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UN Environment charts path towards a pollution-free planet #UNEnvironment

UN Environment charts path towards a pollution-free planet #UNEnvironment | Curtin Global Challenges Teaching Resources | Scoop.it
The report is launched during the first Conference of Parties for the Minamata Convention which addresses mercury issues and is a major agreement to protect human health and the environment.
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Curtin University embarks upon organising and supporting global challenges - beginning with the UNEP-DHI Eco Challenge 2015.  The links connected here should not be seen as endorsements but rather suggested starting points for critical discussions. http://ecochallengeaustralia.com.au
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UNEP-DHI Eco Challenge Australia | Serious Game for Schools | Water and Sustainability

UNEP-DHI Eco Challenge Australia | Serious Game for Schools | Water and Sustainability | Curtin Global Challenges Teaching Resources | Scoop.it

Curtin University is proud to announce that it is once again the Australian organiser for participation in the UNEP-DHI EcoChallenge.

 

Water is essential for all life as we know it. A simple fact that sometimes feels forgotten as political and commercial interests take priority.

 

UNEP-DHI Eco Challenge Australia provides an exciting and authentic learning experience for students through the online strategic game “Aqua Republica”. Addressing national curriculum priority dimensions of Sustainability and Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia the experience provides many learning opportunities across social studies, science, humanities, health and physical education, english, geography, and more.

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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Project

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The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide a powerful platform to deliver a fully integrated inquiry and problem-based learning program.  This website is designed to support / supplement not only a program of this nature but also the Global Goals Challenge and the UNESCO Global Education First Initiatives.
As well as an extensive collection of resources that relate to the UN Sustainable Development Goals there is also a Digital Passport Challenge which is designed to encourage students to explore the 17 Sustainable Development Goals  using a range of technology tools.
As students complete the Challenges they can be awarded digital badges that showcase their learning.
This is a long-term project that will not only teach students about key topics that impact every human being on the planet, but will also help them develop important Transversal Competencies like critical and creative thinking, persistence, and inquiry and problem solving. 
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Developed in Western Australia by Leonie Mcllvenny. It has a badging (evidence of learning) system associated with it and has been used in Spain and Costa Rica.
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Developed in Western Australia by Leonie Mcllvenny.  It has a badging (evidence of learning) system associated with it and has been used in Spain and Costa Rica.
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Developed in Western Australia by Leonie Mcllvenny. It has a badging (evidence of learning) system associated with it and has been used in Spain and Costa Rica.
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iEARN Collaboration Centre - Hello World Learning Circles

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New Information for Hello World Learning Circles beginning in April:

The Hello World: Learning Circles are for teachers and students who are new to iEARN or who have never participated in a Learning Circle.  This 5-week experience will introduce teachers and students to the basics of Learning Circles including Teacher Introductions, Class Surveys, and the Exchange of Information.  If you have never participated in an online collaborative learning experience before and you would like to know what it is like, this is the place to begin your experience.

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iEARN is a well established global network with 30+ years experience supporting students and teachers in 30000 schools across 140 countries. iEARN Australia is a member of the Learning Futures Network.

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iEARN is a well established global network with 30+ years experience supporting students and teachers in 30000 schools across 140 countries.  iEARN Australia is a member of the Learning Futures Network.  
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iEARN is a well established global network with 30+ years experience supporting students and teachers in 30000 schools across 140 countries. iEARN Australia is a member of the Learning Futures Network.
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iEARN is a well established global network with 30+ years experience supporting students and teachers in 30000 schools across 140 countries. iEARN Australia is a member of the Learning Futures Network.
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We can help save the Murray-Darling, Indigenous nations say | Australia news | The Guardian

We can help save the Murray-Darling, Indigenous nations say | Australia news | The Guardian | Curtin Global Challenges Teaching Resources | Scoop.it

Recognising Aboriginal legal rights to access and manage water is the key to addressing the “unfolding ecological and cultural disaster on the Murray-Darling”, Indigenous nations of the river system say.

“With our rivers facing ecological collapse and our communities on the brink of survival, there is no other option left,” the Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN) chair, Rene Woods, said.

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Recognising Aboriginal legal rights to access and manage water is the key to addressing the “unfolding ecological and cultural disaster on the Murray-Darling”, Indigenous nations of the river system say.

