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I wanted to alert you to an excellent source that would fall directly under the new IB syllabus for Patterns in Env Quality and Sustainability.  When asking for a case study on sustainable management strategies, I'm using China's Loess Plateau.  There is an excellent film (on youtube and on the website) of a watershed rehabilitation project that has been incredibly successful.  This case study connects concepts of soil erosion, watersheds, climate change, and the social/econ and environmental consequences of this World Bank/Chinese gov't project.

The aim of this lesson: To examine the environmental and human factors affecting patterns and trends in physical water scarcity and economic water scarcity. Updated Jan 2012

A sushi sustainability guide from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.  Mush of it is geared to US consumers.  Also has a general fish guide for ordering.  I use this with an activity that has students look at local sushi restaurants.

[Submitted by Marcelo Fonseca]

The aim of this lesson: To be able to explain the causes of soil degradation To be able to discuss the environmental and socio-economic consequences of soil degradation To be able to discuss soil degradation management strategies Updated Dec 2011

Global Forest Change - for use with environmental sustainability & biodiversity 

Excellent for Environmental Quality and Sustainability when looking at Rainforests but also would be useful in Resource Consumption.   Might also fall into an Optional Unit for Food and Health. [Submitted by Chris Stephenson]

Great article about the trade off between enforcing environmental rules and economic activity. Also great example of what happens when the government does not enforce its own laws and why.

allows users to create animated visualizations of development data. To use Better World Flux (no registration required) all you have to do is select a data set from the menu provided and select a country or countries from the menu provided. From there Better World Flux creates an animated data visualization for you. The visualization will change as the years on the timeline at the bottom of the visualization change. This way users can see growth and recession of a statistic over time.

"China: a decade of change - interactive timeline As the communist party prepares for a changing of the guard, we look at the key events in the last 10 years that have shaped the world's most populous country. A next generation of politicians will be facing entirely new challenges across all sectors, from the economy to civil unrest. Scroll through the timeline to explore the defining moments of the first decade of the 21st century"

Afforestation and Deforestation 2000 - 2012 interactive map, updated monthly. Shows real time changes in tree cover and is linked to Google maps, so you can zoom to the local, regional or global scale.