SASKATOON
SASKATCHEWAN
" The City of Regina's Unquenchable Thirst for Bad Ideas"
http://behindthenumbers.ca/2013/02/13/the-city-of-reginas-unquenchable-thirst-for-bad-ideas/
The blog addresses the current dilemma with Regina as they begin to enter negotiations
with private corporations to upgrade waste and water treatment facilities.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story/2013/02/11/sk-saskatoon-upgrade-1301.html
An article about new plans for Saskatoon's water treatment facility. This can be gone over in class
to discuss local resources and how it may affect sustainability.
http://behindthenumbers.ca/2013/02/13/the-city-of-reginas-unquenchable-thirst-for-bad-ideas/
The blog addresses the current dilemma with Regina as they begin to enter negotiations
with private corporations to upgrade waste and water treatment facilities.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story/2013/02/11/sk-saskatoon-upgrade-1301.html
An article about new plans for Saskatoon's water treatment facility. This can be gone over in class
to discuss local resources and how it may affect sustainability.
CANADA
http://www.ammsa.com/content/idlenomore-campaign
The Aboriginal Multi-Media Society has a website that is dedicated to different media sources. They
provide good context and articles to the Idle No More movement in Canada.
The Aboriginal Multi-Media Society has a website that is dedicated to different media sources. They
provide good context and articles to the Idle No More movement in Canada.
http://idlenomore.ca/
Idle No More is a grassroots movement with a vision of protecting our natural environment. The
movement is a recent movement that continues to build allies to pressure the government into
listening to their grassroots perspectives, issues, and concerns.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/oil-sands-bitumen-to-flow-to-west-coast-by-2015-enbridge/article4319313/
Globe and Mail "Oil sands bitument to flow to West Coast by 2015: Enbridge" by
Shawn McCarthy
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Mulcair+warns+against+Keystone/8087582/story.html
The Star Phoenix "Muclair warns U.S. against Keystone: Denounces government's green policy" by
William Marsden, March 12, 2013.
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/travel/Kent+defends+budget+cuts+national+parks/8055077/story.html
The Star Phoenix "Kent defends budget cuts at National Parks" by Mike De Souza, March 6, 2013
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INTERNATIONAL
"Fracking and energy exploration connected to earthquakes, say studies"
July 13, 2013
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/fracking-energy-exploration-connected-earthquakes-say-studies-6C10604071
July 13, 2013
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/fracking-energy-exploration-connected-earthquakes-say-studies-6C10604071
A great source for current international news on environmental issues is Earth Times, found at http://www.earthtimes.org/.
This website has recent articles published on business, climate, conservation, energy, health, nature, politics, polution, science technology, and the green movement.
It is a great source for teachers to find news for daily updates in what is going on around the world in terms of global environmental issues.
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This website has recent articles published on business, climate, conservation, energy, health, nature, politics, polution, science technology, and the green movement.
It is a great source for teachers to find news for daily updates in what is going on around the world in terms of global environmental issues.
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National Geographic Website
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/
Under the "Environment" tab on the website, there multiple sub-tabs that lead to energy, freshwater,
global warming, habitats, natural disasters, the ocean and the green-guide. Within these categories are
numerous articles and stories on current events in countries throughout the world. Along with the
stories are fantastic, real-life pictures that show first hand what is going on in the particular place (for
example, fracking in North Dakota).
Some of the news stories to look at include:
1) Keystone XL Pipeline Path Marks New Battle Line in Oklahoma
2) Hugo Chavez Leaves Venezuela in Oil, But Ailing
3) Megadam Project Galvanizes Native Opposition in Malaysia
4) In Kulluk's Wake, Deeper Debate Roils on Arctic Drilling
5) Salt Power: Norway Project Gives Osmotic Energy a Shake
6) Pictures: Five Most Hopeful Energy Stories of 2012
7) U.K. Dash for Shale Gas a Test for Global Fracking (there are multiple stories on Fracking)
8) Water Grabbers: A Global Water Footprint (environmental racism)
9) Guld Oil Spill: One Year Later
Many of these articles cover the categories of privatization of natural resources, sustainable development,
environmental racism/justice, and climate change which can be incorporated into any humanities class in
a way that suits your lesson.
Under the "Environment" tab on the website, there multiple sub-tabs that lead to energy, freshwater,
global warming, habitats, natural disasters, the ocean and the green-guide. Within these categories are
numerous articles and stories on current events in countries throughout the world. Along with the
stories are fantastic, real-life pictures that show first hand what is going on in the particular place (for
example, fracking in North Dakota).
Some of the news stories to look at include:
1) Keystone XL Pipeline Path Marks New Battle Line in Oklahoma
2) Hugo Chavez Leaves Venezuela in Oil, But Ailing
3) Megadam Project Galvanizes Native Opposition in Malaysia
4) In Kulluk's Wake, Deeper Debate Roils on Arctic Drilling
5) Salt Power: Norway Project Gives Osmotic Energy a Shake
6) Pictures: Five Most Hopeful Energy Stories of 2012
7) U.K. Dash for Shale Gas a Test for Global Fracking (there are multiple stories on Fracking)
8) Water Grabbers: A Global Water Footprint (environmental racism)
9) Guld Oil Spill: One Year Later
Many of these articles cover the categories of privatization of natural resources, sustainable development,
environmental racism/justice, and climate change which can be incorporated into any humanities class in
a way that suits your lesson.