Stephen Passmore and Peter Head of The Ecological Sequestration Trust are joined by Bob Bishop of the International Centre for Earth Simulation to discuss there pioneering project creating Global to Local Scale, Human, Economic, Ecological, Systems Models
We invite investment, in 3 categories, into a new Resilience Brokerage Fund RESBR to be used to complete development and deployment of a unique prototyped Resilience Brokerage software Platform resilience.io into most countries of the world by 2023. Resilience.io supports planning and investment in resilient city development, and has embedded Apps for the best clean technologies to be included in project pipelines.
We invite a minimum of 4 “Core Platform Builders” to invest $5m each for a 6 year term to receive annual interest and dividends.
We invite clean technology investors to invest $2m each for a 6 year term, to receive annual interest and use of the resilience.io platform with 4 Apps for their technologies added.
We invite Geographic investors to make a minimum grant investment of $500,000 for exclusive use of resilience.io in their region/country for integrated land use planning and investment.
Stephen Passmore, Head of Platform Delivery, The Ecological Sequestration Trust presents the work on resilience.io in GAMA, Accra, Ghana over the previous 18 months to a World Cafe session at the Cities Alliance, Africa Strategy Workshop, Sept 2016
In June 2016, with the culmination of 18 months work by the the team from IIER, Imperial College, Future Earth Ltd and the Trust, we visited Accra to debut the WASH sector prototype of our modelling app at the Accra International Conference Centre, 22nd June 2016.
resilience.io is an open-source, collaborative
human, ecological, economic, resource systems, modelling platform to enable “public good”
we also showed this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGyCyxyatAQ
Solar energy ongoing project by Christian BardajíASCAME
The energy model on which the majority of cities in developed countries are based upon is characterized by centralization and unsustainability. Barcelona, being a Mediterranean city, faces the challenge to increase its solar energy supply, moving towards a more sustainable energy model, while strengthening the network's business sector.
ASCAME is committed to this initiative, in the framework of the European project FOSTEr in MED gathering together in the auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Barcelona, several experts in the field of renewable energy, as well as companies, public authorities, universities and organizations that will analyse the state of sector, its’ trends and the business development scenario emerged.
We invite investment, in 3 categories, into a new Resilience Brokerage Fund RESBR to be used to complete development and deployment of a unique prototyped Resilience Brokerage software Platform resilience.io into most countries of the world by 2023. Resilience.io supports planning and investment in resilient city development, and has embedded Apps for the best clean technologies to be included in project pipelines.
We invite a minimum of 4 “Core Platform Builders” to invest $5m each for a 6 year term to receive annual interest and dividends.
We invite clean technology investors to invest $2m each for a 6 year term, to receive annual interest and use of the resilience.io platform with 4 Apps for their technologies added.
We invite Geographic investors to make a minimum grant investment of $500,000 for exclusive use of resilience.io in their region/country for integrated land use planning and investment.
Stephen Passmore, Head of Platform Delivery, The Ecological Sequestration Trust presents the work on resilience.io in GAMA, Accra, Ghana over the previous 18 months to a World Cafe session at the Cities Alliance, Africa Strategy Workshop, Sept 2016
In June 2016, with the culmination of 18 months work by the the team from IIER, Imperial College, Future Earth Ltd and the Trust, we visited Accra to debut the WASH sector prototype of our modelling app at the Accra International Conference Centre, 22nd June 2016.
resilience.io is an open-source, collaborative
human, ecological, economic, resource systems, modelling platform to enable “public good”
we also showed this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGyCyxyatAQ
Solar energy ongoing project by Christian BardajíASCAME
The energy model on which the majority of cities in developed countries are based upon is characterized by centralization and unsustainability. Barcelona, being a Mediterranean city, faces the challenge to increase its solar energy supply, moving towards a more sustainable energy model, while strengthening the network's business sector.
