The Green Files > Monday, April 7: Day 8

HSBC Climate Partnership Regional Climate Centerhttp://hsbcclimatepartnership.blogspot.com/2008/04/monday-april-7-day-8_10.html [HSBC Climate Partnership Regional Climate Center] We have a learning session every night at 7:30 p.m., discovering something new about climate change, understanding HSBC’s engagement in the issue and learning about other relevant topics. It is currently midnight and the group is still brainstorming ideas for projects to combat climate change within HSBC, and possibly even externally.

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Dismantle Civilisation[Dismantle Civilisation] the waking up syndrome: We may admit there’s a change taking place, but deny that it’s significant, seeing such things as climate change and economic fluctuations as part of a normal pattern that is nothing to concern ourselves with. Or we may incorporate the changes we see happening into our spiritual and religious beliefs, regarding them not as a problem, but a test of faith, a sign of a global spiritual awakening, or evidence of a long-awaited Apocalypse.

The Tech Savvy Educator[The Tech Savvy Educator] Earth Day Should Be Everyday - SimCity, Eat Your Heart Out!: Which is why I think that this game should be a center piece for any secondary classroom talking about climate change, energy use, and the repercussions for making certain decisions regarding land use. Sure, it’s nice to talk about establishing national parks and riverside campgrounds instead of lumber mills and aluminum smelting plants (both of which are available to build in the game), but making strict ecologically friendly decisions meant that my city was nearly bankrupt at the end of 150 turns, and my population severely “rollercoastered”

Untitledhttp://supernovamom.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/weekend-lineup-april-11-13/ [Untitled] Weekend Lineup April 11-13: Gain insight into the science behind global climate change by watching the Oscar winning movie, An Inconvenient Truth. After the film, discuss the actions you can take.

Seeker Blog[Seeker Blog] Kyoto Wrong Trousers: Radically Rethinking Climate Policy: The 1997 Kyoto Protocol was a symbolically important expression of concern about climate change. It sought to manipulate a basket of diverse greenhouse gases and all their sources.

Music at the J. Paul Leonard Library (SFSU)http://jpllmusicnews.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/new-music-books-for-march/ [Music at the J. Paul Leonard Library (SFSU)] NEW MUSIC BOOKS FOR MARCH: C5 S626 2007 The social construction of climate change: power, knowledge, norms, discourses QD96.M3 H6413 2007 Hoffmann, Edmond de. Mass spectrometry: principles and applications QD96.N8 M54 2007 Mitchell, Terence N.

Clean and Abundant Water[Clean and Abundant Water] CLEAN WATER ACTION'S DENISE PARRILLO TALKS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE ”¦: in Learning Unlimited, a special education program at Salve Regina University for community members with developmental disabilities, will hear guest lecturer Denise Parrillo, Campaign Organizer for Clean Water Action, talk. …

Zero Carbonhttp://www.zerocarbonnow.org/?p=721 [Zero Carbon] Discover your carbon footprint - and what it means for the planet: Climate change and the spectre of global warming are rarely out of the headlines. All the issues surrounding this controversial and emotive subject will be under the microscope at Cambridge University’s Institute of Continuing Education .

AAUWNYhttp://blog.aauw-nys.org/2008/02/ctaun-conference.html [AAUWNY] CTAUN CONFERENCE: We were welcoomed by Radhika Coomaraswamy, Under-Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict. She spoke about the problems of child soldiers and sexual abuse, and UN efforts to act against genocide and mass abuses.

Wired: Wired Sciencehttp://feeds.wired.com/~r/wiredscience/~3/263431571/scientists-find.html [Wired: Wired Science] Scientists Find Another, More Reasonable Universe: The conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are embraced. Even skeptics are happy to play it safe;

Megans Webloghttp://meganalto.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/hello-world/ [Megans Weblog] Change Lab: Discovering new ways forward in this ”˜climate of change’. “We don’t know, but we think we find out can together”.

1Truth Only's Bloghttp://1truthonly.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/how-to-modify-your-car-cheaply-to-run-on-water/ [1Truth Only's Blog] How to Modify Your Car Cheaply to RUN ON WATER: Foolish petrol prices, petrol battles, pollution and global climate change. You know what I’m referring to.THE BAD NEWS: One likely way out, that you may have heard of, is water automobiles.

infotech4lrnghttp://arllennium.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/my-vision-for-voicethread-part-2/ [infotech4lrng] My Vision for VoiceThread Part 2: Another feature of VoiceThread that I hadn’t realized existed is RSS feeds.  Changes to MyVoice can be subscribed through an aggregator.  In the EdTechTalk program someone suggested that this has very interesting potential, particularly as VoiceThread works toward incorporating tagging and the capability to subscribe to individual VoiceThreads.  A student who is researching climate change could subcribe to blogs, wikis, podcasts and VoiceThread.  What a powerful diversity of media and perspectives for inquiry.

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