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Abstract: Latest results in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) research and practice show a tendency towards more holistic approaches aiming at deep transformation of the self and the meanings of human existence. Aligned with this, we present the Transdisciplinary Framework of Worldviews and Behaviours (TFWB) to describe the possible formation and expression of a worldview, a complex constellation of meaning and identity from which all human conduct emerges. Four key principles arising from the TFWB are: 1) The whole embodied nervous system is greater than the sum of its separated parts, especially when it comes to intelligence (information processing) and learning (meaning making); 2) The mind is a highly emotion-dependent and mostly unconscious entity; 3) A worldview is a unique arrangement of meaning each person builds, and lives through; and 4) Increasing self-awareness about how a personal worldview is formed and expressed generates increasing opportunities for that individual to explore and build a different meaning for their experience, or to explore and choose different forms to express it (behave). The TFWB informs a new perspective on learning that could be useful for the achievement of ESD's transformative goals, guiding the innovative design of educational initiatives encouraging new conceptualizations about the meanings of being human; thus, facilitating potential behavioural transformations toward a more sustainable existence.Continue Reading
Abstract: Sustainability has the potential to provide a holistic framework that can bridge the gap that is often found between socio-economic justice and environmental discourses. However, sustainability and sustainability education have typically accepted the prevailing socio-economic and cultural paradigm. It is my aim in this paper to demonstrate that a truly holistic and visionary sustainability (education) framework ought to demand radical and critical theories and solutions- based approaches to politicize and interrogate the premises, assumptions, and biases linked to the dominant notion of sustainability. If we are to envision and construe actual sustainable futures, we must first understand what brought us here, where the roots of the problems lie, and how the sustainability discourse and framework tackle—or fail to tackle—them. To do this is to politicize sustainability, to build a critical perspective of and about sustainability. It is an act of conscientização (or conscientization), to borrow Paulo Freire's seminal term, of cultivating critical consciousness and conscience. In lieu of the standard articulation of politics as centralized state administration, 'critical sustainability studies' is based on a framing that gives prominence to a more organic, decentralized engagement of conscientious subjects in the creation of just, regenerative eco-social relations. It illuminates the ideological and material links between society, culture, and ecology by devoting particular attention to how knowledge and discourse around and across those realms are generated and articulated. I believe that future scholarship and activism in sustainability and sustainability- related fields would benefit immensely from dialoguing with this framework.Continue Reading
Abstract: Is it important to educate the media on sustainability? This paper debates the need for sustainability education to be nurtured among media practitioners in Malaysia. Media play a vital role in educating society in three main areas of sustainability including environment, economy, and social justice. In this paper, six media practitioners from two local Malaysian printed media organizations, The Star and Utusan Malaysia, were interviewed to gauge their understanding on sustainability education, perceptions on their pivotal role in sustainability education, and the challenges they face in the process of educating society about sustainability issues. The findings of this study show that most Malaysian media practitioners displayed a clear understanding about sustainability education and they also realized their responsibility for not only informing but also educating society about sustainability issues and the importance of sustainable lifestyles. The ultimate challenge the media faces in terms of sustainability education comes from the media organizations themselves, such as the existence of gatekeepers who control the news. Overall, this study demonstrates that the Malaysian media's involvement in sustainability education is no longer a myth. We hope that this study may provide direction in sustainability education not only among the Malaysian printed media, but also for developing and Southeast Asian countries, and the rest of the world.Continue Reading
Abstract: Scientific literacy through critical-thinking and problem-solving is an important part of the future of our nation. Understanding of science and engineering concepts creates informed citizens who can contribute to democratic conversations and be knowledge consumers. Scientific literacy also requires an understanding of data and data analysis. This lesson uses Global Climate Change as a platform for understanding graphical data by exploring the manipulations of graphs and helping students recognize the ways in which perspective and scale play a role in graphing data. The lesson provided is designed to be covered in 90 minutes with high school students. Using four graphs of global temperature change, students will work in groups to analyze graphs and recognize the way in which scaling can play an integral role in the perception of information as well as an understanding of the degree of temperature change over periods of time due to global climate change.Continue Reading
Abstract: In order to effectively address global sustainability challenges, a wide spectrum of society must be engaged. Universities generate knowledge, enhance understanding of sustainability problems and identify potential pathways to solutions. However, the information they produce often does not reach the public sector. Primary and secondary schools contain expert teachers and science communicators, but they are often limited by educational standards and other teaching duties. On the other hand, museums, such as science and natural history museums, are particularly skilled at translating scientific information so that it engages and excites the general public without the limiting expectations of school systems. Thus, partnerships between museums and universities offer great potential for disseminating sustainability knowledge and solutions on a global scale. However, given the complexity of sustainability problems, partnerships between universities and museums require a deep level of collaboration beyond the scope of information or resource exchange. In this article, we explore our experiences collaborating with museums, reflecting on challenges and, ultimately, identifying four main focal areas to successful, transformational collaborations. Though we focus on museum partnerships from the university perspective, we contend that any institution can apply these four steps to make progress on wicked problems that require immediate action.Continue Reading
Abstract: The study was a descriptive and correlational quantitative study of U. S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) teachers' perceptions of ecological and democratic principles in their schools. Descriptive statistics described the ED-GRS teachers' perceptions of how the ecological and democratic principles operate in their schools. Correlations were used to look deeper at the ecological and democratic principles and to what extent these principles were related. Teachers in ED-GRS award winning schools reported evidence of ecological and democratic principles. The findings suggested that ecological and democratic principles had a positive relationship among them. In addition, there were seven principles that had strong, positive relationships among each other as perceived by teachers in ED-GRS award winning schools. I concluded from the data that sustaining ecological change requires evidence of democratic leadership and community. This study contributes to the field of educational leadership by providing a descriptive analysis of a newly-created United States Department of Education award. In addition, this study provides schools and school leaders with information as how to make sustainable changes that lead to healthy, high performance schools including a theoretical framework to provide guidance in making the sustainable changes.Continue Reading
Abstract: Healing a world on the brink of eco-social collapse requires an understanding of how planetary health has declined, how sustainable societies worked before, and how we can restore them. Global colonizing processes established a worldview of economic domination and competition that has had detrimental impacts upon our social and environmental systems. Archeological and mathematical studies of the rise and fall of human civilizations concluded that egalitarian societies with low environmental exploitation were the longest lasting in human history, and that high economic stratification, and/or overexploitation of resources were precursors to societal collapse. Indigenous community systems were relatively egalitarian and environmentally sustainable. Hypothetically, if we use Indigenous eco-social systems as a guide for community planning, then eco-social collapse can be averted, and eco-social resilience and sustainability can be restored. A framework of Indigenous principles and practices is included, with examples of goals, activities and indicators.Continue Reading
