Global+Issues

=Oil spill= this is a link to the article that shows the 12 different solutions for cleaning up the oil []

this is the article that talks about how the oil spill had little impact on global drilling. []

the link to the video of the Bp oil spill, where a guy goes to the gulf of mexico to investigate the damages of the spill.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OVNd6Fa9fg =Global Warming= Article about flooding. It contains a very good video not shown in class because of Chapel's computer. [|Raging Waters In Australia and Brazil Product of Global Warming]

=Gender Equality=

Fact Sheet
[|United Nations Goal #3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women] This is a factsheet published by UN covering basic facts, some successful projects and ongoing projects

Article
//[|NY Times]//[|Opinion Column: "A Novel Argument for Girls' Education"] This opinion column suggests a novel argument for girl's education. The author explores the relationship between financial benefits and girl's education

**TED Talk**
[|Sheryl WuDunn's TED Talk: "Our Century's Greatest Injustice"] Sheryl WuDunn's book "Half the Sky" investigates the oppression of women globally. Her stories shock. Only when women in developing countries have equal access to education and economic opportunity will we be using all our human resources.

[|Tony Porter's TED Talk: "A Call to Men"] At TEDWomen, Tony Porter makes a call to men everywhere: Don't "act like a man." Telling powerful stories from his own life, he shows how this mentality, drummed into so many men and boys, can lead men to disrespect, mistreat and abuse women and each other. His solution: Break free of the "man box."

=Global Poverty and Hunger=

Fact Sheet
[|30 Challenges] 30 Project ([]) presents 30 interesting facts about the changes in our food system in the past 30 years.

[|UN Millennium Development Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger] This is a factsheet published by UN covering basic facts, some successful projects and ongoing projects

[|WFP]

Article
[|[CNN U.N.: World hunger down but still 'unacceptable']] This CNN article published in September 2010 by the CNN Wire highlights the following facts:
 * 1) Global hunger decline for the first time in 15 years
 * 2) 925 million people will still go hungry
 * 3) More than 40% of the world's hungry live in India and China
 * 4) Improving economies and drop in food prices contributed to drop

[|Ellen Gustafson: Obesity + Hunger = 1 global food issue] Co-creator of the philanthropic FEED bags, Ellen Gustafson says hunger and obesity are two sides of the same coin. At TEDxEast, she launches The 30 Project -- a way to change how we farm and eat in the next 30 years, and solve the global food inequalities behind both epidemics.
 * TED Talk**

[|Esther Duflo: Social experiments to fight poverty] Alleviating poverty is more guesswork than science, and lack of data on aid's impact raises questions about how to provide it. But Clark Medal-winner Esther Duflo says it's possible to know which development efforts help and which hurt -- by testing solutions with randomized trials.

=Genetic Engineering (as a means of ending global hunger)=

Student Lessons on the Environment
=**Rainforest Destruction**= [] This link shows the reasons the rainforest is destroyed, from logging to tourism.

[] This link also shows the reasons the rainforest is destroyed.

[] This link shows the consequences of rainforest destruction.

=**Climate Change Quiz Show**= "Climate Change - State of Science" by Professor Stefan Rahmstorf of Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Reasearch, is a fact sheet covering 1. basic facts about global warming, 2. impacts and risks, and 3. possible solutions

You can test yourself after reading the fact sheet with 20 questions in this quiz show. There are five questions about basic facts about global warming, ten questions about impacts and risks, and five questions about possible solutions. Most of them are text specific question, and it can be a good summary for each section!

You can see both the questions and answers in this word document

=Protocol= page 1 page 2  page 3