MM1U – Resources 2018 – 2019 - Conservation

Definition * Conservation: Efforts and activities to maintain and sustain those attributes in natural and urban environments which are essential both to human physical and mental health and to enjoyment of life. (European Environment Information and Observation Network)

* Conservation – emphasis that the environment and its resources should be used by humans and managed in a responsible manner. To use the land in a ‘sustainable’ manner - that natural resources be used in a manner that will meet the present day needs for the resource without jeopardizing the supply of the resource for future generations. (YouTube - Environmental Conservation and Preservation: Definition, Differences and Advocates )

* Difference between Conservation and Preservation: “Conservation is generally associated with the protection of natural resources, while preservation is associated with the protection of buildings, objects, and landscapes. Put simply conservation seeks the proper use of nature, while preservation seeks protection of nature from use.” Conservation vs Preservation and the National Park Service (National Park Service - read more): https://www.nps.gov/klgo/learn/education/classrooms/conservation-vs-preservation.htm)

* “Conservation versus Preservation?” Compares goals and visions of Gifford Pinchot with those of John Muir. (USDA) https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2016/03/22/conservation-versus-preservation

Resources

Educational Websites

Drawdown: 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming – Solutions http://www.drawdown.org/solutions

EPA – Lesson Plans EPA site with educational resources related to environmental topics; geared to K-12 but might be something you can integrate into a lesson plan. https://www.epa.gov/students/lesson-plans-teacher-guides-and-online- resourceseducators

Global Warming, Global Climate Change: A complete guide to Climate Change http://www.global-climate-change.org.uk/index.php

List of online media resources (Ted Talks, podcasts etc.) https://programs.honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/sites/programs.honolulu.hawaii.edu.intran et/files/sustainability-resources-online.pdf

National Geographic: Conservation https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/conservation/ Society for Conservation Biology – Educational Resources https://conbio.org/professional-development/education-programs/

Sustainability Environment: Links to ‘100+ topics’ about Sustainability http://www.sustainable-environment.org.uk/

Sustainable Scale: Begun in 2005 with seed money - unfinished but still has useful articles and visuals. Defines several key concepts, outlines problems, provides scientific data (some a bit dated) and possible solutions. http://www.sustainablescale.org/Sitemap.aspx

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service – Education Resources https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/people/teachstudent/?cid=stel prdb1144405

USDA Forest Service – Conservation Education https://www.fs.usda.gov/conservationeducation

University of Hawai’i Manoa Campus Resources https://programs.honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet//sites/programs.honolulu.hawaii.edu.intran et/files/sustainability-resources-manoa.pdf

University of Washington – Conservation Classroom Resources http://www.conservationmagazine.org/educators/

World Watch and SOEST Resources https://programs.honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet//sites/programs.honolulu.hawaii.edu.intran et/files/sustainability-resources-worldwatch-soest.pdf

Articles

Collections of articles

Discover – Conservation articles http://discovermagazine.com/tags/?tag=conservation

The Guardian – Conservation https://www.theguardian.com/environment/conservation

Live Science https://www.livescience.com/topics/conservation

National Geographic – Conservation https://www.nationalgeographic.com/search/?q=conservation

National Geographic – Environment http://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/ New York Times – Conservation https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/conservation-of-resources?8qa

Science – Conservation articles http://www.sciencemag.org/topic/conservation

The Scientist https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.list/tagNo/6874/tags/wildlife-conservation/

Sample topics: Mexico Designates Breathtaking Ocean Reserve, North America's Largest Reel Threat: How Recreational Fishing Endangers Freshwater Turtles Making the Case – Again – for Saving Imperiled Species Adorable Clouded Leopard Cub's Birth Signals Conservation Success How NASA's Satellite Data Could Help Protect Chimps

Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/conservation/

Specific articles

“Before reefs become deserts: Keeping coral healthy in Hawaii”, Center for Ocean Solutions, March 1, 2018 https://news.stanford.edu/2018/03/01/reefs-become-deserts-keeping-coral-healthy- hawaii/

“Education for Sustainable Development” Triple Pundit, October 27, 2017 http://www.triplepundit.com/special/pearson‐education/education‐sustainable‐ development/

“Elon Musk Wants to Rebuild Puerto Rico's Power Grid With Solar”, EcoWatch, October 6, 2017 https://www.ecowatch.com/puerto‐rico‐tesla‐2493674522.html

“The great climate silence: we are on the edge of the abyss but we ignore it”, The Guardian, May 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/05/the-great-climate-silence-we- are-on-the-edge-of-the-abyss-but-we-ignore-it?CMP=share_btn_fb

