Thursday, November 21, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Some Quasi-final Thoughts From McG
Here are links to the articles that propose a new way to think about conservation and environmentalism.
Time to reboot: towards a new Environmentalism. by Joe Zammit-Lucia
http://www.iucn.org/knowledge/focus/nature_for_all/?9493/Time-to-Re-Boot-Towards-a-New-Environmentalism
Conservation is not about nature. by Joe Zammit-Lucia
http://www.iucn.org/involved/opinion/?8195/Conservation-is-not-about-nature
These articles are posted on the IUCN's website http://www.iucn.org/.
They regularly post interesting articles on their Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/iucn.org, so you might want to "like" them so you can receive the regular updates.
Who is Conservation For? http://chronicle.com/article/Who-Is-Conservation-For-/142853/
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
COP 19: Speach from Phillipines Delegate
The Philippines chief negotiator, Yeb Sano, opened the UN climate talks with an impassioned plea for urgent action, and announcing a hunger strike in solidarity for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan.
Must watch: Philippines speech moves COP19 plenary to tears
http://tcktcktck.org/2013/11/cop19-philippines-speech-moves-plenary-tears/58705
(this video lasts about 17 minutes. I suggest that you at least start at the 12 minute point where he starts to talk about the impact that the recent Typhoon has had on his family.)
Exerpts-
"To anyone who continues to deny the reality that is climate change, I dare you to get off your ivory tower and away from the comfort of you armchair. I dare you to go to the islands of the Pacific, the islands of the Caribbean and the islands of the Indian ocean and see the impacts of rising sea levels; to the mountainous regions of the Himalayas and the Andes to see communities confronting glacial floods, to the Arctic where communities grapple with the fast dwindling polar ice caps, to the large deltas of the Mekong, the Ganges, the Amazon, and the Nile where lives and livelihoods are drowned, to the hills of Central America that confronts similar monstrous hurricanes, to the vast savannas of Africa where climate change has likewise become a matter of life and death as food and water becomes scarce.
Not to forget the massive hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern seaboard of North America. And if that is not enough, you may want to pay a visit to the Philippines right now."
His Call to Action-
"In Doha (COP 18), we asked “If not us then who? If not now, then when? If not here, then where? It may have fell on deaf ears. But here in Warsaw, we may very well ask these same forthright questions. “If not us, then who? If not now, then when? If not here in Warsaw, where?
What my country is going through as a result of this extreme climate event is madness. The climate crisis is madness. We can stop this madness. Right here in Warsaw."
COP 19
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNFCCC- http://unfccc.int/2860.php
COP 19
COP 19- http://www.cop19.gov.pl/
COP 19 Starts in Warsaw- http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/cop-19-starts-in-warsaw_100013393/#axzz2kLbOb1MO
COP 19 What to Watch Out For in Warsaw- http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/cop-19-what-to-watch-out-for-in-warsaw-17059
US Goals for COP 19- http://fpc.state.gov/217311.htm
5 Issues to Watch at COP 19- http://www.wri.org/blog/5-issues-watch-cop-19-%E2%80%9Cconstruction-cop%E2%80%9D
Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto Protocol- http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php
Text of the Kyoto Protocol- http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/kpeng.pdf
Kyoto Protocol- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol
PowerPoint Presentation- http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/cop-19
Daily Press Updates From COP 19
http://unfccc.int/press/news_room/items/2768.php?topic=all
Monday, November 11, 2013
Friday, November 8, 2013
Environmental Issues in China
Environmental Problems in China- WWF. http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/china/environmental_problems_china/
Environmental Concern on the Rise in China
http://www.pewglobal.org/2013/09/19/environmental-concerns-on-the-rise-in-china/
Choking on Growth- New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/12/29/world/asia/choking_on_growth_10.html?_r=0
Severe Air Pollution Hits Shanghai (South China Morning Post. November 7, 2013)
http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1349626/severe-air-pollution-hits-shanghai
Video
The Daily Show's Take on Air Pollution in China
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-24-2013/things-may-be-bad--but-at-least-we-can-t-chew-our-air
The Devastating Effects of Pollution in China (part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4DtOhe2LfQ
part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d-Ky7Se-v8
Presentation Schedule
November
15- Tailor
Alexander
Ryan
18- Ricardo
Rachel
20- Ryan
Sarah
Noor
22- Brady
Ana
Kimberly
25- Annie
Allison
December
2- Ashleigh
Ashley
4- Huy
Nada
Matt
Monday, November 4, 2013
Sustainable Use of Tropical Rainforests
Temengor- Biodiversity in the Face of Danger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_788801&feature=iv&src_vid=dBN7RGa9-f0&v=kBUyCAg2XrI
Sustainable Use of Tropical Rainforests
http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/sustainable-use-of-tropical-rainforests
Interesting Articles
Sustainable Palm Oil: Rainforest Savior or Fig Leaf?
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/sustainable_palm_oil_rainforest_savior_or_fig_leaf/2345/
Will REDD preserve forests or Merely Provide a Fig Leaf?
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/will_redd_preserve_forests_or_merely_provide_a_fig_leaf/2277/
No REDD platform issues wakeup call to funders.
http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/09/22/no-redd-platform-issues-wakeup-call-to-funders/
Videos
Forest Stewardship Council
http://video.answers.com/forest-stewardship-council-certificate-process-part-1-2-416309188
Sustainable Palm Oil - WWF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BRGj0DwYwA
Sustainable Palm Oil- Johnson and Johnson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHhLiXn_DiQ
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
http://wn.com/roundtable_on_sustainable_palm_oil
Expanding the Palm Oil Industry in Malaysia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zqAWkul3E_E
REDD the New Green?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiybUJE2TRo
Exposing REDD: The False Climate Solution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OzB-WBuwgk
Two Conflicting Views of the Harapan Rainforest Project, Sumatra, Indonesia
http://www.redd-monitor.org/2013/03/12/two-contrasting-views-of-the-harapan-rainforest-project-sumatra-indonesia/
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