Abstract: This study sought to determine the influence of environmentally themed higher education courses upon students' self-perceptions of their environmental literacy. Past research has suggested mixed conclusions about the objectives, approaches, and impacts of environmental and sustainability education in higher education. This study assessed environmental literacy and the influence of pedagogical perspective and instructor emphasis in environmentally themed higher education courses. Using the Hollweg et al. (2011) framework for environmental literacy, the study assessed students' self-perceptions of their environmental literacy in a pre- and post-test format. Data were analyzed using a paired samples t-test and one-way ANOVA with a Tukey HSD post-hoc test. The results of the study showed that environmentally themed higher education courses are having a significant influence on students' self-perceptions of their environmental literacy. However, instructors seemed to emphasize behavior least of the four aspects of environmental literacy. These findings suggest that environmentally themed courses are having a strong impact, yet further integration of environmental education principles may be meaningful. This study clarifies the impact of environmentally themed higher education courses. The distinction between pedagogical perspectives delineates new understandings of the differences in environmental literacy change. This study serves as a ground for future research to build the implementation of environmental education in higher education.Continue Reading
Abstract: In this article, I explore the future of higher education within the context of teaching and learning for sustainability. Challenges currently facing sustainability education are identified along with opportunities to face these challenges in ways that are transdisciplinary and holistic. I make the case that envisioning the future of sustainability education enables practitioners and educational theorists to better meet the needs of today's generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987). My vision of the future of sustainability education in higher education is grounded in transformative, experiential, and place-based approaches. Engaging students in authentic inquiry in the classroom enables students to become better citizens and stronger problem solvers within the context of sustainability and beyond.Continue Reading
Abstract: A conceptual sustainability taxonomy has been needed to better communicate the value of sustainability, to align sustainability scholars' theories and sustainability educators' practices, and to develop curriculum, teaching, learning, and assessment to enhance college students' comprehension of and commitment to sustainability across general, major, and co-curriculum. Original conceptual research, including the grounding of a conceptual sustainability taxonomy with early career student affairs educators in higher education, presents a grounded conceptual sustainability taxonomy (Alive, Survive, Strive, Thrive) for educating college students and initiating scholar-practitioner contemplation, discussion, and research.Continue Reading
Stakeholders have become increasingly vocal about companies' sustainability impacts, and corporations have responded by issuing sustainability reports that discuss and gauge performance metrics for a variety of social and environmental dimensions. These corporate sustainability reports are public domain and contain a wealth of longitudinal data that could be used by stakeholders, including educators and students. However, these reports appear to be vastly underutilized due to insufficient knowledge of and skills for assessing corporate sustainability information. This article presents the SPA (Sustainability Performance Assessment) System (Paun 2015), an educational tool for mentoring students in corporate sustainability performance research. The Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) G4 framework forms the model underlying SPA. A student learning outcomes survey reported that 96% of the respondents said the SPA System reduced sustainability report complexity through enhancing their sustainability knowledge and/or analytical skills. More specifically, student feedback indicated an increased understanding of sustainability both as a concept and from a business perspective, and the improved ability to assess and compare corporate sustainability performance based on sustainability report information and data.Continue Reading
Abstract: Geography supports place-based inquiry for the learner, applying the old environmental adage of "think globally, act locally" to environmental problem solving. Many within and outside of the discipline of geography see it as a highly appropriate home for sustainability studies. Yet despite a history of human-environment education, place-based relevancy, and support from professional research or education organizations, studies show that geography does not always take a lead role in sustainability education. In the following, we revisit the contested histories of geography and sustainability education and show support for geography-led sustainability curriculum. The scope of this research is universities which have self-identified as leaders in campus sustainability, using the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS) participation as an indicator. To best understand the current relationship of geography and sustainability studies in higher education, this study examines the role of geography in offering "Sustainability Focused" courses as reported by AASHE STARS institutions with geography programs. The results show that although geography departments are highly utilized when present at an institution, there is still much room for improvement both within geography departments and campus-wide. We then discuss the implication of these findings, both for the discipline of geography and for students of sustainability.Continue Reading
This paper examines the conceptualization and implementation of teaching inequality through placed-based and experiential learning while focusing on issues that impact the sustainability of communities through the effects of the social and historical constructs of race, class, and gender. The goal is to push students to rethink issues of sustainability in a more holistic way including social, economic, and political aspects to sustainability. In turn, students are empowered through a Freirian pedagogy to become "student-teachers" for the society in which they live in partnership with a local community organization to create public interactive history exhibits that create educational opportunities to both identify and document historical and current inequalities and their effects on the present moment and to encourage the community to engage with and analyze their own history in a manner to create meaningful dialogue and public discussion for the creation of a more equitable and sustainable society.Continue Reading
This paper focuses on understanding the collaborative process as a critical aspect of building community capacity to respond to change and uncertainty in the landscape. Can focusing on place-based relationship building enhance a community's ability to make difficult land use decisions? Collaborative initiatives to preserve farmland and open space have emerged as a process that supports local involvement and ownership of community decisions; however, the variable success of these initiatives highlights the need to evaluate what factors influence individual support for collaboration. This study uses a case study to examine the role of sense of place, as well as other attitudinal and demographic factors, in determining support for collaborative efforts to preserve farmland. Drawing on analysis of responses to a survey of residents in Harrison County, Indiana from a period when the community faced intense growth pressures that threaten unique natural resources and farmland. The findings demonstrate that an individual's sense of place and environmental attitudes positively influence support for key steps in the collaborative process, including the acceptance of strategies to address farmland loss.Continue Reading
Effective sustainability education is constrained, in part, by an inability to consistently define what it is, who it is for, and how it can best address present-day concerns. Often reduced to a set of behaviors with a future orientation for intergenerational security, sustainability loses the immediacy and importance of issues like hunger, homelessness, and the impact of toxic industry practices on real people in real communities, despite the fact that these all represent foundational aspects of sustainability. Critical sustainability harnesses place and community to make connections between equity, ecology and economy explicit. Requiring a deep connection with the socio-ecological landscapes of our experiences, critical sustainability utilizes individual and community identities in working towards resilience. In this paper, we explore the ways that participatory action research (PAR) can leverage place and community to disrupt systems of power and privilege and demonstrate this approach as both effective pedagogy and a powerful orientation toward addressing community-level climate change adaptation. We contend that critical sustainability education requires sincere engagement with place, along with the shared, community-driven knowledge production that is the cornerstone of PAR.Continue Reading
Place can be understood as space endowed with meaning, evoking notions of difference, connection, attachment, and emotion. As processes of modernity and globalization have increasingly homogenized cultural and natural landscapes, place is said to be 'thinning' or lost, linked to widening rifts between social and natural worlds. Such homogenization globally has sparked concerns, as people perceive landscape loss and increasing socio-ecological injustices. One such system of homogenization and unsustainability is industrial agriculture, a system that has shifted smaller scale, place-based, and diverse food systems to a global, mechanized one, distancing production from consumption, disrupting communities, and obscuring awareness, understanding, and care.
