Presentation on land, gender and environmental change by Marie Monimart (IIED fellow) for a workshop on Gender and Environmental Change held by IIED in London, UK on 17-18 March 2014. For more info: http://iied.org/gender
Rosemary Kalapurakal: Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable...Daniel Strain
On 31 May, Rosemary Kalapurakal, Kumi Naidoo and Per Olsson hosted a discussion about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and transformation. The discussion focused on the implications of transformation research for the implementation of the SDGs, particular SDG-17 – "Partnerships for the Goals" – the only goal that explicitly addresses how nations will meet these sustainability targets.
The Social Challenge of 1.5°C Webinar: Melissa Leach and Susanne Mosertewksjj
Karen O'Brien, Susanne Moser, Ioan Fazey and others from Future Earth's Transformations Knowledge-Action Network discuss mobilising research around the social challenge of a 1.5°C target for climate action.
The Social Challenge of 1.5°C Webinar: Ioan Fazeytewksjj
Karen O'Brien, Susanne Moser, Ioan Fazey and others from Future Earth's Transformations Knowledge-Action Network discuss mobilising research around the social challenge of a 1.5°C target for climate action.
Per Olsson: The SDGs and Transformations - for People and the PlanetFuture Earth
On 31 May, Rosemary Kalapurakal, Kumi Naidoo and Per Olsson hosted a discussion about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and transformation. The discussion focused on the implications of transformation research for the implementation of the SDGs, particular SDG-17 – "Partnerships for the Goals" – the only goal that explicitly addresses how nations will meet these sustainability targets.
Exploring social-ecological transformations and seeds of a good Anthropocene:...Future Earth
On 19 October, Albert Norström, Per Olsson and others from Future Earth´s Transformations Knowledge-Action Network hosted a discussions around mobilising research on social-ecological transformations and exploring pathways toward a good Anthropocene.
Tcom 220 industry innovation and infrastructureBennRutledge
This document discusses how industry, innovation, and infrastructure can help achieve sustainable development goals by promoting changes that reduce emissions, transition to renewable energy sources, and improve education and jobs. The author believes targeting this goal could have the greatest impact because changes to infrastructure can influence issues like poverty, hunger, and climate change. Locally, industries in Washington like Amazon, Costco, Starbucks, and Boeing could make a large impact through technological and energy changes. The author wants to contribute by spreading knowledge about how targeting industry, innovation, and infrastructure can help address root causes of problems and outlines how social media could uniquely share positive facts and data about progress in this area.
The document discusses the importance of cross-sector collaboration and partnerships to promote physical activity and healthy communities. It notes that isolated initiatives are futile, and outlines goals and barriers at different levels from individual to society. Key strategies proposed include integrating physical activity into primary health care, community-wide programs across multiple settings and sectors, and considering how the built environment can increase opportunities for physical activity. The overall vision is of a model region through community collaboration to build healthy, engaged communities with a higher quality of life.
Social change is a universal, continuous process that differs between societies and influences communities as a whole over time. It is the result of many factors and can be planned or unplanned, bringing about a series of modifications and replacements. Social change involves gradual evolution and progress toward more positive benefits, though what constitutes progress may vary in interpretation. Factors like technology, education, and legislation can drive social changes in areas such as modernization, globalization, industrialization, and urbanization within a society. Nurses can act as agents of planned social change through roles like educator, counselor, coordinator, trainer, and communicator.
Rosemary Kalapurakal: Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable...Daniel Strain
On 31 May, Rosemary Kalapurakal, Kumi Naidoo and Per Olsson hosted a discussion about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and transformation. The discussion focused on the implications of transformation research for the implementation of the SDGs, particular SDG-17 – "Partnerships for the Goals" – the only goal that explicitly addresses how nations will meet these sustainability targets.
The Social Challenge of 1.5°C Webinar: Melissa Leach and Susanne Mosertewksjj
Karen O'Brien, Susanne Moser, Ioan Fazey and others from Future Earth's Transformations Knowledge-Action Network discuss mobilising research around the social challenge of a 1.5°C target for climate action.
The Social Challenge of 1.5°C Webinar: Ioan Fazeytewksjj
Karen O'Brien, Susanne Moser, Ioan Fazey and others from Future Earth's Transformations Knowledge-Action Network discuss mobilising research around the social challenge of a 1.5°C target for climate action.
Per Olsson: The SDGs and Transformations - for People and the PlanetFuture Earth
On 31 May, Rosemary Kalapurakal, Kumi Naidoo and Per Olsson hosted a discussion about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and transformation. The discussion focused on the implications of transformation research for the implementation of the SDGs, particular SDG-17 – "Partnerships for the Goals" – the only goal that explicitly addresses how nations will meet these sustainability targets.
Exploring social-ecological transformations and seeds of a good Anthropocene:...Future Earth
On 19 October, Albert Norström, Per Olsson and others from Future Earth´s Transformations Knowledge-Action Network hosted a discussions around mobilising research on social-ecological transformations and exploring pathways toward a good Anthropocene.
Tcom 220 industry innovation and infrastructureBennRutledge
This document discusses how industry, innovation, and infrastructure can help achieve sustainable development goals by promoting changes that reduce emissions, transition to renewable energy sources, and improve education and jobs. The author believes targeting this goal could have the greatest impact because changes to infrastructure can influence issues like poverty, hunger, and climate change. Locally, industries in Washington like Amazon, Costco, Starbucks, and Boeing could make a large impact through technological and energy changes. The author wants to contribute by spreading knowledge about how targeting industry, innovation, and infrastructure can help address root causes of problems and outlines how social media could uniquely share positive facts and data about progress in this area.
