http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27136546
This is a film idea made by chocolate films!!
It is interesting as it highlights that Londoners can be very diverse.
Thursday 24 April 2014
Cornish given minority status- preserving their diversity?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-27132035 Cornish given minority status!!!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27139692
Will this help Cornwall?
Sunday 20 April 2014
Impa ts of globalisation on different groups.
How can we get young people to say no to fast fashion? | Lucy Siegle
http://gu.com/p/3zf47
Taking the culture of the Bushmen away!
Botswana bushmen: 'If you deny us the right to hunt, you are killing us'
http://gu.com/p/3zdd3
Wednesday 16 April 2014
North Korea hosts a marathon- open to outsiders for first time- just don't wear anything with America on!!!!
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/apr/16/north-korea-marathon-pyongyang-running
On Sunday London was not the only city to host a marathon. Time limit 4 hours, but not to worry if you can't finish buses will get you and drop you at the finish line. No cameras, music players, no large logos on clothes though and onlookers with guns able to shoot at a moments notice.
Tar oil and shale gas frenzy encouraged by Canada.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/16/canada-becoming-launch-pad-of-a-global-tar-sands-and-oil-shale-frenzy
THE DRIVE FOR CHEAP ENERGY MAY LEAD TO ECOLOGICAL DISASTER. The increase is shale gas and tar sand oil some are saying will be a disaster for the planets air quality, carbon emissions and destroy global ecosystems.
THE DRIVE FOR CHEAP ENERGY MAY LEAD TO ECOLOGICAL DISASTER. The increase is shale gas and tar sand oil some are saying will be a disaster for the planets air quality, carbon emissions and destroy global ecosystems.
The negatives of globalisation....
http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2014/apr/bangladesh-shirt-on-your-back
This is a brilliant interactive article for GSCE and AS level. Looks at the clothing industry in Bangladesh.
Contains lots of video clips about the impacts of cheap clothing on the people of Bangladesh. For AS it focuses on negatives of globalisation and reasons there is not an equitable world. For GCSE you can use it for the negatives of globalisation on different groups of people including women of the developing world.
This is a brilliant interactive article for GSCE and AS level. Looks at the clothing industry in Bangladesh.
Contains lots of video clips about the impacts of cheap clothing on the people of Bangladesh. For AS it focuses on negatives of globalisation and reasons there is not an equitable world. For GCSE you can use it for the negatives of globalisation on different groups of people including women of the developing world.
Interesting cultural diversity mini example
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26969150
The Kazakh people of Mongolia hunt using Golden Eagles, its believed they are the only ones to do so across the globe. There are about 400 still doing so. It is mainly a tradition followed by boys but there is a girl of 13 carrying on the tradition.
Her partaking in a 2,000 year old male tradition highlight the fact that Mongolia is at a bit of a cross roads. their cultures are changing as females do not traditionally do such things however if females don't partake will it die out completely is it better to maintain a tradition and allow alterations rather than lose it?
Her partaking in a 2,000 year old male tradition highlight the fact that Mongolia is at a bit of a cross roads. their cultures are changing as females do not traditionally do such things however if females don't partake will it die out completely is it better to maintain a tradition and allow alterations rather than lose it?
Saturday 12 April 2014
The world's dirtiest river
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/unreported-world
A 30 minute programme about the Citerum river on the island of Java, Indonesia. You can watch on 4 OD
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/unreported-world/4od
or there is a 2 minute clip of the river outlining the main issues on this site.
Some are calling it the world's most reported river.
"The Indonesian island of Java is home to the planet's most polluted river and a textile industry supplying some of the world's biggest fashion brands.
Reporter Seyi Rhodes and director Hugo Ward expose the extraordinary amount of untreated toxic waste from the textile factories, non-degradable plastics, household rubbish, dead animals and fish and human effluent blanketing the Citarum river, which 35 million people rely on for drinking, cooking and washing.
The team accompanies former fisherman Herman and his son as they push their boat through rubbish so thick that they can't see the surface of the river. Forty years ago Herman made a good living from fishing.
Now, with 60 per cent of the fish species wiped out as the river is starved of oxygen and polluted with toxic waste, he is after another catch: plastic for recycling.
Thirty miles upstream, the river passes through Majalaya: a major industrial area and home to a booming textiles industry. Water from the Citarum pollutes the drinking wells and communal washing areas.
One man says he has to use a cloth to filter the water as it irritates his skin: 'On Sundays the water is a little bit better, less murky. Other days it turns green, yellow, red and black,' he says.
Children are clearly suffering from contact with the water, which is contaminated not only with the textile waste, but also human excrement, as the channels serve as both sewer and bathroom. A local doctor says around 60 per cent of local children have skin infections like impetigo as a result.
