Title: Explore the interconnectedness of the global community.
Course: Sustainability and Renewable Technologies (21053) > Section: Introducing Sustainability and Renewable Resources

Exploration should employ a systems-thinking approach to demonstrate the relationships (i.e., economic, political, and social) that exist at multiple levels (i.e., local, national, international) throughout the world.

Exploration should consider that consumerism is driving the global interconnectedness.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How would one explain a systems-thinking approach?
- How does the sale of t-shirts made from cotton grown in the midwestern United States affect the physical health of persons living in the region?
- When a consumer chooses a product manufactured in a developing country, and the choice is made solely because of the product’s lower price, what effect might that decision have?
- What is meant by fair trade, and what are its implications?
- What is meant by the new global economy?
- How can a disaster in one area of the world affect other areas of the world economically?