The document discusses the importance of cross-sector collaboration and partnerships to promote physical activity and healthy communities. It notes that isolated initiatives are futile, and outlines goals and barriers at different levels from individual to society. Key strategies proposed include integrating physical activity into primary health care, community-wide programs across multiple settings and sectors, and considering how the built environment can increase opportunities for physical activity. The overall vision is of a model region through community collaboration to build healthy, engaged communities with a higher quality of life.
Social change is a universal, continuous process that differs between societies and influences communities as a whole over time. It is the result of many factors and can be planned or unplanned, bringing about a series of modifications and replacements. Social change involves gradual evolution and progress toward more positive benefits, though what constitutes progress may vary in interpretation. Factors like technology, education, and legislation can drive social changes in areas such as modernization, globalization, industrialization, and urbanization within a society. Nurses can act as agents of planned social change through roles like educator, counselor, coordinator, trainer, and communicator.
The document discusses climate change in Indiana and efforts to increase awareness through the Indiana Climate Change Impact Assessment (INCCIA). It finds that over half of Hoosiers worry about climate change and believe it is caused by humans. Indiana has warmed 1.2 degrees F over the last century with more rainfall. The INCCIA is a collaborative effort involving over 100 experts to provide information on climate impacts for stakeholders. It aims to engage the public through newsletters, events and reports on topics like health, agriculture and infrastructure. The assessment seeks to start conversations and help communities address climate challenges.
The document announces an event about sustainability strategist Leyla Acaroglu's talk on rethinking common green myths and creating systems that ease strain on the planet. The event will be held on June 29, 2015 from 10:00-1:00 at KLCC, with coffee break at 11:30. Registration is required by contacting Mr. David. The document also lists advantages and disadvantages of plastic.
Envirodigital is a new company set up to help cultural organizations become more environmentally sustainable and carbon neutral through the use of digital technologies and clean solutions. The company will create a manifesto and supporting resources to convince leaders in the cultural sector that environmental sustainability is an urgent issue that requires investment and organizational change. This will include a provocation paper, online community, and conference to start a debate and provide a framework for action. The goal is to address the greatest threat to the long term sustainability of the cultural sector, which is climate change and the depletion of the planet's resources if growth continues unchecked.
The Social Challenge of 1.5°C Webinar: Frank Biermanntewksjj
Karen O'Brien, Susanne Moser, Ioan Fazey and others from Future Earth's Transformations Knowledge-Action Network discuss mobilising research around the social challenge of a 1.5°C target for climate action.
This document discusses large systems change, which involves transformation on a global scale over long time frames involving many people and organizations. It provides examples of global action networks that drive systems-level change. It then compares three types of change: incremental, reform, and transformation. Transformation involves questioning purposes and creating previously unimagined possibilities using envisioning logic. The document asks how the different change types relate and how pathways to transformation can address blockages like entrenched power structures. Finally, it presents a model of an open system with different elements that must change for large-scale transformation.
The document discusses how arts organizations can benefit from going green. It notes that becoming environmentally friendly is necessary for long-term viability and that the arts have a unique ability to promote sustainability. Specific benefits include lower expenses, attracting new donors and audiences, allowing creativity in administration, preparing for future regulations, and boosting employee retention and morale. The document provides examples of low-cost and larger green investments and concludes that if the arts can evolve, the organizations' operations should as well to represent their communities.
From the 2020 NACD Annual Meeting.
Learn how the Pollinator Plots and Volunteer Citizen Scientist Program in Oklahoma combined the efforts of many organizations to engage urban and suburban communities in ecosystem health.
This presentation was given at Camberwell College of Art, University of London, as part of the BA contextual studies course The Expanded Designer. It was part of the presentations grouped around the topic of Power.
The document discusses issues around evaluating the effectiveness of aid projects and reframing the question of whether aid works. It notes that causality is difficult to determine and that the time frame and outcomes are hard to aggregate. It suggests using randomized evaluations of small-scale projects to measure impact and learn what works. Key questions include what dimensions or attributes of a project bundle contribute most to outcomes and what the mechanisms are that change behavior. Community participation in projects and defining what a community is can also be challenging issues.
Healing the Future: Discussion points from sustainability lectureMartin Brown
Healing the Future: Discussion points from MSc sustainability lecture for Construction Management, exploring the future of sustainability in the sector, and the need to turn around the negative impact into a positive impact.
Civic Tech - Beyond the Talk, who's up for the walk?Jorge G Coelho
Link to presentation script - http://bit.ly/2JtYCAy
The slide deck of presentation on Civic Tech at Dev Day 2018 that took place in Faro and Berlin on the 26th of May, organised by Turbine Kreuzberg
The document discusses a multi-year project called "Water for Agriculture" that aims to promote sustainable water management for agriculture through stakeholder engagement. The project is implementing engagement activities in five communities across Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Arizona. It is researching the impacts of engagement at the individual, organizational and community levels, and linking any changes to biophysical outcomes. The goal is to better understand the process of stakeholder engagement and how it can address critical water and agriculture issues. Preliminary findings suggest engagement builds relationships and trust, but approaches are diverse and its impacts are still within a "black box" that requires more study.
The document discusses several concepts related to green innovation and entrepreneurship including:
1) Sustainable entrepreneurship aims to balance rationalism, naturalism, and humanism for sustainable development.
2) Cradle to cradle product design aims to create continuous cycles of biological and technical nutrients to eliminate waste.
