Yesterday we began our journey around the tiny islands of Micronesia with a little lesson about Kiribati. Today Kiribati has few national resources and its economy is less than robust. Because it is mainly composed of low-lying atolls it is also likely to be the first nation in the world to disappear as sea levels rise due to climate change. According to the Kiribati government’s website about climate change, Kiribati has developed three basic strategies to cope: mitigation (not likely), adaptation (consisting of such things as coastal management, figuring out how to maintain fresh water supply and planting of mangrove trees to solidify the coastline), and, ultimately, relocation (step 1: allow some i-Kiribati to enter Australia and New Zealand now, thereby establishing i-Kiribati expatriate communities, step 2: “the levels of qualifications able to be obtained in Kiribati will be raised to those available in countries such as Australia and New Zealand.”) The goal? Sadly…. “Migration with dignity.” Watch Te Kamei, proud ensemble from a disappearing Kiribati.
We are revising the AllAroundThisWorld.com site and are currently using a new (better!) site — ExploreEverywhere.com — to tell you all about our curriculum offerings and how to become one of our teachers. That said, if you were on ExploreEverywhere, you clicked to find more information about a song or lesson, and landed here, you’re in the right place! Some links may be broken and a detail or two may be out of date…but close the popup window and enjoy!
