Global Risks Landscape 2011
July 29th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Friday File
The Global Risks Landscape 2011 sets out all the risks the authors see in the world on a matrix which positions the various risks by their perceived impact on the global economy and by the perceived likelihood of their happening. It’s part of the Executive Summary of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks 2011.
It made it to this Friday File because it h...
July 22nd, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Friday File
Whether or not you’re heading for a national park this weekend, Ian Shive’s online presentation of national park photos is worth a viewing. The Na...
July 15th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Friday File
The World Land Trust has free e-cards on its website that don’t even require registration to use. You can send them to up to 25 people for free.
The...
July 8th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Friday File
Several NGO’s, including Greenpeace and Sierra Club, have a website about the Alberta tar sands that features a map of the tar sands that can be placed ...
Tags: Greenpeace, map, Sierra Club, tar sands
July 1st, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Friday File
If you like looking at photos of mammals (and who doesn’t?!), check out the American Society of Mammalogists Image Library.
The Society has photographs of most of the mammals from 27 cat...
Native Plant Encyclopedia
June 24th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Friday File
Plants that are native to your region tend to be more pest and weather resistant than imported plants. As well, they will attract your local wildlife and beneficial insects. But what plants are native to your region? The Canadian Wildlife Federation ha...
Hidden Chainsaw Barbies
June 17th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Friday File
If you’re going to be in the UK in the next month or so, there’s an unusual activity that you can do. Greenpeace has had a campaign urging Mattel to stop using rainforest trees in Barbie’s packaging. So now Greenpeace has hidden hundreds of ...
Tags: Greenpeace, Mattel
Hello Online
June 10th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Friday File
Hello Online introduces children who are typical of the children helped by humanitarian organizations. Hosted by the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), Hello Online lets you virtually learn the story of 14 children.
Included among the children are Jonathan who lives ...
Tags: chldren
Marine Photo Gallery
June 3rd, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Friday File
photo: Kaua`i Monk Seal Watch Program
If a picture’s worth a thousand words, then the Marine Conservation Biology Institute is using many thousands of words to tell about the important life that is in our oceans. They have a photo gallery on their website th...
How to Become a Birder
May 27th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Friday File
The Nature Conservancy has some useful tips on how to become a birder, which can also be transferred to how to become a wildlife watcher.
It all starts with getting a pair of binoculars. When birdwatching, a little brown bird flying into a tree can become a litt...
Texas Parks and Wildlife
May 20th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Friday File
Texas Parks and Wildlife has a kids section that is both creative and fun. Among my favorite parts is the Dinosaurs page in the Wild Things section. Also, the Animal Olympics is where I learned that mountain lions can broad jump 30 feet in a single boun...
Tags: dinosaur, Fun, parks, wildflowers
Adopting An Acre of Rainforest
May 13th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Friday File
Rainforest Concern was established in 1993 to protect threatened natural habitats, the biodiversity they contain and the indigenous people who still depend on them for their survival. They protect and manage forest corridors, provide programs of alter...
Tags: animation, rainforest
Hardwood Forest Foundation
May 6th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Friday File
The Hardwood Forest Foundation is involved in educational programs and activities in both Canada and the United States. Through 20,000 videos and over 300,000 books they reach teachers and students and tell them about sustainability and smart forest ma...
Tags: forest, game, management, sustainability, video
Zoo Webcams
April 29th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Friday File
Some zoos have webcams of their animals so people can visit the zoo virtually. Washington DC’s National Zoo may have the largest collection of webcams, since their website features 19 webcams. With that many, it’s likely that at least a few will actually have their...
Water Awareness Month
April 15th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Friday File
April is Arizona’s Water Awareness Month, and the Arizona Department of Water Resources is celebrating with a whole month of water conservation ideas. They are presented on their website in the form of a rather creatively presented calendar.
Among ...
Tags: Arizona, Conservation, water
