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Cheryl Taylor's List: Environmental
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Sep 12, 11
Our Cool Schools - Educating young Australians for a sustainable future - local site
Hi All
Great site, Australian based, current, produced with loads of teacher resources, news, statistics, fact sheets, from credible sources (not government spin!) -
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Sep 12, 11
Our Cool School is the place Australia's students go to for the latest news and information on our environment. Our Cool School identifies the challenges we face, investigates the solutions available and shows you how to get involved.
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Jan 19, 12
Free resources linked to the Australian Curriculum, including lesson plans, activities and links to interactive sites. A very comprehensive list of resources (enough to make any geographer very happy).
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Jan 26, 12
Our Cool School brings sustainability and our environment into the classroom, providing teachers with engaging, fun and informative learning activities on a whole range of environmental topics.
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Feb 12, 12
The ISDR proposes ways and measures to reduce the impact of disasters triggered by natural hazards. Many measures can be taken to reduce the impact of natural hazards. Upgrading building constructions is one. In many occasions, earthquake does not kill people, but houses do when they collapsed. If we build earthquake resilient houses in areas prone to earthquake, people will have a much better chance to survive when disasters strike. Legislation is another one. If the construction of hotels is prohibited up to 200 metres from the sea, tourists will be safer if there is a flood or a hurricane.
Education is also another strategic measure to reduce the negative impact of natural hazard. People who understand natural hazards and risk reduction are likely to survive during disasters. Many people from the Semilieu Island survived during the tsunami in the Indian Ocean because they knew that when an earthquake strikes in their island there is a high risk of tsunami and they have to run upper grounds.
Those are just a couple of examples that the ISDR promote to convince governments to make the world safer. -
Mar 31, 12
A visual real-time simulation that displays the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, birth rates, and death rates of every country in the world.
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Sep 28, 12
In North East India just north of Bangladesh is the province of Meghalaya.
This is an astounding video that shows a (literally) natural way that local people have adapted to an incredibly flood-prone environment. The organic building materials prevent erosion and keep people in contact during times of flood. The living bridges are truly a sight to behold. -
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