Group items tagged 2009 - IB Geography Global Interactions

The start of IB Geography 2009 Diigo Groups - 18 views

This is an effort to collect and organize web bases resources for the new IB Geography syllabus - teaching of which will start mid 2009. Use Diigo, join the group and share the resources you find!

started by Richard Allaway on 10 Dec 08 no follow-up yet

The Observatory | What does United States export? (2009) - 3 views

atlas.media.mit.edu/...2009

ib_geog2009 Global Interactions Economic interactions and flows exports usa location infographic

shared by Gemma Archer on 05 Nov 12 - No Cached

BBC News - Chinese online revenue up 30% in 2009 - 3 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8465186.stm

IB A2 NIC China IT online_revenues_boom 2009 financial_flows ict

shared by Charlotte Lemaitre on 24 Jan 10 - Cached

Treating refugees as refuse | Bill Frelick | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 1 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...rlusconi-refugees-human-rights

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shared by k Smit on 14 Jun 09 - Cached

Totnes: the town that declared war on global capitalism | Business | The Guardian | Diigo - 3 views

www.diigo.com/...2Ftotnes-war-global-capitalism

Coffee globalization glocalization TNCs localization Local level Global Interactions

shared by Reuben Snyder on 21 Jan 13 - No Cached

Reuben Snyder on 21 Jan 13

Follow up on Totnes : the town that declared war on global capitalism

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Lucy Siegle on whether buying fair trade is a waste of money | Environment | The Observer - 1 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...fair-trade-ethical-living

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shared by Ian Gabrielson on 11 Mar 12 - Cached

Ian Gabrielson on 11 Mar 12

Is buying fair trade a waste of money? With the recession threatening the UK's fair trade market, Lucy Siegle asks whether it is really doing anybody any good

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Is buying fair trade a waste of money? With the recession threatening the UK's fair trade market, Lucy Siegle asks whether it is really doing anybody any good</div>

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Interactive Map Showing Immigration Data Since 1880 - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com - 4 views

www.nytimes.com/...0310-immigration-explorer.html

Sociocultural exchanges

shared by Matt Podbury on 27 Oct 13 - Cached

Matt Podbury on 27 Oct 13

Excellent for work on Diasporas in the USA

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In mobile phone journalism, Africa is ahead of the west | Media | guardian.co.uk - 2 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...apfroging-ushahidi-swift-river

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shared by Richard Allaway on 21 Aug 10 - Cached

The World's Air Traffic over 24 Hours (Video) : TreeHugger - 8 views

www.treehugger.com/...raffic-over-24-hours-video.php

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shared by Richard Allaway on 08 Oct 10 - Cached

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Wired world - the global growth of mobile phone use | Business | guardian.co.uk - 4 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...mobile-phones

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shared by Richard Allaway on 02 Mar 09 - Cached

Treehugger: 100+ Solar-Powered Ericsson Cell Phone Base Stations Coming to Africa - 0 views

www.treehugger.com/...-stations-coming-to-africa.php

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shared by Richard Allaway on 25 Feb 09 - Cached

Richard Allaway on 25 Feb 09

The idea of using renewable energy to power cell phone base stations in rural areas is nothing new. The latest variation on this comes from Ericsson and Orange Guinea Conakry which plan to deploy more than 100 solar-powered base stations:

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The idea of using renewable energy to power cell phone base stations in rural areas is nothing new. The latest variation on this comes from Ericsson and Orange Guinea Conakry which plan to deploy more than 100 solar-powered base stations:</div>

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Words of warning: 2,500 languages under threat worldwide | World news | The Guardian - 2 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...endangered-languages-unesco

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shared by Kathleen Noreisch on 20 Feb 09 - Cached

Kathleen Noreisch on 20 Feb 09

Yesterday, at its headquarters in Paris, Unesco unveiled its first comprehensive and online database of the world's endangered tongues. According to its team of specialists, there are around 2,500 languages at risk, including more than 500 considered "critically endangered" and 199 which have fewer than 10 native speakers.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Yesterday, at its headquarters in Paris, Unesco unveiled its first comprehensive and online database of the world's endangered tongues. According to its team of specialists, there are around 2,500 languages at risk, including more than 500 considered "critically endangered" and 199 which have fewer than 10 native speakers.</div>

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