CURRENT+EVENTS

Reputable news sites for students to utilize for case studies, current events etc.
 * **Al Jazeera **
 * **Daily Star** Bangladesh's leading newspaper
 * **Down to Earth** An excellent source for environmental news from India and the world
 * **Economist (Daily Chart) **
 * **Foreign Policy **
 * **Huffington Post **
 * **Global Policy Jounral** Recommended in the //Global Interactions // by Paul Guinness.
 * **Guardian **This respectable newspaper has a very useful portal on "development" articles.
 * Indian Environmental Portal. News relating to a broad swath of environmental issues in India, courtesy of CSE.
 * **Mongabay.** A great portal for environmental news, especially related to biodiversity conservation.
 * **New Scientist **
 * **Newsweek **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">New York Times **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Outlook India **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Scientific American **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|The Hindu] **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Time International **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Time magazine blog **(Global spin)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**World Affairs Journal.** Recommended in the //Global Interactions// by Paul Guinness.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">CLIMATE CHANGE/GLOBAL WARMING **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Le Page, Michael. "Climate Change: What We Do – and Don't – Know - New Scientist." New Scientist. Web. 06 Nov. 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Pathaka, Janak. "Measuring glacial change in the Himalayas." UNEP Environmental Alert Services. September 2012. Web. 20 November 2012.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">CONSERVATION, BIODIVERSITY & WILDLIFE **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Al Jazeera. "Last of the Tigers." Web (Video). 23 November 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Alexander, Caroline. "A Cry for the Tigers" National Geographic Magazine. December 2011. Print & Web. 23 November 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Cuz, Camilla. "Amphibians Facing 'terrifying' rate of extinction." The Guardian. 16 November 2011. Web. 23 November 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Lenin, Janiki. "Conservation Hypocrisy: Again, They Come for the Forest Dwellers." First Post. 30 Oct. 2011. Web. 11 Nov. 2011.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">EDUCATION **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Tobin, Lucy. "What do universities think of the IB." //The Independent//. 23 November 2011. Web. 23 November 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Zakaria, Fareed. "When Will We Learn?" //TIME//. 14 Nov. 2011. Web. 07 Nov. 2011.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">ENERGY RESOURCES & CHOICES **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Bielloa, David. "Garbage in Energy Out: Turning Trash into Biofuel." Scientific American. August 2011. Web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Miller, Peter. "It starts at home." //National Geographic//. March 2009. Print & Web. an excellent look at the energy situation from the perspective of experiments with personal change. I used this as an in-class read and discussion article.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Powell, Eric. A. "Building the Green Collar Economy." //Discover//. September 2011. 54-61. Web & Print.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">ENVIRONMENT **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">CNN Environment Going Green.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">FOOD RESOURCES **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Ahmed, Nafeez. "Peak Soil: Industrial Civilisation Is on the Verge of Eating Itself." //The Guardian//. 07 July 0007. Web. 09 June 2013.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Bourne, Joel K. “Green Dreams.” //National Geographi//c. October 2007. 38-59. Print & [|Web]. & PDF.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Ehrlich, Paul and Ann Ehrlich. "Food Threat to Human Civilization." //Project Syndicate//. 21 February 2013. Web. 26 February 2013.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Bourne, Joel K. “The End of Plenty.” National Geographic. June 2009. 26-59. Print & Web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Foley, Jonathan A. “Can We Feed the World and Sustain the Planet?” //Scientific American//. November 2011. Print & [|Web]. 17 November 2011. Maps.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Gates Notes. //The Future of Food//. Web based presentation. 8 April 2013.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Relief Web. A useful site for the latest news on relief work and various crises around the world. Includes graphics and maps.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Stix, Gary. " A Question of Sustenance." //Scientific American//. September 2007. Print & Web & PDF. A good article focusing on food production issues and paradoxes.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Vidal, John. "India's Rice Revolution." //The Guardian//. 16 February 2013. Web. 25 March 2013.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Vidal, John. "Land Acquired over past Decade Could Have Produced Food for a Billion People." //The Guardian//. 03 Oct. 2012. [|Web]. 14 Dec. 2012.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Vidal, John. "UN Warns of a Looming Food Crisis in 2013." //The Guardian//. 13 October 2012. Web. 25 March 2013.