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Geography 7-10 / Year 9 / Knowledge and understanding / Geographies of interconnections
Curriculum content descriptions
the impacts of the production and consumption of goods on places throughout the world, and strategies to manage sustainability in these places (AC9HG9K08)
Elaborations
- examining the effects on people, places or environments of mining, farming, forestry or the production of manufactured goods
- explaining the environmental effects of the production and distribution of consumer products and services on the places that produce the raw materials, the people who make the products, and the environments that receive the waste at the end of the products’ life; for example, the environmental effects of an e-waste supply chain from mining, production and sales to waste disposal
- evaluating the environmental, economic and social impacts of the global oil supply chain, from where the resource is extracted, processed and sold, and how impacts could be sustainably managed in Australia and in West Asia
- examining a strategy used by local, state or national governments to manage waste in one of Australia’s cities or regional urban centres, and identifying implications for sustainability (environmental, economic and social factors)
General capabilities
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms
Sustainable development, Environmental management, Manufacturing processes, Conservation (Environment), Energy use, Human impact