ASCAME is committed to this initiative, in the framework of the European project FOSTEr in MED gathering together in the auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Barcelona, several experts in the field of renewable energy, as well as companies, public authorities, universities and organizations that will analyse the state of sector, its’ trends and the business development scenario emerged.
The presentation was made to the Regional Development Australia Barwon South West Committee on 1 December 2016 at the Otway Estate, Barongarook.
The outcomes of the Great South Coast Digital Strategy were presented by Associate Professor Helen Thompson. Helen provided an outline of the study aims, methodology and research outputs. The Great South Coast Digital Strategy Action Plan was then presented.
The focus then shifted to a case study for Digital Agriculture. Helen used a variety of examples from the applied research of the Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation to explain how information about water, soil, climate and land use could all be brought together to support evidenced based planning and decision making, investment attraction and in the future provide an evidence based to support demonstrate safe and ethical practices.
Regardless of the area of regional economic and/or social priority (e.g. food and fibre; new energy; advanced manufacturing etc) new enabling environments for digital advancement will be required (e.g. to support getting IoT data to the cloud, to link it with other relevant data and to tools for business insights and decision support.
There is an opportunity for the Barwon South West Regional Development Australia and for regional councils to provide leadership directed towards maximising the adoption of digital technologies in areas of regional opportunity and priority.
The clean tech ecosystem in Barcelona is small, but solid. New models of clean tech use IT as a key elements (cleanweb). Here some insights about its players, what works, and what needs to be improved.
Future Cities Africa
resilience.io prototype development in GAMA
Supporting inclusive, resilient low carbon development
Stephen Passmore
24th March 2015
Cleanweb is about the development of ICT-based business solutions that make an efficient use of resources (i.e. energy, water). Many opportunities exists for entrepreneurs, investors, and society in general.
Isam Shahrour "Woh Hup Distinguished Lecture – Smart and Resilient City" at the Civil Engineering Department of the National University of Singapore (NUS):
Could the Smart City improve the resilience and sustainability of urban systems (the city)?
Exploring energy futures for remote Australian communitiesNinti_One
Tira Foran presented to the 11th International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) Conference: 'Industrial Ecology in the Asia-Pacific Century: Interdisciplinary science for building sustainable industrial systems and human settlements'.
Radical Collaboration - 1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People Partners Incepti...EcoAgriculture Partners
This is the deck used to facilitate our first co-design collaboration following the public launch of 1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People, during Climate Week in New York City. We presented the initiative, it's Big Hairy Audacious Goal, and its proposed structure and timeline. Then we asked some key questions that will help shape co-design processes and frames during the following 6-9 month intensive design period. Perhaps you'd like to answer those questions too? Comment with your thoughts!
FCA resilience.io Platform:
Resource Economic Human Ecosystem
Modelling Platform Prototype
Foster Mensah
Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Services (CERSGIS)
University of Ghana
Rachael Kemp, Future Earth Ltd
Stephen Passmore, The Ecological Sequestration Trust
Koen H. van Dam and Harry Triantafyllidis
Department of Chemical Engineering
Imperial College London, UK
6 August 2015
Prof.Peter Head gave a presentation on Design & Financing of Green Buildings as Key Feature of Eco-Smart City Regions at 15th IGBC Green Building Congress 2017 event conducted at Jaipur.
The presentation was made to the Regional Development Australia Barwon South West Committee on 1 December 2016 at the Otway Estate, Barongarook.
The outcomes of the Great South Coast Digital Strategy were presented by Associate Professor Helen Thompson. Helen provided an outline of the study aims, methodology and research outputs. The Great South Coast Digital Strategy Action Plan was then presented.
The focus then shifted to a case study for Digital Agriculture. Helen used a variety of examples from the applied research of the Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation to explain how information about water, soil, climate and land use could all be brought together to support evidenced based planning and decision making, investment attraction and in the future provide an evidence based to support demonstrate safe and ethical practices.
