Development & Agriculture (unit 5)

How do we measure development and progress?

What is sustainability?

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Gale: What is sustainability?

The World Factbook (from cia.gov)

Atlas of Sustainable Development 

The World Bank: Global Program on Sustainability

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Sustainability

You Tube: What is Sustainability? (3:06)

You Tube: What is the most sustainable city in the world? (7:48)

What does economic progress look like?

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You Tube: Crash Course- Economic Systems and Macroeconomics (10:17)

You Tube: Crash Course- Capitalism & Socialism (14:02)

You Tube: Captialism, Socialism & Communication Explained Simply  (3:20)

You Tube: Communism vs. Socialism vs. Capitalism | What's the difference? (2:49)

What does social progress look like around the world?

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Trailer for Babies (2010); full video (~1 hour) available on Amazon Prime for $3.99 (follows the first year of life from babies in San Francisco, Tokyo, Namibia and Mongolia.

What does environmental interaction look like?

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You Tube: The Roots of our Ecological Crisis (28:06)

Scientific American: Environment

Gale: Sustainable Development