A Reader Offers More Web Tools
For Teaching About Globalization
A Reader Offers More Web Tools
For Teaching About Globalization
GLOBAL WARMING AND THE OZONE LAYER
Many organizations take a position on global warming. While there seem to be more organizations that endorse the belief that global warming is real, I have included sites representing the opposite position as well.
www.foe.org
A major source of information is Friends of the Earth, which sees
itself as a guardian of the worldwide environment. Its website
has information supporting the notion of global warming and the
depletion of the ozone layer.
www.environet.org
The National Environmental Trust is another good source of information
on global warming and ozone depletion and also includes information
on endangered species.
www.epa.gov
and www.noaa.gov
The websites of two government agencies -- the Environmental Protection
Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
-- are also filled with good material.
www.co2science.org
and www.api.org
On the opposing side, the CO2 Science Magazine website provides
some detail on the costs associated with programs that aim to
limit global warming. The site also offers a variety of links
to other resources. The American Petroleum Institute, which represents
the entire U.S. oil industry, gives that industry's views on global
warming and the depletion of the ozone layer, as well as other
energy-related issues.
www.Heartland.org
and www.globalclimate.org
The Heartland Institute takes a market-based view of environmentalism
and presents a larger variety of positions on global warming than
do traditional environmental groups. Meanwhile, the Global Climate
Coalition coordinates business participation in the international
policy debates on global climate change and global warming and
presents opinions that question the seriousness of the two problems.
www.globalwarming.net
The website of the Global Warming International Center, the international
body disseminating information on global warming science and policy,
provides many useful references.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Many organizations have as their purpose bringing together nations in order to maintain peace or enhance trade, sometimes in a specific area of the world. A number of their websites offer material in a wide variety of languages, a feature that teachers of foreign languages and area studies might find useful.
www.apec.org
The Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperating Forum is an
international organization that promotes open trade and economic
cooperation among nations of the Pacific Rim.
www.europa.eu.int
The European Union is a consortium that operates in many areas
but focuses primarily on economic growth and cooperation among
its member states. Its site can be read in 11 different languages.
www.oas.org
The Organization of American States is a long-established group
whose aim is fostering cooperation between the nations of the
Western Hemisphere. Its website can be read in the four principal
languages of the Americas.
www.oecd.org
and www.un.org
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, an
organization of developed nations, presents information on a vast
array of globally related issues from economics to education.
And of course the United Nations offers a site with a vast number
of references dealing with almost numberless international issues
and programs and is available in six languages. -- William
E. Webster, professor emeritus, California State University,
Bakersfield.
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