Regardless of the area of regional economic and/or social priority (e.g. food and fibre; new energy; advanced manufacturing etc) new enabling environments for digital advancement will be required (e.g. to support getting IoT data to the cloud, to link it with other relevant data and to tools for business insights and decision support.
There is an opportunity for the Barwon South West Regional Development Australia and for regional councils to provide leadership directed towards maximising the adoption of digital technologies in areas of regional opportunity and priority.
The clean tech ecosystem in Barcelona is small, but solid. New models of clean tech use IT as a key elements (cleanweb). Here some insights about its players, what works, and what needs to be improved.
Future Cities Africa
resilience.io prototype development in GAMA
Supporting inclusive, resilient low carbon development
Stephen Passmore
24th March 2015
Cleanweb is about the development of ICT-based business solutions that make an efficient use of resources (i.e. energy, water). Many opportunities exists for entrepreneurs, investors, and society in general.
Isam Shahrour "Woh Hup Distinguished Lecture – Smart and Resilient City" at the Civil Engineering Department of the National University of Singapore (NUS):
Could the Smart City improve the resilience and sustainability of urban systems (the city)?
Exploring energy futures for remote Australian communitiesNinti_One
Tira Foran presented to the 11th International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) Conference: 'Industrial Ecology in the Asia-Pacific Century: Interdisciplinary science for building sustainable industrial systems and human settlements'.
Radical Collaboration - 1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People Partners Incepti...EcoAgriculture Partners
This is the deck used to facilitate our first co-design collaboration following the public launch of 1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People, during Climate Week in New York City. We presented the initiative, it's Big Hairy Audacious Goal, and its proposed structure and timeline. Then we asked some key questions that will help shape co-design processes and frames during the following 6-9 month intensive design period. Perhaps you'd like to answer those questions too? Comment with your thoughts!
FCA resilience.io Platform:
Resource Economic Human Ecosystem
Modelling Platform Prototype
Foster Mensah
Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Services (CERSGIS)
University of Ghana
Rachael Kemp, Future Earth Ltd
Stephen Passmore, The Ecological Sequestration Trust
Koen H. van Dam and Harry Triantafyllidis
Department of Chemical Engineering
Imperial College London, UK
6 August 2015
Prof.Peter Head gave a presentation on Design & Financing of Green Buildings as Key Feature of Eco-Smart City Regions at 15th IGBC Green Building Congress 2017 event conducted at Jaipur.
Webinar by Stephen Passmore (The Ecological Sequestration Trsut) and Rembrandt Koppelaar (IIER/ICL) that will explain the http://resilience.io platform focusing on its core capability in providing cross-sector decision support for a city and its hinterland.
We will provide an overview of how the resource-economic simulation model operates and provides the evidence in city region decision-making for investment, procurement, policy making, and planning, to achieve more resilient solutions. We will focus on the interconnections between resource flows from human and ecological agents as well as the socio-economic activity of people and companies, and how these deliver regional outputs.
Areas that we will be addressing include:
Resource flows and socio-economic model interconnections.
Links to planning, procurement, policy making, and investment decisions.
Data acquisition, maintenance, and sharing cross-sector and regional interdependencies.
Designing Next Generation Smart City Initiatives:Harnessing Findings And Les...Edward Curry
The proliferation of “Smart Cities” initiatives around the world is part of the strategic response by governments to the challenges and opportunities of increasing urbanization and the rise of cities as the nexus of societal development. As a framework for urban transformation, Smart City initiatives aim to harness Information and Communication Technologies and Knowledge Infrastructures for economic regeneration, social cohesion, better city administration and infrastructure management. However, experiences from earlier Smart City initiatives have revealed several technical, management and governance challenges arising from the inherent nature of a Smart City as a complex “Socio- technical System of Systems”. While these early lessons are informing modest objectives for planned Smart Cities programs, no rigorous developed framework based on careful analysis of existing initiatives is available to guide policymakers, practitioners, and other Smart City stakeholders. In response to this need, this paper presents a “Smart City Initiative Design (SCID) Framework” grounded in the findings from the analysis of ten major Smart Cities programs from Netherlands, Sweden, Malta, United Arab Emirates, Portugal, Singapore, Brazil, South Korea, China and Japan. The findings provide a design space for the objectives, implementation options, strategies, and the enabling institutional and governance mechanisms for Smart City initiatives.
