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How Can Deserts Turn Into Grasslands? : NPR - 2 views

www.npr.org/...n-deserts-turn-into-grasslands Patterns in environmental quality and sustainability desertification overgrazing
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  • James Mattiace on 19 Nov 13
     
    Seen as blasphemy, leading ecologist proposes counter-intuitive idea to stop desertification.   
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What Will Be the Fate of the Playa San Carlos, Panama? | Congress for the New Urbanism - 0 views

www.cnu.org/...e-fate-playa-san-carlos-panama development growth Patterns in environmental quality and sustainability
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  • James Mattiace on 26 Aug 13
     
    Impact of Development on local environment and culture.
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Insight: Once a landlord's serf, a Pakistani woman enters election fray - Yahoo! News - 2 views

news.yahoo.com/enters-election-034349719.html Patterns and Change Populations in transition election gender issues poverty Pakistan
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  • James Mattiace on 14 Apr 13
     
    News story about a former female Pakistani serf who is now running for office.
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Watch the film - 475 le film - 6 views

www.475lefilm.org/watch-the-film.html Disparities in wealth and development Populations in transition women morocco equality
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  • James Mattiace on 22 Feb 13
     
    Film about women's rights in Morocco relating to the 475 rape laws which allowed rapists to marry their victims, In reality deals with equality issues in general.
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Radi-Aid | Africa for Norway | Home - 0 views

www.africafornorway.no Africa development aid charity norway
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    Satirical fundraising site for Norway due to the cold weather. Makes the point about stereotypes and development
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How big is a hectare? | Metric Views - 2 views

metricviews.org.uk/...how-big-hectare
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  • James Mattiace on 14 Oct 12
     
    A good way to visualize a hectare, when teaching urban density
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All Regions Guide - Online Seafood Watch Guide for Sustainable Seafood Choices | Monter... - 4 views

www.montereybayaquarium.org/...sfw_regional.aspx Patterns in environmental quality and sustainability Patterns in resource consumption food fish seafood sustainability
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  • James Mattiace on 09 Sep 12
     
    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.
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Morocco's illegal mussel pickers ply non-eco trade | Radio Netherlands Worldwide - 0 views

www.rnw.nl/...ssel-pickers-ply-non-eco-trade Patterns in environmental quality and sustainability Patterns in resource consumption Morocco Disparities in wealth and development food fishing
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    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.
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World News - Be happy, not just rich, says UN chief Ban Ki-moon - 1 views

worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/...rich-says-un-chief-ban-ki-moon Disparities in wealth and development happiness GNI HDI measurement
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    Introduces idea of a GNH  (Gross National happiness).  Not a new concept, but made the news anyway.  Could present as another alternative to GNI and HDI.
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UN-backed study shows technology can help world move to low-carbon economy - 2 views

www.un.org/...story.asp carbon technology ICT global warming Patterns in environmental quality and sustainability
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    Article doesn't say much specifc, but it gives an overview of a new idea.
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Bono hails G8 on debt relief - World - theage.com.au - 1 views

www.theage.com.au/...1118514914698.html Disparities in wealth and development debt relief
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  • James Mattiace on 15 Mar 12
     
    Story about G8, Bono, and Debt Relief in 2005
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In Zambia, Pittsburgh won the Super Bowl: Why is World Vision perpetuating discredited ... - 0 views

aidwatchers.com/...in-zambia-pittsburgh-won Disparities in wealth and development aid strategies
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  • James Mattiace on 05 Mar 12
     
    tongue in cheek article about the World Vision Super Bowl t-shirt "development" strategy.
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BBC News - Do the dead outnumber the living? - 2 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...magazine-16870579 Populations in transition birth rate fertility population growth capactity
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    dumb question, interesting article.  How many human beings have died vs how many are alive today.
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geographyofarecession - 1 views

www.latoyaegwuekwe.com/geographyofarecession.html Populations in transition Disparities in wealth and development Patterns and Change unemployment economy recession infographic economics map
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  • James Mattiace on 17 Jan 12
     
    timelapse map of recession/unemployment in the US. 2009-2011. Very effective if coupled with Forbes map on migration http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2011/migration.html Shows how unemployment is not evenly distributed across US states
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American Migration [Interactive Map] - Forbes - 2 views

www.forbes.com/...migration.html migration interactive maps visualization data gravity model push pull factors ravenstein Populations in transition Patterns and Change
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    Very interactive map of migration in the US 2005-2009,  Shows in and out migration.  If you needed a better demonstration of the Gravity Model or Ravenstein....this is it.
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Video: Time lapse video shows Patagonian glacier rapidly shrinking - Telegraph - 1 views

www.telegraph.co.uk/...glacier-rapidly-shrinking.html Patterns in environmental quality and sustainability glacier global warming
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  • James Mattiace on 06 Jan 12
     
    Time lapse video shows Patagonian glacier rapidly shrinking Scientists took 1,445 photos of Chile's Jorge Montt glacier between 2010 and 2011, creating a time lapse video of its dramatic thaw.
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World of 7 Billion | Allianz Knowledge - 3 views

www.knowledge.allianz.com/?1609/world-of-seven-billion-animation Populations in transition over population world 7 billion
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  • James Mattiace on 27 Oct 11
     
    Ignore the Allianz advertising.  INteresting interactive about where the 7 billionth person will be born.
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Too much of a basic human need - The Big Picture - Boston.com - 1 views

www.boston.com/...uch_of_a_basic_human_need.html Patterns in environmental quality and sustainability water scarcity floods
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  • James Mattiace on 06 Oct 11
     
    floods, more appropriate for Disasters but it references water scarcity 
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So now we have to save ourselves and the world, too? A critique of "the girl effect" - 2 views

aidwatchers.com/...%80%9Cthe-girl-effect%E2%80%9D poverty women development Populations in transition fertility
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  • James Mattiace on 03 Oct 11
     
    Critiques the concept of "the girl effect". Good evaluation piece.
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In 'Good Fortune,' Some Kenyan Communities Resist International Development | PBS NewsH... - 0 views

www.pbs.org/...goodfortune_07-14.html kenya kibera nairobi development
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  • James Mattiace on 17 Jul 11
     
    Why some Kenyan communities are resisting devleopment
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