STEAM as Design

by Alexander Barna | Jul 24, 2019 | Art, Film & Literature, Energy, Pedagogy, Science & Technology

Readings Designing Design Education Eco Literacy: An Eco Web Greening Public Imagination The Myths of Teaching Science and their Consequences NEXT.cc: STEAM by Design A Safe and Just Space for Humanity: Can We Live Within the Doughnut? Make Sense, Not Stuff: A Three...

Sustainability in Chicago

by Alexander Barna | Jul 24, 2019 | 2014, Energy, Science & Technology

Video Aaron Joseph, Deputy Sustainability Officer in the Office of the Mayor of the City Of Chicago, discusses energy sustainability with local educators.   Web Link Sustainable Chicago 2015 Action...

The Science of Shale Gas/Oil: The Latest Evidence on Leaky Wells, Emissions, and Implications for Policy

by Alexander Barna | Jul 24, 2019 | 2014, Energy, Politics, Science & Technology, United States

Readings Toward a better understanding and quantification of methane emissions from shale gas development A bridge to nowhere: methane emissions and the greenhouse gas footprint of natural gas What if the Gas Industry Really Wanted to Make Fracking Safer? Fluid...

The Solar Energy Crisis

by Alexander Barna | Jul 24, 2019 | 2014, Energy, Science & Technology

Reading The case for organic photovoltaics   Video Seth Darling, scientist at the Argonne National Laboratory and fellow at the Institute for Molecular Engineering, discusses challenges surrounding solar...

The Impacts of Climate Change on the Arctic

by mweflen | Jul 12, 2019 | 2016, Eastern Europe / Russia / Eurasia, Environment, International, Russia, Science & Technology, United States

Presented by Eli Kintisch (Contributing Correspondent, Science).   Video   Web Links Thawing Arctic Soils: A Tenuous Present and a Dangerous Future [online project] Climate Change, Archeology and the Arctic: Using details to write persuasive letters by the...

The Global Impacts of Depleted Groundwater Resources

by empeters | Jul 11, 2019 | 2017, Conflict, Environment, India, International, Journalism, Latin America, Morocco, Peru, Science & Technology, United States

Presented by Steve Elfers   Video   Web Links Project: Pumped Dry [Pulitzer Center] The costs of Peru’s farming boom [Desert Sun / USA Today] Dry springs and dead orchards [Desert Sun / USA Today] How unchecked pumping is sucking aquifers dry in...