Your Study Resources: Module 3
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THE FOREST RESOURCES
Student Page 3-1a Wood You Believe? (PDF, 64 KB) >>
Student Page 3-1b Make Your Own Paper (PDF, 64 KB) >>
Stop Unwanted Catalogs!
http://www.catalogchoice.org/
Reduce the amount of paper you need to recycle by reducing the amount of junk mail entering your home. Canceling any unwanted catalogs is just a click away!
Northwest Recycling Center Statistics
http://northwestrecyclingoutreach.com/statistics.html
Lots of information about junk mail in the United States.
Environmental Defense Paper Industry Statistics
http://www.environmentaldefense.org/papercalculator/
This site includes an online calculator to assess how many resources (trees, water, energy, etc.) go into paper making.
Wood for Products
Economic Uses of Forests
Science Facts on Forests
Carbon Sequestration
Forests and Climate Change
Catalyst: Forest Carbon Sequestration
Issues for Forest Investments
Water, Soil, and Air Protection
Forests as Habitats
Other Uses of Forests: Watershed
Fod Security
State of the Forests
Forestry and Food Security
Energy
Why Wood Is the Best Fuel
Wood Boilers Fuel Air Quality Debate
Population Clocks
World Population Clock
US Population Clock
Other Uses of Forests: Recreation
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/forests/about_forests/importance/other_uses/recreational/index.cfm
USDA Forest Service Information: "Recreational Activities"
http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/
Teacher Notes 3-2b Country Footprint Comparisons (PDF, 1.3 MB) >>
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BrainPOP Movie: Scientific Method
London Looks to Cut Plastic
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7090000/newsid_7097500/7097577.stm?bw=nb&mp=rm&news=1&ms3=4&nol_storyid=7097577
Shops in London could be prohibited from handing out plastic bags. This news story from the BBC explains why.
China Bans Free Plastic Bags
http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=18060880&m=18060868
NPR segment on the progressive measure saving China millions of barrel of oil on an annual basis.
Plastic Ocean
http://www.bestlifeonline.com/cms/publish/travel-leisure/Our_oceans_are_turning_into_plastic_are_we.shtml
Article exploring the buildup of plastic trash in the "doldrums" of the ocean.
Teacher Notes 3-3 Paper Change (PDF, 284 KB) >>
How Stuff Works
htto://www.howstuffworks.com
Use this resource to determine what natural resources go into making each material.
The Wikipedia entry for Jewel Cases
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel_case
Contains a great deal of information about various forms of CD and DVD packaging.
ShipGreen.Net Calculator: The World's First International Shipping Carbon Calculator >>
The AIGA Center for Sustainable Design
http://www.sustainability.aiga.org
Dedicated to providing designers with a wide range of information regarding sustainable business practices
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition
http://www.sustainablepackaging.org
An industry working group inspired by cradle-to-cradle principles and dedicated to transforming packaging into a system that encourages economic prosperity and a sustainable flow of materials.
Other websites with a wealth of background information:
http://www.designcanchange.org
http://www.environmentalleader.com
http://www.incpen.org
http://www.o2-usa.org
http://www.re-nourish.com
http://www.themightyodo.com
http://www.treehugger.com
Designers who specialize in sustainable practices of all kinds:
http://www.anatomycommunications.com
http://www.ecolingo.com
http://www.greendesigners.org
http://www.jedlicka.com
Manufacturers and users of sustainable packaging:
http://www.earthcycle.com
http://www.cargocosmetics.com
http://www.distantvillage.com
http://www.natureworkspla.com
Overpackaging.com
http://www.overpackaging.com/
A website where users can upload photos of overpackaging and write to companies to complain about the phenomenon.
The Ten Most and Least Green Take-out Containers
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/community-news/reuseable-containers-47011022
A list of the various pros and cons of take-out food containers.
Incredible Shrinking Packages
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/12/business/12package.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
New York Times article about companies who are reducing their packaging.
PEOPLE AND PLACES
Student Page 3-4a Where Are You Now? (PDF, 1.2 MB) >>
Teacher Notes 3-4a Route Maps (PDF, 2.3 MB) >>
Teacher Notes 3-4b Sámi Place-Names (PDF, 1.4 MB) >>
Teacher Notes 3-4c "U.S. State Names (PDF, 76 KB) >>
Meanings of names:
Canadian classrooms may refer to http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/education/index_e.php
Other classrooms may research their country's name using national resources, or by the following listing provided by Wikipedia, which seems thorough http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_name_etymologies
Cartography
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/09/g68/cartographyguidestudent.pdf
A National Geographic description of the elements of mapmaking.
Sápmi World Map
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/culture-places/local-life/sweden_sami.html
Online video presentation on Elle Hánsa's map of Sápmi.
Teacher Notes 3-5b Finding the Right Mark (PDF, 160 KB) >>
Teacher Notes 3-5c Fennoscandia Borders (PDF, 848 KB) >>
Nomads in Modern Society
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QXPz18yJKyc
A brief video clip explaining aspects of reindeer herding.
Reindeer Herding and Forestry in Northern Sweden
http://www.oloft.com/casestudy.html
A paper outlining conflicts between reindeer herders and the timber industry in Sweden, and proposing solutions.