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">GENDER ISSUES **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Belluck, Pam. "If You Really, Really Wanted a Girl ..." //New York Time//s. 20 Aug. 2011. Web. 15 November 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Gorney, Cynthia. "Brazil's Girl Power." //National Geographic//. September 2011. Print & Web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Hsu, Jeremy. “There Are More Boys Than Girls in China and India.” //Scientific American//. 4 August 2008. Web. 15 November 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Torregrosa, Lusita, “Progress for Women, but a Long Way to Go.” //New York Times//. 1 November 2011. [|Web]. 15 November 2011.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">GLOBALIZATION **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Bardhan, Pranab. "Does Globalization Help or Hurt the World's Poor." //Scientific American//. April 2006. Web. October 2010.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Dehejia, Vivek. “Has Globalization Helped India’s Poor?” //New York Times India Ink//. October 7, 2011. Web. 7 March 2013.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">GIS NEWS **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">ArcNews ESRI's quarterly newsletter.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Coordinates Based in India


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">HEALTH & DISEASE **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Peeples, Lynne. Man vs. Malaria: Chemicals, Conservation And An Ancient Arms Race. //Huffington Pos//t. 16 November 2011. [|Web]. 17 November 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Trivedi, Bijal P. "The Wipeout Gene." //Scientific American//. November 11. Print & Web. 17 November 2011.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">INDIA **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Abdoolcarim, Zoher A. "The ChIndian Century." //Time magazine//. 10 November 2011. Print & Web. 20 November 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Burke, Jason. "Delhi Rape: how India's other half lives." //The Guardian//. 13 September 2013. Web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Firstpost Check this Indian news site out for stories and news about mainstream trends as well as non-so reported ideas.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">"In Search of a Dream: India Special." //The Economist//. 29th September 2012. Print & Web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Schuman, Michael. "The Case for India-Free to Succeed." //Time magazine//.10 November 2011. Print & Web. 20 November 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">"Editorial
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">"Cities: Concrete Jungles" Looking at urban growth in India
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">"[|The Tragedy of the Commons]" An article addressing environmental concerns and waste management issues.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Interactive Map
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Zuliani, Liz. "Comparing India to the World." //Economy Watch//. August 2011. Web. 11 November 2012.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">MIGRATION **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Bennhold, Katherine. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; line-height: 1.5;">"From Afar, Moneymaker and Mother." //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; line-height: 1.5;">The New York Times //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; line-height: 1.5;">. 7 March 2011. Web. 10 Oct. 2013.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Evershed, Nick. "Where are Australia's refugees and skilled migrants coming from?" //The Guardian: DataBlog//. Web. 22 October 2013.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Minder, Raphael and Jim Yardley. "Desperation Fuels Trips of Migrants to Spain <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 1.5;">." //New York Times//. 2 October. 2013. Web. 8 Oct. 2013.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Dai, Tony Gareth Davey and Louise Higgins. "Rural-urban migration in China." //Geography Review//. May 2006.Print.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Fahim, Kareem. "Immigrant maids flee lives of abuse in Kuwait." //New York Times//. 1 August 2010. Web. 23 November 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Minder, Raphael and Jim Yardley. "Desperation Fuels Trips of Migrants to Spain." //New York Times//. 2 October. 2013. Web. 8 Oct. 2013.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Parfit, Michael. "The Millennium Series: Human Migration." //National Geographic Magazine//. October 1998. [|Web] & Print.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Perera, Amantha. "How Sri Lankan Maids Become Victims in Saudi Arabia." //Time magazine//. 16 November 2010. Web.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Tanner, Arno. "Finland's Balancing Act: The Labor Market, Humanitarian Relief, and Immigrant Integration." //Migration Information Source//. Web. 01 Nov. 2011.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">MONSOON **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Turner, Andy and H. Annamalai. " <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Climate Change and the South Asian Monsoon." //Nature Climate Change//. 12 June 2012. Web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Turner, Andy. "The Indian Monsoon in a Changing Climate." //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Royal Meteorological Society //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 1.5;">. 2012. Web.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">POPULATION & DEMOGRAPHY **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Wheelright, Jeff. "Gray Tsunami." //Discover//. September 2012. Print & Web,


