Benny and the Junior Rangers​
"It's Easy Being Green!"

Episode 7. Nev the Newspaper. (Composting-Gardens)

Synopsis

The main message here is how our positive actions can have positive consequences. This episode starts by showing how much litter can be in the streets, especially newspapers blowing in the wind. Nev shows the multiple uses of used paper and cardboard and how everything consumed in the home can be separated and prepared to minimise waste to landfill. Nev is the hero here and directs kids how to compost properly and how to grow a garden to understands the life cycle.

 

Sustainability Framework Guide:  Identifying intended and unintended consequences and leverage

• Recognise that actions can have desirable and undesirable effects.

• Identify short-term, intended consequences.

• Give an example of how a specific action can affect what happens in the short term.

• Describe a basic concept of leverage, i.e. an action that would bring about a desirable effect.

• Given a specific situation, identify a relevant action.

 

The Australian Curriculum: Technologies, enables consideration of preferred futures. When students identify and critique a problem, need or opportunity; generate ideas and concepts; and create solutions, they give prime consideration to sustainability by anticipating and balancing economic, environmental and social impacts. The curriculum focuses on the knowledge, understanding and skills necessary to design for effective sustainability action taking into account issues such as resource depletion and climate change. The learning area gives students opportunities to explore their own and competing viewpoints, values and interests. Understanding systems enables students to work with complexity, uncertainty and risk; make connections between disparate ideas and concepts; self-critique; and propose creative solutions that enhance sustainability. Students reflect on past and current practices, and assess new and emerging technologies from a sustainability perspective. (ACARA, 2022)