Thursday, January 17, 2008

Climate Change in Canada

Speech topic: The Impact of Climate Change on Canada

Source material: Environment Canada's Climate Change Posters, and/or other web-based resources

Audience: Bali Conference or a similar international convention on environmental issues

How to make it better: in addtion to documenting current and future effects of CC on Canada, make compelling arguments about what can be done to cope with impacts or change the future. You may also wish to offer a critique of what Canada or other nations are doing about Climate Change and related environmental issues.

Length/Requirements: digital copy due Jan 18th, audio or video or live version recommended. It should be about 300-500 words (about a 3 minute speech).

Feel free to leave a comment... what did you learn from the poster activity or the speech assignment?

Monday, January 7, 2008

Links - Species/Habitat Issues

1. http://www.ec.gc.ca/envhome.html
2. http://www.epa.gov/
3. http://www.greenpeace.ca/
4. http://www.wildernesscommittee.org/
5. http://www.davidsuzuki.org/
6. http://www.globio.info/
7. http://www.unesco.org/mab/index.shtml
8. http://www.unesco.org/mab/index.shtml
9. http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/

Pick 2 or more of these sites to visit
Find a threatened species or habitat that interests you
Describe the problem and record it here with a comment
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