This task is assessing your ability to demonstrate that you meet the criteria for the following unit learning outcomes. Students will be able to:
1. Summarise the scope and purpose of educating for a sustainable future
2. Critically reflect upon their own attitudes and values in relation to sustainability perspectives and how these affect their teaching and professional role
Part A: Past experiences/memories
Detail two memories that have shaped your attitudes about environmental sustainability, preferably one that is positive and one that is less than positive - even challenging and confronting. These may build from the ecological profile you included on the discussion board. These two detailed memories may be from any life stage and from family, work, travel or education contexts. When describing two memories make sure that sufficient detail is provided and use the following questions to guide your descriptions (where applicable – you may not need them all):
Where and when did these experiences take place?
What happened? What did you notice or feel?
How did it change you or what impact did it have on you?
What impact did it have on others eg (people, plants, animals, environment)?
How has your life experience formed the values that have shaped your sustainable perspectives?
 What might you have done differently?
Part B: Analysis of two memories
Following a description of your two memories, analyse and justify why you felt what you felt. Reflection on these memories is meant to stimulate you to examine your perspectives about environmental and broader issues of sustainability. The analysis should be driven by questions that arise from Part A. Such questions may include (but are certainly not limited to):
How did your family, teachers, peers, media and/or community members influence this experience?
Include peer feedback from your ecological profile that you recorded on Blackboard in week one/two. This must include one example of your feedback to another student and one example of feedback that you received. (This does not make up your word count) Describe how and why this feedback shifted your ideas?
What were the environmental benefits, consequences and/or impact of your experience? What environmental philosophies and/or positions were your individual experiences grounded upon? How did this influence your own philosophy, values and/or behavior concerning sustainable issues and practices
ï‚·How have these experiences influenced your knowledge and awareness of the environment and broader sustainability issues?

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