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UNSUSTAINABILITY
EVALUATION
25 points from activities in
this module
Class activities and attendance : 15 points
Project presentation: 10 points
OUTLINE
Class I : Environment VS Economy? How economic
development affects environment.
Class II : Introduction to economics concepts
Class III : Economics instruments for environmental
and resources management.
Class IV : A road to sustainability: What have we done
and what will we do?
Class V : Group presentation
Large amounts of
wastewater discharged
into the Yangtze River in
China.
(2009)
A trash-covered creek in
Philippines.
10
ACTIVITIES: PROBLEM
TREES OF THE
UNSUSTAINABILITY
Given your selected
problem, draw a
tree (problem) with
roots (causes) and
branches (effects).
Draw a man and
link how your daily
behaviors be a part
of causes or be
affected by
consequences.
GROUP ACTIVITY (5
POINTS)
Select the problem of your interest.
Facts finding about the selected problem.
Do the problem tree.
Solutions? At the individual, national or globle
level.
ECONOMY VS
ENVIRONMEN
T
IN THAILAND
Gold mining in Phichit and Loei
Potash mining in Chaiyaphum
Solid waste problems on Samui
island, Surat Thani.
Solid waste management problems
Electronics waste problem
Air pollution from Cement industry,
Saraburi province
Haze pollution problems in
northern and southern Thailand.
Tourism vs natural resources
ECONOMY VS
ENVIRONMEN
T
Environmental and Health impacts from Mab Ta
Phut industrial park, Rayong
Environmental and Health impacts from Mae
Moh coal power plant, Lampang
Coal power plant construction in Krabi and Trang
Nuclear power plant in Nakorn Sri Thammarat
Pak Bara deep sea port, Satun
Construction of dams, such as Pak Mun Dam and
others..
Child labor and slave labor in seafood processing
industry, Samut Sakhon