IB ESS 3.2 Resources- Natural Capital QSI E08
Amory Lovins lecture at Berkeley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zfO3HW6xCw
Resources:
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Natural_capital
http://www.natcap.org/
http://www.naturalcapital.org/
http://www.mnp.nl/mnc/i-en-1119.html
/nic_marks_the_happy_planet_index.html
People as resources, education - TED: http://www.ted.com/talks/charles_leadbeater_on_education.html
Resources:
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Natural_capital
http://www.natcap.org/
http://www.naturalcapital.org/
http://www.mnp.nl/mnc/i-en-1119.html
/nic_marks_the_happy_planet_index.html
People as resources, education - TED: http://www.ted.com/talks/charles_leadbeater_on_education.html
A man works at the site of a rare earth metals mine at Nancheng county, China, on Oct. 20, 2010. China reportedly produced 118,900 metric tons of rare earth in 2010, well above the 89,200 metric ton official production quota. The production figure exceeded 96 percent of global output, The Wall Street Journal reported .
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47842170/ns/world_news-world_environment/#.T92nNI7fBuo
Review Video .1-.4
Part 2
Part 3
Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Index
Statistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation's success by its productivity -- instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people. He introduces the Happy Planet Index, which tracks national well-being against resource use (because a happy life doesn't have to cost the earth). Which countries rank highest in the HPI? You might be surprised.
http://www.ted.com/talks/nic_marks_the_happy_planet_index.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/nic_marks_the_happy_planet_index.html
Charles Leadbeater: Education
innovation in the slums
Charles Leadbeater went looking for radical new forms of education -- and found them in the slums of Rio and Kibera, where some of the world's poorest kids are finding transformative new ways to learn. And this informal, disruptive new kind of school, he says, is what all schools need to become.
http://www.ted.com/talks/charles_leadbeater_on_education.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/charles_leadbeater_on_education.html
Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero!
At TED2010, Bill Gates unveils his vision for the world's energy future, describing the need for "miracles" to avoid planetary catastrophe and explaining why he's backing a dramatically different type of nuclear reactor. The necessary goal? Zero carbon emissions globally by 2050.
http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates.html