“Great Pacific Garbage Patch is more than twice the size of Texas”, CBS News, March 25, 2018 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/great-pacific-garbage-patch-is-more-than-twice- the-size-of-texas/ar-BBKFUfA?li=BBnbfcL

“New maps show the utterly massive imprint of fishing on the world’s oceans”, The Washington Post, February 22, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/02/22/new-maps- show-the-utterly-massive-imprint-of-fishing-on-the-worlds- oceans/?utm_term=.52e78f0be779&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

“The seven megatrends that could beat global warming: 'There is reason for hope'”, The Guardian, Nov. 8, 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/08/seven- megatrends-that-could-beat-global-warming-climate-change

75 % of Earth's Land Areas Are Degraded, National Geographic, March 26, 2018 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/75percent-of-earths-land-areas-are- degraded/ar-BBKJGM7?li=BBnbcA1

Shark Conservation Efforts Around the Globe, Marine Science Today http://marinesciencetoday.com/2013/08/05/shark-conservation-efforts-around-the-globe/

“Solving the Mysteries of Hiatus in Global Warming” Scripps Institution of Oceanography, August 28, 2013 https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/13251

“10 SSIR Articles on Climate Change Solutions: A collection of our articles highlighting environmental issues and climate change innovation”, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Nov 15, 2017 https://ssir.org/articles/entry/10_ssir_articles_on_climate_change_solutions

“US government report finds steady and persistent global warming”, The Guardian, Dec 6, 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per- cent/2017/dec/06/us-government-report-finds-steady-and-persistent-global-warming

Vast animal-feed crops to satisfy our meat needs are destroying planet, The Guardian, October 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/05/vast-animal-feed-crops-meat- needs-destroying-planet

We only have a 5 percent chance of avoiding ‘dangerous’ global warming, a study finds, The Washington Post, July 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/07/31/we-only- have-a-5-percent-chance-of-avoiding-dangerous-global-warming-a-study- finds/?utm_term=.08eb5c11e803&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

“A Whopping 91% of Plastic Isn't Recycled”, (with accompanying 1 minute video) National Geographic July 19, 2017 https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/07/plastic-produced-recycling-waste-ocean- trash-debris-environment/

Videos BBC Environmental Sustainability Documentary Series (10 minutes videos on economic impact of environment degradation versus conservation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iKYcqKyXic&list=PL9CA891A85978B53D

Climate Lab ‐ University of California, Carbon Neutral Initiative https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/climate‐lab Launched this year ‐ provides 6 very well done, short videos (about 8‐10 minutes) addressing a number of topics: 1. Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change 2. Going Green shouldn't be this hard 3. Why your old phones collect in a junk drawer of sadness. 4. Food waste is the world's dumbest problem. 5. Fight to rethink (and reinvent) nuclear power 6. Scientists aren't really the best champions of climate science

Global Weirding: Dr. Katherine Hayhoe, Director of the Climate Science Center Texas Tech University has created a series of short information clips called ‘Global Weirding’, produced by PBS Digital Studies. These are 5‐7 minute clips addressing misconceptions, myths and realities of climate change science. They are a perfect length to easily integrate into your classes. I have watched a handful and they are very engaging and clearly pitched for a general, non‐scientific, audience. Go to: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi6RkdaEqgRVKi3AzidF4ow

List of highly recommended documentaries: https://programs.honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/sites/programs.honolulu.hawaii.edu.intran et/files/sustainability-teaching-resources-environmental-documentaries.pdf

National Geographic: One Strange Rock Episode One: Gasp

Top 20 Documentaries for Environmental Awareness https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMTk07rWd6ipDVlLeQo3m8VLucO0duxH0

Years of Living Dangerously – Season One

All episodes from Season One available on HonCC Library Streaming and on demand or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpB8sbYuefrX6bblUFUM1hQ

