Showing posts with label ECOLOGY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ECOLOGY. Show all posts

31 Jan 2013

LET'S SPEAK SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has just published a multilingual glossary on sustainable construction which contains the English, French, German and Spanish equivalences. Worth revising if you are interested in the subject.

6 Nov 2012

GLOBAL ISSUES ORG

This site is an excellent starting point for your search of websites featuring all major global issues such as poverty, arms trade, women's rights, biodiversity, global warming, or genetically modified food. Remember global education is as much a matter of how we teach as of what we teach. This approach requires that teaching materials impart the knowledge, skills and attitude required to help students become socially responsible world citizens.

29 Oct 2012

ASSESSING THE DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE SANDY

The New York Times has recently published a number of graphics on the damage from hurricane Sandy. Check out the Web for news on Oyster Creek nuclear plant in New Jersey.

27 Oct 2012

GREEN GUERRILLAS

In the early 1970's Green Guerrillas began rallying people in New York City to use community gardening as a tool to reclaim urban land and bring people together to solve problems in their neibourhoods. Get some information about ongoing projects.