Environmental+Issues

**General Resources**
[|Water Resources in Asia: Changes and Challenges] - National Geographic lesson plan (grades 9-12)

[|Crossing Boundaries: The Environment, Disease, and Conflict in Asia] - National Geographic lesson plan (grades 9-12)

[|Life on the Rivers of Asia] - National Geographic lesson plan (grades K-2)

**Environmental Issues in China**
[|Choking on Growth] The New York Times published this excellent multimedia series in Fall 2007. Look for a pull-down box on the right-hand side of the website in order to locate other reports in the series. Each report contains text and most include short video clips. Excellent resource for middle-high school students.

[|Great Wall Across the Yangtze] Three Gorges Dam - PBS video is an excellent documentary on environmental, cultural, and social issues associated with the dam. Suitable for middle-high school students.

[|Keepers of the Waters] - Interesting story that focuses on environmental action for positive change. View projects in China and Tibet that combine art, science, and community involvement to restore and preserve water resources. [|Projects List] Other related links: [|Hamline University], [|Living Garden Press], [|Living Garden Press]

• WorldWatch Institute, [|A Viable Solution?] and [|Public Participation and Energy Diversity]. • PRI Science (radio broadcast), [|China's Hydropower Ambitions] • PBS __China from the Inside__ -- lesson plan on [|Development and the Environment], [|Water Issues Map], and [|Suggested Online Articles about Development and the Environment]
 * Hydropower in China** - a number of links about China's efforts to develop hydropower to meet future energy needs.

Environmental Issues in Japan
[|Environmental Issues in Japan] (geared for younger students)

[|Economics of Recycling] - National Council on Economics Education, EconEdLink - grades 9-12. Lesson asks students to compare data on recycling in Japan and the US.

Environmental Issues in Korea
[|Air Quality in South Korea] (New York Times article)