Yet, as consumer awareness increases and people desire to know where their food comes from and who produced it, inclusive place-based food systems can provide reconnections amongst producers, consumers, community, and the more-than-human world. In this paper, stemming from research in western North Carolina, we bring together literature from scholars of place, agro-food studies, education, and tourism to investigate the role of place in local food systems as well as the potential of small-scale sustainable agricultural places to serve as important educational spaces via community-based farm tourism. To better understand such potential, we draw on a study of the Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture High Country Farm Tour, an annual tour of small-scale sustainable working farms in the North Carolina High Country. Delving into participating producers' philosophies, practices, and stories reveals passionate sustainable producers firmly rooted in place, while exploring consumer motivations for and impacts of participation makes a strong case for community-based farm tourism and other environmental tourism projects as an avenue for place-based education, community socio-ecological resilience, and sustainability across scales.Continue Reading
This paper explores the relationships between teacher and student length of habitation and knowledge of place and the process of learning to teach. A qualitative analysis of social studies instructional units developed by Indigenous and non-Indigenous pre-service teachers working in rural and urban school settings across Alaska, considered in relation to the interns' relationships to the communities where they were teaching provides the foundation for a framework considering the different ways in which place-based education might be enacted. Data analysis addresses the questions of how individual relationships with place impact the integration of place into the classroom, how a new teacher learns to enact place-based teaching in a way that allows his or her students to reap the benefits of this pedagogical mind-set and whether strategies for learning how to teach in a place-based manner vary depending on the contexts in which the students and teachers are situated.Continue Reading
The goal of this paper is to characterize the current state of literature that explores the importance of local contexts in the uptake of sustainability in education policy enactment and practice, with a particular focus on land and place in relation to education policy. Place has been studied by various fields in distinctive ways, and each discipline tends to privilege a certain aspect of place based upon their disciplinary frameworks. As opposed to exploring place through a disciplinary lens, I am seeking to understand place as a holistic, multidimensional concept. Place has historically been conceptualized as static, never changing, and everlasting. In contrast, a more contemporary view describes place as always in process, always becoming; places are never complete, bounded, or finished. This transmutes place into a more subjective concept, something that is rich in imagery, memories, and history but blurred when it comes to limits, power, and hierarchy. Thus, places operate through reiterative and continual practice but can be disrupted through social change and movements, political swifts, and differing ideologies. This protean characteristic of place is significant when reviewing the policy enactments literature, which underscores the fact that schools are always specific, and they are dynamic and shift both internally and externally. This paper seeks to address the question: How can or should considerations of place (e.g., location, local-global, land as historical, contested, impacted by dominant culture) inform the engagement of sustainability in education policy enactment and practice?Continue Reading
The sport industry has a tremendous impact on the natural environment. As a result, sport organizations have implemented ways to reduce their impact ranging from energy upgrades, waste management programs, and fan engagement. However, fan engagement efforts have received mixed results to increase participation in sustainability initiatives. This paper proposes that sense of place can be leveraged using fan identification to increase participation in such initiatives, thereby decreasing the environmental impact of the sport organization and individual fans. A conceptual model is presented and practical examples provided for the use and reference of sport management and sustainability educators or researchers.Continue Reading
This article draws on Heidegger's philosophy to bring a phenomenological perspective to bear on the question of place. By revealing dynamic human and natural histories, narrative can be a particularly useful tool for orienting our environmental commitments. I share stories from Vieques, Puerto Rico, an island shaped by trauma, to illustrate the power of people articulating what they most value about the places they call home.Continue Reading
Environmental Study of Sustainable Places is a pedagogical experiment in multi-disciplinary curriculum development on several levels: 1) we integrated our multidisciplinary backgrounds in the social sciences and the humanities—political science and international relations with art and aesthetic education—to develop and co-teach these half courses; 2) student learning outcomes, course requirements, interactions and collaborations, multimedia texts (that can range from journal essays to Ted talks to articles from international press to images of environmental artists), and out of class projects, promote interdisciplinary learning; 3) the semester course confronts borders and boundaries of static college curriculum around sustainability as we examine global and local understanding of sustainability, which is a pre-requisite for a residency at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David where students crossed international borders and boundaries to conduct research of sustainable policy and enculturation in Wales, United Kingdom. Students attended interdisciplinary symposiums and work collaboratively with students representing different disciplines from the University of Wales; and 4) we delicately navigated the College's curricula policy and bureaucracy to gain approval for a paradigm shift to use the concept of sustainability as a "pedagogical big idea" to assure that students would fulfill either of the Liberal Studies Curriculum requirements: Global Issues for Common Good or Artistic Experience.Continue Reading
Abstract: Recent sustainability education theorists have identified a gap in the research literature regarding sensory entanglement and wonder in sustainability education. Sensory entanglement and wonder are requisite because they bring valuable shifts supporting a more critical and transformative kind of sustainability education by (1) awakening a compassionate connection with the living world, (2) nurturing alternative epistemologies, (3) providing a strengthening function for sustainability educators and their co-learners, for stamina and ongoing engagement, and (4) generating sustainability agency and an active and authentic hope to sustain a sense of the possible in the midst of the dire. This article focuses on how awakening the senses to foster a sense of wonder can nurture grounded, authentic, active hope and agency in sustainability education. It is authored collaboratively by sixteen graduate course participants and faculty co-researchers who discuss interrelated theories pointing to a need to foster senses of wonder in sustainability education. The researchers work in research teams to explore experiential and sense-based hope- and agency-building curricula. Findings include activities and reflections across the five senses as well as with the sixth sense, intuition. Sensing, listening, intimate observing, imagining, feeling, entangling, and wondering can shift unsustainability epistemologies and transform human and cultural engagement. The sense of sound can be immersive and resonant, lending learners to relational and multispecies sensing. Scent can catalyze wonder and inspire experiential, holistic growth and integration of time. Savoring in the sense of taste can extend learners from survival to joy, offering opportunities for mindfulness that can connect cultural and biocultural mutualisms and collaborative sustainability agencies. Pattern sensing for similarity using the visual sense of wonder can support connected knowing and ecological vision. The sense of touch can offer a continuous and mutual comfort and belonging. Visual pattern and texture scavenger hunts can cultivate these sustainability sense capacities. The sixth sense, intuition, opens learners to imaginative, transformative, and connective ways of knowing as place and planet, stimulating hope-giving, integrative sustainability agencies.Continue Reading
Abstract: This article reports on an autoethnography in which eight researchers interrogate their experience in a cohort-based education for sustainability advanced certificate program for evidence of practices that generated hope and agency, and worked against the hopelessness that can come with studying problem as big and seemingly insurmountable as sustainability. They found that learning about and tackling wicked problems as a community of practice undermined debilitating pessimism and generated productive hope and collective action.Continue Reading
Abstract: Moving beyond the despair resulting from what appears to be a tipping point of life systems due to climate change, this narrative presents a possibility for regenerative hope. The article begins by discussing an emergent typology of hope that includes hokey hope, resolute hope, mythical hope, patient hope, hope deferred, sound hope, authentic hope, critical hope, and transformative hope. Drawing upon this typology, a model for regenerative hope is developed with the following features: care and conviviality, experience and engagement, imagination and joy, risk-taking and belief in possibilities, and critical sensibilities and transformation. Series of photos and voices of youth from a low-income middle school actively engaged in the learning gardens are presented as practical examples of pedagogy of action and agency manifested as regenerative hope.Continue Reading
