http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci Best content from the KidsGCCI group Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:05:34 -0000 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:05:34 -0000 http://ce.sbcc.edu/class_startersCATESOL.pdf <p>Great 'sponges'/icebreakers and activities that can be use more than once in a classroom</p><p><strong>Comments:</strong><ul><li>Great 'sponges'/icebreakers and activities that can be use more than once in a classroom - <small><a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/datruss" title="View Dave Truss's content in group">Dave Truss</a></small></li></ul></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/September">September</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/sponges">sponges</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/icebreakers">icebreakers</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/datruss" title="View Dave Truss's content in group">Dave Truss</a></p> Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:05:34 -0000 http://ca.sys-con.com/node/1091505 <p>GLAND, SWITZERLAND -- (Marketwire) -- 09/02/09 -- The new report, Arctic Climate Feedbacks: Global Implications, outlines dire global consequences of a warming Arctic that are far worse than previous projections. Peer-reviewed by the world's top climate scientists, this report reinforces that there's no time to waste in tackling climate change, because this meltdown will have major implications for people around the world - not just in the Arctic. </p><p><strong>Comments:</strong><ul><li>GLAND, SWITZERLAND -- (Marketwire) -- 09/02/09 -- The new report, Arctic Climate Feedbacks: Global Implications, outlines dire global consequences of a warming Arctic that are far worse than previous projections. Peer-reviewed by the world's top climate scientists, this report reinforces that there's no time to waste in tackling climate change, because this meltdown will have major implications for people around the world - not just in the Arctic. - <small><a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></small></li></ul></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/kidsgcci09">kidsgcci09</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22climate+change%22">climate change</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22global+warming%22">global warming</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></p> Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:57:19 -0000 http://www.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/arctic <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/kidsgcci09">kidsgcci09</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22climate+change%22">climate change</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22global+warming%22">global warming</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></p> Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:55:35 -0000 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hzkvfzmaZBw6wkB7AOBxn44YGBZgD9A910Q82 <p>From Colorado to Washington state, an unprecedented, years-long epidemic of mountain pine beetle has killed 2.6 million hectares (6.5 million acres) of forest. The insect has struck even more devastatingly to the north, in British Columbia, where clouds of beetles have laid waste to 14 million hectares (35 million acres) — twice the area of Ireland. It is expected to kill 80 percent of the Canadian province's lodgepole pines before it's finished.<br /><br />Farther north, in the Yukon, the pine beetle isn't endemic — yet. Here it's the spruce bark beetle that has eaten its way through 400,000 hectares (1 million acres) of woodland, and even more in neighboring Alaska, in a 15-year-old epidemic unmatched in its longevity and extent.</p><p><strong>Comments:</strong><ul><li>From Colorado to Washington state, an unprecedented, years-long epidemic of mountain pine beetle has killed 2.6 million hectares (6.5 million acres) of forest. The insect has struck even more devastatingly to the north, in British Columbia, where clouds of beetles have laid waste to 14 million hectares (35 million acres) — twice the area of Ireland. It is expected to kill 80 percent of the Canadian province's lodgepole pines before it's finished.<br /><br />Farther north, in the Yukon, the pine beetle isn't endemic — yet. Here it's the spruce bark beetle that has eaten its way through 400,000 hectares (1 million acres) of woodland, and even more in neighboring Alaska, in a 15-year-old epidemic unmatched in its longevity and extent. - <small><a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></small></li></ul></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/slideshare">slideshare</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22climate+change%22">climate change</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></p> Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:36:01 -0000 http://www.adb.org/Documents/Brochures/Climate-Change/default.asp <p>Climate Change - ADB Programs: Strengthening Mitigation and Adaptation in Asia and the Pacific</p><p><strong>Comments:</strong><ul><li>Climate Change - ADB Programs: Strengthening Mitigation and Adaptation in Asia and the Pacific - <small><a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></small></li></ul></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22climate+change%22">climate change</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22global+warming%22">global warming</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/kidsgcci09">kidsgcci09</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/adb">adb</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/asia">asia</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></p> Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:29:25 -0000 http://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/climate_change <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22climate+change%22">climate change</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22global+warming%22">global warming</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/kidsgcci09">kidsgcci09</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></p> Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:27:37 -0000 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/science/earth/09climate.