News for Teachers
Funny, Informative Animated Shorts: "Animals Save the Planet" Share these hilarious claymation-style animated cartoons with your students. Punning animals tell you how they're saving the planet and how we can too. > http://animalssavetheplanet.com/ New Climate Change Website: "One Hundred Months" The premise: we have less than 100 months before the earth reaches a tipping point, beyond which reversing climate change seems beyond our reach. Providing a 100-month count-down clock, the aim of this organization is to provide one simple thing we can all do every month to combat climate change. > http://www.onehundredmonths.org Climate Change, Energy and Alberta Talking about Alberta's ecofootprint and carbon footprint: Alberta's ecofootprint is 21% higher than the national average. Here are some resources for talking about this in a constructive way: The Pembina Institute has a thorough, easy-to-read report on Alberta's large ecofootprint: > http://pubs.pembina.org/reports/51.Ecological%20Footprint.pdf World-famous Canadian lawyer and member of the Order of Canada, Clayton Ruby, has written a stirring article about the role of the Alberta tar sands in contributing to Alberta's - and Canada's - carbon footprint: > http://www.thestar.com/article/479670 Bullfrog Power now provides wind power supplementation to on-grid households. See how even apartment and condo renters can get involved: > http://www.bullfrogpower.com/home/alberta.cfm The Better World Shopper is just one of many powerful tools to learn and teach how to "vote with your wallet." This website is dedicated to providing a comprehensive, up-to-date, account of the social and environmental responsibility of every company on the planet. > http://www.betterworldshopper.orgView this and previous newsletters at http://abcee.org/ee-in-alberta
