to our mailing list HERE
Documentary Screening
Documentary Screening
Screening of a documentary and an introduction of our goals.
Monday, June 13 (11:45-12:30)
Room 135
Here's what you should know
Here's what you should know
Below is some information about how this problem is manifesting in world, and some real-world examples.
Knowledge artifact #1
Knowledge artifact #1
The earth is losing between 1 and 10 percent of biodiversity per decade which is mainly due to habitat loss, pollution, pest invasion, over-harvesting and disease. Many ecosystems that are vital to human life rely on pollinators (mainly bees). Bees are the predominant and most important pollinator on the planet.
Knowledge artifact #2
Knowledge artifact #2
The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) has estimated that out of 100 crop species which provide 90% of food around the world, 71 are bee-pollinated. In Europe alone, 84% of the 264 crop species are animal pollinated and 4 000 vegetable varieties exist because of pollination by bees.
Knowledge artifact #3
Knowledge artifact #3
The production value of one tonne of pollinator-dependent crop is approximately five times higher than one of those crop categories that do not depend on insects. This means that if there is a "bee crisis", it will dramatically affect our lives.
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