Environments

• The natural environment includes all living and non-living things that occur naturally on Earth along with its systems, landscapes and resources. • The built environment includes the settings for human activity, ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to personal places, such as homes. • The virtual environment includes electronic environments, internet environments and the concept of personal space.
 * Environments ** mean the totality of conditions surrounding us. This AOI focuses on the place of human beings within a wide range of environments including natural, built and virtual.

 Students are confronted every day with environmental issues.In the Personal Project students can explore issues such as: · The interdependence of human and other forms of life · The consequences of human impact on the environment · Pollution and population growth · The links between health and changes in environment · Local, regional, national and international responsibilities · The political responsibility of each individual

**Key Questions **
 What are our Environments?  What resources do we have or need?

 What are my responsibilities?


 * __ // Reflection from a 10th grade personal project 2008-09 // __**

// 'I started to think about environments and how one could simply take care of their surroundings for the better. This could include throwing rubbish in the bin and not on the floor, or using less paper as trees have to be cut down to provide us with paper and on a larger scale to minimize considerably the use of valuable materials, like wood, plastics and metals. // // My interests in jewelry-making lead me to explore the process of recycling. Hence, the aim of my project is to re-use materials and create jewelry and different materials from friends and family and create new jewelry from it. I may have to buy some additional material to create good quality 'recycled jewelry' that people will be willing to buy. After making the jewelry, i will sell it in the Quauk Fest and the money would go to the charity that the festival supports. The Area of Interaction that i wish to undertake in this project is the __environments__, simply because recycling is a process that could lead to a sustainable environment and instill habits of a life time in people. The main concern of Environments is the manner in which we relate to the environment and the impact that human activity has in its deterioration. How human beings deplete the natural resources and generate waste needs to be addressed if the planet is not to suffer rapid decline in its resources and a degenerating environment from pollution. My project is in a small way, an example how we can make better use of resources, by recycling resources and thereby reducing waste and pollution. //