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Episode 1 “It’s Easy Being Green”

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Synopsis: Episode 1.

The first episode is an introduction to environmental education. The key message is, ‘It’s Easy Being Green’, climate change starts at home, with the focus on correct waste disposal and recycling. The intention is to show how individuals can make a difference at a local level by taking responsibility for their own actions. It also shows when you think locally, you can act globally and working individually or as a group. The aim is to introduce the many individual factors, which affect all areas of our biosphere, and therefore, interrupting the balance of the Earth’s ability to sustain life. The first episode introduces the concept of anthropomorphisation of the key players in the environmental education discourse, Andy the Atmosphere, Ollie the Ocean and Ellie the Earth. It also Anthropomorphises the animals, and the recyclable products.

 

The first episode will cover:

 

Sustainability Curriculum Framework: The Knowledge of ecological and human system process (DEWHA, 2010 p. 16).

 

This section deals with materials and waste, and directly aligns with the story line of Benny, his parents and friends all either being dumped or thrown in the wrong bin at the local park. The key areas are:

 

• Sources of some materials used in everyday products.

• Properties of some common materials that influence their re-use and/or recycling.

• Procedures for waste avoidance and minimisation.

• Systems for managing and recycling waste.

 

 

Australian Curriculum: English (ACARA, 2022)

 

All the key points below are intertwined into a coherent narrative for episode 1.

 

  • The aim is to help students develop the skills necessary to investigate, analyse and communicate ideas and information related to sustainability, and to advocate, generate and evaluate actions for sustainable futures.

 

  • The content in the language, literature and literacy strands is key to developing and sharing knowledge about social, economic and ecological systems and world views that promote social justice.

 

  • In this learning area, students may interrogate a range of texts to shape their decision-making in relation to sustainability.

 

  • They develop the understanding and skills necessary to act responsibly and create texts that inform and persuade others to take action for sustainable futures. (ACARA, 2022)


        
     

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