1. Brownfield Sites KQ: 1)What are brownfield and greenfield sites?
2) What are green industries and what new types of green jobs will be available in the future?

2. Starter
What are brownfield sites? Places where older factories or houses have been demolished. Play the Class Interactive (Active Teach – Chapter 12). Students to correctly label the brownfield sites.

3. Alternative Proposals for a brownfield site
Evolving Planet – page Read through the information on page 191 about the closure of the paper mill in Berlin New Hampshire, USA.
2 proposals were put forward about the future of the site. Read Proposal 1 and Proposal 2 on page 192.
Copy and complete the table (page 192 – Decision-making skills) to summarize the advantages and disadvantages of the two projects.
Which proposal would you choose and why?

4. Employment in the ‘green’ sector
Evolving Planet page 192 – 193. Read through the information.
Complete Activity 5 in full sentences in your book.
When writing about new jobs created by green technology, be careful to mention a range of jobs from those in water and waste management and green transport, as well as those in renewable energy.

5. Finally...
Working in pairs, identify as many jobs as you can think of that may be created by the growth of renewable energy, green transport, and water and waste management. Think of a full range of people who will need to be employed, such as engineers, scientists, and marketing and sales executives.
Create a table using the above headings.

6. Homework
Revise, revise, revise...