Arab Spring

BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Fukushima Updates

Continuing our discussion of natural and man-made disasters...

Reminder of the devastation caused by the tsunami (satellite photos)

Today:

Special Reports

Taiwan Fallout

US West Coast

Fukushima Ghost Towns

drone warfare

Drone Warfare in Pakistan

Cradle to Cradle Design

Working Conditions

What is a Sweatshop?

 Pakistan Clothes Factory

Bangladesh Clothing Factory

Bangladesh Building Collapse

Child Labor in Bangladesh Factory

 

Sweatshop Free Products? 
Union Made Products 

conflict minerals, e-waste and cradle to cradle design

Conflict Minerals (Wars over Resources)

US Debt

*click* National Debt *click*

Debt owed by Individuals, what kind of debt is it?

Current as of April 2013

U.S. household consumer debt profile:

• Average credit card debt: $15,204 (for more on credit card debt)
• Average mortgage debt: $148,818
• Average student loan debt: $33,005 (for more on student loan debt)

In total, American consumers owe:

• $11.28 trillion in debt
  • A decrease of 1.4% from last year
• $848. billion in credit card debt
• $7.93 trillion in mortgages
• $1,007.6 billion in student loans (More on National Student Debt)
  • An increase of 11.9% from last year

Student Loan Debt in MN

Wealth Inequality

White Privilege

Hank Green on the importance of Maps

World Mapper

Games

Geography games:

World Geo Games

Globetrotter XL


GeoGuessr


Science:

Fold.It

Science Games

EyeWire (requires sign up)

Jefferson Lab

Math:


Number Munchers

Cradle to Cradle Design

3d Printing

RepRap
   

Organs  
Weapons?

Behind the Swoosh (sweatshops)

"The Internationale"

Sustainable Energy?

Power/Energy

University of Minnesota at Morris
Tough Stuff -Solar
Solar roadways
Peswiki (make your own power plant)
Zoetrope (do it yourself wind turbine)
Husk Powers
Wind Power through Kites
Energy and Saving Lives
Geothermal Energy
Tidal Wave Energy and Florida Ocean Energy

Bill Gross on New Energy
Jonothan Trent: Algae Pond Energy
Juan Enriquez: Using Biology to Rethink the Energy Challenge
Former Governor Jennifer Granholm on "A Clean Energy: Race to the Top"

Nuclear Energy Issues (Fukushima, Chernobyl, 3 Mile Island)

How Nuclear Plants work


   



Fukushima (Japan)

Fukushima What Happened?

Fukushima Two Years Later


Below: The tsunami that caused the accident
Written on 4.6.11

"The latest official death toll is 11,828, with more than 15,500 still missing.

A powerful 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit Japan on March 11 at 1446 local time (0546 GMT), unleashing massive tsunami waves that crashed into Japan's northeastern coast of Honshu, the largest and main island of Japan, resulting in widespread damage and destruction. According to the Government of Japan (GoJ), as of Friday (April 1), 11,734 people are confirmed dead and 16,375 people are reported to be missing. (Kyodo, Reuters, April 1) There are no new figures for the number of injured, but the UN reported last week that 2,766 people were injured. Casualty numbers are likely to increase as emergency teams continue to reach and assess affected areas. The earthquake sparked widespread tsunami warnings across the Pacific. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the shallow quake struck at a depth of six miles (10 km) (20 km deep according to Japan's Meteorological Agency), around 80 miles (125 km) off the eastern coast of Japan, and 240 miles (380 km) northeast of Tokyo. (from http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ADGO-8FJKXT?OpenDocument)

A Satellite image of the devastation caused by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami

  Satellite Images of the effects of the tsunami











 Chernobyl (Ukraine)


Chernobyl What Happened?

Chernobyl Exclusion zone

Chernobyl 25 years later

Fallout Clouds (radiation is dispersed in the air over Europe)

 



 3 Mile Island (United States)

                                                      3 Mile Island What Happened?

How do we get our energy?

 Issues with energy...


A) Is Natural Gas Cleaner? 

What is Fracking?

Radio program about Natural Gas

B) OIL Rigs (do I need to remind you?)

Not to mention the gulf is already sick (GULF DEAD ZONE)


C)  TAR SANDS 
Oilsands can be 'a curse' to Canada, Cameron says - CTV News

2013 Oil Pipeline Break

Keystone XL Pipeline

D)  Can Coal ever be clean? 

Dec 2008 

NY Times reports Coal Ash in America

Three coal ash spills in  4 months

Oct 2000

E) The Price of Gas!

Home variety, the way we live

What does the variety of living arrangements and styles mean about humans? 
What kinds of benefits do the various styles of living create?  
Are any of these situations better or worse than others?  
Do any of these challenge/change your ideas of how you plan to live? 
Why does it seem like living in the United States is so standardized? 
Have you been introduced to different ways to live in your life? 

What kinds of living situations do you think create a good community?
What kinds of living situations do you think provide creative motivation?
What kinds of living situations do you think provide for spiritual, mental or emotional wellbeing?
What kinds of living situations do you think would promote physical health?
What kinds of living situations do you think promote wealth or employment opportunities?

 List of types of houses

Apartments with green space

Cave Dwellings

Underground Cities Cappadocia

Lists of Underground cities   Second List 
Living Underground

Mud Brick Palace (houses, mud structures,)

watertower homes

Pictures of Hong Kong Apartment Skyscrapers

10 Palaces

Tree Houses,  Tree Dwellings

Tiny Houses

Dormitories , Hostels and  Hotels

Prison Living

On the water  
Living Under Water

Student Co-op

Grow your home  Grown tree houses

Greek Life (fraternities and sororities)

Hakka Walled Villages

Tepees, tents and yurts

Kitchens around the world

Crowded Hong Kong Apartments

Childrens' bedrooms

A look at life in the slums 

 "weird" cities

Sealand

12 ways to live rent free

life in an igloo


Things to look up or think about.
mobile homes, communes, kibbutz, sustainable communities, living in the wilderness, living in a submarine, living on a bus, living in a shelter, military barracks, orphanages, convents and monasteries, temples, living in a hospital, mental institution, nursing home, living as a nomad, living in an airport, boarding schools, living in space...   what else can you think of?