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">POVERTY **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Sachs, Jeffrey. “Can Extreme Poverty be eliminated.” //Scientific American//. September 2005. 34-43 Print & Web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Sachs, Jeffrey. “The End of Poverty.” //Time magazine//. 14 March 2005.42-54. Print& Web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Stiglitz, Joseph. "Poverty & Climate Change Have Not Gone Away. //The Guardian//. 7 January 2013. Web. 8 March 2013.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">RELIGION, SCIENCE, SOCIETY & EDUCATION **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Philips, Helen. "Is God good?" //New Scientist//. 1 September 2011. Print & Web. 6 December 2011.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">SOUTH ASIA **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Kaplan, Robert. "Monsoon Excerpt." //New York Times//. 19 November 2010. Web. 20 November 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">"New Humility for the Hegemon." //The Economist//. July 2011. Web. September 2011.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">SRI LANKA **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Kaplan, Robert. "Buddha's Savage Peace." //Atlantic Monthly//. September 2009. Web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Rodrigo, Malika. "Now Sinharaja under road threat". //Sunday Times//. July 2011. Web.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">TRADE, AID & DEBT **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Bek, David and Tony Binns. "Putting ethics on the table: Part 1 Consumption." //Geography Review//. November 2007. Print & Web. (see PDF)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Bek, David and Tony Binns. "Putting ethics on the table: Part 2 Production." //Geography Review//. February 2008. Print & Web. (see PDF)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Chambers, Andrew. "Not so fair trade." //The Guardian//. 19 December 2009. Web. 11 March 2013.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Ghosh, Jayati. "India Will Shed Few Tears over the End of UK Aid." //The Guardian//. 07 June 2013. Web. 06 Mar. 2013.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Trenchard, Tommy "Sierra Leone's Farmers Enjoy Fruit of Market Reforms." //The Guardian//. 02 Dec. 2013. Web. 06 Mar. 2013.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">TOK/Critical Thinking **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Academic Earth. A portal for a plethora of great ideas and thinkers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Seife, Charles. "Proofiness" Inherent in Population Milestones Such as "7 Billionth Person" //Scientific American//. Web. 28 Oct. 2011.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">URBAN ENVIRONMENTS **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Liu, Coco. “China's City of the Future Rises on a Wasteland.” //Scientific American//. September 28, 2011. [|Web] & Print.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">WATER ISSUES **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Dogra, Bharat. "A River Sutra Without Links." //The Hindu//. March 2012. Web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Smith, Jeff. "Growing food demands strains energy, water supplies." April 2012. //National Geographic Online//. Web. Written by one of our OSC parents using India's western state of Gujirat as a case study.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">"Water: Our Thirsty World." //National Geographic//. April 2010. Print & Web.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">WILDLIFE/HUMAN CONFLICT + CONSERVATION & BIODIVERSITY **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Al Jazeera. "Last of the Tigers." Web (Video). 23 November 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Alexander, Caroline. "A Cry for the Tigers" //National Geographic//. December 2011. Print & Web. 23 November 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Cuz, Camilla. "Amphibians Facing 'terrifying' rate of extinction." //The Guardian//. 16 November 2011. Web. 23 November 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Fazlulhaq, Nadia. "Beware of the Bite That Lurks at Your Doorstep." //Sunday Times// . 30 Oct. 2011. Web. 31 Oct. 2011. This article highlights a snakebite fatality (apparently a saw scaled viper) that happened in our neighborhood
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Lenin, Janiki. "Conservation Hypocrisy: Again, They Come for the Forest Dwellers."//First Post//. 30 Oct. 2011. Web. 11 Nov. 2011.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">WORLD POPULATION & ENVIRONMENT ISSUES **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">"7 Billion." //National Geographic//. 31 October 2011. Web Video. 5 November 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">"7 Billion People and Counting: In-Depth Reports." //Scientific American//. Web. 28 Oct. 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Belt, Don. "Bangladesh: The Coming Storm." //National Geographic//. March 2011. 60-85. Print & Web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Cohen, Joel. "Human Population Grows Up." //Scientific American//. September 2005. Print & Web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Gallagher, Mike. "BBC News - Population Control: Is It a Tool of the Rich?" //BBC//. Web. 30 Oct. 2011.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Gorney, Cynthia. "Brazil's Girl Power." //National Geographic//. September 2011. Print & Web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Kolbert, Elizabeth. "Enter the Anthropocene- the age of Man." //National Geographic.// March 2011. 60-85. Print & [|Web.]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Kunzig, Robert. "Population 7 Billion." //National Geographic//. January 2011.Print & Web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Sullivan, Colin. "Cities Will Feel Brunt as Global Population Passes 7 Billion." //Scientific American//. Web. 21 Oct. 2011.