EQ3

Question 1

Whats the Canadian native population called?

Answer 1

First Nations

Question 2

What are 5 examples of projects which threaten the rights of the first Nation people?

Answer 2

-Fracking in New Brunswick
-Oil sands + shale mining (Bakken project) in Alberta
-Trans Mountain pipeline between Alberta and Vancouver
-Pacific trails pipeline
-Jumbo Valley resort

Question 3

Key facts about the Jumbo valley proposed resort (Positives)

Answer 3

-1st ever year round resort in N.America with 20 slopes
-When fully developed will employ 805 on site
-Capacity of 6,250 people
-Glacier resorts Ltd behind project

Question 4

Negatives of Jumbo valley resort on First Nations?

Answer 4

2017 1st nations argued in the supreme court that the resort would inhibit freedom of religion
-The Ktunaxa nation have lived here for 400 generations
-And the resort would mean the grizzly bear spirit would be ‘driven’ away, preventing spiritual fulfilment

Question 5

Negatives of Jumbo valley resort on the biodiversity?

Answer 5

-Land is home to around 600 grizzly bears
-700km2 of parcell mountains with forest covergae
-$70 million worth of roads would have to be constructed, fracturing the grizzly habitat and deforesting parts of the land
-Fractured habitat puts extinction at greater risk and means the land cant be used as a wildlife corridor as easily

Question 6

Negatives of Jumbo valley resort on local business owners?

Answer 6

-90% of pre-existing business owners that the resort would harm and steal from their business

Question 7

What are some methods of Sustainable development along with globalisation?

Answer 7

-Transition towns
-Fairtrade
-Ethical Shopping

Question 8

What is a transition town?

Answer 8

A settlement where individuals and businesses have adopted bottom up initiatives to make their community more sustainable and less reliant on global trade

Question 9

What are the cons of local sourcing?

Answer 9

• Suppliers can be over dependant on buyer as a stable income
• Buyers have little room for negotiation as they have only one source
• Lack of options for selling and buying suppliers/ buyers

Question 9

What are the pros of local sourcing?

Answer 9

• It is easier for buyers to travel to suppliers to discuss development management and inspection
• Easier to satisfy local preferences and source specialised products
• Shorter supply chains = greater predictability of delivery times and lower costs
• more environmentally friendly

Question 10

Transition Town - Todmorden (Case Study)

Answer 10

• A town in West Yorkshire that aims to increase the amount of local food grown and eaten locally
• Eg. Public flower beds are transformed into community herb gardens and vegetable patches

Question 11

How does fair trade promote economic sustainability?

Answer 11

• Fair trade ensures farmers of tea, coffee, etc. are paid a “guaranteed price” created by OXFAM UK
• This is achieved by improving market access for poorer countries and ending overproduction
  —> richer nations spend $1billion subsidising agriculture encouraging surplus of crops (2005) on world market undermining smaller farmers
• However fair trade adds very little extra income and relies on consumers buying more expensive products

Question 12

What is Fairtrade?

Answer 12

A not-for-profit organisation which certifies products to guarantee they have been ethically produced and therefore give a fair price to producers/owners

Question 13

Whats an example of a TNC which tries to use fairtrade produce in their products?

Answer 13

Starbucks

Question 14

What is ethical shopping?

Answer 14

A deliberate choice of products produced under Fairtrade, organic or cruelty-free terms.

Question 15

What UK retailers are trying to push ethical shopping and how?

Answer 15

M&S only sell Fairtrade teas/coffee. And use naturally dyed clothes from small overseas businesses to reduce carbon footprint.