ED NEWS: Sep, 2010

  • Take Action

    • Outlook for Someday
      Young people under the age of 25 are invited to make a short film, of any length up to 5 minutes, on the topic – ‘Sustainability is...’
    • International Day of Peace
      The International Day of Peace (Peace Day) provides an opportunity for individuals, families, classes and communities to create practical acts of peace on a shared date.
    • 350.org’s 10/10/10 global climate working bee
      On October 20, 2010, thousands of groups across Aotearoa New Zealand, and in over 180 countries around the world, will join together and get to work on climate change.
    • Diversity and Adversity: Insights into Nepal
      A unique opportunity to visit the real Nepal. A chance to meet with Nepalese organisations and communities and find out how they are tackling poverty and injustice.

  • Books & Resources at Global Focus Aotearoa

    • The Quake
      In The Quake the reporter Martin Smith seeks to make the crucial links between humans and natural disasters to identify what caused the Haitian people to be so vulnerable when the earthquake hit.
    • From dust: The untold story of life after the tsunami
      This film provides an expose of a government's response to a natural disaster.
    • Disasters and Development
      This new addition to our library is a must read for educators focusing on disasters in geography, history and social studies.
    • Natural disasters: Earth's processes & geological hazards
      The book has been written with a view to create awareness among students and other readers about various kinds of hazards and disasters.
    • The Black Jacobins
      The Black Jacobins is one of those books that really captures a historical moment. CLR James looks at the beginnings of independence in Haiti, the conditions that led to it and the international reaction to it.
    • Sweet crude
      This award wining documentary reveals a situation of crisis in the Niger Delta, largely through the voices of local people in affected communities.
    • Poisoned Wells: The dirty politics of African oil
      Shaxson describes a visit to Nigeria in 2000 noting that it is in this region that he has learnt the most about how oil corrupts.
    • The struggle for sustainable tourism
      This short documentary provides an introduction to sustainable tourism through profiling a community-led ecotourism project in Ecuador.
    • Resistance CD Rom
      This CD Rom has a relevant section titled Trouble in the Delta and includes background information, adaptable activities and an interactive powerpoint.
    • The Age of AIDS
      Looking for an interesting resource on HIV and AIDs which uses the social inquiry approach (3As)? Well, it’s on our shelves here at Global Focus Aotearoa and available for you to take out of our library for free.