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[Administrator]

Please post your suggestions for miscellaneous materials, resources and related organizational and general links here. (Please post recommended readings here.) Thank you!
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[L Canton]

Good resources from <b>http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/refugee/resources.php</b>, their guide to discovery ‘Environmental refugees : How Many, How Bad’.

<B><U>Africa Environment Outlook, Environmental Change: Impacts On People</u></B>, United Nations Environmental Program/GRID-Arendal, Longum Park, Service Box 706, N-4808, Arendal, Norway

<B>Citizens Guide to Climate Refugees (PDF)</B>, Friends of the Earth, Australia, Cam Walker, PO Box 222, Fitzroy, VIC, 3065 Australia

<B>Climate Change Scenarios: Will There Be Growing Numbers of Environmental Migrants</B>, Dr. Jim Mitroy, Senior Lecturer in Physics, Charles Darwin University, Australia

<B>Environmental Impact of Refugees in Guinea (PDF)</B>, UNEP, Regional Office for Africa, P.O. Box 30552, Nairobi, Kenya

<B>Environmental Refugees - A Misnomer or A Reality?</B>, Fiona Flintan, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

<B>Environmental Refugees: Myth or Reality? (PDF)</B>, Working Papers, The Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, Department of Peace Studies, Bradford University, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK

<B>Environmental Refugees: The Case for Recognition (PDF)</B>, New Economics Foundation, 3 Jonathan Street, London, SE11 5NH, England

<B>Environmental Refugees: An Emergent Security Issue (PDF)</B>, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Kaerntner Ring 5-7, 1010 Vienna, Austria

<B>Haiti</B>, Refugees International, 1705 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036

<B>Island Vulnerability, Tuvalu</B>, Island Vulnerability, Center for Capacity Building, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80301

<B>The Migrant Experience</B>, The Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave, SE, Washington, DC 20540

<B>Migration and Tourism</B>, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, P.O. Box 30552, Nairobi, Kenya

<B>The Toledo Initiative on Environmental Refugees and Ecological Restoration</B>, LiSER Foundation, Antoniestraat 19, 2011 CN Haarlem, The Netherlands

<B>Troubling New Flows of Environmental Refugees</B>, Lester Brown, Earth Policy Institute, 1350 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 403, Washington DC 20036

<B>World Information Centre on Environmental Refugees</B>, LiSER Foundation, Antoniestraat 19, 2011 CN Haarlem, The Netherlands

[L Canton]

Links for EJ policy and activity research in the USA:

Executive Order 12898 (http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/eo/eo12898.pdf)

EJ/Executive Order Pushed back by Bush administration - reading (http://www.aaanet.org/press/an/0905/Checker.htm)

GSA's EJ Information - multiple links http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?contentType=GSA_BASIC&contentId=11169&noc=T)

Scorecard - search for pollutions reports by postal code (http://www.scorecard.org)

Right to Know network - Data and Documents on toxic chemical releases, toxic waste handlers, superfunds, regulations (http://www.rtknet.org)

[Administrator]

From our previous e-conf, these resources are equally applicable here..
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[MLeyser]

"The Story of Stuff" - video - www.storyofstuff.com

This fast-paced 20 minute video shows how the "materials economy" is killing the climate and what we can do to change. The story of stuff is about finding new values that support life on this planet.

Watch online, download, and/or order CD. Spread the word!
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[MLeyser]

Posted on the ISEE mailing list:

<b>"Making a Difference:" Carnegie Council Student Competition on Sustainability"</b>
As a follow-up to its September Sustainability Month, the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs announces a student competition.
Contestants may submit an essay or a short YouTube clip.

They may choose to address the issues in one or all of the following five Global Ethics Corner segments:

Oceans, Garbage, and Food: http://www.cceia.org/resources/gec/data/00049

Climate Protectionism and Competitiveness:
http://www.cceia.org/resources/gec/data/00048

Who Pays for Global Warming?
http://www.cceia.org/resources/gec/data/00047

Forest Preservation: http://www.cceia.org/resources/gec/data/00046

Ecological Intervention: http://www.cceia.org/resources/gec/data/00045

ESSAY REQUIREMENTS
Style: "Op-ed" style (not academic, foot-noted papers)
Length: 1,000 to 1,500 words

VIDEO REQUIREMENTS
Style: Talking heads, still images, video—all are fine
Length: 4 to 6 minutes maximum
IMPORTANT: If using images, they must be copyright free, or you must obtain copyright. We recommend using http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/. All images must be properly credited at the end of the video.

COMPETITION DEADLINE: December 31, 2009

HOW TO ENTER
Essay: Please email your entries to: studentcontest@cceia.org. Please include your full name, address, email, age, and student affiliation.
Please state which GEC you are addressing.

Video: You can find all the Global Ethics Corner segments at http://www.youtube.com/carnegienetwork. Please upload your entry (with your name on it) as a response to one of the five listed above. Please also send a separate email to studentcontest@cceia.org with your full name, address, email, age, and student affiliation. If your entry addresses more than one GEC segment, please say so in your email.

Non-students are automatically disqualified.

PRIZES
1st prize: $250 Amazon Gift Certificate 2nd prize: $150 Amazon Gift Certificate 3rd prize: $75 Amazon Gift Certificate

All winners also receive a copy of Ethics & International Affairs: A Reader
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Mary Leyser, EcoRes Forum (www.eco-res.org)