Topic: Ecosystem Services
“Now, as never before, the systems that safeguard and give us life are in trouble. And that means we’re in trouble.” Deep sea explorer Sylvia Earle says that the natural world is showing signs of wear and tear – desperate signs in many cases.
Related PLT Activities
- PreK-8 Guide
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Municipal Solid Waste (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live (9-12)
- Global Connections: Forests of the World
Take care of the ocean, says explorer Sylvia Earle, and it will take care of you. “Every breath you take is connected to the ocean,” Earle said, “because most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by living systems out in the sea.”
Related PLT Activities
- PreK-8 Guide
- Activity 36: Pollution Search
- Activity 37: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- Activity 38: Every Drop Counts
- Activity 39: Energy Sleuths
- Activity 44: Water Wonders
- Activity 45: Web of Life
- Activity 82: Resource-Go-Round
- Activity 86: Our Changing World
- Activity 88: Life on the Edge
- Activity 96: Improve Your Place
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Municipal Solid Waste (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity (9-12)
- Global Connections: Forests of the World
Forest service expert gives U.S. forest overview
Posted Aug 4, 2008 in Ecosystem Services download Help
Forests can’t be left alone to take care of themselves, says Sally Collins of the U.S. Forest Service. Hear Collins talk about forests, and the ecosystem services they provide.
Related PLT Activities
- PreK-8 Guide
- Activity 13: We All Need Trees
- Activity 28: Air Plants
- Activity 30: Three Cheers for Trees!
- Activity 31: Plant a Tree
- Activity 32: A Forest of Many Uses
- Activity 33: Forest Consequences
- Activity 40: Then and Now
- Activity 50: 400-Acre Wood
- Activity 69: Forest for the Trees
- Activity 80: Nothing Succeeds Like Succession
- Activity 86: Our Changing World
- Activity 95: Did You Notice?
- The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity (9-12)
- Global Connections: Forests of the World
- Activity 1: Making the Global Connection
- Activity 2: What is a Forest?
- Activity 3: Mapping the World's Forests
- Activity 4: Analyzing Patterns of Forest Change
- Activity 5: Understanding the Effects of Forest Uses
- Activity 6: Seeking Sustainability: A Global Response
- Activity 7: Exploring the World Marketplace
America is losing 6,000 acres of open land – much of it forested – to development each day, says Sally Collins of the U.S. Forest Service. Hear Collins talk about the importance of retaining our forested landscape.
Related PLT Activities
- PreK-8 Guide
- Activity 13: We All Need Trees
- Activity 19: Viewpoints on the Line
- Activity 28: Air Plants
- Activity 30: Three Cheers for Trees!
- Activity 31: Plant a Tree
- Activity 32: A Forest of Many Uses
- Activity 33: Forest Consequences
- Activity 40: Then and Now
- Activity 50: 400-Acre Wood
- Activity 56: We Can Work It Out
- Activity 69: Forest for the Trees
- Activity 80: Nothing Succeeds Like Succession
- Activity 84: The Global Climate
- Activity 86: Our Changing World
- Activity 95: Did You Notice?
- The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity (9-12)
- Global Connections: Forests of the World
- Activity 1: Making the Global Connection
- Activity 2: What is a Forest?
- Activity 3: Mapping the World's Forests
- Activity 4: Analyzing Patterns of Forest Change
- Activity 5: Understanding the Effects of Forest Uses
- Activity 6: Seeking Sustainability: A Global Response
- Activity 7: Exploring the World Marketplace
- Activity 8: Making Consumer Choices
Carbon offsets could be boon to private forests
Posted Sep 5, 2008 in Ecosystem Services download Help
The president of a forestry consulting firm talks about the market for carbon offsets – tradeable measures of a forest’s proven capacity to store carbon. Find out how it works.
Related PLT Activities
- PreK-8 Guide
- Activity 14: Renewable or Not?
- Activity 19: Viewpoints on the Line
- Activity 28: Air Plants
- Activity 30: Three Cheers for Trees!
- Activity 31: Plant a Tree
- Activity 32: A Forest of Many Uses
- Activity 33: Forest Consequences
- Activity 36: Pollution Search
- Activity 39: Energy Sleuths
- Activity 50: 400-Acre Wood
- Activity 69: Forest for the Trees
- Activity 73: Waste Watchers
- Activity 84: The Global Climate
- Activity 86: Our Changing World
- Activity 89: Trees for Many Reasons
- The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity (9-12)
- Global Connections: Forests of the World
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