COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Activity #01 in
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY (STS)

Reading Exercise

Name: Harold L. Resusta Score: _____________

Schedule: _____________________________________ Date: ______________

Direction: After reading the article, answer the following questions. The answer should be
handwritten.

1. What is the main objective of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations?

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were
adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end
poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.

2. What is the standardized unit that measures resource use and waste?

Global Hectares

3. What is the standard response to eradicating poverty?

Priority actions on poverty eradication include: improving access to sustainable

livelihoods, growth, entrepreneurial opportunities and productive resources; providing universal
access to basic social services; ... intensifying international cooperation for poverty eradication.

4. What is the threshold of the earth for adequately sustaining life?

5. According to the majority of people in middle-and high income countries, what puts the planet
and society at risk?
6. How many hectares should each of us consume annually based on the resources available in
the planet?

7. What are the two indicators of the quality of life given in the article?

8. What crisis in the planet would force us to slow down if we do not do so voluntarily?

9. According to Hickel, what must be done instead of urging poor countries to “catch up” with the
rich ones?

10. How would the different areas of the world react to the idea of “de-development”?