Geographical things to consider

 Image above: A map of our aging world

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 Worth a read/look

The following sites are worth a read and look. Some are directly related to the resources and population core topics, whilst others are just geographically interesting to add to your geographical knowledge. Enjoy and take the time to consider what they show and say.

Bottled water

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/why-bottled-water-comes-from-california-which-doesnt-have-much-to-spare/375882/

Maps to explain the world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dldHalRY-hY&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop

Globalisation

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s_iwrt7D5OA

The plastic bag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLgh9h2ePYw

The waters of the Nile

http://blog.thomsonreuters.com/index.php/sharing-the-waters-of-the-nile-graphic-of-the-day/

Sustaining 7 Billion people

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=76605

Trash

http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/07/08/gregg_segal_photographs_people_with_a_week_s_worth_of_their_trash_in_his.html

Future of water in Australia

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-18/the-future-of-water-in-australia/4525246

The Good Country Index

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-18/the-future-of-water-in-australia/4525246

Just a T Shirt?

http://koolnews.wordpress.com/2014/06/17/the-story-of-jasmine-she-makes-a-t-shirt-youtube/

Conflict over water

http://www.popsci.com.au/tech/military/where-will-the-worlds-water-conflicts-erupt-infographic,388165

Five things about World Refugees

http://blogs.state.gov/stories/2014/06/20/five-things-know-world-refugee-day

12 visualisations about inequity

http://www.one.org/us/2014/05/20/12-data-visualizations-that-illustrate-povertys-biggest-challenges/

Cutting down cutting down in Brazil

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21603409-how-brazil-became-world-leader-reducing-environmental-degradation-cutting?frsc=dg%7Ca

People living on a dollar a day

http://www.theguardian.com/society/gallery/2014/jun/05/portraits-of-people-living-on-a-dollar-a-day-in-pictures?CMP=fb_gu

Recycling ships

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/05/shipbreakers/gwin-text

The energy debate

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27435624

Distribution of renewables in the US

http://www.climatecentral.org/news/new-energy-map-4-cool-things-about-renewables-17572

Food spending

http://www.vox.com/2014/7/6/5874499/map-heres-how-much-every-country-spends-on-food

Impact of El Nino

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/11/-sp-el-nino-weather-2014?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

An interactive on urban population growth

http://www.unicef.org/sowc2012/urbanmap/

A map of our aging world

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/04/aging_populations_where_people_are_getting_older_mapped.html