Territoriality and State-Sámi Relations
http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/HistoryCulture/Sami/samisf.html
A paper discussing the history of territorial disputes over Sámi herding rights in Fennoscandia.
World Heritage Locations in Google Earth
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=38862
Teacher Page 3-6a Sámi Artworks (PDF, 588 KB) >>
UNESCO
http://whc.unesco.org/en/criteria/
Sámi artist reclaims the land through his work
http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut000630/nvt20630_17.html
News article on Sámi artist Elle-Hánsa.
Black Hand, White Snow
http://home.earthlink.net/~arran2/archive/snow.htm
Transcript of a radio documentary on Niillas Somby.
Sápmi I and Sápmi II
http://www.galdu.org/slideshow/slide1.php
Internet slideshow of Sámi culture, heritage, people, and landscapes.
CASE STUDY: FACT FINDER
Reindeer Herding
http://www.rosenmedia.se/english/sub/Sami/Reindeer_herding/1/
Reindeer Herding-Nomads in a Modern Society
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXPz18yJKyc
Reindeer Forest Logging-Before
http://weblog.greenpeace.org/forestrescue/multimedia/reindeer_forest.mov
Reindeer Forest Logging-After
http://weblog.greenpeace.org/forestrescue/multimedia/clearcut_forest.mo
360º QTVRs. These 360ºs are before-and-after photos of clear-cutting in the area of Inari where the greatest conflict over use of old-growth forest is taking place, and where Team GoNorth! is traveling. Make sure to move around, zooming in and out!
Teacher Notes 3-7.1 Decision Tree (PDF, 152 KB) >>
Myths and Facts
http://www.rso.cornell.edu/snrc/documents/NFPA_MythsFacts.pdf
An environmentalist take on logging in U.S. National forests.
All Creatures Great And Small
http://www.efn.org/~onrcdoug/creatures.htm
Explores animals who live in old-growth forests.
Save the Sámi Reindeer Forests
http://weblog.greenpeace.org/forestrescue/
Greenpeace website about the Sámi struggles to preserve forests.
Teacher Notes 3-7.2b Population Versus Footprint (PDF, 184 KB) >>
Footprint Calculator
http://www.islandwood.org/kids/impact/footprint.php
Calculate your own footprint.
Cycle of Life For Kids
http://www.cycleoflife.ca/kids/education.htm
Resources (Canadian-based) to understand and reduce environmental footprints.
WWF Living Planet Report
http://www.panda.org/news_facts/publications/living_planet_report/index.cfm
Detailed reports, charts, and statistics covering the distribution and usage of the world's resources.
NEGOTIATION INSTRUCTIONS: Research
Finnish Forestry: Destroying Forests, Destroying Livelihoods.
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/reports/finnish-forestry-destroying-f-2
This document, prepared by Greenpeace, outlines the group's arguments against further logging in the old-growth forests of Finland.
Frequently Asked Questions, Inarin Paliskunnat.
http://www.inarinpaliskunnat.org/faq.html#land
Description of the perspective of Inari reindeer herders.
StoraEnso, Annual General Meeting Notes, March 2007.
http://www.storaenso.com/CDAvgn/showDocument/0,,4668,00.pdf
Contains a brief response to requests that StoraEnso cease purchasing wood logged from Finland's old-growth forests.
Are the forests in Lapland being destroyed?
http://www.metsa.fi/page.asp?Section=3195
An FAQ from Metsähallitus defending its timber harvesting.
"Open Letter from Stefan Wallin."
http://www.metsa.fi/binary.aspx?Section=3186&Item=5587
Finland's environmental minister responds to critics of the country's timber harvest.
Websites:
Greenpeace, Finnish weblog:
http://weblog.greenpeace.org/forestrescue/index.html
Inari reindeer cooperatives website:
http://www.inarinpaliskunnat.org/index_en.html
Metsähallitus
http://www.metsa.fi/default.asp?Section=1176
StoraEnso
http://www.storaenso.com
Program on Negotiation
http://www.pon.harvard.edu
Harvard University's negotiation center is the preeminent negotiation research organization. Podcasts, resources, FAQs, and more.
Three Perspectives
http://www.metsa.fi/news.asp?Section=1375&Item=3269, http://www.sll.fi/tiedotus/tiedotteet/pressreleases/dialends,
http://weblog.greenpeace.org/forestrescue/archives/2005/06/the_negotiation.html
These three links are to three press releases describing the results of unsuccessful real-life negotiations between Sámi reindeer herders, environmental groups, and Metsähallitus.
THINK GLOBAL-ACT LOCAL
Have you checked out how many earths you need?
http://www.myfootprint.org
How many earths' resources do you use to live the way you do? Everything comes from something, and that "something" is the earth's natural resources.
Eat local
Take the Eat Local Food Challenge http://www.eatlocal.net/
Collect gold-have a recycle-your-cell-phone day
Bring your cell phones (PDAs, iPods, etc., are welcome too) to the nearest Best Buy location for recycling, or donate the phones for charity-check out http://www.recyclemycellphone.org/recycle.cfm
Spread the word about cell phone recycling: Send an e-card or send a message to the wireless industry that their recycling efforts need improvement, at http://www.recyclemycellphone.org
Reuse it!
An organizations involved in building material reuse is Habitat for Humanity: http://www.habitat.org
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