Climate change: Polar bears facing 'tipping point'.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8700000/8700472.stm

Presentation skills:

UK: hung parliament

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/default.stm

The world's dumbest sports?

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/sports/2010/05/04/mckay.rick.reilly.dumb.sports.cnn?hpt=Mid

Society:

The real value of professions to society
http://www.neweconomics.org/sites/neweconomics.org/files/A_Bit_Rich.pdf

The crises of credit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0zEXdDO5JU&feature=player_embedded#
Part II Turning Point
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhDkZjKBEw&feature=channel

Kids OFF Facebook!

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/04/30/principal.facebook.ban/index.html

Environmental catastrophy: Oil Katrina

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8655528.stm
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/04/30/Napolitano.oil.spill.wdsu?hpt=T1
Fishing industry devastated
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/04/30/Napolitano.oil.spill.wdsu?hpt=T1
Damage worse than at Alaska with Exxon Valdez
http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/05/01/nr.ott.oil.debate.cnn
Rising concerns http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tech-transport/gulfofmexico-oilspill-whatwhenwhere-whatyoucando.html
Barrels to litres http://www.metric-conversions.org/volume/barrels-to-liters.htm


On the world energy industry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDIYgG0gSiY&feature=player

Glossary of terms. http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/25/gulf-coast-oil-spill-demystified-a-glossary

TED-talk: Carl Safina talk with subtitles (optional) and the transcript.