3) Industrial ecology facilitates communication between different groups to better integrate environmental concerns into economic activities.
The document discusses various concepts related to place, representation of place, understanding the past and future, water management, and global issues. It focuses on how places are connected, can be represented in different ways, and how understanding the past can influence the future. Areas of interaction discussed include human ingenuity, environments, health and social education, and community and service. Approaches to learning highlighted include collaboration, thinking, communication, organization, information literacy, transfer, reflection, and becoming informed. The final question asks how communities are affected by global issues.
Harriet Festing presented at the One Water Leadership Summit 2013 on behalf of the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT). CNT is a national nonprofit focused on urban sustainability through research, tools, and policy advocacy. Their water program conducts research on issues like urban flooding and water loss in the Great Lakes region. Survey results showed municipalities face problems like frequent flooding complaints, aging infrastructure, and high water loss without clear goals. Festing argued for building policy cases around these issues by highlighting costs to homeowners, rising water rates, and jobs from infrastructure investment. The key lessons were that solutions exist but need promotion, the costs of inaction are high, and the public already supports change, so coalitions must be built.
Women face barriers to adopting small-scale irrigation technologies that differ from men's barriers. To ensure women benefit equally, technologies must be designed with women's needs and preferences in mind, such as meeting multiple uses and saving labor. Information about technologies must reach women through their own networks. Adoption support is also needed, like access to credit, land, and water resources. Close monitoring after adoption is critical to confirm women actually control and benefit from the technologies and do not experience increased burdens from use. Without consideration of these gender issues, irrigation technologies risk disproportionately benefiting men over women.
This is my personal view on the behaves of mountainous people through green entrepreneurship. In very soon, we are going to develop such type of forum in Nepal.
The document discusses the decline in environmental journalism at traditional media outlets over the past decade, with many closing their environment desks and reassigning journalists, despite high interest from the public for more coverage of environmental issues. It promotes the SXSW Eco conference in October 2013 in Austin, Texas as providing hope for better environmental media coverage in the future.
This document discusses how planning communities to be age-friendly and accessible for all ages and abilities can improve well-being. It promotes integrating health considerations into projects and policies by focusing on safe outdoor spaces, connectivity, varied housing and transportation options. It encourages communities to envision how they want to live rather than accept limitations, and provides resources for age-friendly and walkable community design.
This document summarizes a presentation on advancing the role of women in regional innovation ecosystems. It discusses how women are underrepresented as innovators and entrepreneurs. The presentation explores how regional innovation ecosystems and support programs can better integrate a gender perspective to be more inclusive and accessible to women. Key points discussed include a lack of understanding of women's innovation processes, gender biases in many systems, and how success is measured. Changing these dynamics and developing best practices globally were highlighted as important areas for further discussion.
Energy Biographies: Everyday Life and Socio-Technical Change in Energy SystemsChris Groves
In the wake of COP21, it is timely to reconnect strategic visions and policy interventions with research-led understandings of how and why people use energy. A key relevant research focus in STS has been on the socio-technical entanglements of practices and technologies over time, and their influence on trajectories of demand (Shove, Pantzar, and Watson, 2012). The Energy Biographies study (2011-2015, http://energybiographies.org) has developed innovative methodologies for rendering visible sociologically and psychologically intangible aspects of our ways of living in resource-intensive ways. It has developed psychosocially-nuanced understandings of the ways in which relational subjects are essential for understanding energy-using practices. It has also opened creative spaces where energy usage across the lifecourse creates opportunities for exploring continuity and change dynamics. This presentation will bring into relief theoretical and methodological issues involved in experimental ways of working that have been taken forward by this project, and in connection with three substantive concerns: the dynamics of participation in sustainable or unsustainable patterns of everyday energy use; the embedding and entanglements of energy usage and social practices in everyday life, wider systems, and cultural conditions of late modernity; the role of psychosocial intangibles (relationships, emotional attachments and investments) in the dynamics of everyday energy use and systems change. In doing this, we will show how it is possible to bring STS scholarship relating to sustainability transitions, everyday energy use, and sociotechnical systems change together with social scientific research investigating articulations between sociotechnical change in the everyday and lifecourse or psychosocial (including narrative) perspectives.
The document discusses climate change in Indiana and efforts to increase awareness through the Indiana Climate Change Impact Assessment (INCCIA). It finds that over half of Hoosiers worry about climate change and believe it is caused by humans. Indiana has warmed 1.2 degrees F over the last century with more rainfall. The INCCIA is a collaborative effort involving over 100 experts to provide information on climate impacts for stakeholders. It aims to engage the public through newsletters, events and reports on topics like health, agriculture and infrastructure. The assessment seeks to start conversations and help communities address climate challenges.
The document announces an event about sustainability strategist Leyla Acaroglu's talk on rethinking common green myths and creating systems that ease strain on the planet. The event will be held on June 29, 2015 from 10:00-1:00 at KLCC, with coffee break at 11:30. Registration is required by contacting Mr. David. The document also lists advantages and disadvantages of plastic.
Envirodigital is a new company set up to help cultural organizations become more environmentally sustainable and carbon neutral through the use of digital technologies and clean solutions. The company will create a manifesto and supporting resources to convince leaders in the cultural sector that environmental sustainability is an urgent issue that requires investment and organizational change. This will include a provocation paper, online community, and conference to start a debate and provide a framework for action. The goal is to address the greatest threat to the long term sustainability of the cultural sector, which is climate change and the depletion of the planet's resources if growth continues unchecked.
