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While I’m away for the first few days of this week you have plenty of work to do! Firstly, finish reading the last couple of chapters in the text book. Make sure you understand what all the acronyms that relate to Ecologically Sustainable Development mean: ERA, EIA, LCA, EES. Review the Environmental Improvement Plan at Portland Aluminium – write short notes under the headings Water, Waste, Energy and Biodiversity. Look at at some past exam papers and answer the multiple choice questions that relate to Area of Study 1: Pollutants.

If you finish that, you might like to try ‘virtual’ environmental management of a water catchment. Go to Catchment Detox, an on-line game where you play the role of a Catcment Management Authority – remove environmental hazards that reduce water quality and increase salinity and revegetate. Choose sound agricultural and tourist options that will improve catchment health, provide employment and boost the economy.

When you’ve had a couple of games and registered your score, write a review of the game on our VCE Environmental Science Ning – What did you have to do to be successful at the game? How many games did it take for you to work out how to play successfully? What was the most difficult parts?