IB ESS Topic 1.3: Sustainability

IB ESS Topic 1.3: Sustainability , 35 slides in the same style as your other decks.

What’s in it:

Introduction (3 slides): the box key and a six-part topic overview.
A Sustainability (5 slides): a definition linked to systems and resilience, the three pillars with an example of how they depend on each other, drawn weak (overlapping) vs strong (nested) models, and natural capital vs natural income.
B Sustainable development (3 slides): the Brundtland definition, paraphrased, with examples, and a Newfoundland cod collapse timeline ending in the 1992 moratorium, with lessons.
C Environmental justice (4 slides): the definition and unequal access to water, food and energy, local vs global injustice (including e-waste in Ghana), and the Altgeld Gardens, Chicago case study.
D Indicators and citizen science (5 slides): ecological footprint vs biocapacity with a UK chart (4.2 vs 1.7 gha, about 2.5×), carbon and water footprints with units, four citizen science projects, and an evaluation of citizen science.
E Frameworks (5 slides): the SDGs with uses and limitations (including conflicting goals), the nine planetary boundaries, and an evaluation of the planetary boundaries model.
F Alternative economics (6 slides): a drawn doughnut model (social foundation, ecological ceiling, safe and just space), regenerative vs distributive economies with Amsterdam’s 2020 adoption, the circular economy’s three principles and butterfly diagram, a comparison of the two models, and a model 7-mark evaluation.
Review (4 slides): steps for answering ESS questions, a key words check, a confidence tracker and a “Well done” slide.