Lesson+Plans+for+Chinese+Classes

Who will take the heat? Participants will learn about the environmental, economic, and political issues surrounding global climate change policy by comparing the US to China.



These are the resources and handouts needed for the lesson:

Background


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Confidential Instructions: People's Republic of China

Confidential Instructions: United States

Confidential Instructions: Environmental Movement Confidential Instructions: International Business Resources Debriefing Questions

[] WWF Hong Kong – English page

[] WWF China – includes information on a project to protect the lakes along the central and lower Yangtze River from eutrophication.

Governmental Policies and NGO (non government organizations)

[] Center for Environmental Education in China. The CEEC is the centre of a network of national environmental education and communication initiatives, a base for national environmental protection TV and film productions and training, and a window for international cooperation projects in the field of environmental education and communication.

[] China Environmental Awareness Program

[] Beijing 2008 “Green Olympics”

[] National campaign to urge companies, embassies and other institutions to set their air condition to 26 ° C to save electricity and protect the environment, six environmental organizations in Beijing, namely Global Village of Beijing, WWF China, China Association for NGO Cooperation, Friends of Nature, Institute for Environment and Development and Green Earth Volunteers jointly launched the “26 ° Campaign”

[] About Life magazine, download at this site. A bilingual magazine, includes many articles about current environmental movements in Hong Kong. Not written specifically for children, great for background information, and inspiration!

http://www.positivenews.org.uk/artman/publish/article_1293.shtml ‘The Power of Duck: Integrated Rice and Duck Farming’ Located on south coast of China.

http://www.climatechoices.org.uk/pages/case3.htm Example of Napal’s solution to food transportation - Gravity Ropeways. High in the Himalayas the climate is getting warmer and wetter. Glacial lakes (that fill with melt-water from glaciers) are getting dangerously full, and flooding is occuring more frequently. In these conditions it is even more difficult to make the journey to market, but a gravity-operated system is helping farmers to transport produce, and so increase their prosperity.