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Dot Earth is Andrew C. Revkin’s blog at the New York Times. He covers a wide range of news related to sustainability and climate change. It is too complex for most language learners, but simplified versions of some of the articles he references could be useful.
In addition, he often refers to videos and […]

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Facing the Future is an organization that makes activity-based, global issues curricula for students of all ages. In addition to the great stuff they offer for sale, they have a ton of materials available as free downloads. I especially like the lesson plans from Engaging Students Through Global Issues, and the Climate Change […]

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The UN recently released it’s new State of the Future Report wherein they discuss how things are going with regards to the various Millenium Development Goals.
A great review of the report is available here, from Solidarity, Sustainability and Non-Violence. Here are some of the statistics they pulled from the report:

global population keeps increasing and […]

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The ID Project just launched a new blog, and the first article is a great one as the political season is heating up. It deals with low voter turnout from a Buddhist perspective, and could really strike a chord with students who have this as part of their cultural background. It would have […]

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