Abstract: Opportunities abound for educators to rethink the way teaching and learning occurs for today's students. Taking time to focus on learning outdoors, on making healthy choices, and on fostering a sustainable learning and living environment is transforming the way schools work across the nation. Through the lens of the three pillars of the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS), this article described examples from a range of school sites and includes the voices of administrators, teachers, and staff in revisiting how we teach, learn, and lead. Helpful tips regarding school sustainability round out the article to provide "next steps" for the reader.Continue Reading
Abstract: If we are to educate the coming generation about the threats to the environment and the consequences of the excesses of human actions on our planet, educators need to consider critical pedagogy as a means of engaging students in thought and action. This article examines texts from prominent sustainability advocates and researchers, analyzing how they frame sustainability on a spectrum of hope that will then enable educators to address sustainability education with a realistic sense of agency while preparing students to meet the challenges for a sustainable future. Suggestions for pedagogical applications are included for each category across the spectra of hope.Continue Reading
Abstract: For five years we taught a field philosophy course in Isle Royale National Park to study if and how wilderness experience, coupled with a care-based and community-focused curriculum in place-based ecology and environmental ethics, could help students develop empathy for nonhuman nature. Empathy for the natural world can positively impact environmental attitudes and behaviors; empathy also plays an important role in citizenship skills and actions. Using a constructivist grounded theory qualitative analysis of student pre-, on-, and post-course writing, we found that students consistently demonstrated shifts in empathetic awareness and individual agency all years but one, when the course size was larger. Several factors impacted the development of an empowered sense of self and moral agency, including: the use of narrative and storytelling in the curriculum, the inclusion of student-driven choice-based assignments, and group size. Experiential environmental learning focused on the development of empathy can provide a meaningful path for students to bridge moral agency, environmental attitudes and knowledge, and citizenship skills and behavior so they can connect their values with action These results have consequential impacts for sustainability learning and action.Continue Reading
Abstract: In his landmark book Native Science (2000), indigenous educator Gregory Cajete eloquently articulates the motivations and questions that drive this study. For Cajete, effective education of our time entails "finding heart." Finding heart is an active process within and beyond the person. It is evident in ethically and spiritually grounded work and being that embody meaningful connection to and care for others and nature (p. 288). This article relates to the process of finding heart through sustainability education. It presents a grounded-theory-based study of aspects of sustainability education that motivate or detract from activating hope and agency among undergraduate college students. Specific aspects of conceptual and social engagement, as well as the duration of these effects, are examined in some depth, with the voices of students themselves reflecting the diversity, depth, and power of their experience. The author concludes by suggesting that generating hope and agency among students is a vitally important outcome for sustainability education as part of the larger movement for sustainability. She also suggests curriculum design considerations for effectively activating hope and agency among students.Continue Reading
Drawing from a theoretical framework of Ecopsychology and Biophilia this phenomenological study explored the following research question; What is the meaning of the human-environment relationship for children? This qualitative investigation utilizes data from writing samples and follow up focus group interviews with 68 children providing a robust sample of 6-12 year olds perspectives. Qualitative data analysis software using QSR Nvivo ® 7 & 8 was used to systematically provide topic, analytic, matrix and categorical coding for the 265 pages of textual data. Results indicate that children have a love of nature; a positive deep-seated intellectual and emotional appreciation for nature based on "experiences through" and "affection for" nature. When children expressed their relationship with nature they often did so from a place of positive emotional friendship or unconditional love. This study provides a visual representative diagram based on quantifiable qualitative data illustrating the bonds between children and nature. The biophilic results show that children are "falling in love" with nature and this representation can provide a glimpse into the possibility of "standing in love" with nature as people grow into adulthood.Continue Reading
Abstract: This essay offers reflection on the question of what love has to do with sustainability and environmental awareness. Examining Terry Tempest Williams' Desert Quartet, Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac and Pattiann Rogers' Firekeeper: New and Selected Poems, the article explores how and when environmental consciousness arises. The three selected authors offer insight on the roles played by environmental trauma, close and empathetic identification with animals and place, the power of close observation, and the constitutive power of praise. Finally, an etymological reading of the word, "sustain," suggests new definitions of what it means to have and to hold, to make a pledge to environmental awareness. The essay concludes that the vocabulary and emotional commitment prompted in acts of sustainability partakes in the language of love.Continue Reading
This conceptual article presents the Head, Heart and Hands Model for Transformational Learning. The model was conceptualized from a synthesis of diverse literature, such as sustainable education, transformative learning theories, placed-based learning, indigenous learning approaches, experiential learning, eco-literacy, curriculum theory and conceptual change in science classes. Transformative processes are necessary to change the prevalent anthropocentric eco-paradigm of western culture toward more sustainable values and behaviors. Head, hand and heart is a holistic approach to developing ecoliteracy introduced by Orr (1992) and expanded by Sipos, Battisti and Grimm (2008). The model shows the holistic nature of transformative experience and relates the cognitive domain (head) to critical reflection, the affective domain (heart) to relational knowing and the psychomotor domain (hands) to engagement. Pugh's (2002) pragmatic construct of transformational learning experience offers an analytic tool for measuring transformational experiences through expanded perception (cognitive), expanded value (affective) and active use of learned concepts (psycho-motor). This model not only represents the multi-dimensional nature of transformative processes, it also includes the importance of learning context. The context of place provides a framework of authentic experience for deeper reflection, sense of belonging and body/sensory stimulation that acts as a catalyst for deep engagement required for transformation. Literature in the domain areas are discussed as well as the importance of nature connection and love of place to sustainability values and pro-environmental behaviors.Continue Reading
Sustainable being is the concept of living a lifestyle that is grounded in physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. In this article the author shares how her experiences and learning during a sabbatical in India and Germany helped her make the connection between sustainability education, change initiatives, whole health and heartful living. An overview of sustainable being is provided in the context of five principles of living shared by a vedic-eco community in India who is involved in global sustainability efforts. These principles are related to those living in western society with an emphasis placed on the role of sustainable being for educators involved with change initiatives.Continue Reading
The ecological crisis is a crisis of relationship, and the way forward lies in building more reciprocity, respect, and love into human relationships with each other and with the rest of nature. What is needed is a great economy of give-and-take in which what each takes in is balanced by what each gives out. Nature provides the model for this reciprocity in the biological process of breathing in and breathing out. The rhythm of the breath, found in every life form as well as in every larger community in which living beings participate, provides a powerful model for human decisions and actions in every arena of life. By copying the rhythm of the breath, humans can learn from the wisdom of nature's economy to revolutionize our relationships with one another and with the larger-than-human world. I discuss the economic model of the modern world and its devotion to linear increase and accumulation, or breathing in without limit, and how profoundly this pattern contradicts the reciprocal model of biological life. I offer historical examples of reciprocal economies among the Northwest Coast Indians in the potlatch ceremony and among ancient Israelites in the Year of Jubilee. I then offer examples of reciprocal practices that emphasize the breathing-out or giving-back half of the breath cycle and that can be practiced in daily life. I suggest that activities of any kind that engage people in giving back, such as showing appreciation, extending care, or pausing for meditation, contribute directly to sustainability because they address the giving-back half of the breath cycle, which is missing or underexplored in modern life.Continue Reading