The Social Challenge of 1.5°C Webinar: Frank Biermanntewksjj
Karen O'Brien, Susanne Moser, Ioan Fazey and others from Future Earth's Transformations Knowledge-Action Network discuss mobilising research around the social challenge of a 1.5°C target for climate action.
This document discusses large systems change, which involves transformation on a global scale over long time frames involving many people and organizations. It provides examples of global action networks that drive systems-level change. It then compares three types of change: incremental, reform, and transformation. Transformation involves questioning purposes and creating previously unimagined possibilities using envisioning logic. The document asks how the different change types relate and how pathways to transformation can address blockages like entrenched power structures. Finally, it presents a model of an open system with different elements that must change for large-scale transformation.
The document discusses how arts organizations can benefit from going green. It notes that becoming environmentally friendly is necessary for long-term viability and that the arts have a unique ability to promote sustainability. Specific benefits include lower expenses, attracting new donors and audiences, allowing creativity in administration, preparing for future regulations, and boosting employee retention and morale. The document provides examples of low-cost and larger green investments and concludes that if the arts can evolve, the organizations' operations should as well to represent their communities.
From the 2020 NACD Annual Meeting.
Learn how the Pollinator Plots and Volunteer Citizen Scientist Program in Oklahoma combined the efforts of many organizations to engage urban and suburban communities in ecosystem health.
This presentation was given at Camberwell College of Art, University of London, as part of the BA contextual studies course The Expanded Designer. It was part of the presentations grouped around the topic of Power.
The document discusses issues around evaluating the effectiveness of aid projects and reframing the question of whether aid works. It notes that causality is difficult to determine and that the time frame and outcomes are hard to aggregate. It suggests using randomized evaluations of small-scale projects to measure impact and learn what works. Key questions include what dimensions or attributes of a project bundle contribute most to outcomes and what the mechanisms are that change behavior. Community participation in projects and defining what a community is can also be challenging issues.
Healing the Future: Discussion points from sustainability lectureMartin Brown
Healing the Future: Discussion points from MSc sustainability lecture for Construction Management, exploring the future of sustainability in the sector, and the need to turn around the negative impact into a positive impact.
Civic Tech - Beyond the Talk, who's up for the walk?Jorge G Coelho
Link to presentation script - http://bit.ly/2JtYCAy
The slide deck of presentation on Civic Tech at Dev Day 2018 that took place in Faro and Berlin on the 26th of May, organised by Turbine Kreuzberg
The document discusses a multi-year project called "Water for Agriculture" that aims to promote sustainable water management for agriculture through stakeholder engagement. The project is implementing engagement activities in five communities across Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Arizona. It is researching the impacts of engagement at the individual, organizational and community levels, and linking any changes to biophysical outcomes. The goal is to better understand the process of stakeholder engagement and how it can address critical water and agriculture issues. Preliminary findings suggest engagement builds relationships and trust, but approaches are diverse and its impacts are still within a "black box" that requires more study.
The document discusses several concepts related to green innovation and entrepreneurship including:
1) Sustainable entrepreneurship aims to balance rationalism, naturalism, and humanism for sustainable development.
2) Cradle to cradle product design aims to create continuous cycles of biological and technical nutrients to eliminate waste.
3) Industrial ecology facilitates communication between different groups to better integrate environmental concerns into economic activities.
The document discusses various concepts related to place, representation of place, understanding the past and future, water management, and global issues. It focuses on how places are connected, can be represented in different ways, and how understanding the past can influence the future. Areas of interaction discussed include human ingenuity, environments, health and social education, and community and service. Approaches to learning highlighted include collaboration, thinking, communication, organization, information literacy, transfer, reflection, and becoming informed. The final question asks how communities are affected by global issues.
Harriet Festing presented at the One Water Leadership Summit 2013 on behalf of the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT). CNT is a national nonprofit focused on urban sustainability through research, tools, and policy advocacy. Their water program conducts research on issues like urban flooding and water loss in the Great Lakes region. Survey results showed municipalities face problems like frequent flooding complaints, aging infrastructure, and high water loss without clear goals. Festing argued for building policy cases around these issues by highlighting costs to homeowners, rising water rates, and jobs from infrastructure investment. The key lessons were that solutions exist but need promotion, the costs of inaction are high, and the public already supports change, so coalitions must be built.
Women face barriers to adopting small-scale irrigation technologies that differ from men's barriers. To ensure women benefit equally, technologies must be designed with women's needs and preferences in mind, such as meeting multiple uses and saving labor. Information about technologies must reach women through their own networks. Adoption support is also needed, like access to credit, land, and water resources. Close monitoring after adoption is critical to confirm women actually control and benefit from the technologies and do not experience increased burdens from use. Without consideration of these gender issues, irrigation technologies risk disproportionately benefiting men over women.
This is my personal view on the behaves of mountainous people through green entrepreneurship. In very soon, we are going to develop such type of forum in Nepal.
The document discusses the decline in environmental journalism at traditional media outlets over the past decade, with many closing their environment desks and reassigning journalists, despite high interest from the public for more coverage of environmental issues. It promotes the SXSW Eco conference in October 2013 in Austin, Texas as providing hope for better environmental media coverage in the future.
This document discusses how planning communities to be age-friendly and accessible for all ages and abilities can improve well-being. It promotes integrating health considerations into projects and policies by focusing on safe outdoor spaces, connectivity, varied housing and transportation options. It encourages communities to envision how they want to live rather than accept limitations, and provides resources for age-friendly and walkable community design.
