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Global news with a spatial perspective: Interesting, current supplemental materials for geography students and teachers. http://geographyeducation.org
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Hayley Allen's comment,
September 2, 2012 7:30 PM
This video was amazing because it showed the earth in a way that many people have rarely seen it. I have never seen the earth in this way and I think it is wonderful that our technology today allows us to see the world from this perspective. I hope we get to watch more videos similar to this one, during class this year.
Jennifer Keyorian's comment,
September 2, 2012 9:26 PM
This video is really entertaining . You can see a lot of the lights from the cities and the mountains . The cameras they put on the satellites are amazing . Its cool to see what the world looks like from outer space with the amazing technology humans have created .
Haley Wayland's comment,
September 3, 2012 12:32 AM
This video is so interesting. It really shows how advanced technology has become to be able to take a video of Earth from space. It is amazing how far we have come and how much we are capable of doing in our lifetime and beyond. It would be interesting to see how advanced technology will become over the next decades.
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Laxmi's story of being kidnapped and trafficked in Nepal is not an isolated case but, as this graphical account shows, things are not always what they seem.
Seth Dixon's insight:
Teaching about human trafficking and child slavery can be very disconcerting and uncomfortable. How much of the details regarding these horrific situations is age-appropriate and suitable for the classroom? The BBC is reporting on events with sensitive stories to both give a human face to the story, while protecting the identity of under-aged victims (to read about the production of this comic, read Drawing the News.) I encourage you to use your own discretion, but I find this comicbook format an accessible, informative and tasteful way to teach about human trafficking in South Asia to minors. It is a powerful way to teach about some hard (but important) aspects of globalization and economics. As geographer Shaunna Barnhart says concerning this comic, "It moves from trafficking to child labor to pressures for migration for wage labor and the resulting injustices that occur. There's differential access to education, gender inequality, land, jobs, and monetary resources that leads to inter- and intra-country trafficking of the vulnerable. In the search for improved quality of life, individuals become part of a global flow of indentured servitude which serves to exploit their vulnerabilities and exacerbate inequalities and injustice. Nepali children 'paid' in food and cell phones that play Hindi music in 'exchange' for work in textile factories - cell phones that are themselves a nexus of global resource chains and textiles which in turn enter a global market - colliding at the site of child labor which remains largely hidden and ignored by those in the Global North who may benefit from such labor." Tags: Nepal, labor, industry, economic, poverty, globalization, India. 
Ssekyewa Charles's curator insight,
April 24, 9:03 AM
Where is Human Rights Watch? Human trafficing is a crime to humanity!! Delete the scoop?
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In Nepal, government owned forests are being felled at record speed, while community managed ones are thriving.
This is a great link for discussing governance and the environmental interactions and community. 
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For anyone who likes animals and nature in general, it's always sad to see forests decimated. It doesn't really matter where it takes place: Your back yard, the middle of your country, or all the way across the world. It all sucks nonetheless. That's why these community managed forestry programs in Nepal are great. There seems to be many benefits of keeping your forests strong: Reducing landslides, more wildlife, aid against global warming (according to the video), and make a return on the natural elements the forest has to offer. We must not all be windbag hippies to recognize that forests are important for a multitude of reasons, and we collectively need to learn to use them smartly. This video was a cool look at that.
Don Brown Jr's comment,
July 30, 2012 10:55 PM
Investing in the environment is a very beneficial way to promote sustainability in an increasingly urbanized world and a cheap way to increase air quality.
Crissy Borton's curator insight,
December 11, 2012 11:07 PM
This is a great example of how communities can help themselves and their land. It works because the people live there and they have to not only think about today but tomorrow so they do not exploit their recourses Delete the scoop?
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Two videos from a TV producer who is now in the geography classroom are available for free in the iTunes store. The 1st video shows a lot of great examples of material culture items found during archeological digs called "The Ancient Agora."
The 4th is a 30 minute film on the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, which shows many sacred sites, burial/cremation practices, and other aspects of Nepali culture. For more work by this fellow geography teacher see: http://www.agiftforthevillage.blogspot.com/ Delete the scoop?
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