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Globalisation and Investigative Reporting Assignment
Smartphones, designer jeans, Yeezy sneakers, Beats headphones or soccer balls… Many of you use these
items on a daily basis. Have you ever stopped and asked yourself the who, what, where, why and how of
their existence and importance in your own life?
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Choose a personal item that you would find in your local community.
The instructions for the assignment how the ‘The Cycle of Life’ for your item: Where does it from? What is it
made of? Where is it assembled? Where is it sold? Where did the idea come from? What else is important
for this item?
You will investigate and analyze each step of the Cycle of Life.
You will evaluate the socio-cultural, geo-political, economic and environmental impact of each step.
You will organise and display your findings in the form of a visual.
You will include a world map with a key.
The visual can be either an information poster or a booklet.
Part of your grade will be determined by how you comment, question and respond to the comments and
questions from other students about your enquiry.
You will include a bibliography.
NATURAL RESOURCES
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What resources does the manufacturing process use?
Who is the labour force?
What specific raw materials does your item contain?
Where do these raw materials come from?
Choose one of these raw materials. How is it extracted?
○ What are the working conditions like there? What are the average wages?
○ What is the impact on the local community? (health, quality of life, etc…)
○ What is the impact on the environment?
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ECONOMIC:
1. How many of your items are made each year?
2. Where are the factories located? (Choose a minimum of two)
3. What are the working conditions? (Average salary, hours worked per day, etc…)
4. What are the positive/negative economic effects? Who gains? Who loses?
SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL:
1. What is the impact on the local community? (health, quality of life, etc…)
2. What is the positive/negative social impact? Who gains? Who loses?
3. What is the impact on the environment?
4. How do the raw materials reach the factory?
5. How does your item then reach the store from which it is sold?
POWER, INFLUENCE & CONSUMER USE
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Where are the decision makers located?
How many of your items are sold in Luxembourg each year? (MEDC)
How many of your items are sold in Samoa? (LEDC)
What is the annual profit made by the company for your item?
What is required in order to get a job at company headquarters?
How much energy does your item consume? Does this have an impact on the environment?
How many times a day do you use your item? For how long?
RECYCLING
Where does your item end up?
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How many of your item are thrown away each year?
What is the average lifespan of your item?
What happens to your item when you discard it?
Is it recycled? Explain HOW & WHERE the components of the item are recycled.
If the item or its components are not recycled, where does they end up?
What are the working conditions of those involved in the recycling process? e.g. average
salary, hours worked per day, etc…
7. What is the impact of the recycling process on the environment or community? (health,
quality of life, etc…)