Slide 2

• Welcome students to CJ’s Training Camp: Sustainability with a special message from NBA star CJ McCollum.

  • Present the CJ McCollum Welcome Video.

  • CJ said, “We all have a responsibility to leave the earth better than it was when we found it, and when it comes to sustainability, we all have to get in the game!”

Slide 3

• Now ask the students the following question – Does anyone know what sustainability means?

Slide 4

Sustainability is defined as:

• The development of natural, social, and economic resources that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Slide 5

• What does this mean to you?

• How would you explain it to a friend or family member?

Let’s answer both questions by translating this definition into words and phrases we use every day.

Key Vocabulary: Sustainability

Slide 6

We’ve just learned how important sustainability is. In fact, it’s more important than ever. The world’s population has exploded from 2 billion people to over 8 billion in less than 100 years. Our consumption of the world’s resources has grown with the population. In fact, People have used more materials in the last 60 years than in all previous history.  What has been the result? Let’s check it out.

Slide 7

• Present the His Epic Message Will Make You Want to Save the World video.

• You’ve learned the definition of sustainability and have seen the impact humans have made to the earth. Why does this matter?

Slide 8

• Present the global goals to students (Global Goals).

  • Fortunately, people around the globe are realizing how much sustainability matters and that we must act now. In 2015, world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals (officially known as the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs). These goals have the power to create a better world by 2030, by ending poverty, fighting inequality, and addressing the urgency of climate change. Guided by the goals, it is now up to all of us, governments, businesses, and the public to work together to build a better future for everyone.

  • Let’s look at the Global Goals to get a better idea of what that means.

Slide 9

• Present the ‘We the People’ for the Global Goals video. 

Slide 10

Graphics, images, and video are great ways to describe complex subjects. Together, we are going to create our own Gallery of Sustainability. We will close each class by designing a poster that graphically illustrates what we have learned that week. Each poster will be displayed in the classroom until we have completed our gallery.