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Environmental Sustainability at BCC

Focus the Nation Information

The following resources are courtesy of the Focus the Nation web site, which is well worth a visit for any educator seeking to integrate global warming and related sustainability themes into his/her curricula.

Additionally, both faculty and students are invited to add ideas and comments on this climate change initiative through our BCC Focus the Nation Blog.

Suggestions from BCC Research Librarians

 

Our great campus research librarians have offered support via information literacy classes to instructors choosing to participate in writing assignments.

Presidential Candidates' Stands on Global Warming ... opens in a new window
(Courtesy of Neil Linger, Reference Librarian, Central Campus)

Central Campus Library's "Go Green" Page
http://ucl.broward.edu/Go_Green/Go_Green_Main.htm

http://www.climatecounts.org (Climate Counts)
Videos and a scorecard for the environmental responsibility of companies

http://current.com/ecospot

Series of winning 1 min. videos on environmental topics including global warming

http://www.bwebcentral.com/blog/3/626

Video -- the precautionary principle & Global Warming—an argument to act now


Resources for Educators


American Solar Energy Society

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

A Consumer’s Guide to Fight Global Warming (PDF file)

Campus Climate Challenge

Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI)

Climate Ark

Climate Change Education

ClimateCorps.org
ClimateClassroom
Global Warming and Florida (PDF file)

Global Warming Challenge

Global Warming a Hoax? (PDF file)
Higher Education in a Warming World (PDF File)

National Wildlife Federation
Oral History Project: Climate Change Documentary - Alaska

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy

The US Economic Impacts of Climate Change and the Costs of Inaction (PDF file)

Union of Concerned Scientists

 


Science Resouces


Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
NASA
Hadley Centre
RealClimate
RealClimate's Web Guide
How-to on talking to skeptics


Focus the Nation Resources


Invitation to Congress (Download)
Inspired Protagonist video (Middlebury College)
Overview video (University of Wisconsin)
Overview audio (Unversity of Wisconsin)
Overview audio (Yale University)
PowerPoint Presentation (Download)
Sign-up Sheet (Download)
Logos (Download)


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