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EDUCATION
- BCSEA CLIMATE CHANGE GAME - FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
- THE CANADIAN EARTH INSTITUTE
- SIERRA CLUB'S EDUCATION PROGRAM
- CANADIAN EMITTERS, PUBLISHED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
- UN FRAMEWORK ON CLIMATE CHANGE (KYOTO PROTOCOL INFO)
BCSEA CLIMATE CHANGE GAME - FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
The Climate Change Game encourages team work as students collaborate and move around the game board, learning about positive and negative environmental consequences that result from individual and societal actions and behaviours.
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THE CANADIAN EARTH INSTITUTE
The Canadian Earth Institute provides a series of discussion courses for small groups on living within our ecology and environment.
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SIERRA CLUB'S EDUCATION PROGRAM
Offers programs that assist teachers in addressing climate change with students. Their goal is to bring that empowerment in a fun, engaging, and credible way to students and teachers across British Columbia.
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CANADIAN EMITTERS: GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY FACILITY
A summary of corporations, utilities and government facilities' greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. Published by Environment Canada.
Canada-wide, 30% of the source of emissions are attributed to transport in general, i.e., trucking, planes, personal vehicles, buses. 30% of emissions comes from buildings: factories, houses, schools, churches, hospitals, etc.
Canada's emissions have gone up 30% since the time of the signing of the Kyoto Accord in 1997. This is currently attributed to the tar sands.
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- Canada's Emissions: taking into consideration Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (graphic)
- Canada's Emissions: without Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (graphic)
- Definitions of categories considered in compilation of above.
FOOD
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Eat fresh and seasonally when you can rather than product imported across the continent or globe - causing transport emissions. Do you remember how to do it? Here is a North America site with recipes reminding us of what our harvest vegetables are, and what to do with them! See: Harvest Eating
Eat Vegetarian... or at least try to learn how to make veges yummy and reduce your meat consumption. You don't have to be 100% vegetarian to learn how. There are arguments that claim an animal fat free diet can only benefit you once you know how to cook for full nutrition - it can be done!
- Union of Concerned Scientists on "Factory Farming"
- gan.ca:
How Factory Farming Effects the Environment Quick Overview - Earthsave.ca states, " About 2,000 pounds of grain must be supplied to livestock in order to produce enough meat and other livestock products to support a person for a year, whereas 400 pounds of grain eaten directly will support a person for a year."
- Earthsave International (Reduce CO2 and Methane!)
- GoVeg.com
Eat Local, learn how to grow your own, or join/establish a community garden. Support your local farmers and organizations that promote eating local...
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THE SCIENCE return to topˆ
- CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERIMENT RESULTS
- AVOIDING CATASTROPHE
- WHY WE MUST ACT NOW TO SLOW IT
- ARTICLE, "ONE DEGREE AND WE'RE DONE"
- STABILIZATION WEDGES: MITIGATION TOOLS
- STERN REVIEW ON ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
- U.N. INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
- DR. JAMES HANSEN'S PULICATIONS (excellent!)
- EFFECT OF DEFORESTATION ON THE CARBON CYCLE
- PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY: THE CARBON CYCLE & CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERIMENT RESULTS, February, 2007
Easy to understand. Results from a quarter of a million participants and a top team of Climate Scientists.
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SURVEY: "Avoiding Catastrophe: A survey by the Carbon Equity Project for Friends of the Earth Australia", January 2007 (.pdf)
"The current greenhouse gas levels pose an unacceptably high... triggering runaway heating and must be reduced from their current level of 430 ppm. This requires carbon emissions to be substantially less that the earth's carbon sink capacity, so that atmospheric carbon dioxide levels can be drawn down substantially. "
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ARTICLE: "Why We Must Act Now to Slow it: Global Warming Past the Tipping Point?", PEOPLEANDPLANET.NET, Feb. 2006 (.pdf)
"...(must) stay below 400ppm (parts per million) in CO2 terms - or in the jargon, the "equivalent concentration" of CO2 should remain below that level... calculations show the equivalent concentration of C02, taking in the effects of methane and nitrous oxide at 2004 levels, is now 425ppm. "
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ARTICLE: "One Degree and We're Done", NEW SCIENTIST, Sept. 2006
"Further global warming of 1 °C defines a critical threshold. Beyond that we will likely see changes that make Earth a different planet than the one we know." So says Jim Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York.
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STABILIZATION WEDGES: MITIGATION TOOLS FOR THE NEXT HALF CENTURY
Simply put, mitigation measures are described graphically - in terms of "wedges" - in this presentation. This talk, "Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change A Scientific Symposium on Stabilization of Greenhouse Gases", was held February 3, 2005, at a symposium held at The Met in Exeter, U. K.
Cumulatively, a wedge redirects the flow of 25 Gt(C) in its first 50 years. This is 2.5 trillion dollars at $100/t(C). A “solution” to the Greenhouse problem should have the potential to provide at least one wedge. (see page 11). This figure is similar to that suggested in the Cut Carbon Now petition. See also "What is a Carbon Levy"
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STERN REVIEW ON ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, Final Report, Oct, 2006
This review was lead by Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the British Government Economic Service, and former World Bank Chief Economist. From Chapter 1.2 The Earth's Climate is Changing:
" An overwhelming body of scientific evidence indicates... carbon dioxide concentrations have increased by just over one third from 280 parts per million (ppm) to 380 ppm today (Figure 1.1), predominantly as a result of burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and other changes in land-use... greenhouse gases emitted by human activities is now equivalent to around 430 ppm of carbon dioxide (hereafter, CO2 equivalent or CO2e)3 (Figure 1.1) and rising at around 2.3 ppm per year. Current levels of greenhouse gases are higher now than at any time in at least the past 650,000 years." return to Science Topˆ
U.N. INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been established by the World Meteorological Association (WMO) and United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. It is currently finalizing its Fourth Assessment Report "Climate Change 2007". The reports by the three Working Groups provide a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the current state of knowledge on climate change. The Synthesis Report integrates the information around six topic areas.
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DR. JAMES E. HANSEN PULICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Dr. Hansen, currently Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, was one of the early warning voices regarding climate change and is considered one of the foremost authorities. The above link gives you access to his publications.
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EFFECT OF DEFORESTATION ON THE CARBON CYCLE
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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY: THE CARBON CYCLE & CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
The Carbon Cycle Explained: http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/9r.html
Causes of Climate Change Explained:
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7y.html
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COAL FIRED ELECTRICAL PLANT LINKS
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- Electricity Choices: Coal Power Must Go
- Mercury Emissions Regulation
- Air Quality Issues of Coal Fired Plants: Acid Rain
- Sierra Club: Ontario Off Coal & Green Energy Campaigns
- Views: California Utility Regulators Move Quickly to Block New Coal Fired Power Plants
- Views: Texas Christians Pray Against Texas Coal Fired Power Plants
- Views: Green Party View on Clean Coal for Saskatchewan?
MYTHS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE
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Links that clear mud:
- "Climate Change: A Guide for the Perplexed", New Scientist, May07
- "The Seven Biggest Myths About Climate Change", New Scientist, May07
- "Climate Change Myths Debunked", David Suzuki Foundation, May07
- "Climate Change Myths", The Met Office
- "Climate Change Myths and Realities", The Pew Center, July02
- Debunking the "Great Global Warming Swindle": download and view a correcting presentation by Chris Merchant of the University of Edinburgh, School of Geosciences.
- How to Talk to A Global Warming Skeptic
