"From solar lamps to Kindle readers, the transformative power of affordable new technology is the theme of this year's appeal"

"Your complete guide to shopping for ethical clothes and accessories, from Fairtrade babygrows and vegan nightwear to fashion made in the UK"

"Egyptian Christian minority with tradition of turning a profit from recycling given official role in city's waste processing"

"Click play on the timeline to see how fossil fuel emissions of every country have changed since 1960" This is really excellent. Spend some time understanding it the pattern

"Declining fertility rates will transform the Asian family"

Video shown in lessons

"About 10,000 people are feared to have died and an estimated 4.5 million people have been affected but whole areas have yet to be contacted after the devastating typhoon"

"An eight-year-old girl becomes China's 'youngest' lung-cancer patient as doctors say high levels of air pollution responsible for her condition"

This is the link to the appeal site

"DON´T PANIC, is a one-hour documentary film produced by Wingspan Productions for This World on BBC2 and others. The film covers world population, income distribution and the use of fossil fuel. The presenter, Professor Hans Rosling, is the co-founder of Gapminder Foundation, and Gapminder also supplied the data shown in the program and the educational concepts on which the program's graphics are based."

Excellent sites for case studies of pollution incidents

"Hans Rosling shows how measurement reveals incredible progress in saving the lives of children in what were once labeled "developing countries." If the few countries that still have high child mortality"