Fair trade

It is Fair Trade Fortnight 26 February - 11 March 2007. The theme is "Change Today, Choose Fairtrade". There are 2500 Fairtrade certified products are now available.

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Year 8 Who wants to be a millionaire

If you click on the image you can download a blank copy of the millionaire powerpoint to use with the information you have collected.

People and the Planet WEBSITE

This site isa global review and internet gateway into issues of population, poverty, health, consumption and the environment. It is published by Planet 21.
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Millenium development Goals

This is an excellent SITE that illustrates the 8 Millenium Development Goals with superb images.

click here

INTERMEDIATE TECHNOLOGY

This is the site for the Intermediate Technology
Development Group. It contains excellent examples of
sustainable AID projects.

Disposable Planet

This is another BBC news special report. It contains information on POPULATION FOOD ENERGY CITIES WASTE and TOURISM.
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REVISION YEAR 11

The concept maps i have given you can be downloaded here.
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GCSE Revsion

MP3 files have been created on a number of GCSE topics.
To download click here

Food and Agriculture DATA

This is an excellent site for data on world food issues.
In particular CALORIE CONSUMPTION spreadsheets have a wealth of information.

Brussels rent a Bike scheme

Brussels February 2007

The city of Brussels have developed an innovative bicycle rental scheme. ( www.cyclocity.be )

You put a deposit of 150 Euros on a credit card at the information terminals, this provides you with a membership card. The bike then costs 1.50 Euro for a week or any part of week. A user then pays 0.50 Euro for the first half hour then its 1 Euro for each hour after that. All charges are made to the cerdit card. There are a number of "bike stations" around the city and bikes can be taken and returned to any station. The scheme was introduced in December 2006. The website does provide maps and photographs but be warned it is in French and Flemish.

INCONVENIENT TRUTH

I have bought a copy of this film and will show year 13 and 11 before their exams. EVERYONE should see this film, it is alarming and shocking. A PDF booklet is available for DOWNLOAD here. The download supports the film and contains copies of the graphs used in the film.

Satellite images from NASA

This site from NASA has a superb collection of satellite images under the heading Image of the day. Below the images is a table of numbers whuich are the back issues of images of the day.You can also SUBSCRIBE to the site so that you receive a FREE email from the earth observatory that provides details of updates to the site but also provides links to a number of images each week.

Plate Tectonics

This is an Interactive MAP and SATELLITE image site that examines different types of Plate margins.

Map GAME

This is the OXFAM site Holey Moley. Good fun.

Teaching Resources

Georesources contribution section Excellent SITE

GCSE Coursework

LINK to Barton on sea information

KOBE Earthquake

Click on the banner for a ready made Case study.

Hengistbury Head information

Excellent SITE with background information on Hengistbury Head

Almanac

This has a range of useful Geographical facts and general knowledge

Country Flags and map

This is good site for MAPS and FLAGS