Sunday 22 June 2008

Costa Blanca Britons to lose free healthcare | World news | The Observer

Half a million British expatriates living on Spain's Costa Blanca are to lose their right to free healthcare under a radical new law introduced by the provincial government.

The Spanish authorities say that providing for 500,000 Britons - most of whom are over 50 - and other European residents living in the Valencia region is placing an impossible burden on the country's health service.

Costa Blanca Britons to lose free healthcare | World news | The Observer

Gapminder World

UPDATE to original site

Gapminder World

The hidden face of Primark fashion

The huge fashion store Primark sacked three of its suppliers last week after an investigation for the BBC's Panorama and The Observer uncovered children labouring in Indian refugee camps to produce some of its cheapest garments. Here we reveal the brutal reality of a supply chain that sees children as young as 11 sewing T-shirts which cost shoppers just a few pounds to buy on high streets across Britain. Watch the Panorama preview here

The hidden face of Primark fashion | World news | The Observer

Thursday 19 June 2008

Google Earth Blog: Disappearing Forests Google Earth Visualizations

Google Earth Blog: Disappearing Forests Google Earth Visualizations

DaylightMap

DaylightMap

Free clip art images browse by A-Z - Dorling Kindersley

Free clip art images browse by A-Z - Dorling Kindersley

Wednesday 18 June 2008

The Commodities Game

An interactive simulation designed to teach students about
natural resources and the issues surrounding globalisation

The Commodities Game

Geography Games - Test Your Geography Knowledge Online

This site provides lots of different games, most of which are against the clock. The games revolve around locating places or features on maps. Most suitable for A,G&T students at KS3 or GCSE and A-Level students.Wide variety available

Geography Games - Test Your Geography Knowledge Online

Ilike2learn Menu

Lots of very simple Map quizzes

Ilike2learn Menu

World66 - visited countries

World Maps - click on the countries you want so they are shown on a world map

World66 - visited countries

Sunday 15 June 2008

Best-Places-to-Live-2008

Mercer Consulting's annual roundup of the global cities with the best quality of life is here, and Zurich once again comes out on top. The best place in the U.S.? Honolulu at No. 28.

New York, London, and Paris are internationally renowned cities but consultants at Mercer Consulting have picked Zurich, Switzerland, as the best place to live in the company's annual survey.

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Consultants rated each city on a variety of factors including the level of traffic congestion, air quality, and personal safety reported by expatriates living in more than 600 cities worldwide. In the top 25, U.S. cities such as San Francisco, Boston, and Chicago were all edged out by Geneva, Switzerland, Vancouver, B.C., and Auckland, New Zealand. The highest-scoring U.S. city is Honolulu, which came in at No. 28.

The-World's-Best-Places-to-Live-2008: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance

Wednesday 11 June 2008

Nature laid waste: The destruction of Africa

Nature laid waste: The destruction of Africa - Africa, World - The Independent

Thanet Earth greenhouse

Thanet earth LINK

Thanet Earth greenhouse | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Thursday 5 June 2008

Meteo satellite images - Sat24.com - Realtime weather satellite images of Europe

Meteo satellite images - Sat24.com - Realtime weather satellite images of Europe

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Plan for quake 'warning system'

Nasa scientists have said they could be on the verge of a breakthrough in their efforts to forecast earthquakes.

Researchers say they have found a close link between electrical disturbances on the edge of our atmosphere and impending quakes on the ground below.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Plan for quake 'warning system'

Hengistbury Head Nature Reserve

DOWNLOAD - the management plan

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Wednesday 4 June 2008

Monday 2 June 2008