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General Objective of the Module
The Module “Sustainable Consumption and Production” provides strategies and material to show pri-
mary school students why sustainable consumption is important, what they can do to make a change
and how this affects the production of goods. The module will mainly focus on food and clothes prod-
ucts.
Based on this handbook for teachers, the module provides a presentation for students to be used in
class, lesson plans for the age groups 6-10 and 10- 12 and a data bank with further ressources.
Topics:
5 Introduction
1) Sustainable Consumption & Production of Food
2) Sustainable Consumption & Production of Clothes
3) Didactic Strategies
Learning Objectives Basic
• What can one individual act in private and in school settings to make a change?
• How consumption can be reduced as a whole (what do I really need to live a health life? What is
unnecessary?)
• Which products are regional and seasonal in the respective countries?
Learning Objectives Advanced
• How the production cycle of a piece of clothing (for example a t-shirt) and of a food example looks
like
• How many stations does it run through?
• Who is involved (and to which conditions?)
• How material gets wasted during this cycle
• What are Eco-Textiles and what are the benefits?
• What is Eco-Farming and what are the benefits?
• What are sustainable fisheries?
• How does a recycling circle looks like in clothing and food?
