Tag: rural

Seeds of Suicide PREVIEW-18

Lessons & Worksheets: Seeds of Suicide & The Failures of the Green Revolution

If you’re looking for a good activity that discusses the drawbacks of the Green Revolution, there is a documentary that I’ve used since 2009, though the story is still the same. […]

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INTERACTIVE via ESRI: Farming, Vegetation, & the Rural Landscape

Note: The ESRI Geoinqueries that ESRI produce are amazing, the problem is that you can’t edit their PDFs to remove the pre-written answers for students. Here is a formatted version […]

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VIDEO via Frontline: India-The Missing Girls

Frontline Roughtcut Website In 2006, when my wife and I traveled to India to live and work, the one issue that kept grabbing our attention was northern India’s deep cultural […]

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NEWS via SBS.com: Why geography is Australia’s biggest silent killer

Why geography is Australia’s biggest silent killer Understanding how the characteristics of a particular place impact health is critically important if we are to understand how to improve health and […]

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NEWS via Christian Science Monitor: Why African-Americans are moving back to the South

After decades of moving north, thousands of blacks are returning to their Southern roots for economic and cultural reasons. By Carmen K. Sisson, Correspondent / March 16, 2014 Artist Kia Darceo left Milwaukee […]

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NEWS via Guardian Liberty Voice: China Population Structure Change Demands Economic Reform

China Population Structure Change Demands Economic Reform Added by Tina Zhang on March 15, 2014. On March 13, China’s annual parliament meeting closed. Reforms in financialsector, economic structure, environmental protection, and many other […]

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NEWS via Newsweek: The Geography of Autism

The Geography of Autism By Rob Verger Filed: 3/14/14 at 2:56 PM  | Updated: 3/14/14 at 4:09 PM A new study hints at why autism clusters, but experts caution seeking an easy solutionEnrique De La […]

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NEWS via HeritageDaily: 17th- and 18th-century risk of disease through Migration

17th- and 18th-century risk of disease through Migration HERITAGE March 3, 2014 – No comments The fate of migrants moving to cities in 17th- and 18th-century England demonstrates how a single pathogen could […]

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