How+We+Organize+Ourselves



You leave footprints when you walk in the sand, the mud and when you’ve got wet feet. You also leave something called a carbon footprint. You can’t see your carbon footprint, but it impacts the earth and leaves a mark just like the ones in the sand and the mud do.

** THEME: How We Organize Ourselves **


 * __ Money Matters __**


 * Central idea: **

Resources drive local economies


 * Lines of Inquiry: **


 * How local producers use natural resources
 * Economic choices and their trade-offs
 * Economic impact on the environment


 * Key Concepts: **

Causation

Connection

Responsibility


 * Related Concepts: **

impact

systems

initiative

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