Feb 12 2026 Fast Fashion & Intro To Sustainable Agriculture

Attendance. 

Have students read Ch 4 Page 136 &137 and complete Q 8 - A-C 

Less Developed Countries and Fast Fashion Costs

Class - to review their  answers & diciest.

Note: Fast Fashion doesn't only have a human ethical and moral cost - it has an environmental cost as well.

Video review. 8 min 

The Price of Fast Fashion - The Economist

 https://youtu.be/tLfNUD0-8ts?si=wX_K1hLVbOarC_GH

Class Discussion - Q: As consumers do we have an ethical, moral and environmental responsibility when it comes to participating (or not participating) in the purchasing and subsequent continued increased demand when it comes to 'fast fashion?' Why or why not?

Block 2: or earlier if required. 

Intro to Permaculture

The world has about 60 years left of naturally occurring farmable fertile soil (due to the affects of mass agriculture). 

What is the solution? One idea: permaculture? 

Permaculture is a set of design principles centered on 

whole systems thinking, simulating, or directly utilizing the 

patterns and resilient features observed in natural 

ecosystems. It uses these principles in a growing number of

fields from regenerative agriculture, re-wilding, and 

community resilience.

1.View below piece. 24 min 

Incredible 1.5-Acre Permaculture / Syntropic Food Forest with Over 250 Plant Species

 

Discussion:

What is a syntropic farming?

Syntropic farming is an intensive form of agroforestry that 

imitates slash and mulch agroforestry, in order to provide 

yields at all stages of succession, 

generate its own fertility, and with the end goal of creating a 

productive forest that imitates 

the structure and function of the native forests.

What is a food forest?

A food forest, also called a forest garden, is a diverse

planting of edible plants that 

attempts to mimic the ecosystems and patterns found in 

nature

Thoughts on the piece?

2. Guerilla Gardening   10 min

Discussion Questions:

What is a ‘food desert?’

What does the speaker mean by "food is the 

problem and the solution." 

Student Task - individually complete the questions below based on the textbook, but also the above viewings. 

2 questions - These will be questions. I will check for homework. Check on Tuesday. Please keep these questions with you.

1. Page 136 Q 5 

2. We (as a global community) can/could fully move to a syntropic/permaculture based agricultural system and feed the whole of the world successfully with these methods. (Affirmative or Negative). 

Extra Time? Students to make sure they completed all text questions from last day, February 10 blog post.