Other Global Issues Resources
The following is a list of additional resources on issues related to global sustainability. These may serve as background information for teachers and/or students.
This list is not exhaustive, as new resources are constantly being released. Facing the Future does not endorse any particular views expressed or guarantee the accuracy of the information contained in these sources.
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Affluenza, Bull Frog Films, 1997
The Cost of Cool, The Video Project
Escape from Affluenza, Bull Frog Films, 1998
Jam Packed, The Video Project
World Population, Zero Population Growth, 2000
Adbusters Magazine, Adbusters Media Foundation, bimonthly
Choices, American Agricultural Economics Association, quarterly
E/The Environmental Magazine, Earth Action Network, bimonthly
The Economist, Economist Group, weekly
The Futurist, World Futures Society, bimonthly
Green Teacher, Green Teacher, quarterly
Human Development Report, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), annually
National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Society, monthly
New Internationalist, New Internationalist Publications, monthly
onEarth, National Resources Defense Council, quarterly
Orion, The Orion Society, bimonthly
Population Bulletin, Population Reference Bureau (PRB), quarterly
State of the World, Worldwatch Institute, annually
State of the World’s Children, UNICEF, annually
State of World Population, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), annually
Utne Reader, Ogden Publications, bimonthly
Vital Signs, Worldwatch Institute, annually
World Development Indicators, The World Bank Group, annually
World Population Data Sheet, Population Reference Bureau, quarterly
World Watch, Worldwatch Institute, bimonthly
Yes!, Positive Futures Network, quarterly
TakingITGlobal
Join an online community to connect with thousands of other young people around the world! TakingITGlobal exists in eleven languages and is a place to get informed, inspired, and involved on global issues.
Youth Media Exchange
Connect with this online social network to view blogs, images, music, videos, games, and mashups on major global issues. Submit your own digital media on issues that you care about!
The People Speak
Exchange ideas with young people around the world on issus such as poverty, global health, and climate change. Visit the multimedia section to watch videos, download podcasts, or send in your own videos, podcasts, and multimedia projects.
Map it out on Globalis or Worldmapper
Compare countries around the world by mapping anything from Ecological Footprint to toy exports using these two mapping tools. You decide what to display on the map!
Watch the Gapminder graphs move
Visualize how global statistics are changing through graphs that move with information and time.
Map of the Day
Learn about a historic event for each day of the year and explore where the event took place on an interactive map from National Geographic.
Secret Worlds: the Universe Within (Powers of Ten)
Starting from a view of the Milky Way at 10 million light years from Earth, move through space towards the earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree in Florida. After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons. Is the end like the beginning?
Compare country data on global issues
How do countries around the world measure up on environment, health, population, economy, and technology statistics? Check out this tool.
Calculate your Ecological Footprint
Find out how much of the earth's surface is needed to sustain your lifestyle.
Help Bobby Bigfoot!
He wants to find out how big his footprint is! (for younger students)
How much energy do you use?
Calculate your "carbon diet" by learning how much energy is being used in your home every day.
Try to be green
Play the Great Green Web Game and learn how your consumer choices affect the environment.
Lick global warming
Learn all about how and why the greenhouse effect occurs and what you can do about it.
It's a Jungle Out There!
Hippo Works produces short, funny cartoons about global warming, animals going extinct, and what we can do to help. Go to the games section to create your own cartoon and help educate others!
Graph greenhouse gas emissions
Use the cool Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) to investigate global climate change.
Curb climate change
Find out how much carbon dioxide you use and how to reduce your emissions.
A Numbers Game
Check out this interactive site about population throughout history.
The Miniature Earth
View this web video of "If the World Were a Village of 100."
Take a seat at the Hunger Banquet
Step into a world where access to food and other resources are often scarce, and make choice that whill shape the future!
Global Trends Quiz
Test your knowledge on trends in more and less developed countries by taking this interactive quiz.
Global Issues Trivia
Take a self-correcting online test about the causes and impacts of population, poverty, consumption, and the environment.
Meet the Globally Minded Wombat!
Watch this mini-video on the interconnections of global issues as seen though the eyes of the wombat.
Games for Change
Can a video game help you get a small glimpse of the lives of people in different situations in the world? Experience the choices of a rural family in Haiti or a displaced people in Sudan, and figure out how to deal with issues such as global hunger, fast food, recycling, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
World Clock
Check out how fast the numbers for indicators including population, births, death, military expenditures, barrels of oil pumped, carbon dioxide emissions are rising every year, month, week, or day. You can also restart the clock from "now."
Africa Alive!
Alliance to Save Energy
Amnesty International
Campaign Earth
CARE
Center for a New American Dream
Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT)
The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education
Cool Cities
Co-op America
DATA - Debt AIDS Trade Africa
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres USA
The Earth Charter
Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Energy Quest
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Global Exchange
Global Footprint Network
Global Partnerships
Greenstar
Heifer International
Human Rights Watch
iEARN
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
International Crisis Group
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
Mercy Corps
National Wildlife Federation
People and the Planet
Population Action International
Population Reference Bureau
Redefining Progress
Refugees International
Search for a Common Ground (SFCG)
Sierra Club
TakingITGlobal
Tolerance.org
UNAIDS
UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development
UNESCO Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future
Union of Concerned Scientists
United Nations
United Nations Cyberschoolbus
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United States Census Bureau
United States Department of Energy
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
United States Institute of Peace
US Partnership for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
Water 1st International
WaterPartners International
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
World Bank
WorldChanging
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Resources Institute (WRI)
World Savvy
Worldwatch Institute
World Wildlife Fund
Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic, John De Graaf, et al, Berrett-Koehler, 2001.
