Whole Sustainability and Maths Work - Hurumanu

 1st Task and Blog

In our lesson in Maths and Sustainability, our topic was about renewable and non-renewable resources. We learnt the meaning/definition of it. In a group, we had to discuss which goes in the renewable category and what goes to non-renewable. After discussing, we had to vote as a class where it should go, after that, our teacher will reveal the answer and explain the reason why. 

There are two main types of resources, "renewable" and "non-renewable". 

Renewable resources can be used indefinitely if they are usee in a sustainable way. However, if we overuse renewable resources, it will cease to exist. 

Non-renewable resources cannot be remade, regrown, or regeneration, the most that can happen is they are recycled. 

Resources: 

• Soil - Renewable
• Fossil Fuels such as coal and gas - Non-renewable 
• Gold and copper - Non-renewable
• Water - Renewable
• Fish and Marine life - Renewable
• Forests - Renewable
• Solar and Wind Power - Non-renewable
• Coffee -  Renewable
• Wool and Cotton - Renewable

2nd Blog and Task

In our lesson in Maths Sustainability, we are learning about the "Three Aspects of Sustainability" and what is "Sustainable Development", what those three aspects mean, how it impacts the world, what it will teach us so that we can maintain sustainability and help make the world to be a better place to live in, how this will affect our lives and future living of the next generations. 

The Three Aspects of Sustainability 

What is Environmental Sustainability?

Environmental Sustainability is making sure that our natural resources and ecosystem are protected and balanced in order to make the world a safe place to live.

What is Social Sustainability?

Social Sustainability means overlooking the aspects of sustainability, identifying the impacts of businesses and being able to manage it, figuring out the negative and positive impacts on the people and the economy.

What is Economic Sustainability?

Economic Sustainability means using our resources wisely, not taking advantage of what we are getting from nature so that our future generations can use those resources as well. 

What is Sustainable Development?

Sustainable Development means ensuring that the world is going to be a safe place and a better place to live in for today and for future generations. 

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There are three different aspects of sustainability that are both individual concepts and also overlaps. 

Definition	Meaning
Equitable	Resources are sharded and provided equally between social groups.
Bearable	The environment must be used in a way that provides for ongoing economic needs.
Viable	Society’s use of the environment must not be destructive.

This is what our teacher has put down for us to use as an idea of our own definition of those three aspects of sustainability. 

To learn more about these aspects watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V8oFI4GYMY&feature=emb_logo

3rd Task and Blog

In our lesson in Maths Sustainability, we have been learning about how we can sustain the Earth, making it eco-friendly, the changes in our climate, the bad and good things that are happening. Just like what I said on my previous blogpost in maths. 

Today, we were figuring out the "Environmental Sustainability Keywords" matching the words with its definition and categorising it if it's improving the environmental state, making it balanced or making the environment worse. 

Red is for the movement or change that makes the environment worse.

Orange is for making the environment balanced (not better, no worse).

Green is for improving and enhancing the environmental state. 

4th Task and Blog

There were four people in our group, we had to make a project about the chosen topic about sustainability, using maths and statistics and researching the aspects of it to making our graph. We have chosen the topic "Fish Waste", in that topic we explained about the causes, long and short term effects, data and conclusions, we even added in our resources (where we got the information from). 

I have more knowledge of how statistics works with making the world waste-free (how we can sustain the world). I've also learnt that fish waste including food waste is also a big issue, part of the biggest issues in the world. I have improved with my maths skills and techniques. I am satisfied with my learning and how much I've grown.