Index

»Barefoot Mapping Guidebook
»Future of the Forests
»The Technology Trap Series:
»Canada’s Rainforest: From Maps to Murrelets
»TRFic!
A Temperate Rainforest Poster Kit
»Watershed Connections: An Introductory Guide

Barefoot Mapping Guidebook:
 
A nine-step activity guide for students on how to map local ecosystems. Includes using a compass, preparing base maps, interpreting existing thematic maps, and conservation issues and strategies. Adapted from Canada's Rainforest: from Maps to Murrelets.

Produced 2001 by Sierra Club of B.C.
Secondary
Coilbound
20pages: $9.00

Future of the Forests
Future of the Forests is a learning resource for secondary students and the general public that examines local and global forestry through case studies in British Columbia and Indonesia. It deals with questions, definitions and concepts pertaining to issues of sustainability from several perspectives, including that of indigenous peoples, and a North-South view. There is a growing need to increase public understanding of the complexities and importance of forest issues. This includes an understanding of the global context of forestry issues, and learning from different management strategies that are being used around the globe. Future of the Forests sheds light on the increasingly global nature of forests and forestry issues, and the interconnectedness of environmental and development issues. The British Columbia and Indonesian case studies provide excellent global examples of forest issues, forest use and sustainable alternatives.

Produced 1997 by VIDEA and the Sierra Club of BC
Secondary/Adult
Cerlox bound
22 pages: $12

The Technology Trap Series:
People, Technology and the Environment
Transportation: Who’s in the Driver’s Seat?
Module 1: The Technology Trap Series
The first in a series on appropriate technology, this resource focuses on analyzing technology and the role it plays in our lives. This unit, on transportation, is written for students and teachers, and provides background information, activities and references. Activities encourage critical analysis of the technologies we use every day and their impacts on the environment, human health and society. Appropriate technology alternatives are presented through activities that develop critical thinking skills and promote individual action through student involvement.

Produced 1997 by the Gaia Project
Secondary
Softcover
37 pages: $10

Follow the Paper Trail: Technology, Wood Consumption & Alternatives
Module 2: The Technology Trap Series
The second module in the highly successful “Technology Trap” Series, this resource on appropriate technology encourages students to analyze their wood and paper use. Activities and background information help students examine how technology has actually increased our use of paper products, understand the consequences for forests and the environment, and learn about alternatives and positive actions. Students develop critical thinking skills by assessing the local and global impacts of various technologies, and by identifying the role they can play as informed consumers of forest resources.

Produced 1998 by the Gaia Project
Secondary
Softcover
46 pages: $10

Canada’s Rainforest: From Maps to Murrelets
This resource focuses on the coastal temperate rainforest of British Columbia. Through the investigation of mapping technology and temperate rainforest ecology, students will investigate the ways in which mapping can help us make more informed decisions about wilderness, wildlife and biodiversity. Written for both students and teachers, the activities are designed to encourage the development of map-making skills as well as critical analysis of the social, economic and environmental impacts of our interactions with these ecosystems. Included: the Sierra Club’s state-of-the-art poster map of coastal temperate rainforests.

Produced 1998 by the Sierra Club of BC
Secondary
Coil bound
140 pages: $19.50

TRFic!
A Temperate Rainforest Poster Kit
An action kit containing four full-colour posters that depicts various aspects of the Coastal Temperate Rainforest. The kit includes a Student/Teacher Guidebook that contains all the information, activities and resources needed to educate students about Canadian rainforests, plants and animals, and the connections between forests and people.

Produced 1998 by the Sierra Club of BC
Intermediate
Coil bound
64 pages, 4 posters (18" x 24"): $19.50

Watershed Connections:
An Introductory Guide
 
Modules and activities identify how watersheds work, the relationships that exist between watersheds and human beings, watershed interactions on a global scale, the challenges surrounding watersheds within B.C., and effective ideas on how everyone can become watershed stewards.

Produced 2001 by Sierra Club of B.C.,
Secondary/Adult
Coilbound
94 pages: $15.00