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Poverty is not only about not having enough money. It is also about exploitation and oppression, and about armed conflicts and wars that make it impossible to run a business, visit the doctor, or send children to school. In short, poverty is about politics, and the need to devise political solutions to its underlying causes, which involves more than providing money...
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Illegal logging and unchecked economic development are taking a devastating toll on the forests of Vietnam and neighboring countries, threatening areas of biodiversity so rich that 1,700 species have been discovered in the last 15 years alone.
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In-depth analysis of deforestation in this major region, a perfect resource for the P! section on environment/biodiversity etc. Delete the scoop?
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Han Rosling demonstrates the dynamics of population growth, child mortality and carbon dioxide emissions
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Short overview of relationships between population, child mortality and carbon dioxide emissions. A stark reminder, if one is needed... Delete the scoop?
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In the wake of the 2011 tsunami, the Japanese government is forgoing an opportunity to sustainably protect its coastline and is instead building towering concrete seawalls and other defenses that environmentalists say will inflict serious damage on...
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May 12, 3:36 PM
I think this is perfect for my geographystudents this week. Worth to use in a study of global tradestructures. 
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May 20, 3:01 PM
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Humanist geography, a movement within the field of human geography (itself a sub-field of geography) arose in the 1970s as a way to counter what humanists saw as a tendency to treat places as mere sites or locations. Instead, a humanist geographer would argue, the places we inhabit have as many personalities as those whose lives have intersected with them. And the stories we tell about places often say as much about who we are, as about where our feet are planted. Via Seth Dixon 
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May 13, 9:22 PM
Anytime a geographer uses the phrase "sense of place," they owe an intellectual debt of gratitude to Yi-Fu Tuan. This article is an introduction to the man and his work that is accessible to all audiences. Tags: place, unit 1 GeoPrinciples. 
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May 14, 12:05 AM
An interesting way to view Aboriginal people's link to country. 
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May 14, 9:38 AM
Articulo que introduce a la obra del geógrafo humanista Yi-Fu Tuan, uno de los 21 historiadores para el siglo XXI que José Enrique Ruiz-Domènec seleccionó en su libro Rostros para la historia Delete the scoop?
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A new cartoon recently revealed that rather than being a climate leader, the United Kingdom is a carbon miscreant.
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Includes a short 3min video which explains why UK (like other industrialized countries) is NOT doing enough to limit carbon emissions....
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In a Swedish fjord, European researchers are conducting an ambitious experiment aimed at better understanding how ocean acidification will affect marine life. Delete the scoop?
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A village in Spain had been without children for 45 years, but that recently changed when a couple moved to the village so their child could grow up w Delete the scoop?
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Electric bicycles are already popular in Europe and in China, which has more e-bikes than cars on its roads. Now, manufacturers are marketing e-bikes in the U.S., promoting them as a 'green' alternative to driving. Delete the scoop?
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The Danish capital is moving rapidly toward a zero-carbon future, as it erects wind farms, transforms its citywide heating systems, promotes energy efficiency, and lures more people out of their cars and onto public transportation and bikes.
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Timely look at how one city is trying to become carbon neutral. Relevant to policies of "urban sustainability" in P2. Delete the scoop?
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A new study finds that household lead paint — banned for years in the U.S. and Europe because of its health effects on children — is commonly sold in the African nation of Cameroon. Is lead paint the latest case of Western companies selling unsafe products in developing countries? Delete the scoop?
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The world’s largest living species, native to California’s Sierra Nevada, faces a two-pronged risk from declining snowpack and rising temperatures.The threat to sequoias mirrors a growing danger to trees worldwide, with some scientists saying rapid warming this century could wipe out many of the planet’s old trees.
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Article about giant trees and climate change, relevant to P1, section on environmental patterns and change. Delete the scoop?
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Ever popular geography blog provides links to a range of excellent maps related to this recent tragic event. Great starting point for devising a case study based on the Moore, Oklahoma tornado. Delete the scoop?
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Jennie Moore, Director of Sustainable Development and environmental stewardship in the School of Construction and the Environment at the British Columbia Ins...
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If you think a sustainable future is easy to achieve, then take 4 mins to watch this Youtube clip about the challenges that Vancouver would have to overcome to become a truly sustainable city.
This is of direct relevance to the Urban theme in P2, as well as to general discussions about sustainability. Delete the scoop?
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About 3.6 billion of the world's 7.1 billion people live in South and East Asia.
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Amazing, but apparently true! Delete the scoop?
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Exclusive timelapse: See climate change, deforestation and urban sprawl unfold as Earth evolves over 30 years. Via Seth Dixon 
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May 11, 7:15 PM
I suggest you watch to see the spatial patterns emerge!
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Many of the crowd sourced investigations hosted at Zooniverse are relevant to geography. Take a look, involve your classes! Delete the scoop?
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Peter Menzel visited 30 families in 24 countries to gather unique snapshots of eating habits around the globe which feature in a new book called The Hungry Planet.
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Visual comparison of diets and lifestyles around the world would make a great starting point for class discussions. Delete the scoop?
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The danger that the decline of bees and other pollinators represents to the world’s food supply was highlighted this week when the European Commission decided to ban a class of pesticides suspected of playing a role in so-called “colony collapse disorder.”... Delete the scoop?
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From North America to Siberia, rising temperatures and drier woodlands are leading to a longer burning season and a significant increase in forest fires. Scientists warn that this trend is expected continue in the years ahead. Delete the scoop?
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How much space each person has in some of the world's major cities
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Compares, via proportional circles, the average space/person for some major cities. Delete the scoop?
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Latest report lists the Colorado River as the "Most Endangered" in the US. Delete the scoop?
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The surge in global coal consumption, driven largely by China and India, has climate scientists deeply worried. But environmentalists and a growing number of financial experts say that alarm over global warming may halt the seemingly inevitable rise of the coal industry. The problem, as the world’s climate scientists point out, is that to continue burning coal at the ever-expanding pace of recent years means that there is little hope of holding global temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit). To combust even a third to a half of the world’s proven reserves of coal would — barring the widespread adoption of carbon-capture technologies — lead to a climate-destabilizing rise in temperature far in excess of 2 degrees C, according to recent studies. Delete the scoop?
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Bullet trains fuel real-estate booms, improve quality of life, reduce air pollution and traffic congestion, and provide a “safety valve” for crowded cities, especially in the developing world, according to a study by Chinese and U.S. economists. The study was based on China’s rapidly expanding high-speed rail network, but the researchers said the benefits experienced there would be similar to those from California’s proposed high-speed rail system.
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