(a) |
Differentiate between renewable resources (e.g., forests, fish, water) and non-renewable resources (e.g., oil, minerals). |
(b) |
Create an inventory of current non-sustainable practices (e.g., presence of plastics, packaging, dumping of waste into river systems). |
(c) |
List the possible consequences of non-sustainable practices related to the use of resources (e.g., lack of resources for future generations, endangered species, climate change). |
(d) |
Taking one resource as an example, illustrate how resource use and the extraction process of the resource affects the environment (e.g., forests, tar sands, coal, uranium, potash). |
(e) |
Give examples of policies and actions that contribute to sustainability (e.g., water conservation, informed decisions by consumers, reusing materials). |
The book includes photographs, illustrations, a table of contents, a note on the symbols used in the book and an index. American and Canadian First Nations contributions are discussed in the book.