The 2010 editorial calendar summarizes the planned topics for each month's issue of the publication. April's issue will focus on locally sourced food and farming. May will examine corporate social responsibility in local businesses. June will look at environmental protection efforts in the community. July will examine social justice issues like crime and punishment. The remaining issues will cover education trends, health, human rights, the local environment, and celebrating community giving during the holidays. Each issue will highlight a local Catalyst for Change making an impact.
A flyer for a presentation by Moho Environmental Consulting, which highlights divisive thinking on Sustainable Development. The presentation provides a framework for public and private thinking about the concept of Sustainable Development.
A flyer for a presentation by Moho Environmental Consulting, which highlights divisive thinking on Sustainable Development. The presentation provides a framework for public and private thinking about the concept of Sustainable Development.
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"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." - Eleanor Roosevelt
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***We are the ones we've been waiting for***
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." - Eleanor Roosevelt
Please join and leave your
productive ideas/ comments
below or on faceuni (not facebook)
https://www.faceuni.com/pages/143/
for the animated presentation in ppsx format
please send us an email to info@2y2d.org
Small Town, Sustainable Opportunities. Examining How the Transition Movement ...oregonslidesharer
I wanted to find out how to change my community for the better. Sustainability-wise, health-wise and economic-wise. I found the concept of "Transition Towns" and researched how that could affect my town.
Reference:
Book of Ava Ann P. Semorlan, PhD & Adrian P. Semorlan, MPA, MHSS, Ed.D. entitled Community Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship for Senior High School
Action Research Inquiry CycleINQUIRY CYCLE PHASE 2Implem.docxnettletondevon
Action Research Inquiry Cycle
INQUIRY CYCLE PHASE 2
Implement actions
and measure results
INQUIRY CYCLE PHASE 1
Plan for research and
addressing the problem
INQUIRY CYCLE PHASE 3
Evaluate and reflect
on results of actions
Assess the
Core Issues
1
Review the
Literature
2
Design the Projected
Intervention
3
Implement the
Intervention
4
Collect and
Analyze Data
5
Communicate Results
6
Evaluate
Outcomes
7
9
Recommend or Decide on
Next Steps
Reflect on and
Dialogue about
Results
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Action Research Inquiry Cycle
INQUIRY CYCLE PHASE 2
Implement actions
and measure results
INQUIRY CYCLE PHASE 1
Plan for research and
addressing the problem
INQUIRY CYCLE PHASE 3
Evaluate and reflect
on results of actions
Assess the
Core Issues
1
Review the
Literature
2
Design the Projected
Intervention
3
Implement the
Intervention
4
Collect and
Analyze Data
5
Communicate Results
6
Evaluate
Outcomes
7
9
Recommend or Decide on
Next Steps
Reflect on and
Dialogue about
Results
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9. Minkler M, Wallerstein N., eds. Community-Based Participatory Research for Health. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass; 2003.
10. Cargo M, Mercer SL. The value and challenges of participatory research: strengthening its practice. Annual Review of Public Health.
2008 April;29:325–50.
11. Devault M, Ingraham C. Metaphors of silence and voice in feminist thought. In: Devault M, ed. Liberating Method. Philadelphia, PA:
Temple University Press; 1999:175–86.
12. Bobo K, Kendall J, Max S. Organizing for Social Change. 3rd ed. Santa Ana, CA: Seven Locks Press; 2001.
13. Chambers E, Cowan MA. Roots for Radicals: Organizing for Power, Action, and Justice. New York: Continuum International Publishing
Group; 2003.
14. Lewin K. Resolving Social Conflicts and Field Theory in Social Science. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association; 1997.
15. Freire P. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York, NY: Continuum International; 1970.
16. Hacker K, Chu J, Leung C, Marra R, Pirie A, Brahimi M, English M, Beckmann J, Acevedo-Garcia D, Marlin RP. The impact of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement on immigrant health: perceptions of immigrants in Everett, Massachusetts, USA. Social Science &
Medicine. 2011 Aug;73(4):586–94.
17. Heller C, de Melo-Martin I. Clinical and translational science awards: can they increase the efficiency and speed of clinical and
translational research? Academic Medicine. 2009 Apr;84(4):424–32.
18. Minkler M. Linking science and policy through community-based participatory research to study and address health disparities. American
Journal of Public Health. 2010 Apr 1;100 Suppl 1:S81–87.