To address solutions to environmental degradation in an authentic context, this qualitative research study examines college students' responses to outdoor fieldwork in an agriculture-focused humanities course. Students' responses to fieldwork on organic farms generated three integrated themes. Active care encompasses students' actions of care for plants, people, and animals; intimate connection includes feelings of kinship with people, plants, land, farmer networks, and love of farming. Of particular interest is the third theme of regeneration, related to actions ensuring flourishing of future generations of humans and the natural world. The study raises questions about the need for significant curricular change in higher education to prepare students to respond effectively to climate unpredictabilities and environmental degradation.Continue Reading
In this program and practices feature, we describe two different models of teacher professional development designed to help teachers build their own energy literacy while gaining tools to bring energy literacy to their classrooms. Through a review of the literature we identify principles by which to compare and evaluate the two approaches. Both were successful in helping teachers to build energy literacy; each had a mix of advantages and disadvantages when compared to the literature.Continue Reading
Renewable energy has become an important priority to the development of human society. The authors proposed an innovative "Proposing-Learning" model to improve the renewable energy education at the university level, in which the student community was extensively involved in the selection, development and assessment of a capstone project. In this project, a hybrid energy harvesting system prototype comprised of a bamboo wind turbine and solar panels was developed at the University of Vermont. The project idea was initially proposed through an online collective intelligence voting system, and then discussed in a committee comprised of students, faculty, staff and alumni members. A group of undergraduate students, representing different engineering disciplines, worked with the faculty advisors to create the prototype successfully. Good assessment was received from the students and local community for the project. Finally, the authors discussed the future effort to improve this education model and the potential applications of the hybrid renewable energy system.Continue Reading
Recognizing that behavior comes not only from understanding, but also from attitudes cultivated in outdoor settings that elicit visceral feelings toward nature, outdoor educators have unique opportunities to make sustainability comprehensive, accessible, and relevant. Yet the principal metaphor underlying outdoor education in general, and the Leave No Trace (LNT) program in particular, may be counterproductive to fostering environmentally and […]Continue Reading
This work proposes a novel theoretical framework for sustainability education and explores four possible applications of the framework. Insights from complexity and complexity education elide with patterns from nature to birth four patterns of regenerative, emergent education. In this work I explore these four natural systems models of emergence and apply them to education. For […]Continue Reading
Education for sustainable development (ESD), a UN initiative, is an emerging field and a movement advocating for a reorientation of education. Integration of ESD has been slow, especially in higher education. The most notable progress is marked by campus greening and research initiatives, while pedagogical innovation, the topic of this paper, has been much slower […]Continue Reading
This article discusses how living systems principles can inform educational design. It describes a theoretical framework for creating academic learning experiences as organic wholes that sustain learning verve. The framework is intended to aid educators in awakening a felt sensation of aliveness, vibrancy, and self-organizing creativity in a group of learners. It seeks to create […]Continue Reading
This case describes how four teacher candidates, placed for a year-long internship in an elementary school with a garden, learned to teach for sustainability. Evidence from the interns' Teacher Work Samples, survey data, interviews, and observational data are used to assess the extent to which teacher candidates demonstrated the knowledge, skills and dispositions to teach […]Continue Reading
If educators are to effectively prepare learners with the knowledge, skills, and values they will need for creating more sustainable places and communities, a transition must be made from transmissive teaching models to transformative learning processes. But how can courses be designed or redesigned so that they create opportunities for transformational sustainability learning, and how […]Continue Reading
Helping people learn to adopt more pro-social lifestyles usually involves persuading them to take new, beneficial actions. However, certain pro-social goals, such as achieving environmental sustainability, also require people to stop performing harmful actions—people are commonly instructed to drive less, use less electricity, and otherwise reduce the amount of resources they consume and waste they […]Continue Reading
This paper describes the perceived condition of access to high-speed Internet for many rural Kentuckians, and reflects on the experience of attempting to bring broadband Internet accessibility to a rural area in Kentucky. This experience is not unlike rural areas in other states however, as numerous stories were discovered over an 8-year period. The general […]Continue Reading
Sustainability is now permeating educational institutions. Yet the emerging discourse on sustainability education is in many ways caught in a modern web of theoretical, ontological, and epistemological assumptions that are incongruent with sustainability. We introduce an ecologically grounded metaphoric language rooted in living soil as an alternative regenerative framework for linking sustainability pedagogy with pedology […]Continue Reading
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Achieving a sustainable future requires that individuals adopt different values, attitudes, habits, and behaviors, which are often learned and cemented at a young age. Unfortunately, current educational efforts are inadequate for achieving transformative action. Even programs whose primary goal is to promote responsible, pro-environmental behaviors have largely failed at creating change among students. The lack […]Continue Reading
Since its founding, the Center for Ecoliteracy, where Zenobia Barlow is executive director and Michael Stone is senior editor, has supported and advanced education for sustainable living in K–12 schools. One of our particular concerns has been leadership and systemic institutional change. We have sought to understand both how schools can themselves change and how […]Continue Reading
What kind of pedagogy could possibly be adequate to the crises of our times: global ecological disaster, intensification of deep poverty across the world, concentration of corporate power and the concomitant blows to democratic initiative and power, and an increasingly totalizing global form of civilization that depends upon detaching human beings from their practical and […]Continue Reading
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Design Inspiration From Artist Residence
Artist Residence are a small but perfectly formed hotel company with locations in London, Cornwall and Brighton. Their unique concept of a 'bespoke' hotel aims to offer a space that feels comforting and intimate whilst you are away from home. Each location reflects its surroundings, whether its through the industrial interior of the inviting bar in London or the sun-bleached wooden furniture in their Cornish getaway. What unites the Artist Residence hotels is their eclectic, individual design. We found plenty of inspiration whilst admiring the London location and have picked out our favourite touches that can easily be incorporated into your own home.
Located in Pimlico, interiors at Artist Residence London combine bohemian modern and vintage elements, with exposed brick walls, cosy ethnic throws and enamel factory lights.
After a busy day exploring London, visitors can relax in the Lounge and soak up the atmosphere. Far from feeling mass produced or sterile, the Lounge incorporates heritage features and industrial decor, with exposed brick walls and pendant lights softened by plush velvet sofas and a quirky vintage style fairground sign.
This bedroom strikes a perfect chord between quirky and chic. We love the contrast of parquet flooring against an exposed brick fireplace, and that metal four poster bedframe really caught our attention!
In the bathroom, wooden panels on the walls evoke a modern rustic look. A muted colour palette, complemented by exposed brickwork, with fresh white robes and traditional fittings, makes this an inviting retreat after a long day sightseeing and shopping.
Down in the basement, the bar has a cool industrial look with enamel factory lights and booths in panelled wood. A monochrome and stormy grey colour palette with industrial luxe copper tube lighting sets the scene perfectly for a few after-dinner cocktails.
Artist Residence London take pride in their restaurant experience being focused around the kitchen, with the chefs taking centre stage. The 64 degrees restaurant invites guests to dine around the pass and watch the chefs cook up a storm.
Feeling inspired by the modern rustic design in Artist Residence? Well, here are a few tips for channeling the look at home.
These fairground lights from Argent and Sable can be made to order and are a really fun vintage inspired addition to any room. Choose your own message from £215 a letter. Be inspired by the Artist Residence and hang yours against an exposed brick wall if you have one.
Pleasure vintage inspired fairground sign, £485, Argent and Sable
Channel a reclaimed look in your bedroom in an unexpected way. We love this reclaimed parquet flooring, available from The Reclaimed Flooring Co. The chevron pattern is on-trend and the wood has a beautifully warm colour.