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=climate%20change&st=cse <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22climate+change%22">climate change</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22global+warming%22">global warming</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/kidsgcci09">kidsgcci09</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></p> Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:27:45 -0000 http://whatmatters.mckinseydigital.com/climate_change <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22climate+change%22">climate change</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22global+warming%22">global warming</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/kidsgcci09">kidsgcci09</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></p> Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:15:24 -0000 http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/globalwarming/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=climate%20change&st=cse <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><div class="annInner">The addition of that single word "very" did more than reflect mounting scientific evidence that the release of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases from smokestacks, tailpipes and burning forests has played a central role in raising the average surface temperature of the earth by more than 1 degree Fahrenheit since 1900.</div></div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22global+warming%22">global warming</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/warming">warming</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></p> Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:29:48 -0000 http://www.basilandspice.com/living-green/2050-75-million-possibly-homeless-due-to-climate-change.html <p>Oxfam Australia says that climate change could leave up to 75 million people in the Asia-Pacific region homeless by 2050. The Future is Here: Climate Change says that these island nations are already suffering from drought, food shortages and rising water levels.</p><p><strong>Comments:</strong><ul><li>Oxfam Australia says that climate change could leave up to 75 million people in the Asia-Pacific region homeless by 2050. The Future is Here: Climate Change says that these island nations are already suffering from drought, food shortages and rising water levels. - <small><a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></small></li></ul></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/Oxfam">Oxfam</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22climate+change%22">climate change</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22global+warming%22">global warming</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/kidsgcci09">kidsgcci09</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%23blc09">#blc09</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></p> Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:22:36 -0000 http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/kerry-climate-change-will-depend-on-china-2009-07-29.html <p>“Unless we act dramatically and act fast, science tells us our way of life is in jeopardy,” [Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Kerry] said.</p><p><strong>Comments:</strong><ul><li>“Unless we act dramatically and act fast, science tells us our way of life is in jeopardy,” [Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Kerry] said. - <small><a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></small></li></ul></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22climate+change%22">climate change</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/kidsgcci09">kidsgcci09</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22global+warming%22">global warming</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/politics">politics</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></p> Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:15:15 -0000 http://fur.ly <p>shorten multiple urls<br />works like a slide show</p><p><strong>Comments:</strong><ul><li>shorten multiple urls<br />works like a slide show - <small><a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/sharonbetts" title="View Sharon Betts's content in group">Sharon Betts</a></small></li></ul></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/tools">tools</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/sharonbetts" title="View Sharon Betts's content in group">Sharon Betts</a></p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:11:35 -0000 http://www.globalchange.gov/whats-new/287-press-conference-webcast <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/kidsgcci09">kidsgcci09</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:54:45 -0000 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/opinion/10fri1.html?_r=1 <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/kidsgcci09">kidsgcci09</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:54:15 -0000 http://www.worldforum.org/2009conference-overview.htm <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22climate+change%22">climate change</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22global+warming%22">global warming</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/kidsgcci09">kidsgcci09</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:22:03 -0000 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/green/detail?entry_id=43988 <p>A majority of Americans continue believe that climate change is correctly portrayed or even underestimated in the news media, but a record high 41 percent believe risks are exaggerated. <br /><br />It's a vocal 41 percent, and they draw on a stock set of arguments to attack the credibility of scientists, politicians and environmentalists who claim that humans are spurring dangerous climate change. Like me, you may wonder where these arguments come from and whether they have any validity.<br /><br />The most common argument, and the one I will focus on in this first of several installments, is that many credible scientists dispute the theory of anthropogenic (or human-caused) climate change asserted by U.N. scientists in the 2007 IPCC report that found that humans were almost certainly causing the climate to change.<br /><br />San Francisco Chronicle : The Thin Green Line : Cameron Scott<br /></p><p><strong>Comments:</strong><ul><li>A majority of Americans continue believe that climate change is correctly portrayed or even underestimated in the news media, but a record high 41 percent believe risks are exaggerated. <br /><br />It's a vocal 41 percent, and they draw on a stock set of arguments to attack the credibility of scientists, politicians and environmentalists who claim that humans are spurring dangerous climate change. Like me, you may wonder where these arguments come from and whether they have any validity.