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'''Water''' (More [http://ic.ucsc.edu/college8core/c8wiki/index.php/Category:Water in-depth content])
 
'''Water''' (More [http://ic.ucsc.edu/college8core/c8wiki/index.php/Category:Water in-depth content])
 
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hendrick Smith details widespread pollution of America's waterways in the PBS Frontline documentary [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/poisonedwaters/ ''Poisoned Waters''] (all online). Provides an excellent overview.  [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103278837 Audio interview] April 20, 2009
 
  
 
CBS News  [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/08/eveningnews/main6073416.shtml?tag=cbsnewsMainColumnArea segment] 1/10
 
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[http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environmental-threats-environment/state-of-the-earth/  video overview]
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[http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environmental-threats-environment/state-of-the-earth/  video overview]   Click on State of the Earth link in left navigation bar, then water.
  
  

Revision as of 19:51, 9 April 2010

Here you can get a quick but comprehensive overview of the current state of the planet.

Earth Policy Institute's excellent Eco-Economy Indicators

Big Picture, Small Planet excellent short video overview by Medard Gabel, creator of online World Game by Buckminster Fuller.

2009 State of the Planet from National Geographic (video)

Gapminder brilliantly allows you to visualize world demographic trends

If the earth were 100 people video

Dashboard for the planet

Top 10 polluted places

Executive Summary of 2009 State of the Future report. Previous Executive Summary of 2008 .

AAAS Atlas of Population & Environment

UCSC Atlas of Global Inequality


Earth

Video overview Click on State of the Earth link in left navigation bar. 2009?

Forests


Air (More in-depth content)

Video overview


Fire (metaphorically, Global Warming)

Overview

Al Gore TEDTalk 20 min. video


Water (More in-depth content)

CBS News segment 1/10

video overview Click on State of the Earth link in left navigation bar, then water.


E-waste (see also Consumption and Chemicals)

video

11/08 CBS 60 Minutes segment (video)


Wildlife/ Biodiversity

Overview from the National Resources Defense Council


Want to know more? Check out these general environmental websites:

Earth Policy Institute

Envirolink

Google green index

Yahoo index

United Nations environmental info

Friends of the Earth

Global Stewards


Books

Ecosystems and human well-being By Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Program et al. 2005 Very detailed


Humanity's Footprint : momentum, impact, and our global environment / Walter K. Dodds New York : Columbia University Press, c2008 McHenry Stacks - GF75 .D65 2008 Link