Yr11 - The Impacts on People and Places - The Christchurch Earthquake

Below are a couple of videos that I linked to in class today. They show some of the short and long term impacts of the Earthquake.

The growing impact of Global Warming

The great article below describes how global warming is affecting the lives of people living in Alaska. Their beliefs, way of life and traditions are being threatened.



Article in the Atlantic

World on the brink of another great Extinction.

A very depressing article on the current rapid rate of extinction. Human actions are causing more and more animals and plants to disappear forever from our planet.

Apparently there is hope though.

Link to article in Huffington Post.

Could be useful for looking at global patterns or issues.

Yr13 - The Impacts of Tourism

Here are some of the videos we viewed in class last week showing the global impact of Tourism.

This one describes the impact of Tourism in Mallorca, Spain.

This one is from the CNN news channel and talks about the general Global Impact.

More general global impacts of Tourism.