This document summarizes a presentation on advancing the role of women in regional innovation ecosystems. It discusses how women are underrepresented as innovators and entrepreneurs. The presentation explores how regional innovation ecosystems and support programs can better integrate a gender perspective to be more inclusive and accessible to women. Key points discussed include a lack of understanding of women's innovation processes, gender biases in many systems, and how success is measured. Changing these dynamics and developing best practices globally were highlighted as important areas for further discussion.
Energy Biographies: Everyday Life and Socio-Technical Change in Energy SystemsChris Groves
In the wake of COP21, it is timely to reconnect strategic visions and policy interventions with research-led understandings of how and why people use energy. A key relevant research focus in STS has been on the socio-technical entanglements of practices and technologies over time, and their influence on trajectories of demand (Shove, Pantzar, and Watson, 2012). The Energy Biographies study (2011-2015, http://energybiographies.org) has developed innovative methodologies for rendering visible sociologically and psychologically intangible aspects of our ways of living in resource-intensive ways. It has developed psychosocially-nuanced understandings of the ways in which relational subjects are essential for understanding energy-using practices. It has also opened creative spaces where energy usage across the lifecourse creates opportunities for exploring continuity and change dynamics. This presentation will bring into relief theoretical and methodological issues involved in experimental ways of working that have been taken forward by this project, and in connection with three substantive concerns: the dynamics of participation in sustainable or unsustainable patterns of everyday energy use; the embedding and entanglements of energy usage and social practices in everyday life, wider systems, and cultural conditions of late modernity; the role of psychosocial intangibles (relationships, emotional attachments and investments) in the dynamics of everyday energy use and systems change. In doing this, we will show how it is possible to bring STS scholarship relating to sustainability transitions, everyday energy use, and sociotechnical systems change together with social scientific research investigating articulations between sociotechnical change in the everyday and lifecourse or psychosocial (including narrative) perspectives.
A responsible strategy to alternative energies v.5.0Aurélien Mottet
This document proposes a responsible strategy for sustainable energy through an iterative model of transition (IMET) across four spheres of influence: technical, economic, social, and political. The strategy advocates balanced initiatives within each sphere to drive beneficial and successive changes to the environment, economy, and society. These include technological innovation, financial support, social responsibility, and progressive legislation that combine profitability and ecological consciousness for controlled sustainable development and long-term economic success. The overall approach argues for fast, multiple changes across initiatives rather than an abrupt revolutionary change.
This document summarizes an online discussion about designing transformative programs that address unpaid care work from a women's rights perspective. Participants discussed what the characteristics and measurable outcomes of successful programs might look like. Suggestions included recognizing the value of unpaid care work, reducing the time required through infrastructure improvements, redistributing responsibilities to men and boys, and ensuring those with care responsibilities are represented in decision-making. Measuring changes in the distribution of care tasks within households and increases in resources for care services and infrastructure were proposed as ways to assess programs' success in challenging gender norms and reducing women's disproportionate burden of unpaid care work.
This document discusses approaches to education for sustainable development. It emphasizes taking a holistic, systems-thinking approach that is interdisciplinary, experiential, critical, multivocal, reflexive, justice-oriented, ethical, transformative, learner-centered and empowering. Specific ideas are shared, such as having students trace the connections in everyday objects, critically examine philanthropic initiatives, and envision themselves as future generations' representatives. The goal is to inspire students to think deeply and take meaningful action toward a just and sustainable future.
This document summarizes the Advancing Sustainability Leaders program, which aims to advance sustainability in local councils. The program is a 9-month leadership development initiative run by Water for Life, the NSW Metropolitan Water Directorate, and the Australian Research Institute for Environment and Sustainability. It includes a leadership retreat, coaching, feedback sessions, and aims to create tangible change in the participants' organizations. Past results have shown significant changes occurring within 9 months. The session will also include an experiential game about diffusion of innovations to demonstrate how new ideas can spread through a culture.
By Ermias Betemariam, Land Health Scientist, World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Securing inclusive land restoration
From Research to Resilience
WLE webinar series
October 25, 2021
Juliet Willetts - Research paradigms for poverty alleviationDevelopment Futures
The document discusses the balancing act required in research paradigms for poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Specifically, it addresses balancing different knowledges, ethics, rigor and relevance. It emphasizes the need for transdisciplinary research that incorporates civil society, business, government and considers technical and social solutions. Finally, it argues that future research needs humility, respect for different types of knowledge, courage to think differently, integrity, ethics and flexibility to create change.
Service design: why haven't we changed the world yet?ThePublicOffice
This document discusses challenges in making lasting transformational change through service design projects in public services. It describes work done by ThePublicOffice with Essex County Council to rethink early years services as a case study. Three key challenges are identified: 1) Energy and ideas from projects often dissipate when projects end before changes are embedded in the system and culture. 2) Projects can be isolated, short-term, or at the edge of mainstream systems. 3) New approaches fail to take root against prevailing systems and cultures that squash new ideas. The document calls for addressing underlying system conditions to enable service design to drive sustained change through skills, methods, and supporting transformation of the wider system and culture.
Call for participation care learning project finalnewdateDr Lendy Spires
The document announces an upcoming learning project hosted by the international journal Gender & Development focusing on integrating care into development practice. The learning project will bring together 30-40 practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and activists over three stages - an electronic discussion, a learning event in London, and drafting articles for a special issue of the journal. The goal is to collate and inspire learning on cutting-edge approaches to recognizing, valuing, and redistributing unpaid care work.
