Caring for Shared Resources
📋 What it is
Shared resources (air, water, oceans) belong to everyone, so protecting them is a shared responsibility.
🗣️ Coach says
Air and oceans have no owner — which means everyone’s responsible and it’s easy for each person to think "someone else will handle it". The fix is shared rules that protect what we all depend on.
🧠 Memory hook
No owner = shared duty. Protect the commons together.
😂 Giggle
Why was the utilitarian always counting?
They wanted the greatest good for the greatest number!
😲 Whoa!
The "tragedy of the commons" describes how a shared field can be ruined when everyone takes a little too much.
✅ Quick check: Why are shared resources like air and oceans easy to damage?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Because no single person owns them, so each person may take too much assuming others will protect them — harming the shared resource for all.
The commons problem explains many real environmental challenges.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Name a shared space (a park, a group chat) and one rule that keeps it good for everyone.