Madeira Mudslides: British Woman Missing As Death Toll Rises To 38 Following Flooding | World News | Sky News

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Madeira Mudslides: British Woman Missing As Death Toll Rises To 38 Following Flooding | World News | Sky News

Portugal rushes aid to Madeira after deadly floods

The Portuguese military has sent specialist rescue teams to the island of Madeira, where at least 40 people are known to have died in rainstorms.Tonnes of mud and stones were brought down the slopes of the island, flooding the streets of the regional capital, Funchal, and other towns. Officials fear the death toll could rise. Water, power and phones were cut in some areas. PM Jose Socrates, who is in Madeira, said he would "do everything to help".

BBC News - Portugal rushes aid to Madeira after deadly floods

Southern Italian landslide caught on video

About 200 residents have been evacuated from their homes after a landslide split a hillside apart in the southern Italian town of Maierato.

The landslide, which caused power failure, could have been caused by heavy rains in the region, initial reports say.

BBC News - Southern Italian landslide caught on video

European Commission - Humanitarian Aid

The European Union’ mandate to ECHO [Regulation (CE) n° 1257/96] is to provide emergency assistance and relief to the victims of natural disasters or armed conflict outside the European Union. The aid is intended to go directly to those in distress, irrespective of race, religion or political convictions.

ECHO’s task is to ensure goods and services get to crisis zones fast. Goods may include essential supplies, specific foodstuffs, medical equipment, medicines and fuel. Services may include medical teams, water purification teams and logistical support. Goods and services reach disaster areas via ECHO partners.
Since 1992, ECHO has funded humanitarian aid in crisis zones of more than 85 countries via its partners. Its grants cover emergency aid, food aid and aid to refugees and displaced persons worth a total of more than €700 million per year.

European Commission - Humanitarian Aid

Encounters at the End of the World - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Encounters at the End of the World is a documentary film by Werner Herzog completed in 2007. The film studies people and places in Antarctica. The film was released in North America on June 11, 2008, and distributed by THINKFilm.^[2]

Encounters at the End of the World - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Camfed | Where the Water Meets the Sky | Home | Play the trailer

Camfed Presents Where the Water Meets the Sky
A film narrated by Morgan Freeman. Read more, Visit the Press roomWhere the Water Meets the Sky is the inspiring story of a group of women in rural Zambia who learn how to make a film as a way to speak out about their lives. Produced in partnership with Camfed, all funds raised through the film will support Camfed’s work to educate girls and invest in economic and leadership opportunities for young women in Africa.

Camfed | Where the Water Meets the Sky | Home | Play the trailer

The Cocoa Plan - Nestlé

 

The Cocoa Plan - Nestlé

Fair Miles: Recharting the food miles map :: Oxfam GB

To day’s food is well travelled. A pack of green beans in a Northern supermarket may have journeyed 6000 miles, or 60. But while food miles loom large in our carbon-aware times, transporting it counts for less than you might think. And there is a far bigger picture. Food is more than a plateful of emissions.It’s a social, political and economic issue that involves millions of small farmers in poor countries who export produce to the North. They have built lives and livelihoods around this trade. By buying what they grow, you’ve clocked up ‘fair miles’.This pocketbook delves into the realities of the produce trade between Africa and the UK, examining both sides of the equation in search of a diet that is ethically, as well as nutritionally, balanced.

Fair Miles: Recharting the food miles map :: Oxfam GB

Recovering a Future

  Five years ago Since the tsunami struck on Boxing Day 2004, the British Red Cross has rebuilt entire communities from scratch, and rebuilt them stronger. Faced with many challenges and difficult decisions, the British Red Cross has left communities better able to cope with future disasters that may hit.

Recovering a Future

About Us « PlayPumps International

T he mission of PlayPumps International – U.S. (PPI) is to help improve the lives of children and their families by providing easy access to clean drinking water, enhancing public health, and offering play equipment to millions across Africa.PPI was created to fund new innovations for improving access to safe water in rural communities in Africa. Since its creation, the powerful appeal of the “play and pump” idea, together with compelling images of children at play on our equipment, has contributed greatly to increased awareness of the water crisis. There are now many new organizations working to solve that crisis, and many new technologies that have been introduced to bring clean water to communities.

 

About Us « PlayPumps International

10x10 / 100 Words and pictures

 Process.Every hour, 10x10 scans the RSS feeds of several leading international news sources, and performs an elaborate process of weighted linguistic analysis on the text contained in their top news stories. After this process, conclusions are automatically drawn about the hour's most important words. The top 100 words are chosen, along with 100 corresponding images, culled from the source news stories. At the end of each day, month, and year, 10x10 looks back through its archives to conclude the top 100 words for the given time period. In this way, a constantly evolving record of our world is formed, based on prominent world events, without any human input.

10x10 / 100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time / by Jonathan J. Harris

cooltoolsforschools - home

 

wiki gathers together a huge range of tools that geographers should embrace.

cooltoolsforschools - home

Impossible hamster club

100 Ways to Save the Environment

 

100 Ways to Save the Environment

WorldWaterWorks

The Water Survival Box is a rigid, reinforced 54 litre plastic container that becomes a receptacle for water when emptied of survival items, it includes a filtration pack including chlorine tablets – enough for family of 4 for some 4 months, plus essential survival items, as well as a basic shelter – via tarpaulin sheet.It is a fully paid for product full of new items and does not need filling by external organisations. The new items will be tailored to suit the disaster locations. The cost of a survival box Box is £150.
Purchases can be made online and we would appreciate your support.
WorldWaterWorks is managed by the Rotary Club of Chelwood Bridge.

WorldWaterWorks

Getting Ready for APP In History and Geography

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

Getting Ready for APP In History and Geography

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Climate 4 Classrooms

Free t eaching resources on climate change for students aged 11+ years. The latest climate science and predictions from climate experts. Special focus on national futures in China, Indonesia, Mexico and the UK.

Climate 4 Classrooms

Frozen Britain

 

BBC NEWS |  Special Reports | Frozen Britain

BBC News - Frozen Britain seen from above

 

BBC  News - Frozen Britain seen from above

Defra, UK - Food and Farming - Food - Strategy

Food 2030, the Government’s new food strategy, is the first of its kind in over 50 years.  In it we set out our vision of what we want the food system to look like in 2030, and how we can get there.

 

January 2010: Hilary Benn launches Food 2030. Government has published a number of documents:

• Food 2030 strategy (PDF 2.9 MB)
• Food 2030 summary (PDF 1.9 MB)
• Indicators for a sustainable food system
• The 2007/08 agriculture price spikes
• UK Cross-Government Food Research and Innovation Strategy

Defra, UK - Food and Farming - Food - Strategy