Activity 9b |
Where stuff comes from! |
Mentors
Helga & Irene |
Have you ever thought about where all the stuff you use and consume everyday comes from?
- The food you consume everyday - where was it grown, packed, processed and how did it end up on your table?
- The clothes you wear - what are the made of, where did the material come from and who made them?
- The stuff you use - where was your phone assembled, .
- Your habits; this is refers to your consumer habits, your recycling habits, etc.
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Activities
- Starting on Monday at lunch time, make a list of all the things you use and wear and write down where they came from.
- Capture your list in an excel spreadsheet (min 20 items) and count how many items were made in South Africa. Draw a piegraph showing the countries of origin of your 'stuff'.
[Use the COUNTIF formula. =COUNTIF(C3:30, "China")
will count how often the word China appears in column C, cells 3 to 30]
- Choose two items that did not originate in South Africa and find out where they were made and how far they had to travel to get to Gauteng.
- If you have not done so yet,
- Save your Excel spreadsheet on the network drive in your folder - name it YoursurnameStuff.xlsx
- Read chapter 15, Stuff, of David MacKay's Sustainable Energy without the Hot Air. Capture your thoughts about this chapter in your electronic diary.
- Reflect on your findings in your electronic diary.
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References & Resources
- Joe Bennett. 2009. Where Underpants Come from. . ublishers
- Kat Austen. 15 March 2012. Examining the lifecycle of a bike – and its green credentials. Viewed online on 27 March 2012 at: www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2012/mar/15/lifecycle-carbon-footprint-bike-blog
- Good Technology. 21 Jan 2010. Sourcemap: Map Where Stuff Comes From. Viewed online on 20 March 2012 at http://www.good.is/post/sourcemap-map-where-stuff-comes-from
- Sourcemap. 2012. Sourcemap. Where things come from. Viewed online on 30 May 2012 at:
http://www.sourcemap.com/
- Wikipedia.
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