This thesis investigates funding mechanisms and social equity issues of living labs for sustainability. Living labs are structured networks that develop products/services through co-creation with users in real-world environments. While living labs can engage in various fields, this thesis examines living labs for sustainability as a potential platform to drive urban sustainability transformations. However, assessing living labs' impacts is needed to understand best practices.
The triple bottom line of people, planet, and profit frames the research design and analysis. It asks how living labs engage with sustainability; how the current funding regime supports living labs; and the extent of social equity issues in living lab implementation. The thesis employs literature analysis, surveys of 13 living labs, 5 stakeholder interviews, and
Travis Green kicked off the PNODN year with a talk on Green OD. After a 30 minute mingle Travis had us engadge in a dialogue about the meaning of "Green" "Sustainable" and "OD" in the phase "We are committed to being a ______ organization". Members reported a perception shift when thinking about what they heard in those three statements. Then, we were off.
The group explored the jargon and came to an understanding that this concept of sustainable change is being defined. Some suggested it is part of the design work we do to define this with our cleints. One strategy that was illuminating was to start with what they already doing that is sustainable.
We talked about the challenges of Sponsorship and education about systems. We had questions about what tools to use and process consulting was a recommendation from Travis.
Members talked about notion of the "triple bottom line", and how the language of accounting and profit predominats the mental models that run organizations. The group talked about our role to bridge that language to sustainable concepts for our clients in ways that are meaningful to them.
What conversations are you having with your clients about sustainability.
At the end of the evening members were lively and continued the converstaion. In the evaluation of the event particpants reported the topic to be highly relevant to their work. The content contained new inforamtion for the majority. Everyone who completed the survey said they had met someone they would like to collaborate with. What would that look like?
1. The document discusses using the SenseMaker approach to analyze over 1,000 stories collected from water users and professionals in Ghana to understand water service delivery beyond statistics.
2. Preliminary analysis of the stories showed patterns related to how users view water supply and professionals, their rights and responsibilities, and who should pay for water. It also showed challenges professionals face and opportunities for improvement.
3. Next steps include sharing the findings with stakeholders to identify issues needing attention, and institutionalizing the data collection and analysis into the sector's monitoring and evaluation system.
- RCE Chennai is a consortium established in 2015 to promote youth empowerment and engagement initiatives.
- The ENACT program trained 141 youth as solar technicians, with 31% being female. A comic book and awareness sessions reached over 860 students to promote renewable energy understanding.
- The Opticians intervention trained 350 youth in eye care, qualified 220 as Eye Mitras, opened 150 Eye Mitra shops, and generated over 100 new jobs and $600 average monthly earnings. Over 8,000 people received new eyewear.
Professor Janet Dwyer discusses the implications of current issues and policies for rural areas and policy development in the next 25 years, in particular the issues around CAP reform, climate change, innovation and ongoing research needs.
This document outlines the objectives and research questions of the Working Group Social Change Beyond Consumerism.
The group aims to 1) develop concepts to understand and influence transformations to sustainability, 2) facilitate learning among social experiment actors, and 3) generate knowledge for sustainability pioneers. They will examine how digitalization and urbanization influence social practices and both "reactionary" and "constructive" social responses. Key questions include how these trends contribute to innovative social practices, and where interventions could facilitate sustainable transformations.
The group will create a inventory of innovative social practices from digitalization and urbanization with sustainability potential, and critically examine dynamics renewing interest in solidarity and community. They will link past and future transition dynamics to social
On 15 October, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and CARE International launched a Gender and Inclusion Toolbox. This is one of the held presentations, by Agnes Otzelberger, from CARE International, on changing climates and gender relations: Why research and practice are inseparable
This document discusses green information systems (Green IS) and how they can contribute to climate change solutions. It defines Green IS as the development of information systems that provide digital infrastructure for sustainable business processes. Examples include systems that monitor emissions to better manage them, dynamically route vehicles to reduce energy use, and provide consumers information to make green choices. The document advocates for both top-down and bottom-up approaches, and highlights a local community aquaponics garden project supported by modern ICT. Research is presented on how education can shift attitudes from climate change denial to recognizing individual agency to address the problem. The SIGGreen mission and resources for Green IS are outlined.
Similar to Green economy - what's in it for women? Joy Clancy (ENERGIA) (20)
Women paying the health cost of the climate crisisIIED
The impacts of climate change result in both economic and non-economic losses and damages. While economic impacts often receive attention through policy and programming, the non-economic losses remain largely invisible and unaddressed, particularly in climate finance.
The presentation by IIED principal researcher Ritu Bharadwaj, from an online event in March 2024, focuses on the loss and damage faced by women battling drought, debt bondage and migration in Beed, India.
The presentation examines how women are disproportionately affected by climate change, looking at the connections between climate-induced droughts and debt bondage, and significant impacts on women's physical and mental health – leading to drastic health decisions.
It introduces the innovative C-CIQ methodology, which is a comprehensive approach allowing for in-depth assessment of climate change impacts, encompassing not only physical and economic aspects but also the social, cultural and psychological wellbeing of individuals and communities.
The C-CIQ methodology, with its emphasis on simplicity, replicability and clarity, aims to provide a framework for quantifying non-economic loss and damage through composite indices, making it a valuable tool for practitioners and policymakers in diverse contexts.
More information: https://www.iied.org/women-paying-health-cost-climate-crisis
This report provides an overview of the International Institute for Environment and Development's carbon emissions for 2022/23, and details plans to reduce its impact across our operations.
Emphasising transparency and accountability, the report underscores IIED's dedication to creating a more sustainable and equitable world.
