Lorax-23 (3)

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Name Valery Sepulveda Hour 1st The Lorax: A Review of Sustainability 1. The truffula tree is the natural resource featured in this film. (A natural resource is a plant, animal, or mineral that can be used by people.) List at least four natural resources found in Texas. a. Wind b. Natural Gas c. Coal d. Oil 2. The Once-ler used the land’s natural resource to start a business which made a sold a product called the “thneed” – in Dr. Seuss language that means – “things you think you need.” List at least four “thneeds” in your life. a. Phone b. New Car c. Gum d. New clothes 3. How did the technology available to the Once-ler change throughout the film? At first, he used his simple axe and knitting equipment for harvest and production. Then, he invested in a rotating axe-machine to cut the Truffula trees down more quickly . He also used cars to transport the thneed. 4. How did those technological changes impact the surrounding environment (both living and non-living aspects)? The technological changes impacted the surrounding environment by polluting the air and water. The fish in the water had to go find another place to live because it wasn’t safe to live in the water. The technological changes also impacted the surrounding environment by depleting it of its resources. Deforestation also impacted the bears because the environment wasn’t sustainable for them anymore. 1

5. How did the society change throughout the film? The film depicts an isolated society that ruined itself at the hands of greed and power. As they made more money, they kept cutting down more trees. No one cared a whole awful lot until all the trees were gone. 6. At the point in the story where truffula trees are still growing and the Once-ler’s factory is still successfully producing “thneeds,” was the society living sustainably? Why or why not? No, the society is not living sustainably because their cars were polluting the air as they went through the thneed drive-thru. Society was harming the environment and polluting the water as well as causing deforestation. This also led to the depletion of resources in the environment. Society still had a big impact on the environment with the choices they were making. 7. Consider the overall sustainability of this story. Include all three sectors (environmental, social & economic) of sustainability in your response. Environmental Economic Social + At the end it’s mentioned that things can change if someone cared enough to do something about it. Lots of profit from the thneeds Get what they want in the moment - Pollution, habitat destruction, and deforestation. production of thneeds required deforestation, and the production process pf the thneeds led to air and water pollution -Too much power and inequality, its unfair how one person is able to make one choice that can destroy an entire environment. - regret afterwards - Greed and power Overall CER concerning the Sustainability of making “Thneeds” (Claim--Evidence--Reasoning) 2

Society wasn’t living sustainably during the production of making thneeds. The people would make the choice to drive cars to buy thneeds and this would cause air pollution. Water was being polluted and habitats were being destroyed. Bears, fish, and birds were being affected and they had to migrate because of it. By making better choices in the production of the thneeds the environment wouldn’t have been impacted so heavily. Making better choices and changes to making thneeds could result in living sustainably while producing thneeds. 8. In this story, the habitat becomes completely deforested. This not only destroys the environment, but also the local economy. Could the truffula tree resource have been used in some manner that would protect the environment and the economy? If so, how? If not, why not? Yes, they could’ve removed seeds from the thneeds and re planted them instead of cutting down every tree. They could have also removed the leaves from the trees without causing any damage to the trees and the environment. 9. In today’s modern world we have two major ideas of many – Planned Obsolescence and Perceived Obsolescence. Define each of these terms. a. P lanned obsolescence is a business strategy in which the obsolescence of a product is planned and built into it from its conception, by the manufacturer. b. Perceived obsolescence is used by businesses to create a product that will purposefully lose value over time. Examples could include cars or new smartphones. If you had to re-write this story using a modern good or service, how would you make a change in either one of this ideas? I would have made sure that the onceler didn’t end up becoming too dependent on a technology that would have started to become a problem for the environment. Smartphones would have been used instead of thneeds because people constantly want to be updating their phones to the newest version that they can get. I would have also made sure that the Onceler spent more time thinking about the risks and consequences of his actions and maybe he would have realized at an earlier time that what he was doing was wrong. 3

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