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  Statistical Overview of the Canadian Maple Industry 2013

  This 11 page document provides up-to-date statistics on the maple industry in Canada with easy to read charts and tables including production, revenue, trade and world data.  Did you know, for example, that Quebec accounts for...

  Type:Research
  Topic:Business and Economics, Food and Agriculture, Natural Resources
  Subject:Geography, Business Education, Environmental Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  Sustainable Economics Curriculum: A Supplementary Curriculum for High School Economics Courses - Cener for Economic Conversion

  A supplementary curriculum for high school economics courses. Topics include: • What is Economics • Economic Systems • The Market System and Consumer Culture • Products, the Environment and consumerism • Business Practices and...

  Type:Research
  Topic:Business and Economics, Sustainable Development
  Subject:Economics, Business Education, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  Sustainable Schools Project - Shelburne Farms

  Shelburne Farms' Sustainable Schools Project helps schools use sustainability as an integrating context for curriculum, community partnerships, and campus practices. Link: http://www.sustainableschoolsproject.org/tools-resources

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Business and Economics, Solutions, Sustainable Development
  Subject:Economics, Business Education, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 8 9 10 11 12
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  Tasneem Essop Interview

  Tasneem Essop, head of the WWF delegation, elaborates on their priorities over issues of substance. She talks about adaptation and long term finance. She explains how they are tackling the transport angle, REDD+, and the overall level...

  Type:Video
  Topic:Business and Economics, Governance, Social Justice
  Subject:Business Education, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Global Studies
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future - UNESCO

  Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future is a multimedia teacher education program published. It contains 100 hours (divided into 27 modules) of professional development for use in pre-service teacher courses as well as the...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Business and Economics, Sustainable Development
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Economics, Business Education, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
  Level:Primary / Elementary, Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  The Business Logic of Sustainability - TED Talk

  TED Talk by Ray Anderson entitled ‘The business logic of sustainability’. This would make a good case study for a Sustainability Education project.

  Type:Video
  Topic:Business and Economics, Science and Technology, Sustainable Development
  Subject:Economics, Business Education, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 8 9 10 11 12
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  The Cost of Production

  The Cost of Production is Lesson 4 from "Buy, Use, Toss? A Closer Look at the Things We Buy". In this lesson, students consider where most of our imported material goods are assembled and the environmental and social impacts...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Business and Economics, Sustainable Development
  Subject:Science, Economics, Business Education, Social Studies, Biology
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  The Economics of Maple Syrup Production in Ontario

  The Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association commissioned this report and the accompanying budgeting tool to assist maple entrepreneurs in building a solid BUSINESS PLAN to tap into this incredible business...

  Type:Research
  Topic:Business and Economics, Food and Agriculture, Natural Resources
  Subject:Geography, Economics, Business Education, Environmental Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  The High Cost of Traffic Congestion to Montreal's Economy - Montreal Gazette

  An article from the Montreal Gazette on true cost of traffic. An interview with a commissioner from Canada's Ecofiscal commission that details all the environmental, personal, and economic costs of traffic with an introduction to the...

  Type:Research
  Topic:Business and Economics, Energy Use and Conservation, Transportation
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Civics & Citizenship, Economics, Business Education
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  The Story of Electronics

  The Story of Electronics explores the collateral damage which high-tech electronics have caused to our environment and society —25 million tons of e-waste and counting have poisoned our world and left the public holding the bill. Host...

  Type:Video
  Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Business and Economics, Recycling and Waste Management
  Subject:Science, Civics & Citizenship, Business Education, Social Studies, Global Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
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