FOOD+SHORTAGES

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=**Global Food Shortage**= =Where did all the food go? (moblogic.tv)=

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 * type:** news report - pavement journalism
 * synopsis:** short soundbites - passersby suggest possible causes for the 2008 global food shortage - includes some useful stats and facts (in text form)
 * length:** 3' 23" - useful content: 0' 5" - 2' 54" (ads at beginning and end)
 * key vocab:** //riots (in Yemen), Haitians, rioting, greed, mainstream media, drought in Australia, global warming, crops, corn for fructose and biofuels, turning food into fuel, transporting food, GM(O) crops, increase crop yield, happen overnight, people having the means to feed themselves, throwing money (at a problem), petroleum, ethanol, monocropping, single dependence on one resources, monopolies, self-interested//
 * comments:** used with Upper Int - punchy, lots of ideas, good for note-taking practice and vocab

=**Urban Food Production in Havana, Cuba **=

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 * type:** BBC program extract
 * synopsis:** The BBC's Monty Don takes a look at **[|Permaculture]** and self-sufficiency in Havana, Cuba (part of the //Around The World in 80 Gardens// series).
 * length:** 9 minutes (can be stopped after about 5)
 * key vocab:** //huerta (allotment, community garden), decay, organic/green revolution, climate change, post-oil world, decades of neglect, withdraw economic support, turning wasteland into highly productive areas, in the heart of urban communities, natural pest control//
 * comments:** used with Upper Int - upbeat, includes music and some Spanish with dubbed translations, good for giving students a concrete idea of some possible solutions

=Global Hunger=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jSBW0BOPqM
This one runs for 1.09 mins. Good for number facts.

http://kantikumar.com/2010/01/30/young-hearts-against-world-hunger/
This one is 2.49 mins Takes the form of a song composed and sung by some young girls about giving a little when there are so many children without food.
 * type**: youtube. Graphics and images.
 * comments**:These are clips that beg the question of what is information and what is advertising. It is pretty emotive but has interesting data. Also useful for E7 discussion of emotive images and language & E6 Mod. B topic of advertising. Great discussion starters about who is responsible for global issues and ethics, in E6 Mod.A.
 * vocab:** Not very extensive or complex.

**NASA | Science for a Hungry World** The six episodes describe the global food system, NASA’s role in providing an uninterrupted supply of satellite remote sensing data for agricultural production monitoring, the partnerships and monitoring tools used to provide an understanding of the global perspective on agriculture, the concepts of land cover and land use change, food security, the availability of water resources, and global agricultural production in a changing climate.

Part 1 (the global food system) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RJ6AqWAOEg&feature=channel Part 2 (analysis from space) [] Part 3 (changing land use) [] Part 4 (Food Security) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDQ7XIOIAfY Part 5 (water use) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1QsCa7RmmU&feature=channel Part 6 (climate change) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjT__OpDn6E&feature=channel Length: About 5 minutes each video Transcripts available here (submitted by NathanC)