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We are a team of qualified and experienced professionals with a proven track record serving a broad spectrum of clients- MNCs, Indian Corporations, Global Trading Organizations.
We bring a broad range of experience and network to offer services that provide end to end solutions in successfully addressing all the regulatory and licensing requirements, obtaining government clearances, and liaison across all related government agencies, across all types of business verticals..
We work closely with our clients to develop strategies and implementation plans that provide concrete savings to the bottom line.
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Project Management:
Project Management methodology is based on best practices taken from PMI (USA) and PRINCE 2 (APMG –UK) standards.
Extensive experience in Deploying resources with experience in projects that involve
Value Engineering, Designing and Building Green Infrastructure
Optimum land use based on topography and impact on the environment
Infrastructure development (roads, traffic, water supply, electricity and waste management)
Shopping Malls with Multiplexes and Multilevel Parking
Rich experience in project management software such as MS Project and Primevera
The Trust
The future of the collaboratory
Discuss planning of June debut workshops and activities - identify expert users, identify needs and wishes for the interactive workshop sessions, identify particular WASH policy challenges that the Use Cases and prototype can help to inform
Update on FCA, Ghana, Cities Alliance partnership
Update on global activities
ICL IIER Team
Brief outline of early use case findings
Update on visualisations as part of the demonstration of the resilience.io prototype
A short introduction to GEO governance, the GEO Work Programme and the GEO community for the FOSS4G audience. Contributions on GEOGLOWS, eShape and GEOHack19 from Julia Wagemann, Valentina Balcan and Diana Mastracci.
GCoM National Workshop in Malaysia: Green Technology and Innovations to Accel...UCLGASPAC1
June 14-15, 2023 | Malaysia – UCLG ASPAC, host of the GCoM Southeast Asia, supported the organisation of a two-day workshop on Climate Finance for Malaysian Cities from June 14 to 15, 2023. The workshop was organised under the GCoM Asia Project, funded by the European Union, in collaboration with the Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Malaysia (IBFIM). Attracting 93 representatives of cities and local governments as well as experts, the workshop equipped them with technical knowledge and resources from local and international institutions to access and mobilise climate finance.
A Decision Support System for the Design and Evaluation of Durable Wastewater...AM Publications
To develop the waste water solutions challenging task. To design sustainable wastewater solution requires information about new ideas, new systems and latest technology. Generally it is assumed that, decision making needs to involve field experts and engineers to define values and brainstorms solution. This paper describes a decision support system model that is designed to help community planners to identify the solution which balance the environmental, economic and social needs. System will be scalable, adaptable and flexible. Our decision support system will take modular description of components and description of community constraints, suggest the design of alternative waste water system, and facilitates evaluating how well each design satisfies the given constraints. Decision support system will give alternatives with visualization of the effect of various trade-offs and their effect in the relation of the community’s goals.
A Decision Support System for the Design and Evaluation of Durable Wastewater...AM Publications
To develop the waste water solutions challenging task. To design sustainable wastewater solution requires information about new ideas, new systems and latest technology. Generally it is assumed that, decision making needs to involve field experts and engineers to define values and brainstorms solution. This paper describes a decision support system model that is designed to help community planners to identify the solution which balance the environmental, economic and social needs. System will be scalable, adaptable and flexible. Our decision support system will take modular description of components and description of community constraints, suggest the design of alternative waste water system, and facilitates evaluating how well each design satisfies the given constraints. Decision support system will give alternatives with visualization of the effect of various trade-offs and their effect in the relation of the community’s goals.
