We have covered the Media and looked at MEDC and LEDCs along with different types of Aid…
Have a look at the following websites to give you some background information for our next unit of work within 3.3.3-
Understand the implications of Agenda 21 for promoting sustainable development on local, national and global scales, together with the constraints limiting the extent of its implementation.
Have a look at the video clips- they are about the Millennium Development Goals… How do these fit in to this unit?
I know I tell you not to use Wikipeadia- but this article is pretty good!
Useful Websites:
Towards Sustainability
http://www.towards-sustainability.co.uk/issues/index.html
Useful for further research on Agenda 21 and issues relating to sustainability.
Directgov
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Environmentandgreenerliving/Thewiderenvironment/DG_069735
The UK government site includes a journey planner so that students can calculate the CO2 emissions for their journey to school.
DEFRA
Information on sustainable development.
DFID- What do they do? Why?
http://www.youtube.com/user/ukdfid
- HOMEWORK QUESTION- FOR 11ECT1- DUE IN FRIDAY THE 15TH OF FEB.
- What problems are likely to arise when a small number of companies own most of the media in the United Kingdom (UK)?
In your answer you must:
• Explain one problem in depth or at least two in outline.
• Use examples to support your explanation.




#1 by matthew on February 13th, 2013
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Sustainable development is when you preserve things so that future generations have them. If things are sustainable they can continue to the future.
The Millennium Development Goals are the goals set in 2000 when 189 world leaders went to New York to a United Nations meeting that resulted in a joint effort to
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.
Achieve universal primary education.
Promote gender equality.
Reduce child mortality.
Improve maternal health.
Combat HIV/AIDS and Malaria and other diseases.
Ensure sustainable development.
Global partnership for development.