GlobaIissues.org
- UN News stories are now on globalissues.org
- Action on climate change is cheaper than inaction
- 2014 warmest year since records began
- COP20 — Lima Climate Conference
- Foreign aid: shortfall since 1970 almost $5 trillion; greater than aid given
- Foreign aid: rebounds in 2013 to highest levels ever despite budget pressures, but still way below promised amounts
- Ebola Outbreak In West Africa
- 75% of the world’s large carnivores are now in decline while rhino poaching continues to soar
- Tobacco kills. Higher taxes and advertising controls work
- COP19 - Warsaw Climate Conference
Dr.Overy’s Science Resources
- Feynman Diagrams (Part 1)
- Feynman Diagrams (Part 2)
- Resources for Cambridge Technicals : Level 2: UNIT 1: Science of the Earth
- Pros and Cons of Renewable Energy
- NEW Flipbook: GCSE Sociology Revision Notes .... Gender
- Open Educational Resources
- Origin of Spectacular Sunsets
- How Green is your school?
- Material Choices (Websites)
- The Earth in the Universe (Websites)
Alternative Energy : Biofuels
Here is the latest revision material, intended for GCSE students…including a number of quiz activities
Biofuels ; www.e-teach.org.uk/biofuels
Global Matters : Politics
“Global matters is a project of the Center for Global Politics at Freie Universität Berlin. Our goal is to present ideas and reflections on important global issues. We live in an ever more complex world that is undergoing profound changes. Global issues – or matters – like environmental degradation and climate change, weakly regulated capital flows and underfunded banks, the proliferation of weapons, irregular migration flows, growing sectarian violence, apparent conflicts between democratic outcomes and minority rights, are becoming ever more important.”
Global Health Overview..
This resource looks at some global aspects of health issues, such as the impact of poverty and inequality, pharmaceutical company interests, as well as some global health initiatives and the changing nature of the global health problems being faced……..It is somewhat out-of-date (last updated 2011) , but nevertheless still relevant today (main website is at www.globalissues.org )
http://www.globalissues.org/article/588/global-health-overview
Sub-sections are listed below:
- Millions die each year, needlessly
- Health, poverty and inequality
- Structural Adjustment—Cutting back on vital health and education services
- Large Pharmaceutical Companies—Profit at all costs?
- WTO—Patents, Intellectual Property, Emergency Drugs and Developing Countries
- Global Health Initiatives
- Increasing commodification and commercialization of healthcare
- Changing Dynamics in Global Health Issues and Priorities
- Summary
Children Living in the Guatemala City Dump: Children of the 4th World
” In the early 1990’s while filming a Presidential Election in Guatelmala City, Film maker John Biffar met an American woman, Kari Engen. She had traveled to Guatemala City several years earlier on a mission to help poor, and hungry children. When she arrived in Guatemala city she learned of the plight of the children, many lost and abandoned. Living on the streets – After all, this was “The Third World.” But then she learned of the children living in the dump. An entire subculture of people in a trash pile. This was “The Fourth World.” Her life’s mission has become helping these children to escape the deadly grasp and cycle of life in the dump. Her program, Mi Refugio is the result.”