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Hello from Bangkok, Thailand
Hello. I'm Katherine, a teacher in BKK Thailand. I have about 8-10 students participating for the first time this year as part of our discussion on Human Systems and Resource Use topic (part of the IB Environmental Systems and Societies course). The student in my class have been talking about sustainability, needs/wants, and the Sufficiency Economy that is the foundation of many projects here in Thailand.
I am open to facilitating a discussion between schools that is more directed if anyone else is interested.
Here are some reflective questions that could serve as helpful discussion forum questions.
- To what extent can development be sustainable?
- What are the limiting factors for the planet's human carrying capacity?
- At what point is an MEDC's ecological footprint unsustainable?
- Can economic development of a country even take place independent of other countries and international organizations?
- What factors create differences in attitudes to the management of natural capital (resources)?
Dear Katherine, welcome to you and your students! I look forward to hearing your students reflect on those interesting and important questions.