The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center

Environment in East Asia

Environment in East Asia

Resources

  1. Association for East Asian Environmental History (AEAEH): The AEAEH is an organization of individual members engaged in doing research on East Asian environmental issues with historical perspectives.
  2. News Article (South China Morning Post): “Climate change in East Asia caused by China’s air pollution, study reveals … because it’s making goods for the West”
  3. World Economic Forum – Shaping the Future of Environment and Natural Resource Security The World Economic Forum is an International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation, working with political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas, including the environment and natural resources.
  4. Radio Free Asia - Radio Free Asia reports on the current environmental issues facing East Asia, focusing on pollution and manmade trash that are increasingly more devastating to local environments.
  5. Institute for Security and Development Policy: Environmental Challenges and Cooperation in Northeast Asia Ranging from transboundary air pollution to maritime degradation, the countries of Northeast Asia face serious environmental threats that necessitate effective regional cooperation. This paper seeks to provide a concise and accessible overview of the main environmental challenges facing the region as well as provides a summary of the existing mechanisms to deal with them.
  6. Council on Foreign Relations – China’s Environmental Crisis 
  7. Asian Development Bank Institute report: Asia’s Wicked Environmental Problems This study considers four major environmental challenges that policymakers across developing Asia will need to address towards 2030: water management, air pollution, deforestation and land degradation, and climate change.
  8. World Wildlife Fund: Priority Places of concern for environmental issues
  9. Asia-Pacific Forum on Environment and Development (APFED), iss a group of experts originated at ECO ASIA (Environment Congress for Asia and the Pacific) in 2001. The main aim of APFED is finding the critical issues in Asia and Pacific region. Another goal is to introduce the new models of sustainable development and environmental issues.

  10. National Institute for Environmental Studies strives to contribute to society through research that fosters and protects a healthy environment for present and future generations.

     

Pedagogical Resources

  1. Literature Lesson: Environmental Issues in History
  2. Teaching Environmental Issues and the Affective Domain
  3. Environmental Lesson Plans broken down by grade (K-12)
  4. US Environmental Protection Agency: Learning and Teaching about the Environment
  5. Green Activities & Classroom Resources
  6. Young People’s Trust For the Environment: Learning Resources about the environment and sustainability for teachers
  7. Lesson plan on Environmental problems
    • This lesson introduces learners to some of the main issues related to climate change. Learners focus on dictionary skills and the pronunciation of strong and weak syllables in long words. Focusing on the lexis in detail will help them recognize and use these terms outside the classroom.
  8. Taking It to the Class: Green Projects for the Classroom
  9. Global Education: An Australian developed site for teachers that provides resources to encourage a global perspective across the curriculum.

  10. Origins: A collaborative publication from Ohio State and Miami University that reports on current events in terms of the historical perspective while also providing numerous resources for teachers to include these events in their classrooms.

     

Videos

  1. IT’S A PANDAFUL LIFE! How China is saving the giant panda from extinction (video): The Giant Panda has long been famous as a symbol of conservation and wildlife protection. China is now the only country where pandas still live in the wild. The government has worked hard to prevent its national pride, this adorable bamboo eating bear, from becoming extinct. It has put extensive resources into restoring the pandas’ forest habitat and reintroducing rescued animals to the wild.
  2. Giant Pandas 101 | Nat Geo Wild (video): Giant pandas’ habitat in the wild today is limited to the mountains of China, but their appetite remains unlimited. They spend nearly every waking moment eating bamboo. Learn about giant pandas and how their diet shapes their lives.
  3. The Imminent Collapse of China’s Society and Environment (Full Documentary film): The relationship of China’s growing economy and the impact on the environment.
  4. YouTube Playlist: S and E Asia Environmental Issues 
  5. Flipped classroom lesson on Environmental Issues in Asia
  6. Environmental Documentary: ‘Earth Factor Asia: Making a Difference’ (2008)
  7. Student-made PowToon Video on Environmental Issues of Southeast Asia