Jeffrey Sachs is director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and advisor to the UN Secretary-General on the Sustainable Development Goals. This book is an impassioned diagnosis of the US's economic ills, and an urgent call for Americans to restore the core virtues of fairness, honesty and foresight as the foundations of national prosperity. It has been rated one of the year’s best books by Publisher’s Weekly and the Guardian, and he was called by the NY Times Magazine, "probably the most important economist in the world." See also his The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time. (Both are available on Amazon.)
Categories: Civil Society Climate Change Food and Agriculture Globalization Type: Book Tags Jeffrey Sachs Climate Change
A report that looks at how children, particularly the most vulnerable, are affected and what concrete steps need to be taken to protect them.
Categories: Children Climate Change Type: Website Tags UNICEF A K-12 online network that enables young people to use the Internet to engage in collaborative educational projects designed to affect the quality of life on the planet. Teachers and students enter online forums to join existing Internet-based projects, or work with others internationally to facilitate their own projects. All projects involve an end product or exhibition. These have included magazines, creative writing anthologies, websites, letter-writing campaigns, reports to govt. officials, art exhibits, performances, fundraising, tree planting and more. They also provide project books, and handbooks with suggestions for getting started and conducting a workshop
Categories: Climate Change International Relations Type: Toolkit Website Tags iEarn Why the world’s water resources are at risk and how communities globally are finding innovative ways to quench their thirst and water their crops. Also, by this author Brilliant a welcoming introduction to alternative energy.
Categories: Climate Change Type: Book Tags OCRA Book Publishers A cooperative program of the (202-326-5800) has produced a series of colorful posters with learning materials and activities on the back. Copies are also available in Spanish.
Categories: Climate Change Countries: United States Type: Fact Sheet Toolkit Website Tags USGS The Earth Institute at Columbia University Publishes a guide to educational programs on the environment and sustainable development, an annual report on the state of the planet, and The Economist Magazine
Categories: Climate Change Sustainable Development Goals Type: Website Tags Earth Institute at Columbia University