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Rescooped by Crissy Borton from Geography Education onto Education in the world |
Kalin B.'s comment,
September 13, 2012 4:22 PM
I'm amazed that all this happened in as short a time as twenty years. Globalization is truly a force to be reckoned with!
Matt Mallinson's comment,
November 19, 2012 11:04 AM
So much was built in 20 years, impressive. The population must of skyrocketed.
Matt Mallinson's comment,
November 19, 2012 11:04 AM
So much was built in 20 years, impressive. The population must of skyrocketed.
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A former gang member from Long Beach, California, teaches break dancing to at-risk youth in Cambodia.
This video is a great example of cross-cultural interactions in the era of globalization. Urban youth culture of the United States is spread to Cambodia through a former refugee (with a personally complex political geography). What geographic themes are evident in this video? How is geography being reshaped and by what forces? Via Seth Dixon
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A very positive video but I would like to know how KK was able to come clean of drugs (I assume he did them in California). I would also like to know what made him decided to change for the better. Delete the scoop?
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Sometimes the news can be good news! The historic April 1st election in Burma that saw Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy win 43/45 parliamentary seats is being hailed as the first free and fair elections for 50 years!
This is a current perspective on the many changes transforming Myanmar back into Burma. For more by John Boyer, see: http://www.plaidavenger.com/ ; Via Seth Dixon
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Wow I think this guy may have drank way to much coffee before making this video J He is very excited about the changes in Burma although he should be it sounds as though this country is pretty much changing overnight Delete the scoop?
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Thailand... Feel free to mute the commentary...this video demonstrates the truly 'back-breaking' work that is a part of paddy rice farming. Via Seth Dixon
Crissy Borton's insight:
From now on anytime I eat rice I will think of these people. I had no idea how hard a job it was. I don’t think I would last an hour bending over like that.
Matt Mallinson's comment,
November 27, 2012 6:06 PM
It's unbelieveable to see what these people go through in one day of work. If I did that type of work in a week my back would be killing me. These people are hard workers to say the least.
Elizabeth Allen's comment,
December 7, 2012 1:18 PM
To watch these women break their backs(and their fingers must be shriveled from going in and out of water) for rice paddys, helps us recognize how important rice is. These women know they have to perform this work- Rice is a staple crop for Thailand; they need rice commodity to live.
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"Green is an unusual film. It is both a hard hitting portrayal of the causes and consequences of deforestation in Indonesia, and a film which captures the tranquillity and calm of wild nature. It contains no narrative or dialogue and yet helps us understand complex commodity chains. Green needs to be taken seriously. In these pages we present a series of short essays in response to the film." 'Green' is a female orangutan in Indonesia, beset with deforestation and resource exploitation of her habitat. This is a non-profit film follows her; watch at the film’s website or view the trailer: http://www.greenthefilm.com/ Via Seth Dixon Delete the scoop?
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It looks like a completely different city. Sadly you can no longer see any green.