The World Bank has developed a measure for determining whether a community has the access to water it needs to stay healthy. This is explained through text, a map, charts, and student exercises. (
http://www.worldbank.org/depweb/english/modules/environm/water/index.html
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Youthink! considers the relationship between poverty and access to water, and water management issues. The site proposes actions that students can take to help solve this global problem. (
http://youthink.worldbank.org/issues/environment/water/
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Wendy Holmes is leading a farmer's campaign to have water excluded from free trade agreements that Canada has signed. The farmers believe that excluding water from trade agreements will help Canada retain sovereignty over its water resources. (
http://www.farmertofarmer.ca/water_resolution.html
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The most recent UN Human Development report focuses on how climate change will affect people in the poorest nations the most, despite the fact that these vulnerable citizens have contributed much less to the problem than have others. (
http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2007-2008/
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This CBC web page on pandemics describes the ravages of the Spanish flu in Canada in 1918, and provides links to additional resources on the course of the virus in other countries. (
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/nextpandemic/1918.html
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Created by the Harvard – MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, this global disease alert map can present information by country, disease, or most recent alert. (
http://www.healthmap.org/en
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One of the UN World Food Program goals is to halve the number of hungry people by the 21st century. The WFP has created this interactive map to show the geography of hunger. The website describes efforts to combat hunger around the globe. (
http://www.wfp.org/aboutwfp/introduction/hunger_who.asp?section=1&sub_section=1
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This site presents news, statistics, and analysis to evaluate progress towards the UN's eight Millennium Goals. The website's youth corner offers opportunities for youth activism. (
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals
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The David Suzuki Foundation website looks at the science of climate change and outlines actions that individuals can take in everyday life to slow the effects of climate change. (
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Change/What_You_Can_Do/
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This TakingITGlobal page discusses climate change issues, and provides resources for further study, links to related organizations, a blog space, and suggestions on how young people can take action on the environment. (
http://issues.takingitglobal.org/climate?gclid=CI-i0v2XlZUCFQWxsgodiS7Ngg
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The World Trade Organization answers some of the criticism of its behaviour and activities, such as accusations that it compromises national independence or that it acts in favour of wealthy countries. (
http://www.wto.org/english/theWTO_e/whatis_e/10mis_e/10m00_e.htm
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