Presented by Ian Hanou at the Trees, People, and Built Environment 3 Conference, Birmingham, England, April 2017. Geospatial mapping and analysis of the urban forest including tree inventories and Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) assessments have become commonplace tools in North America. Cities and environmental nonprofits use inventories to improve management and maintenance, and use UTC to develop a citywide benchmark, monitor change, inform master plans, and prioritize planting efforts to maximize benefits where they are lacking in the community. As a natural progression with recent GIS and mobile technology innovations, inventories and UTC data have been incorporated into online mapping programs to increase access to this information and ease-of-use for non-technical users.
Through a series of short case studies, this paper highlights some of the benefits, considerations, and impacts of bringing urban forestry data and prioritization tools into online mapping applications. Evidence suggests that such tools may increase awareness of the urban forest as an asset and a resource for community development, public health goals, and scenario planning. The collaboration that is created during an inclusive process to develop and implement such tools is discussed along with the role of tree professionals and nonprofits in UTC targets, followed by recommendations for practitioners.
Dr Xiaonan Wang presents the How to build resilience.io for sustainable urban energy and water systems, Energy seminar for The Energy Futures Lab at Imperial College, London on 2nd December 2016
Installation
resilience.io Package Overview
Using the model –step by step
resilience.io Testing Capabilities (and Limitations)
resilience.io Use Examples
Q&A / Interactive Session
The team will cover the Current Status of the project (Rembrandt Koppelaar), Water Demands (Xiaonan Wang, Koen H. van Dam), Infrastructure construction (Rembrandt Koppelaar) and Toilet usage (Xiaonan Wang, Koen H. van Dam)
During this meeting, the technical team from Imperial College London (ICL) and the Institute for Integrated Economics Research (IIER) showed the preliminary results from the resilience.io model prototype. They showed the water demand per district and how the technology infrastructure modelling can be used to meet water demands and sanitation treatment needs, as well as use case indicators and model functionality.
Lightning Talk by Peter Head CBE FREng FRSA at the RSA Scaling for impact event 1 February 2016.
https://www.thersa.org/events/fellowship-events/2016/2/rsa-engage-scaling-for-impact----1-feb/
My journey to provide and scale support to city regions to meet Global Goals by 2030
In 2008 I was working in Arup, heading up their global planning business with a world class team of transport, environmental, urban and policy and economics experts. Before that I had worked in infrastructure design and delivery, particularly Public Private Partnerships, around the World and I was also an adviser to the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone on his Sustainable Development Commission and so I was very aware of the challenges of achieving improved city resilience.
My team at Arup was working at the cutting edge of low carbon sustainable city planning worldwide, particularly in China. It was there I got very inspired by their vision of an ecological civilisation, living in harmony with nature, as the next phase of development after the industrial model. However getting the plans built everywhere we worked was very difficult because success still revolved around GDP growth and that was the metric decision making. We knew that this was damaging the health of land and ocean ecology, and human well-being was not necessarily improving as a result, but everyone thought that this was the “price of progress”. Development was becoming less inclusive in many more developed countries as well.
I was given the opportunity to develop and articulate a roadmap towards a more resilient Ecological Age in the 2008-9 Brunel Lecture sponsored by Institution of Civil Engineers in London.
I gave this presentation all over the world in 45 cities in 2008-9, and the feedback was very positive, but many were skeptical that a more resilient Ecological Age could be delivered. The financial crash did not help the mood. It was very clear that the disconnect between investment decision making and the community social/ecological system impact at global and local scales was a huge problem. We did not have the tools and understanding of how human and ecology systems and resource flows interact and how this affects investment and health-productivity risks. It was clear to most people that city regions would be critical in determining a successful outcome for humanity by 2050, because of the projected urbanisation and the resulting investment drawn into those locations. The analysis showed that we had to embrace a factor 4 reduction in pollution and resource consumption, including greenhouse gas emissions, by 2050 both in retrofitting existing city regions and in the model for new urbanisation, if a successful outcome was to be achieved...
http://resilience.io/about/rsa-scaling-for-impact/
November 17th 2015, 11:00 – 12:30 – An outline summary of potential use cases to demonstrate the functionality of the prototype of resilience.io. The cases outlined at this meeting are based on inputs given by the GTG at the September meeting. Use-case development will be collaborative with the GTG and the final selection of use cases will take place in January 2016.