 Episode One: Dry Season “Harrison Ford goes to Indonesia to investigate how the world's appetite for palm oil has inadvertently created one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases. Back in the U .S., Don Cheadle meets a climate scientist and Evangelical Christian, with a very different explanation for the Texas drought. And Pulitzer Prize-winner Thomas L. Friedman travels to Syria, examining how climate change can be a stress point in a volatile political situation.”  Episode Two: End of the Woods “Harrison Ford continues his investigation into the global effects of the palm oil industry, exploring the corruption that has deforested the Indonesian landscape and created the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Meanwhile, Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger joins an elite team of wild - land firefighters known as "Hot Shots" as they battle a new breed of forest fires made more deadly by climate change, and discovers another killer wiping out trees at an even faster rate than the fires.”  Episode Three: The Surge “MSNBC's Chris Hayes shadows Staten Island's Republican Congressman and climate change skeptic Michael Grimm in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, questioning what he might have learned about climate change in the process. Conservationist M. Sanjayan travels to the far ends of the earth -- including Christmas Island--to interview some of the world's top climate scientists as they collect key data unlocking the future of our planet's changing climate.”  Episode Four: Ice and Brimstone “Lesley Stahl of '60 Minutes' travels to Greenland to investigate the effects of global warming in the Arctic. Down south, Ian Somerhalder travels to North Carolina to listen in on both sides of the evangelical community's debate over climate change and finds himself caught in the middle of not only a religious debate, but a familial one: the father is a megachurch preacher who doesn't believe in climate change; the daughter is an activist trying to shut down the local coal-fired power plant.”  Episode Five: True Colors “Olivia Munn profiles climate-conscious Governor Jay Inslee of Washington State, discussing the issues he's faced since being elected. Meanwhile, 'New York Times' columnist Mark Bittman probes New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on the topic of man-made climate change during the rebuilding of his state's coastline in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Christie once acknowledged the scientific consensus on climate change, but steadfastly refused to discus s it during the rush to rebuild.”  Episode Six: Winds of Change “America Ferrera profiles prominent skeptic James Taylor of the Heartland Institute as he crusades against clean energy, and investigates the battle over the future of renewable energy in the US. New York Times columnist Mark Bittman returns to conduct a yearlong investigation into natural gas, which has been touted as "America's energy source" and a way towards a cleaner, greener future. But is it true?”  Episode Seven: Revolt, Rebuild, Renew “Jessica Alba meets three members of Climate Corps - an innovative MBA-focused program - as they try to convince America's corporations that sustainability can actually boost their bottom lines. Pulitzer Prizewinner Thomas L. Friedman finds himself in Egypt to explore how what happens in the wheat fields of Kansas plays out on the volatile streets of Cairo. And MSNBC's Chris Hayes reveals an intimate story about life after Superstorm Sandy, with the most economically vulnerable trying to survive the impacts of climate change.”  Episode Eight: A Dangerous Future “Matt Damon investigates the impact of extreme heat on human health and mortality, with a focus on research that has uncovered how rising temperatures are creating a worldwide public health emergency. Michael C. Hall visits Bangladesh to explore the prediction that by 2050, a global migration of upwards of 150 million people will produce the single most daunting burden to our future. And Thomas L. Friedman travels to Yemen to conclude his look into how climate stress can push volatile political situations over the edge.”  Episode 9: Moving a Mountain  In the season finale, Michael C. Hall concludes his journey to Bangladesh where rising seas are expected to submerge 17% of the nation. After traveling to Christmas Island in episode three, M. Sanjayan returns to further address and question some of the top climate scientists in their fields as they collect key data unlocking the past and future of our planet's changing climate. His destination: Tupungatito, the northernmost historically active stratovolcano in the southern Andes.

* Years of Living Dangerously – Season Two Some episodes from Season One available on HonCC Library. Some episodes available on YouTube  Episode One: A Race Against Time David Letterman and Cecily Strong travel to Florida, Nevada and India to explore the future of renewable energy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk8izVrznFk  Episode Two. Gathering Storm: Jack Black and Ian Somerhalder investigate the potential repercussions of rising sea levels.  Episode Three. The Uprooted: Tom Friedman investigates the increasing population of climate refugees and Don Cheadle is in California, where drought is having devastating effects.  Episode Four. Fueling the Fire: Arnold Schwarzenegger looks at the military's relationship with a changing climate and Gisele Bündchen is in Brazil to explore deforestation.  Episode Five. Collapse of the Oceans: Joshua Jackson travels to the Philippines and Australia's Great Barrier Reef to investigate the impacts of climate change on our world's oceans.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c283bPrpuOE  Episode Six. Priceless: Nikki Reed explores the campaign to put a price on carbon; Aasif Mandvi investigates the threat climate change poses to endangered species.  Episode Seven. Safe Passage: Ty Burrell explores electric and automated vehicles; Bradley Whitford tackles climate change and politics.  Episode Eight. Uprising: America Ferrera explores the U.S.' dependence on coal plants; Sigourney Weaver examines China's impact on the global environment.

Conservation Organizations . Conservation International https://www.conservation.org/Pages/default.aspx . Galapagos Conservancy: https://www.galapagos.org/conservation/conservation/ . The Living Desert: http://www.livingdesert.org/conservation/ . Nature Conservancy – Global Solutions, Water : https://global.nature.org/our- globalsolutions/water . Nature Conservancy Magazine - focus on water: https://www.nature.org/magazine/index.htm?intc3=nature.water.lp.splash2 . Ocean Conservancy https://oceanconservancy.org/ . State of Hawaii: Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/docare/ . U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service https://www.fws.gov/