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Home Home TIGed Activities Database Larry Brilliant makes the case for optimism

Larry Brilliant makes the case for optimism [edit]
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GreenLearning (see all activities by this organization)

Level:
• Secondary

Views: 1,244

Subjects:
• Science
• Geography
• Social Studies
• Environmental Studies
• Global Studies

Topics:
• Natural Resources
• Solutions
• Air, Atmosphere and Climate

Web Pages Used:
• TED talk
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This video disscusses a number of environmental issues, from urbanization to the green revolution, and the problems which many of these issues have had on our environment. However, in this video, Larry Brillian, Google.org director, looks towards a more optimistic side of climate change and disscusses what we can do and have done to help sustain our future on this planet.



 



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Time Required:
Video = 20 minutes

Teacher Notes:
An optimistic video which does not attempt to cover up the problems in our world, instead this video brings some of the worlds most serious problems to the forefront but more importantly includes a sense of optimism that is often lost in climate change disscussions.

This video would therefore be perfect to play alongside a more 'dooms day view', allowing students to compare and judge which perspective they want to side with!