“With our rivers facing ecological collapse and our communities on the brink of survival, there is no other option left,” the Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN) chair, Rene Woods, said.

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The Darling River is simply not supposed to dry out, even in drought

The Darling River is simply not supposed to dry out, even in drought | Curtin Global Challenges Teaching Resources | Scoop.it

The deaths of millions of fish in the lower Darling River system over the past few weeks should come as no surprise. Quite apart from specific warnings given to the NSW government by their own specialists in 2013, scientists have been warning of devastation since the 1990s.

Put simply, ecological evidence shows the Barwon-Darling River is not meant to dry out to disconnected pools – even during drought conditions. Water diversions have disrupted the natural balance of wetlands that support massive ecosystem.

Unless we allow flows to resume, we’re in danger of seeing one of the worst environmental catastrophes in Australia

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Put simply, ecological evidence shows the Barwon-Darling River is not meant to dry out to disconnected pools – even during drought conditions. Water diversions have disrupted the natural balance of wetlands that support massive ecosystem.

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The IPCC Report is a Wake Up Call for Scholars, Advocates, and Philanthropists

More than 170 countries pledged as part of the 2015 United Nations climate treaty to keep global temperature rise this century to lower than 2 degrees C above pre-industrial levels and to strive to remain below 1.5C.
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More than 170 countries pledged as part of the 2015 United Nations climate treaty to keep global temperature rise this century to lower than 2 degrees C above pre-industrial levels and to strive to remain below 1.5C.

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Satellites could hold key to stopping water theft in Murray-Darling Basin - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Satellites could hold key to stopping water theft in Murray-Darling Basin - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) | Curtin Global Challenges Teaching Resources | Scoop.it
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Adorable kids' protest starts sustainability snowball at Perth's Winthrop IGA

Adorable kids' protest starts sustainability snowball at Perth's Winthrop IGA | Curtin Global Challenges Teaching Resources | Scoop.it
After 40 years in the grocery business, Jack Keeley was a bit surprised to find himself the focus of a children’s protest.
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Young people driving local change for global sustainability.

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QuestaGame

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The real-world mobile game where you compete to save life on earth.
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Whistleblowers at risk - the cost of defending our future

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As the UN moves to recognise the right to a healthy environment, our community is spotting signals of the right to defend it coming under threat. Already in 2018, 66 environmental activists have been killed. In Cambodia, a sentence was upheld against anti sand-dredging campaigners, while in China a man was sentenced to prison after reporting illegal pollution. Elsewhere, a pact binds 24 Latin American countries to protect defenders of the environment. How far will the UN's protection reach?
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As the UN moves to recognise the right to a healthy environment, our community is spotting signals of the right to defend it coming under threat. Already in 2018, 66 environmental activists have been killed. In Cambodia, a sentence was upheld against anti sand-dredging campaigners, while in China a man was sentenced to prison after reporting illegal pollution. Elsewhere, a pact binds 24 Latin American countries to protect defenders of the environment. How far will the UN's protection reach?
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Climate Changed – Erin Biba –

Scientists on the ground in the world’s forests are witnessing big changes as trees adapt (or not) to the world’s new climate

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Scientists on the ground in the world’s forests are witnessing big changes as trees adapt (or not) to the world’s new climate

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Why I ‘Believe’ in Climate Change — and Why it Doesn’t Matter

In total, 536 humans have been in space. Ever. They’re the only ones who have seen our spheroid planet from above. And yet most of the seven billion of us alive today would agree that the earth is…

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In total, 536 humans have been in space. Ever. They’re the only ones who have seen our spheroid planet from above.

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Cities Are Short on Housing. That’s Bad News for the Climate.

This is an important fight, because housing policy is about more than just bloated rents. The dearth of affordable homes is also making it harder to guard against air pollution and climate change. Sky-high prices are forcing families to live farther from work in neighborhoods that are heavily polluted or prone to flooding, making it all the more urgent that policymakers find a solution.

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This is an important fight, because housing policy is about more than just bloated rents. The dearth of affordable homes is also making it harder to guard against air pollution and climate change. Sky-high prices are forcing families to live farther from work in neighborhoods that are heavily polluted or prone to flooding, making it all the more urgent that policymakers find a solution.

