Jack Hassard

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Fire in the pit

Posted by Jack Hassard | Apr 6, 2008 | Environment, Health & Medicine

For the past 10 days I’ve been in Texas enjoying the outdoor world of farmland located half-way between Austin and Houston, near the town of Burton, Texas. It’s been a wonderful week of enjoying nature, and the world...

Earth Hour

Posted by Jack Hassard | Mar 29, 2008 | Environment

Today, Earth Hour was initiated in many cities around the world. Begun last year by citizens in Sydney, Australia, the 60 minute environmental social action project involved about 2 million people who turned the lights off for...

Social Networking and Science Teaching

Posted by Jack Hassard | Mar 24, 2008 | Technology

Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web had a dream for the web and he put it this way: “When I proposed the Web in 1989, the driving force I had in mind was communication through shared knowledge, and the...

Air Pollution: Regional Influences & the Beijing Olympics

Posted by Jack Hassard | Mar 21, 2008 | Environment, Health & Medicine

In the last post we discussed the relationship between Beijing’s air quality and the impact on athletes competing in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. China is one of the leading contributors to greenhouse house gas...