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January 2008 : Resources for the Future


Demonstrator poses in front of globe to protest against deforestation outside the climate change conference in Bali. REUTERS\Stringer

This month Earthscape welcomes new contributor Resources for the Future, an environmental policy think tank that analyzes environmental, energy, and natural resource topics and works to improve public policy through new social science research methods.

From the Earthscape Archives

Developing an Agenda to Guide Forest Social Science, Economics, and Utilization Research

The Human Dimension of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas: Recent Social Science Research and Its Policy Implications

People Matters: The Nature Conservancy's Use of Social Science Tools to Understand and Work Within the Human Context of Conservation


Webcast

DonigerOnPoint from E&ETV interviews
NRDC's Doniger details heated Bali talks.

Educational Resources

Climate Treaty Deal Seems Close, but Is Elusive
New York Times summary of UN Climate Conference in Bali

Facing the Future
Facing the Future delivers curriculum and workshops to middle and high school teachers aimed at developing student understanding of global issues and sustainability in a way that shows the connections between population, environment, consumption, poverty and conflict.  They offer a wealth of free downloadable curricula.

It's Getting Hot in Here:  Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement
Penned by student and youth leaders of the global movement to stop global warming, the blog was originally created by youth leaders reporting from the International Climate Negotiations in Montreal.  It has grown into a global online community, with over 100 writers from countries around the world.

iLoveMountains.org
Local, state, and regional organizations across Appalachia are working together to end mountaintop removal. Try out the interactive feature where you enter your zip code to see if your local energy provider uses coal from mountaintop removal mines.

Also worth exploring is their National Memorial for the Mountains that uses Google Earth technology to visualize the extent of mountain top removal sites.

January 2008 Additions to Earthscape:

Papers: Policy

International Institute for Sustainable Development

National Council for Science and the Environment

Resources for the Future

Papers: Research

Resources for the Future

Papers: Teaching

Resources for the Future