Reclaimed Red Wine Barrel Oak Parquet Flooring, £95+VAT per m2, The Reclaimed Flooring Company
Traditional fixtures and fittings add real character to even the smallest room in the house. If you want to bring some classic character to your bathroom, consider a customisable Chadder and Co cistern. You might remember we featured this one in Warehouse Home.
Bespoke high level cistern, from £1,200, Chadder & Co
Get creative with wall mirrors and use them as a decorative feature. This hanging mirror from John Lewis is great on its own, or hang 3 or 4 in a group for a stylish statement.
John Lewis Round Hanging Mirror, £60, John Lewis
Channel the contemporary industrial look, as inspired by the 64 degrees restaurant. This pendant lamp from MADE ticks all the boxes: copper tube lights, smoke grey walls and an exposed bulb.
Rehm Pendant Lamp Smoke Grey and Copper, £99, MADE
If you love the bespoke look of Artist Residence London as much as we do, you might want to take a look at their wonderful seaside locations.
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Sen. John McCain who is already facing a tough re-election campaign, received another blow this week after a Phoenix woman arrested on drug charges was identified as a fundraiser for his campaign.
Emily Pitha and Christopher Hustrulid were taken into custody Tuesday after Hustrulid allegedly signed for a package containing 250 grams of Ecstasy. After raiding the house where the two lived, police reported finding an active meth lab, a quarter-pound of methamphetamine, 10 hits of LSD, about 2 grams of cocaine, several grams of heroin, several hundred Ecstasy pills, marijuana and hash oil plus about $7,000 and counterfeit cash.
In a statement released Wednesday, McCain campaign manager Ryan O'Daniel said the campaign has "terminated any relationship" with Pitha, who was working as a consultant arranging fundraisers for McCain.
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McCain, who has represented Arizona for six terms in the Senate and was the 2008 Republican candidate for president, said earlier this month he would skip this summer's Republican National Convention to concentrate on his re-election campaign. The Arizona primary election for U.S. Senate is on Aug. 30.
The senator faces a tough primary from former State Senator Kelli Ward, who in a poll taken last August was leading McCain by nine points. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., is facing McCain in the general election. A Real Clear Politics polling average shows McCain leading Kirkpatrick by just 0.5 points.
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Kim Fridkin, a professor at Arizona State University's School of Politics and Global Studies, said McCain "doesn't have as much of a support among his partisans as he would have in other states."
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Evaluation of p53peptide-pulsed Dendritic Cells in Combination With an Aromatase Inhibitor as a Treatment for Patients With Breast Cancer With Disease Recurrence After Adjuvant or First Line Endocrine Therapy.
Only patients who have tumors > 5 % positive for p53 by IHC can be referred to this
treatment. All patients will receive standard dosage of AI +/- p53-DC vaccination. Patients
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Rob Ford Wasted All His Sincerity Wishing He Could Change the Past
In his second speech, Rob Ford made one particularly impassioned comment which has truly cosmic importance: "I'd do anything, anything to change the past." Really? You're expending all that sincerity on how much you'd like to change the past? Is that something you're close to being able to do?


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Krewella Open Up About Their Breakup With Kris "Rainman" Trindl: "The Truth Is Very Ugly"
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It is one of those comically beautiful afternoons in May when the sidewalks of Manhattan are drenched in gold and somehow don't smell like piss. Even the two chronically grouchy men outside a corner store in the East Village have uncrossed their arms and are smiling at the stream of sun-drunk pedestrians walking by—including Krewella bandmates and sisters Jahan and Yasmine Yousaf, both dressed in body-hugging, all-black outfits from a recent shopping trip to VFILES. Aged 26 and 24 respectively, they've just stepped out from the shadows of a restaurant next door, and are scanning Avenue A for a scenic spot where our photographer can take some pictures for this interview. Suddenly, Yasmine's eyes light up.
"Tompkins Square Park! It's like the Mumford and Sons song!" she says, pointing at a metal placard with a hand covered in snaking tattoos, her brown eyes wide with childlike glee. Without a hint of self-consciousness, she starts singing sweetly, "Oh babe, meet me in Tompkins Square Park..." Jahan, whose angular cheekbones stands in contrast to Yasmine's baby-faced features, joins in with a sardonic grin: "I wanna hold you in the dark..." Clutching each other's elbows, the sisters double forward in contagious laughter.
Learning to laugh at themselves hasn't always been easy for Jahan and Yasmine, who for the last two years have been subject to intense online scrutiny due to a highly publicized—and very ugly—legal battle with former bandmate Kris "Rainman" Trindl, who left the group in 2014. (Trindl and Jahan also dated from 2006 to 2011.)
Back in 2012, Jahan, Yasmine and Kris were the new faces of the burgeoning EDM movement—charismatic poster kids for rolling face to nasty dubstep drops, thrashing your wet hair against thousands of sweaty strangers, and giving in to every impulse. The Yousafs acted as the group's vocalists and songwriters, while Trindl produced the beats. Together, they developed a trademark sound that hijacks every nerve in your body and blasts you into a confetti cannon of mindless euphoria: sweet and synthetic pop hooks floating over chainsaw basslines that sound like Transformers kicking each other in the testicles. The video for one of their early hits, "Alive,"—which currently has 53 million views on YouTube—follows a group of hot teens hooking up amidst an apocalyptic demolition derby. It perfectly sums up their visual brand: dirty, playful, sexy, unstoppable.
After winning an International Dance Music Award in 2012 for "Best Breakthrough Artist," the trio headlined major festivals like Ultra, Electric Daisy Carnival, and Stereosonic. Their 2013 debut album, Get Wet—which mixed hardstyle, electro, and dubstep with stadium rock, and featured guests like Blink-182's Travis Barker and Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump—reached #1 on Billboard's US Dance charts. At a time when main stages were dominated by Tiesto, Hardwell, Martin Garrix, Zedd, Avicii, and Disclosure, the Yousafs—who proudly talk about growing up in a Muslim family with a Pakistani father—felt like refreshing outlier next to the brigade of bland white men in black V-necks. They were also one of the few female-fronted acts in a male-dominated scene—like Nervo, but more raw.
Krewella's fiery rise sputtered out in March 2014, when Trindl missed a flight to headline at Electric Daisy Carnival in Mexico City. According to Jahan and Yasmine's countersuit, this final straw prompted them to stage an intervention in an attempt to curb a drinking problem they said Trindl had developed in tandem with the band's rising profile. Per court documents THUMP obtained, Trindl refused to enter a treatment program, and in September 2014, he sued Jahan and Yasmine for $5 million, alleging that he'd been unfairly removed from the group and cut out of his equal share of their future revenue. In the transcript from his lawsuit, Trindl admitted he drank to deal with the pressure of success, and accused the sisters of not being supportive of his sobriety following an earlier stint in rehab in 2013, stating that they "didn't like the new, sober Kris" and "thought he was depressed." Trindl also claimed that the girls only wanted him to check into a facility so so they could establish themselves as a duo, squeeze him out of the group, and make more money for themselves going forward.