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Flexible, seaweed-like generator for harvesting wave energy

Flexible, seaweed-like generator for harvesting wave energy | Curtin Global Challenges Teaching Resources | Scoop.it
Researchers developed flexible power generators that efficiently convert surface and underwater waves into electricity to power marine-based devices.
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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals

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Smithsonian Science for Global Goals project has new freely available community research guides developed by the Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC) in partnership with the InterAcademy Partnership. These Smithsonian Science for Global Goals community research guides use the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework to focus on sustainable actions that are student-defined and implemented.
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The Smithsonian is a globally recognised and trusted institution - these resources have been carefully collected to assist teachers, learners and researchers.

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The Smithsonian is a globally recognised and trusted institution - these resources have been carefully collected to assist teachers, learners and researchers.
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The Smithsonian is a globally recognised and trusted institution - these resources have been carefully collected to assist teachers, learners and researchers.
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Memo to the environment minister: a river does need all its water

Memo to the environment minister: a river does need all its water | Curtin Global Challenges Teaching Resources | Scoop.it
Given her new role as federal environment minister, one of Sussan Ley’s comments in an interview with Nine Newspapers was eyebrow-raising, to put it mildly. She said:

Sometimes the environment doesn’t need all its water but farmers desperately do need water.
This is inaccurate and concerning, but not all that surprising, given the attitude to water and rivers of some in the community and federal government.
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Given her new role as federal environment minister, one of Sussan Ley’s comments in an interview with Nine Newspapers was eyebrow-raising, to put it mildly. She said:



Sometimes the environment doesn’t need all its water but farmers desperately do need water.



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– Working to deliver clean drinking water to under developed countries around the globe | SafeWater is a trans-disciplinary research centre working to deliver clean drinking water in underdeveloped...

– Working to deliver clean drinking water to under developed countries around the globe | SafeWater is a trans-disciplinary research centre working to deliver clean drinking water in underdeveloped... | Curtin Global Challenges Teaching Resources | Scoop.it
Access to clean drinking water is a basic human right. Our aim is to make sure everyone can.
SAFEWATER is a transdisciplinary research centre working to deliver clean drinking water in underdeveloped areas around the world
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Access to clean drinking water is a basic human right. Our aim is to make sure everyone can.
SAFEWATER is a transdisciplinary research centre working to deliver clean drinking water in underdeveloped areas around the world

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SPARK architects' 3D-printed big arse toilet converts human waste into electricity

SPARK architects' 3D-printed big arse toilet converts human waste into electricity | Curtin Global Challenges Teaching Resources | Scoop.it

singapore-based SPARK architects has recently developed a concept dubbed the big arse toilet which converts human waste into electricity. designed for use in india, the 13-square-meter project aims to combat open defecation and the associated issues of hygiene and sanitation in remote villages. the transportable 3D-printed toilet module has been created in support of world toilet day and comes with a slogan that states ‘spark gives a sh*t’.

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singapore-based SPARK architects has recently developed a concept dubbed the big arse toilet which converts human waste into electricity. designed for use in india, the 13-square-meter project aims to combat open defecation and the associated issues of hygiene and sanitation in remote villages. the transportable 3D-printed toilet module has been created in support of world toilet day and comes with a slogan that states ‘spark gives a sh*t’.
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The latest Xprize winner harvests drinking water from the air

The latest Xprize winner harvests drinking water from the air | Curtin Global Challenges Teaching Resources | Scoop.it

Judges have chosen the winner of the Water Abundance Xprize, and it might just be vital to solving some of the world's most difficult shortages. The Skysource/Skywater Alliance has earned $1.5 million for WEDEW (Wood to Energy Deployed Water), a system that converts air into drinking water using natural resources for power. The heart of the technology imitates clouds by cooling warm air and collecting the condensation in a tank. A biomass gassifier, meanwhile, vaporizes wood and other organic material to generate the necessary power for the system.

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Judges have chosen the winner of the Water Abundance Xprize, and it might just be vital to solving some of the world's most difficult shortages. The Skysource/Skywater Alliance has earned $1.5 million for WEDEW (Wood to Energy Deployed Water), a system that converts air into drinking water using natural resources for power. The heart of the technology imitates clouds by cooling warm air and collecting the condensation in a tank. A biomass gassifier, meanwhile, vaporizes wood and other organic material to generate the necessary power for the system.

