World Water Day 2007

WATER AID is an international charity aiming to improve people's access to clean water and sanitation. There is a very good FILM outlining their work. The BBC have a web page dedicated to water week.
WORLD WATER DAY is 22 March.
UNWATER.org have produced a PDF Download.

How much water do you use in your household. Why not try out the from household water survey

Good photos from the Guardian.

UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

UN WORLD FOOD Site.

It includes the excellent interactive world hunger map.

Index of Human Well being and environmental impact

The HPI is Life satisfaction multiplied by Life expectancy divided by the Ecological Footprint. Produced by the New Economic Foundation you will find maps and lists of countries.
You can also calculate YOUR OWN HPI. Give careful answers to get a more accurate results.

Eating the Planet- ECOLOGICAL DEBT

16th April is the date at which Britain goes into Ecological Debt.
The WORLD goes into Ecological debt on the 9th October.


The information for this was generated by the New Economics Foundation who have created the Ecological Debt Day Calender.

Ecological Footprints

Year 9 will need the CALCULATOR that is here. An alternative simpler version can be downloaded HERE.

The WWF has produced a Living Planet report. This is a large PDF that contains country statistics, graphs and world maps.

The WWF has a good DEFINITION of a Ecological Footprint.

Comparative graphs are available from Footprintnetwork.org., and a series of MAPS, that include footprints over time, Ecological debtors and creditors and a world consumption cartogram.

A very detailed GLOSSARY of ecological terms.

The RPPROGRESS site is suitable for A-Level candidates.

NATIONAL FOOTPRINT graphs can be found using the drop down menu on the right.

Migration

MIGRATION Topics include, History of Migration, Migration theory, Why people migrate, How people migrate, Impact ofImmigration, Impact of Emigration, Effect of Globalization, Statistics and Resource Links.

Migration

This is an interesting exercise to do. This is a IMMIGRATION POINTS CALCULATOR which will show you if you complete the survey wether you would be accepted by the Canadian Government to live in Canada.

Desertification

A PDF Document from UNESCO that thoroughly covers the topic of DESERTIFICATION.

Tropical RainForests

RAINFOREST CONSERVATION FUND is a voluntary organisation that aims to raise awarenes of Rainforest destruction. It is very detailed and suited to A-Level mainly.

Tropical RainForests

BBC Revisewise CASE STUDY. Covers Location, Climate, Structure, Vegetation adaptations, Water and Nutrient Cycles, Human Intervention.

Tropical RainForests

CASE STUDY on Papua New Guinea

Tropical RainForests

WIKIPEDIA has a good section on deforestation.

GEORESOURCES has good KS3 GCSE and t

DEFORESTATION

Excellent site on Tropical rainforests that includes statistics on deforestation rates and a good range of graphs and detailed case studies.

DEFORESTATION

Excellent case study is available on the RGS site "Geography in the News" - Retreating Rainforest (12th October 2006).

You will need the username and password from OC.

Climate data

Enter the name of a city and the SEARCH ENGINE will find Rainfall and Temperature data.

Meteorological Office

This is the official site for the Meteorological Office, they supply the BBC with their weather information.
This site has :

• UK Weather
• Weather for our Region the South west
• European Weather
• World Weather

There is a good section on CLIMATE CHANGE.

There is a superb section on resources for KS3 and KS4 students and you can get access to the information provided for STAFF.

• Data
• Satellite Images for European and British Isles (EXCELLENT)
• Satellite Images for world regions, choose the region you want from the drop down list.
• CLIMATE data. From the climate list make your choice and you will get a series of bar charts for your climate.
• PRESSURE charts
• PAST WEATHER DATA
• FACTSHEETS
• IMAGES
  

The BBC Weather site is more than a source of weather forecasts. You can get 5 day forecasts for different cities around the world and the COUNTRY GUIDES give a thumbnail guide to the climate of a country.

There is good section on Climate Change

The reference section information explains, weather basics, UK Weather, Historical Weather Events, Forecasting, World weather phenomenon and Climates.

There is a Weatherwise section this includes a Photo Gallery, Factfiles, Weather Basics, Forecasting, Extremes of Climate, How the weather affects us, a detailed Glossary and a section on jobs in the weather industry.

REVIEWS of the year are available current and past.

and finally REGIONAL weather maps from around the world.

Ozone Holes

This is part of the NOAA site. Excellent images on OZONE HOLES.

Use the FAQ button here for very good information on Ozone depletion. Its in PDF Format that can be downloaded.

NOAA satellite images

Satellite images are available here. This site also has "Image of the Day". You can subscribe to this with youir email address to receive a Satellite Image every day from around the world.

NOAA Weather

JETSTREAM is an online school for Weather and Climate information. There are 7 useful
sections here:

1. Atmosphere
2. Oceans
3. Global Circulation
4. Meteorology
5. Thunderstorms
6. Lightening
7. Tropical weather