Thursday, March 10, 2011

Environmental Problems of the World

You will be researching one of the major environmental problems in the world. You will present this information to the rest of the class using a Power Point Presentation.

Please include the following:
A definition or explanation of the problem
A list of the causes of this problem
A list of possible solutions to this problem

Be sure to explain the problem clearly!
Do not copy information from your sources - summarize the information instead.

Possible Topics:

Overpopulation Global Warming
Pollution Overfishing
Deforestation Hunger
Extinction Mining

The following links will help you locate information:

Natural Resources Defense Council

United Nations Foundation

Wildlife Conservation Society

Mongabay.com

Fishing Hurts (PETA)

National Geographic

Global Issues in Context