Global North meets Global South

Opposite ends of colonialism? What do the two halves now have in common? Try an all out attack on Mother Earth and destruction on the local indigenous population.

Global North - "The True Cost of Oil" learn more about the destruction here

Global South - The Bel Monte dam - here and here

Learn more about the environment on Earth here

The Power of Art

We strongly recommend the talk by "Shirin Neshat; Art in exile" held at TED (here). The new "social imaginary" that we are constructing will be strongly influenced by a number of streams, art being one of the predominant ways that the existing order is challenged.

Learn more about the use of art on Earth here.

For those who are interested in a quick overview of what's happening on the climate front, visit the Yale forum on science here and religion here.

4 Avatarish problems to think about

Here are four topic areas to work with students on as the relate events on Pandora to issues on Earth.


The Environment

Article: "Climate to wreak havoc on world's food supply" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13628374

Natural Resources

Article: "China secretly buying up world's natural resources" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoQvuRKcI6A&feature=grec

Indigenous Rights

Web campaign: "Stop the Belo Monte Monster Dam" http://amazonwatch.org/work/belo-monte-dam
or watch: https://sites.google.com/site/globalavataredproject2earth/themes/indigenous-rights

Animal Rights

Article: "Scientists say dolphins should be treated as non-human persons" - http://www.physorg.com/news181981904.html