September 10th 2015, 10:00 – 11:30 – The development of WASH use case studies to simulate in the model – GTG Webinar. We will also discuss sets of technology and policy options that are to be investigated as well as anticipated population and economic development scenarios and their impacts on the WASH sector. The initial use cases will be presented by Rembrandt Koppelaar with interactive input and discussion by GTG members. Thereafter GTG will be asked to provide own use cases.
Setting the scene, including updates on our work around our global demonstrator regions, and then talk through WASH priorities and available data (based on a structure we will provide in advance), identifying gaps with you and how we might address them.
Technical Brief on Model Architecture & Decision Support
Ulaanbaatar -Mongolia
11 June 2015
Rembrandt Koppelaar –Senior Researcher
Institute for Integrated Economic Research (IIER)
This presentation by The Ecological Sequestration Trust and partners Institute for Integrated Economics Research (IIER), Geodan and the International Centre for Earth Simulation (ICES), will show how the integrated systems platform resilience.io can help UB City achieve its goals; how it can help assess new infrastructure project risk and return and identify policies and projects offering the greatest long-term ecological-social-economic benefits for UB citizens.
It will outline how the platform can be used to provide a clear economic case for investment in low carbon sustainable projects and enable global and regional investment to be mobilised to help deliver the UB City Economic Development Strategy.
Transition from agricultural to ecological age
Газар тариалангаас экологийн зуунд шилжих
A new paradigm of urban and rural development with integrated urban and rural resource flows
Хот, хөдөөний нөөцийн нэгдсэн урсгал бүхий хот, хөдөөг хөгжүүлэх шинэ парадигм
Tools for measuring and implementing a “scientific approach to development” and measuring “ecological progress”
“Хөгжилд шинжлэх ухааны үүднээс хандах” явдлыг хэмжих ба хэрэгжүүлэх хэрэгслүүд, “экологийн дэвшлийг” хэмжих
Future Cities Africa
Future proofing to climate, environment and natural resource challenges
Supporting inclusive, resilient low carbon development
Peter Head CBE FREng FRSA
March 24th 2015
Systems-Based Approach to Support Sustainable and Gary Foley, PhD Senior Advisor, Montira Pongsiri, PhD, MPH Environmental Health Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Finance for #SDGs High Level Meeting – #financeforSDGs – Bellagio – 26 February 2015
Connecting global & regional finance to projects - Finance for #SDGs High Level Meeting – #financeforSDGs – Christoph Waldersee – Bellagio – 25-27 February 2015
Reforms of the US$300trn financial system are part of the solution to mobilising capital for sustainable development
These interventions are needed to complement public finance and action in the real economy
The Inquiry has been established to advance policy options that enhance system effectiveness
Examples of financial policy innovation are growing globally, yet remain fragmented
2015 could be the milestone year to bring convergence
ZGB - The Role of Generative AI in Government transformation.pdfSaeed Al Dhaheri
This keynote was presented during the the 7th edition of the UAE Hackathon 2024. It highlights the role of AI and Generative AI in addressing government transformation to achieve zero government bureaucracy
Presentation by Jared Jageler, David Adler, Noelia Duchovny, and Evan Herrnstadt, analysts in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies and Health Analysis Divisions, at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference.
