This video is a lesson about drought, a natural weather phenomenon, and famine, which is almost always the result of human activity. This video is going to teach you about food shortages in the context of the late-19th century famines that struck British India.
This 4:30 minute video demonstrates regional farming techniques in West Africa (Burkina Faso) and an individual working with his community to restore soils damaged by drought and reinvent agriculture in the region.
This is a mini-documentary created by two students from the University of Regina. The video celebrates the life of Jim Commodore and the Val Marie PFRA Pastures (Saskatchewan).
On the first page of the interactive, select different countries or regions to see how consumption patterns have changed in the last 50 years. Click on the "Meat Consumption" tab at the top to interact with the charts to see how each country or region's meat-eating patterns have evolved.
This two-part interactive game introduces the concepts of interdependence and globalization through the geography of food. Educators will find the game and teaching guide for Grades 6-10.
Biofuels can provide energy without the reliance on environmentally harmful fossils fuels but scientists are still searching for a plentiful source. This video demonstrates how cellulose, the naturally abundant tough walls of plant cells, might be the solution.
Pollination is vital to life on Earth but largely unseen by the human eye. In this video, Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg shows the world of pollen and pollinators with high-speed images from his film "Wings of Life," inspired by the vanishing of one of nature's primary pollinators, the honeybee.
What would the planet look like if everyone became a vegetarian right now? The creators of this video take a look at the numbers, factoring in land and water use, carbon emissions and animal by-products.
To feed our rapidly growing and changing world, we need innovative solutions. In this video, you'll learn about some environmental issues related to the food we grow and eat.
This 4:30 minute video demonstrates regional farming techniques in West Africa (Burkina Faso) and an individual working with his community to restore soils damaged by drought and reinvent agriculture in the region.
These maps will let you explore Alberta geospatial, geomatic and geographic data. This data is brought together in one searchable catalog and can be viewed with an easy to use online mapping tool.
Check out this interactive map using data from Global Forest Watch reports about how the forest is changing around the world. You can be more specific and zoom in on Canada or Alberta.
This video, created by Inside Education, is a review of "groundwater in Alberta. Topics include quality, distribution, uses in the province, and how it links to the hydrologic cycle." (site)
This two-part interactive game introduces the concepts of interdependence and globalization through the geography of food. Educators will find the game and teaching guide for Grades 6-10.
For humans, addressing climate change may mean using technology to find solutions. But for some plants and animals, adapting to these changes involves the most ancient solution of all: evolution. Learn how animals are adapting to climate change.
Clearing forests for agriculture and development can have severe consequences for our environment. "Learn the value of large-scale forest landscapes and their role in the carbon cycle. Discover how reforestation can impact climate change by decreasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere."
Did you know? There are around 2.5 billion smartphone users in the world (as of 2018). What would we find if we opened those phones? We'd find rare metals including gold, silver, and copper. This video investigates the sustainability of phone production and how to reclaim these precious elements.
This video describes the process of treating water to make it safe for drinking. The video also asks why nearly 800 million people still don’t have regular access to safe drinking water.
Scroll down to access the report's summaries, a video and wildlife photography. The report measures Canada’s ecological performance, particularly the health of wildlife and endangered species.
On this site from the Government of Alberta, you can access information about land-use framework, as well as digital data and an interactive map of the province that links to descriptions of land use for each region.
From this page, you can access statistics and key facts about Canada's forestry industry, as related to economy, inventory, management, production and trade. View the statistics for all of Canada or choose a province.
More than 650 Canadian communities rely on forestry. This map displays the communities that are the most reliant on forestry. Select a province from the box below the map to get additional information.
These maps will let you explore Alberta geospatial, geomatic and geographic data. This data is brought together in one searchable catalog and can be viewed with an easy to use online mapping tool.
Check out this interactive map using data from Global Forest Watch reports about how the forest is changing around the world. You can be more specific and zoom in on Canada or Alberta.
Explore this page about Canada's boreal forests. There are two short videos and teaching resources, as well as maps and descriptions of the many different life forms that inhabit those forests. What are the threats to this ecosystem and what kinds of actions are being taken?
The ten short films in the Beyond Bark Beetles series share the story of the bark beetle outbreak in our western forests and show how the U.S. Forest Service is responding. See how beetles choose trees and what they do once they burrow inside.
This interactive map allows you to zoom in on regions that vary in terms of their productivity in the forestry industry. Once you zoom in on the area of interest, you can access information about that area.
For humans, addressing climate change may mean using technology to find solutions. But for some plants and animals, adapting to these changes involves the most ancient solution of all: evolution. Learn how animals are adapting to climate change.
Clearing forests for agriculture and development can have severe consequences for our environment. "Learn the value of large-scale forest landscapes and their role in the carbon cycle. Discover how reforestation can impact climate change by decreasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere."
Did you know that deforestation causes more greenhouse gas emissions than all trains, planes and automobiles combined? The speaker in this video explains how the complex networks of our forests are connected through networks.
This video explains some of the benefits of wildfire. Due to the way they grow, some trees (like lodgepole pines) need fire to survive. Learn about how wildfires contribute to the ecosystem.
This map shows mineral disposition and restriction information for coal deposits within the province of Alberta. Your ad blocker must be turned off to access the data.
This is an interactive map of Canada’s extensive clean-energy resources and projects. Clean energy includes renewable energy, electric vehicles, nuclear energy, biofuels, and carbon capture and storage (CCS).
This is an interactive map from Natural Resources Canada, showing the different types of minerals found in Canada. Click "Select Layers" to find your options.
These maps will let you explore Alberta geospatial, geomatic and geographic data. This data is brought together in one searchable catalog and can be viewed with an easy to use online mapping tool.
The Government of Alberta's Oil Sands Information Portal provides information on the environmental impacts of oil sands development. The portal focuses on the cumulative effects of development in the oil sands region and has both an interactive map display and a data library.
This video explains hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” that extracts natural gas from deep underground. How does fracking work and why is it controversial?
This 12-minute video describes taxonomy. Learn the history of taxonomy and how this system classifies living things which helps us understand how they are connected.
For humans, addressing climate change may mean using technology to find solutions. But for some plants and animals, adapting to these changes involves the most ancient solution of all: evolution. Learn how animals are adapting to climate change.
What flies through the night, silently guarding and protecting our world from evil? Batman? Not Batman but a bat. This video disproves the myth that bats are dangerous villains and explains why they deserve our protection.
Pollination is vital to life on Earth but largely unseen by the human eye. In this video, Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg shows the world of pollen and pollinators with high-speed images from his film "Wings of Life," inspired by the vanishing of one of nature's primary pollinators, the honeybee.
Could honeybees be nature’s finest mathematicians? These smart insects build and live in beehives, which are mathematically efficient architectural designs.