The report highlights ways IIED has changed to reduce its environmental impact and promote positive changes in social, financial and governance operations.
As an organisation IIED is committed to becoming a net-zero organisation, aligning with science-based targets and reflecting short- and long-term emission reduction targets, which will be monitored annually.
Summary presentation on the case study on approaches for supporting pastorali...IIED
This is a presentation of the report 'Case study on approaches for supporting pastoralists groups facing climate change effects in Tanzania'.
Published June 2015
Further information: https://www.iied.org/climate-learning-partnership
Cities for refugees: places of economic productivity, participation and wellb...IIED
This is a presentation by Lucy Earle, director of the Human Settlements research group at the International Institute for Environment and Development, showing results of research into protracted displacement in an urban world.
The presentation was given on 6 December 2022.
This presentation (in English and French) was delivered during an IIED webinar on Wednesday, 21 September, which discussed the topic of special economic zones and the broader questions they raise, particularly in Senegal and Madagascar.
This presentation was delivered by Mamy Rakotondrainibe, president of the collective for the Defense of Malagasy Land (TANY). TANY is a civil society organisation that fights against land grabs that affect citizens and farmers in Madagascar.
More information: https://www.iied.org/special-economic-zones-global-trends-issues-senegal-madagascar
Special economic zones in Senegal: characteristics, land ans socio-economic i...IIED
This presentation (in English and French) was delivered during an IIED webinar on Wednesday, 21 September, which discussed the topic of special economic zones and the broader questions they raise, particularly in Senegal and Madagascar.
This presentation was delivered by Dr Alpha Ba, lecturer and researcher at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Agriculture (ENSA), University of Thiès. Alpha holds a PhD in Sociology. As a consultant specialised in agricultural, land, gender and human rights issues, he has more than 15 years of experience and has accompanied many public organisations in Senegal, as well as NGOs and international institutions, in research and training sessions on those topics.
More information: https://www.iied.org/special-economic-zones-global-trends-issues-senegal-madagascar
Investment zones in Madagascar: characteristics and land implicationsIIED
This presentation (in English and French) was delivered during an IIED webinar on Wednesday, 21 September, which discussed the topic of special economic zones and the broader questions they raise, particularly in Senegal and Madagascar.
This presentation was delivered by Dr Perrine Burnod and Heriniaina Rakotomalala, respectively researcher at CIRAD; and land expert and PhD candidate at the Institut d’Agro from Montpellier and Antananarivo University.
More information: https://www.iied.org/special-economic-zones-global-trends-issues-senegal-madagascar
Special economic zones and land tenure: global trends and local impacts in Se...IIED
This presentation (in English and French) was delivered during an IIED webinar on Wednesday, 21 September, which discussed the topic of special economic zones and the broader questions they raise, particularly in Senegal and Madagascar.
This presentation is by Lorenzo Cotula, principal researcher and head of law, economies and justice programme in IIED's Natural Resources research group, and Thierry Berger, associate (law, economies and justice programme) in IIED's Natural Resources research group.
More information: https://www.iied.org/special-economic-zones-global-trends-issues-senegal-madagascar
Adaptability of peri-urban agricultural workers towards resilienceIIED
This case study highlights the way that women working in peri-urban agriculture in India have to adapt to changing circumstances in order to sustain themselves and their families.
It was produced by Siddharth Agarwal, Kanupriya Kothiwal, Shabnam Verma and Sampurna Kundu of the Urban Health Resource Centre, India.
Conclusions include agricultural work being one of the major forms of livelihood for peri-urban workers. Many peri-urban workers chose this form of work because they already had the skills from their native rural farms.
Women find agricultural work convenient because of its self-paced nature and because farms are mostly close to where they live. Food security is another benefit, as many women are able to procure vegetables and food grains from their farming work.
Peri-urban women workers are resilient, adapting to an ever-changing peri-urban ecosystem and often pursuing an additional livelihood in seasons when agricultural work is not available. Their strategy of forming links with more than one employer offering different forms of work is key to this resilience.
They are also preparing themselves for a future when farms will be sold to developers and builders, and express anxiety about the uncertainty of sustaining agriculture work in the future.
The adaptability and resilience shown by the workers can be tailored to other situations and promoted among vulnerable urban women workers.
More information: https://www.iied.org/resilience-through-flexibility-story-peri-urban-agricultural-workers-india
Stitching their trajectories with determination: stories from Indore, IndiaIIED
Many women in Indore work as informal home-based garment workers. This case study demonstrates their commitment to investing in equipment and learning new skills in order to contribute to the family income.
Behind closed doors lies a vast segment of largely invisible women and girls working in India’s flourishing garment industry.
Women working from home account for about 14% of urban employment in India. In low- and middle-income countries, outsourced garment production thrives on account of cheap labour to keep the levels of production high and costs low.
Through pursuing sewing, women can overcome the limitations of little or no education or formal training. Most women stitchers enhance their skills through experience. This helps them get regular and progressively higher paying piece-rate work.
More information: https://www.iied.org/stitching-determination-stories-women-garment-workers-indore-india
Improving strategy and uptake of cleaner cooking in Kitui, KenyaIIED
This presentation contains a brief overview of work to understand households’ cooking needs that can help improve the uptake of improved cooking devices and promote gender justice in the cooking space.
The presentation is by Enzo Leone, a researcher in the Shaping Sustainable Markets research group at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
IIED is working with Caritas Kitui, Access to Energy Institute (A2EI), African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) and Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS).