In November 2014, the Yousafs countersued, claiming in their lawsuit that it had been Trindl's choice to resign. They also noted that Trindl had refused to learn how to DJ for their live shows, wasn't holding up his end of production duties due to missed studio sessions, and had acted belligerently on tour due to his alcohol abuse. The spat quickly got messy after the court documents circulated by the Hollywood Reporter. The media started obsessively scrutinizing every new development in the story, with TMZ salaciously reporting that Trindl had been "forced out" for "being too sober." At one point in 2014, the fallout became the number one trending topic on Facebook. Deadmau5 jumped in with a sexist Tweet, advising would-be trios like Krewella not to "fire the guy who actually does shit."
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Chicago, IL (PressExposure) January 20, 2012 -- Big Smile Dental, 2833 N. Milwaukee Ave. has a unique Valentine's Day present for the needy of our community. FREE dental treatment on a first come, first serve basis.
"I have been blessed with a successful dental practice" says Dr. Siegel, and I want to say thank you to the people that have supported me by giving a token of my sincere appreciation back to my community." To date he has been able to treat over 5,000 patients and provide OVER 2 MILLION dollars of Free Dentistry.
Dr. Siegel who has been practicing dentistry in the Logan Square/Avondale area for 26 years wants to let everyone know that his entire staff insisted that they work this Valentine's Day without pay. "My staff is my greatest asset, and I can't tell you how proud I am of them for organizing and putting this benefit together." Siegel stated.
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"No one will be refused FREE treatment on Valentine's Day," states Dr. Siegel, "but it is my hope that the truly needy in the community who fear dental bills more than they fear dental treatment, will be first in line to take advantage of this opportunity." Big Smile Dental will be open its doors on Valentine's Day starting at 9 a.m... Patients must be at least 12 years of age to be seen, and accompanied by a parent or guardian if under the age of 18.
No appointments will be made, patients will be given a time for their treatment on a first come, first serve bases Valentines morning and as much treatment will be accomplished as time allows. "This will not be comprehensive care" says Dr. Siegel, "rather, we will attempt to satisfy patients' immediate needs in the time we have available". Treatment will include cleanings, x-rays, fillings, extractions, diagnostics, and pain control.
Dr. Siegel hopes that dentists throughout the Chicago land area will join him each year and participate in his annual 'Dentists with Heart' event. "Dentists are dedicated and compassionate professionals who work hard to provide excellent care for their patients", Siegel says. "It would be wonderful if the Valentine's Day gift to the community caught on nationwide."
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Look, i am searching , but i did not find what i wanted. I want to make a page like ebay, polountai.com and other same similar pages, for my country.
i want to have in the site this feautures:
1. Member account (login)
2. The member can upload - sell- his products using forms, and the products must be shown in the main page of the site, with his telephone, email etc.
I think is simple.
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If it were simple, anybody could do it!
Here, you can begin your project with a good design:
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You could also take a look a Oracle's HTML DB, which if I recall correctly includes a sample application for an online shop.
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The ongoing battle in the Tata group once again highlights the way Indian companies are controlled—through a complex network of holding firms, investment companies, subsidiaries and intergroup investments. Tata Sons has major stakes in the operating companies of the group. There is another layer as one operating company controls another; for example, the way Tata Global Beverages controls Tata Coffee. Then there are interlocking financial investments by one group company in another.
The battle between the Ambani brothers was another case in point. Thus, promoter groups have more management leverage in individual companies than their legal cash flow rights would entail. Complicated holding structures are not unknown in other parts of the world. But the problem is particularly acute in India—for both historical and tax reasons. As a result, some of the newer online firms have chosen to locate their holding companies offshore in Singapore. This is a corporate governance problem that should worry more investors.


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A diner who dodges paying for his food is doing porridge for the next 56 days.
Alan Brown enjoys meals washed down with alcohol but never has the money to pay.
The 52-year-old, of St Mary's Street, Preston, has racked up 210 convictions for food fraud.
His lawyer Allan Cobain told Blackpool Magistrates Court: "Normally he will run up a bill of £40 or more for his food and wine. This time he was a little more down-market."
"He enjoyed Blackpool fish, chips and peas with bread and butter and tea with two bottles of beer at a cost of £12.90."
"He had only just come out of prison with a £47 grant. He bought a new coat and then became very hungry."
"He is a an old fashioned knight of the road character. He does apply for benefits but is usually back in prison before they are sorted out."
Magistrates sent Brown back to jail for 56 days. He admitted fraud– eating a meal which he knew he could not pay for.
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An author at Politico compares America's enemies to the rebels in 'Star Wars: Rogue One' and thinks the U.S. is like the evil empire. An interesting read…
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Pentagon Erroneously Withheld Millions from Veterans
By Lee Hernly in news No Comments Tags: federal government, Pentagon, veterans
As a veteran, this action by the Pentagon makes me angry. Imagine the outrage if the federal government withheld welfare payments.
Hundreds of Homeland Security Badges, Guns, Phones Go Missing
By Lee Hernly in government, news No Comments Tags: Department of Homeland Security, dhs, federal government
Nothing to see here, move along. What is the potential damage these missing Homeland Security items could do in the wrong hands? Click the link above to read about it.
Congressional Budget Office: U.S. Debt Headed to 103% of GDP
By Lee Hernly in news No Comments Tags: federal government, united states
The debt owed by the United States is creeping closer to Greece levels. Our kids will pay for our misdeeds.
Dick Durbin is a Hypocrite on Loretta Lynch Confirmation
By Lee Hernly in news No Comments Tags: dick durbin, federal government, loretta lynch, u.s. senate
Senator Dick Durbin claims Republicans are racist on the Loretta Lynch confirmation process yet, he voted against Condoleeza Rice – a black woman.
A Failure to Confront Evil
By Lee Hernly in news No Comments Tags: barack obama, erick erickson, federal government, ISIS
A great read here from Erick Erickson at Townhall on Western world elites like President Obama placating, not confronting evil.
Governmental Nonsense Over Chevrolet Camaros
By Lee Hernly in government, news No Comments Tags: air bags, bureaucracy, camaro, chevrolet, federal government
Amazing post over at Heritage on some of the nonsensical red tape the federal government makes car companies have to put up with. This time having to do with a recall involving Chevrolet Camaro owners.


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Twelve Angry Men meets Silkwood in a suspenseful feature inspired by true stories. Starring Lucie Arnaz (The Jazz Singer) and Elisabeth Moss (Madmen, West Wing, Girl Interrupted).
An ambitious Assistant District Attorney (Carlos Leon, The Big Lebowski) prosecutes a wife and mother (Arnaz) for murder after her 47-year-old husband dies of lung cancer. Their 24-year-old son decides to testify against her. At first this appears to be a ridiculous case but one juror's doubts force the jury into an intriguing, emotional and complicated choice regarding addiction, loyalty and individual responsibility.
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After two months of striking, marching and blocking roads, farmworkers in Baja California, Mexico have finally reached an agreement with the Mexican government that may end their current struggle for better wages and working conditions.
Mexican government officials and farmworker leaders held an 18-hour meeting in Ensenada, Mexico starting on May 13 that ended the next day with the government agreeing to meet several demands of the striking workers. Among the demands being met by the government are requirements that companies get certification ensuring that they're not using child labor, social security benefits for retired farmworkers, equal rights and pay for women, housing built for laborers, recognition of the farmworkers' union, and healthcare for workers. Read the full article here.


