Yr12 - Internal Assessment help. Fracking in NZ

Internal assessment as91245 write up guidance from lavenderbongo

NZ ranks in the top ten of countries!

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11300036&ref=NZH_FBpage

Article in NZ Herald describes how the latest Human Development report puts us a number 7!!

However this image still indicates that life in NZ isn't always fair!

Yr12 - Fracking Info

Below are some useful articles and websites on Fracking.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11267578

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/fracking-continue-but-rules-could-tightened-5240107

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10868333

http://www.pce.parliament.nz/publications/all-publications/evaluating-the-environmental-impacts-of-fracking-in-new-zealand-an-interim-report/

http://www.greens.org.nz/fracking

http://www.eco.org.nz/key-issues/mining/fracking.html

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/8314636/Minister-boasts-of-fracking-ban

Yr12 - Where does our Oil and Gas come from?

A great map of countries and their main exports.

Yr12 - Climate Change and Global Warming

Great article on just how much our climate is changing.








All the areas that appear to be a dark blue have far more water in the atmosphere than normal. This is caused by the area being warmer than normal.

The article below explains this in more detail.

Link to article from climate news

Geography in the News.

Some very "interesting" things have happened in the world over the last few weeks and all are relevant or have links to geography.

The map below from CNN gives you an idea why the current events in the Ukraine and Russia are so complex.



Link to CNN article

Yr12 - Fossil Fuels and Global Warming

Fossil fuels and global warming from lavenderbongo

The above slideshow is from the last lesson and has some useful links in it to videos explaining Global Warming in more detail.

 

New Zealand graded as a "Good" Country

 I always thought New Zealand was a great place to live and here apparently is the proof!

An article in a British newspaper has ranked all the countries in the world according to various factors which can be used to judge whether a country is a "good" place to live or not.

We currently come in at number 5 in the world!

Do you agree with this surveys findings?

Original article here

:) Have a good holiday

Just how do 32 teams from 32 different countries communicate during the world cup?

Here is a link to an interesting article explaining how they do.

Communication during the world cup


 

Here is also a great article by Oxfam looking at inequality between the development of different countries in the world cup.

Oxfam World Cup Inequality