This weekend I was reading the latest issue of World Ark magazine, a promotional piece put out by the non-profit Heifer International. World Ark articles referenced a number of Internet sites for people to visit to find out more information on certain topics facing our world. I found an uncanny overlap with this magazine and the A to Z taxonomies that were developed in class. I was comforted by the fact that the world's future is in your hands because World Lit students were concerned about many of these pressing issues.
You may want to visit two of the websites listed in the World Ark magazine:
For information on climate change and a humanitarian challenge, visit www.terradaily.com.
To learn about how attitudes in Africa towards "women and their position in society" are affecting their contracting of AIDS, visit www.irinnews.org.
Another science and technology issue that what raised in class is the shortage of safe drinking water facing the world. The Star Tribune ran a detailed feature article yesterday and today on the water supply in the Twin Cities. One contaminated water well in Edina that needed to be shut down was even mentioned. Read the full article for more information.
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After reading the star tribune article about contamination in wells, I wasn't that surprised. I think that sooner or later the world is going to run out of room to put garbage and waste. We've reached a critical point in our civilization where we need to focus on several aspects of keeping the world clean and plentiful. The statistics that were given by the state department seemed really high. In residential areas 56 % of about 1400 wells were contaminated with waste. I'm curious about the contamination in other states and where we are situated in that contamination data.
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