Terra Video: A Winning Scenario


 The hot summer across the northern hemisphere, coupled with floods in Europe and Pakistan, have many people wondering whether climate change may be responsible for extreme weather events. And as fall classes start across the country, educators can use this opportunity to open the discussion on the long-term influences that climate change will have on human society.
The folks at Terra have once again done a great job of presenting the human side of a hot-topic in the sciences.In their video " A Winning Scenario ", Terra takes a look at the effects of global climate change on the people of sub-Saharan Africa. But what is most interesting for this video, and what makes it an ideal presentation tool for the classroom, is the fact that it is not a gloom-and-doom documentary. While the video does discuss how deforestation and  changes in rainfall patterns have led to crop failures and massive soil erosion - it also presents examples of how the people of Kenya are adoption sustainable practices that are reducing the impact of climate change. The video relates very well to classroom lectures about the carbon cycle, sustainable practices, and the influence of forests on regional rain patterns. But it also provides a real measure of hope, for if the people of Kenya, with their limited resources, can find ways to reduce their impact on their environment, then it should be possible for those of us in the developed countries to do the same.

 

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