Sunday, May 29, 2005
Saving Our Planet, One Lightbulb at a Time
Zoe has to do a project on Global Warming for her Geography class. They get two days of in class reseach time online, but she was worried something would go wrong, so she asked me to help her learn how to do research online for the project. So last night, we spent time at David Suziki's website as well as the One Tonne Challenge website, the government of Canada's special project to get Canadians to change their habits to make a difference for climate change issues.
Both of these sites have tons of research information on the issue - what causes climate change, what are some of the propsosed solutions. They are great starting points if you have students who want to learn about what they can do to change their own communities - whether from a local perspective, national or international.
There is tons of info on the Kyoto Agreement, the IPCC, and the UN. There are sub-pages devoted to the species of animals being affected by climate change. There are youth initiatives and child initiatives. Also there are lots of examples of various community initiatives. For example, Vancouver replaced hundreds of light bulbs with LEDs which saves them money and lowers their emission rates. Check it out!
Both of these sites have tons of research information on the issue - what causes climate change, what are some of the propsosed solutions. They are great starting points if you have students who want to learn about what they can do to change their own communities - whether from a local perspective, national or international.
There is tons of info on the Kyoto Agreement, the IPCC, and the UN. There are sub-pages devoted to the species of animals being affected by climate change. There are youth initiatives and child initiatives. Also there are lots of examples of various community initiatives. For example, Vancouver replaced hundreds of light bulbs with LEDs which saves them money and lowers their emission rates. Check it out!