Up the Ratios Bylaws - a Comprehensive Process of Our Organizationuptheratios
Up the Ratios is a non-profit organization dedicated to bridging the gap in STEM education for underprivileged students by providing free, high-quality learning opportunities in robotics and other STEM fields. Our mission is to empower the next generation of innovators, thinkers, and problem-solvers by offering a range of educational programs that foster curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking.
At Up the Ratios, we believe that every student, regardless of their socio-economic background, should have access to the tools and knowledge needed to succeed in today's technology-driven world. To achieve this, we host a variety of free classes, workshops, summer camps, and live lectures tailored to students from underserved communities. Our programs are designed to be engaging and hands-on, allowing students to explore the exciting world of robotics and STEM through practical, real-world applications.
Our free classes cover fundamental concepts in robotics, coding, and engineering, providing students with a strong foundation in these critical areas. Through our interactive workshops, students can dive deeper into specific topics, working on projects that challenge them to apply what they've learned and think creatively. Our summer camps offer an immersive experience where students can collaborate on larger projects, develop their teamwork skills, and gain confidence in their abilities.
In addition to our local programs, Up the Ratios is committed to making a global impact. We take donations of new and gently used robotics parts, which we then distribute to students and educational institutions in other countries. These donations help ensure that young learners worldwide have the resources they need to explore and excel in STEM fields. By supporting education in this way, we aim to nurture a global community of future leaders and innovators.
Our live lectures feature guest speakers from various STEM disciplines, including engineers, scientists, and industry professionals who share their knowledge and experiences with our students. These lectures provide valuable insights into potential career paths and inspire students to pursue their passions in STEM.
Up the Ratios relies on the generosity of donors and volunteers to continue our work. Contributions of time, expertise, and financial support are crucial to sustaining our programs and expanding our reach. Whether you're an individual passionate about education, a professional in the STEM field, or a company looking to give back to the community, there are many ways to get involved and make a difference.
We are proud of the positive impact we've had on the lives of countless students, many of whom have gone on to pursue higher education and careers in STEM. By providing these young minds with the tools and opportunities they need to succeed, we are not only changing their futures but also contributing to the advancement of technology and innovation on a broader scale.
What is the point of small housing associations.pptxPaul Smith
Given the small scale of housing associations and their relative high cost per home what is the point of them and how do we justify their continued existance
Many ways to support street children.pptxSERUDS INDIA
By raising awareness, providing support, advocating for change, and offering assistance to children in need, individuals can play a crucial role in improving the lives of street children and helping them realize their full potential
Donate Us
https://serudsindia.org/how-individuals-can-support-street-children-in-india/
#donatefororphan, #donateforhomelesschildren, #childeducation, #ngochildeducation, #donateforeducation, #donationforchildeducation, #sponsorforpoorchild, #sponsororphanage #sponsororphanchild, #donation, #education, #charity, #educationforchild, #seruds, #kurnool, #joyhome
Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5nSOdU48O8
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
Understanding the Challenges of Street ChildrenSERUDS INDIA
By raising awareness, providing support, advocating for change, and offering assistance to children in need, individuals can play a crucial role in improving the lives of street children and helping them realize their full potential
Donate Us
https://serudsindia.org/how-individuals-can-support-street-children-in-india/
#donatefororphan, #donateforhomelesschildren, #childeducation, #ngochildeducation, #donateforeducation, #donationforchildeducation, #sponsorforpoorchild, #sponsororphanage #sponsororphanchild, #donation, #education, #charity, #educationforchild, #seruds, #kurnool, #joyhome
Global to Local Scale, Human, Economic, Ecological, Systems Modelling
1.
2. Global to Local Scale, Human, Economic, Ecological, Systems Modelling
Stephen Passmore - Bob Bishop - Peter Head
3.