<br /><br />The most common argument, and the one I will focus on in this first of several installments, is that many credible scientists dispute the theory of anthropogenic (or human-caused) climate change asserted by U.N. scientists in the 2007 IPCC report that found that humans were almost certainly causing the climate to change. - <small><a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></small></li><li>A majority of Americans continue believe that climate change is correctly portrayed or even underestimated in the news media, but a record high 41 percent believe risks are exaggerated. <br /><br />It's a vocal 41 percent, and they draw on a stock set of arguments to attack the credibility of scientists, politicians and environmentalists who claim that humans are spurring dangerous climate change. Like me, you may wonder where these arguments come from and whether they have any validity.<br /><br />The most common argument, and the one I will focus on in this first of several installments, is that many credible scientists dispute the theory of anthropogenic (or human-caused) climate change asserted by U.N. scientists in the 2007 IPCC report that found that humans were almost certainly causing the climate to change.<br /><br />San Francisco Chronicle : The Thin Green Line : Cameron Scott<br /> - <small><a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></small></li></ul></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22climate+change%22">climate change</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22global+warming%22">global warming</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/kidsgcci09">kidsgcci09</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:15:59 -0000 http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/diigo-socialbookmarking-and-education-959553 <p><strong>Comments:</strong><ul><li>Hello <br /><br />I am preparing a thesis in information sciences and communication at the University of Metz. (France). My research focuses on the practices of socialbookmarking in the field of Education. As a user of the Diigo socialbookmarking tool, I’d like to invite you to answer this online survey. <br /><br />http://enquetes-education.net/limesurvey/index.php?sid=28793&lang=en<br /><br />In this questionnaire, there are quick questions . There are also some optional opened questions for those of you who have more time to give more personnal feedback.. .It needs 15-20 minutes. <br /><br />I know that you’re very busy, in charge of multiple professional and personal activities. I thank you in advance for the time that you will spend answering this survey that studies knowledge sharing practices and the use of digital resources in the field of Education. <br />I will be happy to send you the final report that could you interest you. <br /><br />Thank you to you all for your invaluable contribution, so long for the restitution of the results. <br />A special thank for Thibault Le Meur (LimeSurvey.org) for his invaluable assistance and expertise. <br /><br />Best regards <br />Michele Drechsler <br />e-mail: michele.drechsler@gmail.com - <small><a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/mdrechsler" title="View Michèle Drechsler's content in group">Michèle Drechsler</a></small></li></ul></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/socialbookmarking">socialbookmarking</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/Education">Education</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/survey">survey</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/mdrechsler" title="View Michèle Drechsler's content in group">Michèle Drechsler</a></p> Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:59:47 -0000 http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/07/21/21climatewire-ipcc-chief-raps-g-8-calls-for-global-greenho-41901.html <p>Though simultaneously praising the 2-degree commitment as &quot;clearly a big step forward&quot; in international talks, IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri told reporters here yesterday that G-8 leaders failed to heed warnings that global greenhouse gas emissions levels must peak by 2015. Nations must also start to come up with concrete plans for rapidly slashing emissions afterward, Pachauri said.</p><p><strong>Comments:</strong><ul><li>Though simultaneously praising the 2-degree commitment as "clearly a big step forward" in international talks, IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri told reporters here yesterday that G-8 leaders failed to heed warnings that global greenhouse gas emissions levels must peak by 2015. Nations must also start to come up with concrete plans for rapidly slashing emissions afterward, Pachauri said. - <small><a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></small></li></ul></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/kidsgcci09">kidsgcci09</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22climate+change%22">climate change</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></p> Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:45:26 -0000 http://unfccc.int/2860.php <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22climate+change%22">climate change</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22global+warming%22">global warming</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/kidsgcci09">kidsgcci09</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/countdown">countdown</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></p> Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:00:47 -0000 http://www.youtube.com/homeproject <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/HOME">HOME</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22climate+change%22">climate change</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/%22global+warming%22">global warming</a>, <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/tag/kidsgcci09">kidsgcci09</a></p><p><strong>by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/group/kidsgcci/content/user/drichards" title="View Dennis Richards's content in group">Dennis Richards</a></p> Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:56:26 -0000