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Institute of Arts and Sciences

SELF – PACED LEARNING PLAN
CONTEMPORARY WORLD
APRIL 6-8, 2020

CONTENT OF THE GUIDE IN THE MAKING OF

TITLE OF SELF – LEARNING ACTIVITIES
OBJECTIVES LESSON/SHORT ACTIVITY/ANSWERS TO
TOPIC AND GUIDE QUESTIONS
READINGS/EXPLANATION GUIDE QUESTIONS
Unit 8: By the time the ECOLOGICAL  A Short Reflection Paper  The students will be
Global students finish this MODERNIZATION THEORY asked to read more
Environmenta chapter, they should which argues that the Question: about climate change
l Flows be able to: economic and technological 1. How can you preserve the and other related
 Explain the development favored by neo- environment? topics. Then, they
environmental liberal economists can go will be asked to
problems; hand-in-hand with a decline in reflect about what
 Recognize the the negative effects on the they have read and
importance in environment that are the focal express them into
preserving the concerns of environmentalists. words.
environment; and
Initiate Ecological economics- ANSWER:
activity on economic theory that There are several ways on
environmenta considers the ecological how one can preserve the
carrying capacity of the environment. It is even
l preservation.
earth thus integrating included in the 17
economic theory with Sustainable Development
environmental knowledge.
Global climate change is the
defining environmental
challenge of today, and has
become a rallying point for
many in the environmental
movement.
Anthropocene: a potential
new geological era
characterized by several
accelerating human-made
ecological changes, including
mass extinctions, global
warming, and oceanic
changes, that are far-reaching
and in many cases permanent.
Climate refugees are people
displaced
by environmental changes
brought about by climate
change, such as rising sea
levels, drought, and increases
in hurricanes, floods, and
other environmental disasters
ENVIRONMENTAL
Goals of UNDP or the United
Nations Development
Program. One of its goal is
to combat the pressing
problems of climate change
and mitigate its impact. On
one’s own little ways, one
can preserve the
environment by taking a
proactive role in handling
this crisis. The several
things one can do is to avoid
burning trash. Recycle
materials. Reuse the
reusable materials. Avoid
using single use plastics.
These are among the many
things one can do.
PROBLEMS:
 Destruction of natural
habitats
 Decline of fish and
whales
 Decline in usable
farmland
 Increasingly
inaccessible supplies
 of fossil fuels
 Decline in fresh water
 Toxic chemicals
 Population growth
 Global flows of waste

GLOBAL RESPONSES:

Sustainable development:
Economic and environmental
changes that meet the needs of
the present without
jeopardizing
the future.

Carbon tax: a tax applied to

fossil fuels (e.g. oil, coal, and
natural
gas) used to curb carbon
emissions.
 Cap-and-trade: a system that
limits the total carbon
emissions allowed, where
companies buy permits in
order to allow them to
produce additional emissions
with prices set by the market.

Carbon neutrality: a scenario

where carbon emissions are
equal to (or less than) the
amount of those emissions
that are absorbed by the
natural environment.

Prepared by: Noted: Approved:

ARTCHEL L. MONDALA ELVIE D. DURAN Ed.D DR. FRANCIS ANN R. SY

Name & Signature of Faculty Director, Institute of Arts and Sciences VPAcademics, Research & Innovation