19. Hacker K, Collins J, Gross-Young L, Almeida S, Burke N. Coping with youth suicide and overdose: one community’s efforts to
investigate, intervene, and prevent suicide contagion. Crisis. 2008;29(2):86–95.
20. Wallerstein N, Duran B. Community-based participatory research contributions to intervention research: the intersection .
Understanding the ConsumerCulture and Cultural Change1.docxmarilucorr
Understanding the Consumer
Culture and Cultural Change
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Understanding Culture
Culture is the lens through which consumers view products and try to make sense of their own and other people’s behaviour..
Culture dictates the manner of how people consume, the priority of needs and wants they attempt to satisfy.
Consumption choices cannot be understood without considering the cultural context in which they are made.
Therefore:
Culture determines
the overall priorities that a consumer attaches to different activities and products
the success or failure of specific products and services.
What is Culture?
Culture is “that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.”
(Edward B. Tylor, 1871)
What is the difference between the two?
Culture is "the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one group or category of people from another."
(Hofstede, 1991, p.5)
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Definitions of Culture
“Culture may be defined as a set of values, ideas, artefacts, and other meaningful symbols that help individuals to communicate, interpret, and evaluate as members of society.“ (Engel, Blackwell & Miniard, 1990, p. 3).
‘Culture is a society’s personality and describes what people have in common. It is the total sum of learned beliefs, values, and customs that direct the consumer behaviour of members of a particular society’ (Schiffman et al., pp. 282)
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(adapted from Douglas & Craig, 2011)
Consumer
CULTURE
Cognition
Attitude
Values
Patterns of
Consumption
Choices
Information seeking
Disposal?
Macro
Micro
Meso
Situational Factors
Macro: The types of macroenvironmental variables, which condition consumer behavior, include economic variables such as GNI per capita, income distribution,
GNP, income distribution, government exp, population- purchasing power and variety of options available
The demographic factors such as population size and rate of growth, levels of education, socio-cultural factors such as cultural values, religion and geographic factors such as climate or topography. While each of these different factors can be clearly identified, it is important to remember that they interact with each other, as well as conditioning variables at other levels of context.
Meso: within country differences in ethics groups, language, lifestyle, culture, topography
In China, for example, there are marked differences in the economic infrastructure, consumer purchasing power and distribution channels between different regions (Batra, 1997; Cui and Liu, 2000).
Micro: Local level info on market, economy
This is defined here as consisting of the basic physical infrastructure in a village, town or city, including roads, water, electricity, the market infrastructure, i.e. the number and type of stores avail ...
1. 2010 Editorial Calendar
April – Grow Your Own the brain and mind, plus other health and
Real food for health and vitality – where to find science-related topics.
it in the greater Houston area, how to grow it,
community farming, backyard farming, food October – Point of View
trends, etc. How local citizens and politicians stand on
Featured Catalyst for Change: Federico Marques issues (social, environmental, economic)
and important change in the works on
May – People, Planet and Profits these levels.
A look at how corporate social responsibility Featured Catalyst for Change: TBD
is taking hold in our local businesses and
changing they way it effects employees, the November – Pay It Forward (request for
environment and our economy. Catalyst of Change nominees)
Givers, philanthropists, grass roots
June – The Local Environment organizers and more. Our communities
What are we doing to clean up our streets, are some of the most giving of all the
water, air, buildings, etc. A look at collective cities in the world and a place where
efforts by citizens, corporations, small anyone can manifest their vision for their
business, students and others. life and affect important change in their
communities and beyond. Request of
July – Human Rights/Social Justice Catalyst of Change nominees.
Examining what’s working and what’s not
when it comes to crime and punishment. December – Soul of the Season
Views from local mothers of offenders, the Celebrating our innate desire to give and
prison system in Texas and beyond, and the the opportunities this sacred season
work of one woman who has dedicated her provides for connecting through love and
life to peace and social justice. service. 2011 Catalyst of Change nominees
Featured Catalyst for Change: Hitaji Aziz announced.
August – The Reinvention of Education 2011 January – 2011 World Changing
The changing world of education for all ages. Ideas from Houston
Lifelong learning, reinventing yourself, trends Is it possible for Houston to become a
in education, jobs of the future. blueprint for change that other cities,
all over the world, can model? A look at
September– Mind Science people, organizations, businesses, ideas,
– Plus Annual Health & Wellness issue innovative thinking, technology and other
Focus on the world’s greatest medical center important work going on in our great city.
and research and advances in the field of The above information is subject to change.