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We must strengthen, not weaken, environmental protections during drought – or face irreversible loss

Australian rural communities face hardships during extended drought, and it is generally appropriate that governments then provide special support for affected landholders and communities.

However, some politicians and commentators have recently claimed that such circumstances should be addressed by circumventing environmental laws or management – by, for example, reallocating environmental water to grow fodder or opening up conservation reserves for livestock grazing.

But subverting or weakening existing protective conservation management practices and policies will exacerbate the impacts of drought on natural environments and biodiversity.

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Australian rural communities face hardships during extended drought, and it is generally appropriate that governments then provide special support for affected landholders and communities. However, some politicians and commentators have recently claimed that such circumstances should be addressed by circumventing environmental laws or management – by, for example, reallocating environmental water to grow fodder or opening up conservation reserves for livestock grazing. But subverting or weakening existing protective conservation management practices and policies will exacerbate the impacts of drought on natural environments and biodiversity.
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Protect rural towns from bottled water giants

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Right now in the state of Victoria a state election is just two months away. Even if Asahi does stop bottling Stanley's water, there is nothing stopping the company from hopping across to the next valley and sending its trucks there
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Right now in the state of Victoria a state election is just two months away. Even if Asahi does stop bottling Stanley's water, there is nothing stopping the company from hopping across to the next valley and sending its trucks there
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What if clean energy was as easy as pressing ‘print’? | Crosscut

What if clean energy was as easy as pressing ‘print’? | Crosscut | Curtin Global Challenges Teaching Resources | Scoop.it
Imagine if you could turn almost any surface into a solar panel: office windows could power the buildings that house them. Your backpack could charge the devices inside while you walk down the street. In a disaster, the tent walls of emergency shelters could generate enough energy to improve conditions for the people inside.

What if solar power was so cheap and efficient that even cloudy places like the Pacific Northwest could rely on it? Scientists at the Clean Energy Institute at the University of Washington are making this future a reality by developing light, thin, cheap, flexible solar panels you can print like newspaper.
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Imagine if you could turn almost any surface into a solar panel: office windows could power the buildings that house them. Your backpack could charge the devices inside while you walk down the street. In a disaster, the tent walls of emergency shelters could generate enough energy to improve conditions for the people inside.

What if solar power was so cheap and efficient that even cloudy places like the Pacific Northwest could rely on it? Scientists at the Clean Energy Institute at the University of Washington are making this future a reality by developing light, thin, cheap, flexible solar panels you can print like newspaper.

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Context-Based Water Targets: Why should business care?

For decades scientists have been warning that human impacts are pushing life on our planet beyond its capacity and into a new era in our planets history: the Anthropocene. An era where humans are the primary drivers of planetary change rather than natural forces. Collective human demands on the earth’s regenerative capacity is predicted to continuing growing steadily, assuming current population and income trends remain constant, and exceed such capacity by 75% by 2020. Year-on-year, more areas are impacted by water scarcity and extreme events, like droughts and floods, are becoming more regular and more destructive.

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For decades scientists have been warning that human impacts are pushing life on our planet beyond its capacity and into a new era in our planets history: the Anthropocene. An era where humans are the primary drivers of planetary change rather than natural forces. Collective human demands on the earth’s regenerative capacity is predicted to continuing growing steadily, assuming current population and income trends remain constant, and exceed such capacity by 75% by 2020. Year-on-year, more areas are impacted by water scarcity and extreme events, like droughts and floods, are becoming more regular and more destructive.

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Our commitment to the environment - inditex.com

Our commitment to the environment - inditex.com | Curtin Global Challenges Teaching Resources | Scoop.it
Environmental responsibility is fundamental to how we do business. We follow strict standards and policies, and take special measures in water, energy, biodiversity and resource management.
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Better Technology Isn’t The Solution To Ecological Collapse

We cannot innovate our way out of planetary disaster. We need to ditch our addiction to GDP growth
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We cannot innovate our way out of planetary disaster. We need to ditch our addiction to GDP growth

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The Future Of Food & Climate Change: Sustainability & Technology To The Rescue

As the world’s population rises and the climate worsens, the future of food security is at risk — but can tech save the day?

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As the world’s population rises and the climate worsens, the future of food security is at risk — but can tech save the day?

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