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[비공개] Sara Rossi: Jottings from WorldAffairs..
Hi all! It's me, former intern Sara R., back from a year-and-a-half hiatus from My Wonderful World blogging. It's lovely to be back! Since leaving my post at MWW, I graduated cum laude from UCLA with a degree in communications and global studies and moved to San Francisco, where I've been working in healthcare consulting since September '09. Last week I attended WorldAffairs 2010, the World Affa..My Wonderful World Blog|2010-03-20 12:33 am추천 -
[비공개] March 2009 Newsletter
Read the March 2010 Newsletter: Geography Awareness Week 2010 theme announced: Freshwater!InsideMarch Challenge: Find 5 ways to reduce your water useGeoFeature: National Environmental Education Week, April 11-17Geography in the News: Celebrate World Water Day, March 22Blog: Guest blogger: Making the Water-Energy ConnectionPlus: Click to the next page for more newsletter highlights... Ge..My Wonderful World Blog|2010-03-19 03:06 am추천 -
[비공개] St. Patrick's Day: Bigger in U.S...
Here's the question I posed to intern Sarah Evans yesterday: I've heard people say that St. Patty's isn't really a big deal in Ireland, that it's much bigger in the U.S. Is it true? And if it is widely celebrated in Ireland, did it become popularized only after big celebrations emerged in the U.S. and Canada, or was it popular before??If you have time to investigate today that would be awesome!!..My Wonderful World Blog|2010-03-18 02:53 am추천 -
[비공개] Making the Water-Energy Connection
Jessica Culverhouse is program manager for National Environmental Education Week (EE Week), a program of the National Environmental Education Foundation designed to connect educators with resources to improve K-12 students' understanding of the environment. EE Week will be held this year from April 11-17. To get involved, visit www.eeweek.org. Have you ever wondered how far your water travels fr..My Wonderful World Blog|2010-03-16 06:57 am추천 -
[비공개] March 2010 Challenge: Take 5 Actions t..
Each month we offer a challenge to MWW members to get involved doing geography; that is, taking an action that requires a geographic perspective or advocating on behalf of geographic education. Our March Challenge: Choose 5 of 100 ways to conserve water and tell us how it goes! Here's your chance: Please comment on this post with your water-saving stories. The March Challenge follows our..My Wonderful World Blog|2010-03-11 06:35 am추천 -
[비공개] Earthquakes in the Western Hemisphere
In the last six weeks, two major earthquakes struck the Western Hemisphere. The first leveled the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti on January 12. The second occurred off the coast of Concepcion, Chile on February 27. While both of these events were life-altering for local residents and many others around the world, why does it appear that Chile's earthquake had less of a devastating impact, even th..My Wonderful World Blog|2010-03-09 10:38 pm추천 -
[비공개] A Simple Intern-duction
Salutations to all! My name is Sarah Evans and I am the new intern for My Wonderful World. I am very excited to be working here for the next few months and exploring more about what National Geographic is all about. I am sure that some of you had the chance to experience or read about the snow storm that stopped the great city of D.C. for a whole week. I arrived on the heels of the first storm,..My Wonderful World Blog|2010-03-08 11:51 pm추천 -
[비공개] Geography is Human. Geography is Mumbai.
Shaj Mathew is a seventeen-year-old high school senior from Maryland. When he's not in school, he reads The New Yorker and talks soccer on his website. He was most recently published in the online literary magazine, The Millions. You can reach him at shaj.mathew@gmail.com.If you would like to guest blog for My Wonderful World, please contact Sarah Jane: scaban@ngs.org. The quintessential Indian..My Wonderful World Blog|2010-02-27 06:17 am추천 -
[비공개] Design Your Own Olympic Logo!
What's in a logo? When it comes to the Olympic games: geography. While the concept of a "logo" is a relatively modern phenomenon spurred by the rise of capitalism and reproducible print, the Olympics have long been infused with geographic symbolism. Take the Olympic flag, for starters: The five interlocking rings are typically taken to represent the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Wh..My Wonderful World Blog|2010-02-23 04:38 am추천 -
[비공개] Israel National Trail
2009 MWW summer intern Melissa Goraj, a junior at the University of Vermont, is currently studying abroad in Israel. Missy returns as a guest blogger to share her stories of geographic learning and adventure in the Middle East. Hello my Wonderful World readers! I had such a great time writing for you over the summer that I wanted to share my experiences about our wonderful world from another cor..My Wonderful World Blog|2010-02-21 03:17 am추천
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