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Resilience
Resilience can be defined as "the capacity of a system to absorb disturbance and reorganize while undergoing change so as to still retain essentially the same function, structure, identity, and feedbacks".
Or th
e ability to bounce back........
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Daylighting Video - CLEAN
SUMMARY Video length: 2:44 mins Selected for the CLEAN Collection This video introduces the concept of daylighting - the use of windows or skylights for natural... More »
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Game: SMARTIC Arctic Case Study
SUMMARY Students will build off of an introductory lecture on climate change in the Arctic to devise a strategy to manage climate change impacts on the global scale (the... More »
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Podcast: TED Talks series - Rob Hopkins:...
SUMMARY 16:40 minutes TED Talks series, FILMED JUL 2009 • POSTED NOV 2009& More »
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Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for...
Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments is designed to help local, regional, and state governments prepare for climate change by... More »
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HOW SUCCESS WORKS: Green Guerillas -...
SUMMARY Eco Tipping Points: Community gardens in New York City reversed a vicious cycle of urban decay, crime-ridden empty lots, neglect, and population flight, while... More »
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HOW SUCCESS WORKS: Reversing Tropical...
SUMMARY The lesson plan below provides a full menu for use from primary school to high school. Depending on the grade level and the unit of study that provides the context... More »
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Website: Center for Resiliences
The Center for Resilience is an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to improving the resilience of industrial systems and the environments in which they operate. In a... More »
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Field Exercise: The System for Assessing...
The System for Assessing Vulnerability of Species (SAV) is a new tool developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help evaluate which species of land animals are... More »
Case: Is Anybody Listening?
Last Updated on 2013-05-10 at 18:21
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The case is an example of how Western-based property law, Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act, Public Law 93-531, has undermined traditional Native American practices... More »
Speed Science Fact Sheet: Climate and Climate Change...
Last Updated on 2013-04-04 at 17:49
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These Speed Science Fact Sheets and presentation videos are approved for use in educational, research and extension settings. The fact sheets were developed and... More »
Video: Solar Power Basics - CLEAN
Last Updated on 2013-03-21 at 18:43
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video length: 3:57 min.
Chosen for the CLEAN Collection
This introductory video summarizes the process of generating solar electricity from photovoltaic and... More »
Daylighting Video - CLEAN
Last Updated on 2013-03-19 at 20:51
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Video length: 2:44 mins
Selected for the CLEAN Collection
This video introduces the concept of daylighting - the use of windows or skylights for natural... More »
Agriculture Energy - Module 2
Last Updated on 2013-03-05 at 17:16
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Focus: Resource Energy Conservation and Sustainablity.
This is Module 2 of 15 of the Agriculture Energy Curriculum that provides non-biased... More »
Curriculum: Agriculure Energy - 15 Modules
Last Updated on 2013-02-28 at 20:54
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This complete curriculum consist of 15 teaching modules based on facts and practical usage of energy and cost saving techniques on farms. You will not find biased... More »
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