4. The Ecological Sequestration Trust
• UK NGO 2011 speed up and scale up transformative urban/rural development
• Operate in space between private, public, knowledge and civil society sectors
• Leading experts foster integrated systems thinking and collaborative approaches
• Develop tools and demonstrators to support implementation of post 2030 agenda
8. The Atmospheric System The Oceanic System
The Crustal Plate System The Space-Weather System
9. The Ecological Sequestration Trust (TEST)
and the
International Centre for Earth Simulation (ICES)
cooperate to ensure that
City-Regional Models integrate all Earth-System Dynamics
13. Collaboration for transformation
“A successful sustainable development agenda requires partnerships
between central and local governments, the private sector, academia
and faiths/civil society which put people and planet at the centre”
CHEER Collaborative Human,
Ecological, Economic Resources
Enabling system for public good
Common service infrastructure
14. CHEER system must be practical and create value
• Social and Physical
• Data driven
• Evidence for investment
• Performance based
procurement
• Metrics for SDG delivery
15. 15
The role of accessible integrated earth-regional systems
modelling for risk-based decision making
16. 16
Future Cities Africa
World’s first demonstration of the functionality of the
resilience.io prototype model through a sector application in
Accra. The outputs highlight relevant resilient solutions and
inform policy and/or planning decision-making, investment
and links to SDGs.
Cities in Africa to become future proofed to climate,
environment and natural resource challenges, so that they are
inclusive and resilient, and have growing economies.
Output 3
Sector investigation workshop-Thursday 26th March 2016 ILGS
17. Investing 1% GDP per year ($40m) in
public transport rather than just building roads
including dedicated walking and cycling routes
18. Samartex Apartments, AccraOOA
World Bank / IFC Head office Accra
World Bank Head office, AccraCo-Arc -OOA- Arup
Samartex Apartments Accra
Samartex Apartments, AccraOOA
Standards for energy efficient higher quality
buildings and training to
design and build them
Samartex Apartments Accra
Samartex Apartments, AccraOOA
20. WASH resilience.io prototype requested
● Model development
● Set of specifications – http://resilience.io
● 50 Process blocks developed that describe
input output, energy, material and labour
● Computer modules built and tested
● ABM & RTN
● Three Use cases developed with the GTG
to demonstrate functionality and benefits
● Visualisations for decision support and
basic user interface
● Data
● 200 plus data sets collected that describe
WASH in GAMA as well as socio-economic,
GIS, process and technology.
21. Urban demonstrator in Greater Accra
Metropolitan Area, (GAMA) Ghana
full supply
intermittent
no supply
sewage pipeline
22. GAMA Technical Group
Collaborative Laboratory
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
June Aug Sept Nov Jan Mar May
Count
Month 2015-16
TEST/CA Staff
GAMA Stakeholders
MLGRD “helps to consider
the complexities and
difficulties faced in planning
and implementation of WASH
sector”
Private Sector “Can use
resilience.io to better evaluate
resilient initiatives and work
in PPP to deliver new
infrastructure around GAMA”
27. Very well received..
MLGRD - Good tool in the development of the urban areas,
we need such a model.
UoG - resilience.io prototype gives a faster and more accurate
solutions for development (urban) planning
AMA - Is important to help in decision making and inform
policy
Training - The model is very good, and can help us to improve
and prioritise quality decisions in my Assembly
• 3 results workshops including live model runs
– 97% think the resilience.io prototype is functional
– 71% think resilience.io is suitable to inform policy/investment decision making (high degree)
• Training and installation session
– 90% like to be involved in further development & 100% like to use as part of their role/institution
• High level debut event
– It’s a great thing for GAMA, a great thing for Ghana, and I believe it will be a great thing for
Africa Robert Ansah - AMA
28. Sustained finance for equitable green growth
Infrastructure investment
Reduced project design cost
Speeding up delivery
Permanent revolving fund
29. Roadmap 2030 -16 cross cutting themes
• Enabling environment to create smart partnerships between national and
municipal government, civil society, academia, faiths and the private sector
• How to implement the New Urban Agenda
• Addresses 16 cross-cutting themes in an integrated approach