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Nothing can wreck your hard-earned European vacation faster than a doubt of diarrhoea or other sickness picked up from drinking non-potable water.
Potable water, also referred to as drinking water, is defined as water safe enough for drinking and food preparation, according to Wikipedia.
The European Commission takes potable water seriously. The European Citizens' Initiative states that: Water and sanitation are a human right! Water is a public good, not a commodity!
As a result, all water in Western Europe is safe to drink. If you're travelling to Eastern Europe, you need to check as it's country specific. It's worth noting that not all European countries belong to the EU and may have different standards.
It wasn't always this way. In medieval times many people drank beer as a replacement for water since the beer was purified, whereas the water was contaminated! You won't have that excuse today in most European countries, but I have no doubt that you'll find no problem finding another reason why you MUST drink the beer during your vacation 😉
Finally, just because a country is listed as having non-potable, i.e. unsafe water, it doesn't necessarily indicate polluted water, but it may contain certain pathogens that may cause intestinal issues for those who haven't built up a tolerance to it.
For easy reference, check out the map below indicating which European countries have potable water:
Potable Water in Europe
If you must drink non-potable water in an emergency, then follow these safety precautions outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Happy health and hydration during your European vacation. Bon Voyage!
Potable water research combined from:
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
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In an exclusive interview with TRENDS, Saleh Abdullah Al Abdooli, CEO of Etisalat UAE talks about the profound impact changing technology is having on the telecom sector.
What are the major trends you have seen emerging in the sector this year?
Over the past year, the sector has witnessed emerging trends such as Big Data and Mobility, both of which have profound effects on the way the companies do business and governments engage with residents. These powerful technological forces have the ability to drive disruption, innovation and create opportunities in all areas of business and society. Let's take a closer look at the technological drivers of this ICT transformation.
First is the Big Data phenomenon, which is managing vast volumes in real-time. The rise of Big Data is revolutionizing the way companies conduct business, providing ways for analysts to gain deeper insight into everything from their internal workings to costumer behaviors and preferences. Telecom operators are no exception. Telcos have a wealth of information – from calls and purchases to downloads and updates, that can be used to improve their products, become more responsive to customer demands and locate new sources of revenue. This makes Big Data as a must-have competency for operators. Not surprisingly then, one of the next big things in the industry is the growing amount of investment that vast majority of telco operators will make in Big Data.
Another big trend in telecommunications is enterprise mobility. Enterprises are turning to mobility to transform their operations. The clear focus on 'Bring Your Own Device' (BYOD) is now significantly shifting towards mobile apps as companies are changing the way their employees work with engaging mobile applications. As a result, you will see that spends on traditional telecom services are reducing. Therefore, telecom operators now have a timely opportunity to take a sustained, long-term strategic approach to introducing enterprise mobility propositions to the market.
What are Etisalat's plans for rolling out fifth generation of mobile technology, or 5G? How is it different from 4G?
While 4G is still relatively new in the region, the next big thing is the fifth generation of mobile broadband or 5G technology. 5G is all about "ubiquitous computing", meaning the ability to access the applications we want from any platform, anytime, anywhere.
5G will deliver capacity and connectivity beyond anything we've even come close to today. 5G technology will open the door for applications and uses that we cannot imagine today, and the new network will help us cope with the massive digital content explosion we anticipate in the next few years. It will help us shape the environment that 'Internet of Thing' needs to grow and become a way of life for end users.
In short, 5G lays the groundwork for a future of possibilities that we are only just beginning to consider. To create such an environment, one needs to integrate various applications, emerging from various engineering practices.
The telecom sector is at the heart of economic development, how do you see this?
Telecommunications is transformative; it transforms people's lives, it transforms business and it transforms economies. A number of industry reports have noted the positive effect that increased mobile penetration and Internet has on economic growth and GDP. However, telecommunications does more than just power economies; it connects the unconnected, gives banking facilities to the un-banked, offers access to education and provides healthcare provision to even the most remote, rural areas.
It is a growth engine where the multiplier effect on GDP is significant. Operators are now innovators, delivering integrated solutions to help people, governments and businesses do things more efficiently, more quickly and at lower cost.
The delivery of innovative solutions through applied technology – mobile social networks, cloud computing, mobile payments, mobile health care, distance learning and education, M2M and cloud networking – are helping to shape the way we live and work while accelerating social development and economic growth.
In the UAE, Etisalat's investment in state-of-the-art Next Generation Networks are ready to catalyse the nation's ICT infrastructure.
With the rollout of one of the world's widest FTTH networks and a Long Term Evolution (LTE – 4G) network, governments, businesses and individuals are beginning to enjoy a vast number of applications that are helping boost the economic growth and adding value to their personal lives.
What efforts have been put together by Etisalat to boost smart technologies and to assist young Emiratis in innovation?
In support of the UAE's focus on smart cities, Etisalat pioneered several smart services providing a range of end-to-end managed systems that offer complete solutions to every sector of society – healthcare, education, government, energy, finance, hospitality, technology and computing.
To encourage adoption amongst young Emiratis, we are using an inside out approach, starting with our own people who hold the power to influence the community at large. Etisalat is undergoing a smart transformation as an organization. Through trainings and development programs, we are equipping young Emiratis with the necessary tools and skills for digital innovation. In the lead up to World Expo 2020, we are empowering them to contribute to Etisalat's efforts in building the smartest city in the world.
What are the main challenges and opportunities for the sector in 2015?
The telecom sector is one that is ever evolving, bringing a set of challenges. Increased competition, changing regulatory framework, rising operational costs and customer retention are but a few that can be named easily. From a revenue generation point of view, pace of technology innovation and a potentially insatiable hunger for (mobile) data are added factors that are keeping the pressure on for operators to refine pricing, retention and customer experience approach; focus on digital diversification and transform operating models to the changed industry dynamics.
As for opportunities, the sporadic growth of mobile phones and sophistication in the use of mobile applications presents telecoms with several opportunities in the mobile broadband space. Services such as M2M and cloud are also driving the bulk of new revenues for telecom operators globally.
Etisalat's continuous investment in network development and innovations have helped us with some sure wins in many of these areas. However, in a market such as UAE that is going through increased customer churning rates, new approaches to managing people and innovations is critical to our success. At the same time, investing more energy into understanding our customers' demands, giving them what they need and earning their loyalty is important.
In 2015, we also expect to see closer collaboration between government and telecom companies in ICT-driven socioeconomic development initiatives in the region and the UAE.
What are Etisalat's plans for the next year?
We are engaged with many different partners to develop what we call the connected societies or internet cities or smart cities. These advanced societies combine M2M technology and its applications with fiber connectivity, high-speed wireless networks and LTE to provide an advanced infrastructure that will encourage innovation and efficiency throughout every aspect of our daily lives. It's an exciting prospect that utilises cutting-edge technology to foment economic growth and foster strong communities.
Development of mobile government, or mGovernment, as well as 'Smart Cities' is well underway, and will be realized soon. On our part, we are dedicated to the government's vision to bring services to mobile devices. Over the next year, we will see the UAE administration continue to become one of the most advanced nations in the world.
This interview first appeared in the February 2015 issue of TRENDS magazine