Green revolution challenges activity1

=Activity - discussion on the negative effects of the green revolution=

Estimated Time
One period

Multimedia resources
Challenges to bio diversity, keynote address by Dr Vandana Shiva, at the 2009 Organicology Conference in Portland, Oregon, on February 28, 2009.

Website interactives/ links

 * 1) http://sitemaker.umich.edu/section7group1/case_study__bihar
 * 2) http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/06/cheap-food/green-revolution-illustration

Process
Students to collect information about the ill effects of the green revolution technologies, from newspapers, Internet. In teams students can present the issues, which can be grouped as - impact on land, impact on water sources, socio-political impact etc

What questions can you ask

 * 1) What challenges have green revolution presented?
 * 2) How are these challenges being addressed

Activity keywords
To link back to the concept page green revolution