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Watch Ted Talk
Spread the Knowledge

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Climate change is shifting Earth's seasons. Winters are getting shorter, and the warmth of spring has started to arrive earlier and earlier, messing with the timing of processes like animal migrations and the budding of new plant growth. In a series of graphics spotted by Flowing Data, the NASA Earth Observatory shows how much earlier new leaves are arriving in some parts of the U.S., and how much earlier they reach full bloom.

The data comes from a 2016 study of U.S. national parks, so the maps only cover seasonal changes within the park system. But since there are so many parks spread across the U.S., it's a pretty good snapshot of how climate change is affecting the timing of spring across the country. The map in green shows the difference in "first leaf" arrival, or when the first leaves emerge from tree buds, and the map in purple shows the arrival of the first blooms.

Around 75 percent of the 276 parks analyzed in the study have been experiencing earlier springs, and half had recently seen the earliest springs recorded in 112 years. In Olympic National Park in Washington, the first leaves are now appearing 23 days earlier than they did a century ago, while the Grand Canyon is seeing leaves appear about 11 days earlier. National parks in the Sierras and in Utah are seeing leaves appear five to 10 days earlier, as are areas along the Appalachian Trail. Some parks, however, particularly in the South, are actually seeing a later arrival of spring leaves, shown in dark gray in the graphic.

The places that are witnessing earlier first blooms aren't always the ones with extra-early first leaves. The Appalachian Trail is blooming earlier, even though the first leaves aren't arriving any earlier. But in other places, like Olympic National Park, both the first leaves and the first blooms are arriving far earlier than they used to.

"Changes in leaf and flowering dates have broad ramifications for nature," National Park Service ecologist John Gross explained in the Earth Observatory's blog. "Pollinators, migratory birds, hibernating species, elk, and caribou all rely on food sources that need to be available at the right time." When temperatures get out of sync with usual seasonal changes, those species suffer.

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Two Teenagers Convinced Bali to Ban Plastic Bags

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Climate change is shifting Earth's seasons. Winters are getting shorter, and the warmth of spring has started to arrive earlier and earlier, messing with the timing of processes like animal migrations and the budding of new plant growth.

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-27 year old designer came up with a way to revolutionize how we recycle
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Start your own little plastic recycling workshop

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Start your own little plastic recycling workshop. Let people in every corner of the world know they can start their own local plastic workshop. A 27-year-old designer came up with a way to revolutionize how we recycle. You can read more about it at http://preciousplastic.com/ Original source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J7JZcsoHyA

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K-8 Reducing Plastic Using Design Thinking
Gr. 4-8 Petroleum: Discovery to Distribution

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1) Design Thinking summary
2) Grade 2 shares example of prototypes to reduce plastic footprint.
3) Grade 1 share test: Plastic Petition
4) Task: Watch how 27 year old designer came up with a way to revolutionize how we recycle. Spread the Knowledge

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Take the pledge to go strawless!

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1) Go Sustainable Solutions to Reduce Pollution and look at some ways you can reduce your plastic footprint.
2) Continue Design Thinking Model Steps Prototype and Test.

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Watch TedEd: Nurdles' Quest for Ocean Domination (4:06)

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The nurdles' quest for ocean domination - Kim Preshoff

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Nurdles are the tiny, factory-made pellets that form the raw material for every plastic product that we use, from toys to toothbrushes. And while they look pretty harmless on land, they can really wreak havoc on our oceans. Kim Preshoff details the nurdles'quest for ocean domination, shedding light on the particular features that allow these pervasive polluters to persist for entire generations.

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dLab's Methods for the New User

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We've pulled together this collection to help you get started doing design work. Inside you'll find a NEW introductory online workshop, a library of FAQs about how design works, and a couple of handy tools.

Human-centered design offers useful and powerful tools, and it is not enough. A design practice needs to integrate various methods to be most effective. Here's a collection of readings, case studies, and tools to learn about the core methodologies of INTEGRATIVE DESIGN that you can begin to apply towards complex challenges in the social sector.

We love libraries as much as we love design (almost). That's what inspired these digital collections. They're built to help you go beyond the basics and dive deeper into the nuances of design.

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Tools for taking action. - Stanford d.school

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We've pulled together this collection to help you get started doing design work. Inside you'll find a NEW introductory online workshop, a library of FAQs about how design works, and a couple of handy tools. Human-centered design offers useful and powerful tools, and it is not enough.

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1) Watch A teen came up with a genius plan to clean the oceans.
2) Go to the Design Thinking Model and read Step 4 & 5: Prototype & Test.
3) On your DT notecard, draw prototype (or series of prototypes) to test all or part of your solution.

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The new MSN, Your customizable collection of the best in news, sports, entertainment, money, weather, travel, health, and lifestyle, combined with Outlook, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, and more.

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Watch TedEd: What really happens to the plastic you throw away? (4:07)

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What really happens to the plastic you throw away - Emma Bryce

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We've all been told that we should recycle plastic bottles and containers. But what actually happens to the plastic if we just throw it away? Emma Bryce traces the life cycles of three different plastic bottles, shedding light on the dangers these disposables present to our world.

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How much do you know about your plastic impact?
1) Go to Contiki Storytellers website to watch the documentary (7:36) and take the survey.
2) On the Design Thinking worksheet, complete Steps 2 & 3: Define & Ideate.

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Watch The humble, horrible plastic bag

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Recycle Plastic Bags Into Plastic Sheets

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Over a trillion plastic bags are used every year. Does charging for them help? Subscribe NOW to The Economist: http://econ.st/1Fsu2Vj Get more The Economist Follow us: https://twitter.com/TheEconomist Like us: https://www.facebook.com/TheEconomist View photos: https://instagram.com/theeconomist/ The Economist videos give authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science, technology and the connections between them.

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10 Ways to Reduce Your Plastic Footprint

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10 Ways to Reduce Your Plastic Footprint

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Scalable solutions

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1. Empathize
2. Define
3. Ideate
4. Prototype
5. Test

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Have a discussion about who are the users. Look around the classroom, the school, your house to make observations about what you see.

Interview a person who uses plastic. Ask them questions about what plastic they use, how they use plastic, and why they use plastic.

On the Design Thinking worksheet, complete Empathize: Understanding and Observation.

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1) Watch Life of a Plastic Bag (2:35)

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Boomerang Bags presents the Bag Monster in an initative to promote the use of reusable bags, reducing plastics and fostering sustainable behaviour among local communities. For more information about the initiative, and to get involved visit www.boomerangbags.org or find us at www.facebook.com/boomerangbags.