Web-based+Resources+on+the+Global+Climate+Change+Crisis+Issues+and+Topics

=__Web-based Resources on the Global Climate Change Crisis: Issues and Topics__= [|Climate scientists on Climate Science] This is an excellent example of real science debunking politics and junk science. There are also links to other stories and to a slide presentation/video created by Dr. John Abraham of St. Thomas University in Minnesota. He does a point by point refutation of Monckton’s presentation earlier this month in Minnesota. http://climateprogress.org/2010/09/21/lord-monckton-debunked-climate-scientists/

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http://e360.yale.edu/ An active website created by the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies - includes McKibben's recent article on Solar Panels at the White House as well as articles related to economics, politics, sociology, science and human interest.

http://www.scholastic.com/actgreen (K-6) Good overview site includes 100 ways to act green. Earn green points as a class.

http://www.climatechangeeducation.org (K-12) This comprehensive website contains helpful information on the whole spectrum of global warming education, from teacher training, to funding, to fun field trips and music videos and fairs.

www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html (5-12) The California Energy Commission's Energy Quest Website allows students to discover online all there is to know about our energy use (check “Energy vampires”). The “Science projects” section of the teachers section (http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/teachers_resources/index.html) is very complete.

http://www.zerofootprintkids.com/kids_home.aspx (1-12) The Zerofootprint Kid's Calculator measures the direct impact of a child's lifestyle on the planet. Measurements are made in terms kids understand: carbon, land, water and trees. There is also a number of resources for teachers and parents on the site.

http://eelink.net/pages/Teachers (K-12) These pages of the North American Association for Environmental Education website harbor a large selection of resources and links related to environmental education.

http://www.earthday.net/involved/teachers/bobbybigfoot/default.aspx (K-8). These lesson plans developed by the Earth Day Network will help your students understand the concept of sustainability and why it is so vitally important.

http://www.rprogress.org/education/lesson_plans.htm (K-12) Redefining Progress, in partnership with Earth Day Network, has developed single-day environmental education lesson plans designed to integrate easily into science, social studies, math, and/or economics curricula.

http://www.rprogress.org/education/training_manuals.htm#lesson_plans_and_samples (K- 12) Sample lesson plans developed by teachers after having followed a series of workshops on “Thinking Critically about Environmental Impacts throughout History”

Local Food/Food Choices

http://www.gardengatedelivery.com/about.php All of Garden Gate’s food comes from farms and processors in New York State or within 100 miles of Ithaca. Includes examples and categories of foods that are grown “local” to Ithaca. Can be used to research what food is local to Ithaca.

http://www.livescience.com/health/060905_bad_farming.html East Asian Case Study. The Japanese city, Fukuoka, is the seventh largest city in Japan. Much of the fresh produce in the city comes from near by farms.

http://www.climatechoices.org.uk/pages/food1.htm Great educational site, from England. This page has interactive maps of where food comes from.

www.farmtoschool.org Farm to School programs are popping up all over the U.S. These programs connect schools with local farms with the objectives of serving healthy meals in school cafeterias, improving student nutrition, providing health and nutrition education opportunities that will last a lifetime, and supporting local small farmers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/weekinreview/27bittman.html?ex=1202274000&en=8f 4b924e4f931ff3&ei=5070&emc=eta1 NYTimes article “Rethinking the Meat Guzzler”. Gives new data and information showing how eating less meat not only helps the environment, but also world hunger.

http://www.kidsregen.org/bigStory/summer04.php Animated slide show explaining the benefits of eating local food.

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.

Water Use http://www.climatechoices.org.uk/pages/case1.htm African drought used as example.

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.

Alternative Energy http://www.earthday.net/involved/teachers/bobbybigfoot/ES_Energy_is_Everywhere.pdf Lesson plan “Energy is Everywhere”, also contains links to other information on alternative energy types and definitions

http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/hydrogen-fuel-cell-bikes/ Hydrogen fuel cell powered bikes in China

http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/invest-renewable-energy-china/ China – still biggest consumer/producer of Coal, however this site tells the other side of the story, the growing renewable energy technologies.

Weather Trends/ current effects of Climate change in East Asia

http://earthpolicy.org/ Site includes many charts and data regarding the current effects of Climate Change.

www.greenpeace.org/china/en/campaigns/stop-climate-change http://www.greenpeace.or.jp/index_en_html Greenpeace sites for China and Japan. Includes latest news stories and activities in these countries, as well as photographs of climate change effects around the world.

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSP6598220071121 The Japanese Prime minister, Yasuo Fukudo, plans to launch a satellite that will monitor green house emissions by 2009.

http://www.climatechoices.org.uk/pages/cchange1.htm includes card game : effects of climate change around world, solutions, and personal stories.

http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007315.html Chinese government acknowledging the effects of global climate change.

Wilderness Protection

http://www.positivenews.org.uk/artman/publish/article_1434.shtml - Kiri trees, native to Japan, absorb huge amounts of Co2.

http://www.wwf.org.hk/eng/index.php WWF Hong Kong – English page

http://www.wwfchina.org/english/ 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)

http://www.chinaeol.net/en/ 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.

http://www.chinaceap.org/english/index.asp China Environmental Awareness Program

http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/dynamics/headlines/n214266826.shtml Beijing 2008 “Green Olympics”

http://www.gvbchina.org/EnglishWeb/26DegreeCampaign.htm 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”

http://www.wwf.org.hk/eng/involved/membership/aboutlife_latest_issues.php 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.japanfs.org/ Japan for Sustainability

http://www.metaefficient.com/architecture-and-building/amazing-green-building-the-acros- fukuoka.html Fukuoka, Japan – Green building provides green space in a major city. This is the same city that uses a great deal of local food as well.

Sustainable Movements

http://www.koreafocus.or.kr/essays/view.asp?volume_id=65&content_id=101755&category =G Slow City Movements – The goals of the Cittaslow movement is to resist the homogenization and globalization of towns and cities and seeks to improve the quality and enjoyment of living by encouraging happiness and self-determination. Began in Italy. This site is about a city in Korea.

http://www.japanfs.org/db/database.cgi?cmd=dp&num=202&dp=data_e.html Slow Life City – Kakegawa City, Japan