The A to Z of World Development Book, Andy Crump and Wayne Ellwood, New Internationalist Publications, 1998.
Beyond the Limits: Confronting Global Collapse, Envisioning a Sustainable Future, Donella Meadows, et al, Chelsea Green Publishing, 1992.
Beyond Malthus, Lester Brown, et al, W.W. Norton for Worldwatch Institute, 1999.
Beyond the Numbers, a Reader on Population, Consumption, and the Environment, Laurie Mazur, ed., Island Press, 1994.
The Car and the City: 24 Steps to Safe Streets and Healthy Communities, Alan Thein Durning, Northwest Environment Watch Books, 1996.
The Consumer’s Guide to Effective Environmental Choices, Michael Brower and Warren Leon, Three Rivers Press, 1999.
The Cultural Creatives, Paul H. Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson, Harmony Books, 2000.
Earth Odyssey, Mark Hertsgaard, Broadway Books, 1998.
Eco-Economy, Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute, 2001.
Ecology of Commerce, Paul Hawkins, HarperCollins, 1994.
Economics and Rapid Change: The Influence of Population Growth, Population Action International, 1997
The End of Nature, Bill McKibben, Random House, 1989.
Field Guide to the Global Economy, Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh, The New Press, 2000.
Fighting for Survival: Environmental Decline, Social Conflict, and the New Age of Insecurity, Michael Renner, W.W. Norton for Worldwatch Institute, 1996.
Full House: Reassessing the Earth’s Population Carrying Capacity, Lester Brown, et al, W.W. Norton for Worldwatch Institute, 1994.
Global Citizen, Donella Meadows, Island Press, 1991.
Global Issues: An Introduction, John L. Seitz, Blackwell, 1995.
A Green History of the World, Clive Ponting. Penguin, 1991.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies, Jared Diamond, W. W. Norton, 1997.
Healing the Planet, Paul and Anne Ehrlich, Addison-Wesley, 1991.
Hope, Human and Wild, Bill McKibben, Hungry Mind Press, 1995.
How Many People Can the Earth Support? Joel Cohen, W. W. Norton, 1995.
How Much Is Enough? Alan Thein During, W.W. Norton for Worldwatch Institute, 1992.
In Our Own Best Interest, William O. Schultz. Beacon Press, 2001.
Last Oasis: Facing Water Security, Sandra Postel, W.W. Norton for Worldwatch Institute, 1997.
The Life Cycle of Everyday Stuff, Mike Reese and Shirley Watt Ireton, NSTA Press, 2001.
Life Out of Bounds: Bioinvasion in a Borderless World, Chris Bright, W.W. Norton for Worldwatch Institute, 1998.
Living Within Limits, Garrett Hardin, Oxford University Press, 1993.
Material World: A Global Family Portrait, Peter Menzel, Sierra Club, 1994.
Maybe One: A Personal and Environmental Argument for Single-Child Families, Bill McKibbin, Simon and Schuster, 1998.
Misplaced Blame: The Real Roots of Population Growth, Alan Thein Durning, Northwest Environment Watch Books, 1997.
The Natural Step for Business, Brian Nattrass and Mary Altomare, New Society Publishers, 1999.
The Natural Wealth of Nations, David Malin Roodman, W.W. Norton for Worldwatch Institute, 1998.
New Perspectives on Population: Lessons from Cairo, Population Reference Bureau, 1995
Our Ecological Footprint, Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees, New Society Publishers, 1996.
People in the Balance: Population and Natural Resources at the Turn of the Millennium, Population Action International, 2000
Population: A Lively Introduction, Population Reference Bureau, 1998
The Population Explosion, Paul and Anne Ehrlich, Simon and Schuster, 1990.
The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism, David Korten, Kumarian Press, 1999.
Saving the Planet: How to Shape an Environmentally Sustainable Global Economy, Lester Brown, et al, W.W. Norton for Worldwatch Institute, 1991.
The Stork and the Plow, Paul Ehrlich, et al, Grosset-Putnam, 1995.
Stormy Weather: 101 Solutions to Global Climate Change, Guy Dauncey with Patrick Mazza, New Society Publishers, 2001.
Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things, John Ryan, et al, Northwest Environment Watch Books, 1997.
The Systems Thinking Playbook, Linda Booth Sweeney and Dennis Meadows, 1995.
Tax Shift: How to Help the Economy, and Get the Tax Man Off Our Backs, Alan Thein Durning, Northwest Environment Watch Books, 1998.
The Third Chimpanzee, Jared Diamond, Harper Perennial, 1993.
This Place on Earth: Home and the Practice of Permanence, Alan Thein Durning. Northwest Environment Watch Books, 1996.
Tough Choices: Facing the Challenge of Food Scarcity, Lester Brown, et al, W.W. Norton for Worldwatch Institute, 1996.
The Well-being of Nations, Robert Prescott-Allen, Island Press, 2001.
When Corporations Rule the World, David Korten, Kumarian Press, 1996.
Who Will Feed China? Lester Brown, et al. W.W. Norton for Worldwatch Institute, 1995.
Why Population Matters, Population Action International, 1996.
The World Guide: An Alternative Reference to the Countries of Our Planet, New Internationalist Publications, 2000.
World Population Futures, Population Reference Bureau, 2001
World Scientists’ Warning Briefing Book, Union of Concerned Scientists, 1993.
Ishmael, Daniel Quinn. Bantam, 1992.
Jasmine, Bharati Mukherjee. Fawcett Crest, 1989.
Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind, Suzanne F. Staples. Random House, 1991.
The Story of B, Daniel Quinn. Bantam, 1996.
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe. Prentice Hall, 1994.