And this isn't the only health hazard. The Unreported World team enlists local scientist Dr Sunardi to test samples from the village and the river. All the water sources are contaminated with heavy metals, including the drinking well, which has mercury levels nearly four times the recommended safe level.
Dr Sunardi says that the villagers who drink the water - especially the children - are at risk of cancer and mental and physical health issues.
The villagers are well aware of the problems. But more than half of the adults in this region work in textile factories, which are their only source of income. One villager says the factory he works in regularly dumps toxic waste directly into the river at night.
Indonesia's Association of Textile Manufacturers says its 200 members on the Citarum treat their wastewater, but it accepts that hundreds more textile factories - which don't belong to their organisation - pour untreated waste into the river.
Indonesia's Deputy Minister for the Environment, Arief Yuwomo, tells Rhodes: 'We have a few strategies in place and we hope we can reduce these problems. If factories are breaching these laws we will take enforcement action against them.'
The government claims it has shut down a factory for illegally dumping chemical waste into the Citarum, but it wouldn't disclose any details of the incident or name the factory.
Meanwhile, some of the villagers have decided to try to block one of the outlet pipes, which is releasing toxic waste into the river, in the hope that it floods the factory. It's a dangerous operation, but for the villagers it seems like the only way they will get their concerns noticed."
The above paragraph is taken from the programme's website.
A 30 minute programme about the Citerum river on the island of Java, Indonesia. You can watch on 4 OD
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/unreported-world/4od
or there is a 2 minute clip of the river outlining the main issues on this site.
Some are calling it the world's most reported river.
"The Indonesian island of Java is home to the planet's most polluted river and a textile industry supplying some of the world's biggest fashion brands.
Reporter Seyi Rhodes and director Hugo Ward expose the extraordinary amount of untreated toxic waste from the textile factories, non-degradable plastics, household rubbish, dead animals and fish and human effluent blanketing the Citarum river, which 35 million people rely on for drinking, cooking and washing.
The team accompanies former fisherman Herman and his son as they push their boat through rubbish so thick that they can't see the surface of the river. Forty years ago Herman made a good living from fishing.
Now, with 60 per cent of the fish species wiped out as the river is starved of oxygen and polluted with toxic waste, he is after another catch: plastic for recycling.
Thirty miles upstream, the river passes through Majalaya: a major industrial area and home to a booming textiles industry. Water from the Citarum pollutes the drinking wells and communal washing areas.
One man says he has to use a cloth to filter the water as it irritates his skin: 'On Sundays the water is a little bit better, less murky. Other days it turns green, yellow, red and black,' he says.
Children are clearly suffering from contact with the water, which is contaminated not only with the textile waste, but also human excrement, as the channels serve as both sewer and bathroom. A local doctor says around 60 per cent of local children have skin infections like impetigo as a result.
And this isn't the only health hazard. The Unreported World team enlists local scientist Dr Sunardi to test samples from the village and the river. All the water sources are contaminated with heavy metals, including the drinking well, which has mercury levels nearly four times the recommended safe level.
Dr Sunardi says that the villagers who drink the water - especially the children - are at risk of cancer and mental and physical health issues.
The villagers are well aware of the problems. But more than half of the adults in this region work in textile factories, which are their only source of income. One villager says the factory he works in regularly dumps toxic waste directly into the river at night.
Indonesia's Association of Textile Manufacturers says its 200 members on the Citarum treat their wastewater, but it accepts that hundreds more textile factories - which don't belong to their organisation - pour untreated waste into the river.
Indonesia's Deputy Minister for the Environment, Arief Yuwomo, tells Rhodes: 'We have a few strategies in place and we hope we can reduce these problems. If factories are breaching these laws we will take enforcement action against them.'
The government claims it has shut down a factory for illegally dumping chemical waste into the Citarum, but it wouldn't disclose any details of the incident or name the factory.
Meanwhile, some of the villagers have decided to try to block one of the outlet pipes, which is releasing toxic waste into the river, in the hope that it floods the factory. It's a dangerous operation, but for the villagers it seems like the only way they will get their concerns noticed."
The above paragraph is taken from the programme's website.
Daily mail article on the same river- some good images here
Who does Britain think it is?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26885743
Outlines what Brits think about themselves and their identities- overview seems to be that we feel we are becoming both more local and more global- impact of globalisation
The survey goes into detail about which countries we feel are most similar to us in values (part of culture) and a bit about what aspect is most important to peoples identity. Very interesting reading and very useful for our current steer for the up coming exam.
Outlines what Brits think about themselves and their identities- overview seems to be that we feel we are becoming both more local and more global- impact of globalisation
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