Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j5E1rhG12812; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:53:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:53:43 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <25DB9D2C.680EDDA6.0A349A3F@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: AWilder106@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10932] Re: Globalization materials X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Status: O Content-Length: 861 Lines: 11 Elsa et al. A must is "Collapse," by Jared Diamond, then there is "The Golden Spruce," by John Vaillant. Also, the Millenium Report. If I were you, I would map out with students the world's natural resources--try trees and forests, for example, fisheries. You probably also need materials on energy and oil usage. One estimate I heard of says 10 more years at the level we are at now, then decline in oil resources. Nobody but me seems to pay attention to this stuff.You should also pay attention to growing drought and increases in population. I haven't read Tom Friedman's latest book, on China and India, but I will. There seems to be a major disconnect between reports of increased longevity because of medical advances, reports of declining oil, reports of environmental degredation. I think the Diamond book is particularly important. Andrea
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