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The Environment - EFL CLASSROOM 2.0 - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 03 Dec 18
     
    In this post and replies to it, Deubelbeiss compiled numerous files and videos "to help teach the vocabulary and concepts related to the environment" (deck, ¶1;2018.11.17).
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Search | LearnEnglish | British Council - 0 views

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    Site search for "environment"
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Sea Surface Temperature | Climate Change | US EPA - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 14 Mar 16
     
    This page dated 2015 provided graphs and data on sea surface temperature changes since 1880.
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The Best Websites For Learning About Natural Disasters | Larry Ferlazzo's Web... - 0 views

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    "In order to make it on this list, the sites have to be accessible to English Language Learners and also provide engaging content."
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Survival International - The movement for tribal peoples - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 06 Oct 14
     
    "Watch this short, satirical film, written by Oren Ginzburg and narrated by actor and comedian David Mitchell, which tells the story of how tribal peoples are being destroyed in the name of 'development'."
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PLOS ONE: Gender on the Brain: A Case Study of Science Communication in the New Media E... - 0 views

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    "The journey of information from scientific journal through the various layers of public reception was characterised by the evolution of increasingly diversified, personalised and politicised meaning" (Discussion: How do science, gender and media intersect in contemporary society, ¶1, 2015.06.09).
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Lord Nicholas Stern: The state of the climate - and what we might do about it | Talk Vi... - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 31 Oct 14
     
    "Economist Nicholas Stern lays out a plan, presented to the UN's Climate Summit in 2014, showing how the world's countries can work together on climate" (deck, ¶1, 2014.10.31).
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INTERVIEW: Peter Senge on Education, Systems Thinking and Our Careers - 0 views

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  • We live in a world of increasingly complex and intractable problems. These are especially evident in the environmental and social domains. They range from climate change and destruction of ecosystems, to scarcity of water and other critical natural resources, and to the disproportionate effects these growing scarcities are having on the poor of the world
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      Paul Beaufait on 29 Aug 14
       
      In this book..., ¶1
  • We have deep intractable social issues, such as youth unemployment around the world and the growing gap between rich and poor. All these ultimately are economic in the same sense that all social and environmental issues ultimately show up in our economic system. No one is very happy with the ability of their economies to establish pathways of sustainable progress
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      Paul Beaufait on 29 Aug 14
       
      In this book..., ¶2
  • Without reflection, people tend to just assume their point of view is the right point of view and defend and argue from that point of view. Reflection is a key gateway that opens people to beginning to think together and move from just arguing for about who is right to collaboratively solving the problems we all face
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      Paul Beaufait on 29 Aug 14
       
      For professionals..., ¶3 learning systems thinking: reflection
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  • In terms of people’s careers and opportunities both as employees and entrepreneurs, I believe the combined foundation of social, emotional, and systemic intelligence will be pivotal
  • businesses know very well that the skill sets they need today and in the future are very different than those in the past
  • they will need students who can think for themselves, work in teams, work with cross-cultural boundaries, and especially work together to solve complex ill-defined problems
  • Paul Beaufait on 29 Aug 14
     
    Author interview by Sharlyn Lauby (2014.08/10) sharing "rationale ... [for] incorporating focus-related skill sets into education" (¶2).
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geyrhalterfilm - NGF - Population Boom - 0 views

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    Glaser, M., Kitzberger, M., Widerhofer, W. & Geyrhalter, N. (Producers), and Boote, Werner (Director). (2013). Population Boom [Documentary film]. Austria: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion.
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Millennium Development Goals | Explore Taylor & Francis Online - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 18 Nov 15
     
    "Established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals were formed to galvanise efforts to meet the needs of the world's poorest. Eight goals were defined and twenty-one targets were set to be completed by 2015. / To mark the final year of this programme, Taylor & Francis Group are delighted to be offering free access to selected research related to each of the eight Millennium Development Goals" (¶¶1-2, 2015.11.17). The offer of free access apparently will expire at the end of November 2015 (Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability,¶3, http://goo.gl/zjYrCb).
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About the OECD - OECD - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 30 Nov 15
     
    "The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world."
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A-Conscious-Craft-An-Approach-to-Teaching-Collaborative-Computer-mediated-Composition -... - 0 views

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  • in a sense, the peer review process is embedded within the structure of collaborative composition on a shared document, as edits as well as oral and written meta-commentary occur and recur throughout the lifespan of a Doc
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UN Live United Nations Web TV - 0 views

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    Live and on-demand programs
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EST: Emerging issues - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 01 Jun 17
     
    At present (2017.06.01), this page covers three emerging issues: 1) Price volatility, 2) Investments, and 3) Climate change.
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IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 21 Nov 19
     
    "The IPCC was created to provide policymakers with regular scientific assessments on climate change, its implications and potential future risks, as well as to put forward adaptation and mitigation options" (2019.11.21).
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NOAA's Ten Signs of a Warming World - 1 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 14 Jan 20
     
    "This set of indicators was selected [from the 2009 State of the Climate report], as we would unambiguously expect them to increase or decrease if the world were warming" (About the Data, para. 2, 2020.01.15).
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Climate Action Tracker [Home] - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 16 Mar 15
     
    "The 'Climate Action Tracker' is an independent science-based assessment, which tracks the emission commitments and actions of countries. The website provides an up-to-date assessment of individual national pledges and currently implemented policy to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions" (deck, 2015.03.16).
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