More information: https://www.iied.org/tailored-cooking-solutions-close-gender-gap
Placing COVID-19 and the wildlife trade within the bigger pictureIIED
This presentation by EJ Milner-Gulland was delivered during the online event 'Why eat wild meat? Insights from Africa and lessons for COVID-19 responses' on Wednesday, 4 August.
The event explored why people eat wild meat and how to design interventions that can help improve sustainability and safety.
EJ Milner-Gulland is director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science at University of Oxford.
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on wild meat use and perception in communiti...IIED
The document summarizes a study on the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on wild meat use and perceptions in communities near the Dja Faunal Reserve in Cameroon. The study found that the pandemic increased difficulties in accessing schools, income, travel, customers, work and food for many communities. It also found that wild meat consumption remained important despite Covid-19 risks. Most respondents disagreed with proposals to close wild meat markets due to livelihood dependencies and a lack of alternatives. The conclusion was that pandemic impacts on livelihoods seemed more concerning than health risks from wild meat, and findings could help policymaking support communities.
Drivers of wild meat consumption steph brittainIIED
Dr. Stephanie Brittain conducted research on the drivers of wild meat consumption in Cameroon through a literature review and fieldwork interviewing 542 people in four villages. Key findings included: 1) availability and affordability are primary drivers of wild meat consumption, while health benefits and culture are secondary; 2) consumption rates varied between villages and demographics; and 3) preferences for wild meat centered on taste and ease of access, while avoidance was due to taste, health, and tradition. The research provided insights into designing alternative food projects that consider local tastes, traditions, and access to markets and resources.
This presentation by Stephanie Brittain was delivered during the online event 'Why eat wild meat? Insights from Africa and lessons for COVID-19 responses' on Wednesday, 4 August.
The event explored why people eat wild meat and how to design interventions that can help improve sustainability and safety.
Stephanie Brittain is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford focusing on local knowledge and drivers of wild meat consumption in Cameroon.
Multifaceted approach to transition from emergency aid and rehabilitation to ...IIED
This document summarizes Friendship's approach to transitioning vulnerable communities from emergency aid to resilience and development. It uses a holistic approach involving community groups, local government, and NGOs. Interventions include capacity building, demonstrations, savings programs, and advocacy. Outcomes include infrastructure development, increased savings and assets, and more families accessing social programs. Challenges include low literacy rates and needing more advocacy meetings.
Sociétés Coopératives de cacao et Différentiel du revenu Décent : Leçons de l...IIED
This presentation was made by Pauline Zei at a webinar on Wednesday, 2 June that discussed the challenges around, and opportunities for, producer voice and agency in the design and implementation of the new Living Income Differential (LID) in Ghana and the Côte d'Ivoire.
The online event on 'Cocoa producer agency and the living income differential: lessons from civil society organisations' was organised by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
Zei is director of Inades-Formation Cote d'Ivoire. She holds a degree in agronomy from the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët Boigny in Yamoussoukro, specialising in crop protection. Inades-Formation is a network of pan-African associations that works for equitable and sustainable development in Africa.
This was the seventh in a series of events organised under the IIED-led Empowering Producers in Commercial Agriculture (EPIC) project.
EPIC is funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office through its Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusiness (CASA) programme, though the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the UK government. CASA seeks to increase economic opportunities for smallholders by demonstrating the commercial viability of businesses with significant smallholder supply chains and attracting more investment into the sector.
More details: https://www.iied.org/cocoa-producer-agency-living-income-differential-lessons-civil-society-organisations
Innovating to improve the ownership, sustainability and multi-actor nature of...IIED
This presentation by Stephen Bright Sakwa, of Tree Adoption Uganda, features the 'Waste management for flood control' project which is being implemented in Bwaise, an urban slum in Kampala, Uganda.
It focuses on tackling floods and creating livelihoods in informal settlements. It showcases how the community has been trained to manage waste appropriately and make valuable products out of it so that it doesn't end up in drainage channels to cause floods that devastates the community.
This presentation features as part of the Marketplace area of the 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation (CBA15). The event takes place online from 14-18 June, 2021.
More details: https://cba15.iied.org/atrium
This is a presentation from the final event of an online learning series for the East African Community region on communities combating illegal wildlife trade.
The event discussed the future of the ‘Local communities: First Line of Defence against Illegal Wildlife Trade (FLoD)’ methodology, which aims to support designers and implementers of anti-poaching and anti-wildlife trafficking strategies and projects to effectively engage local communities as partners.
The events are organised by IUCN, together with the International Institute for Environment and Development and IUCN CEESP/SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group. They are supported by USAID Kenya and East Africa through the Conserving Natural Capital and Enhancing Collaborative Management of Transboundary Resources (CONNECT) project, and will supplement the comprehensive training course on FLoD, which is currently under development with support from the BIOPAMA programme, supported by the European Union and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States.
More information: https://www.iucn.org/regions/eastern-and-southern-africa/our-work/conservation-areas-and-species/local-communities-first-line-defence-against-illegal-wildlife-trade-flod
Organisational innovations that make community forestry prosperousIIED
This is a presentation by Duncan MacQueen, principal researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), about the importance of including smallholder producers and producer organisations in sustainable value chains to strengthen local resilience to external shocks.
Macqueen used the example of his work with the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) program at the FTA Science Conference 2020. The presentation focuses on the role of commercial organisation around accountable finance systems at four tiered levels: local producer groups, regional aggregators and processors, national advocacy federations, international alliances.
More details: https://www.iied.org/locally-controlled-forestry
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
How to Manage Your Lost Opportunities in Odoo 17 CRMCeline George
Odoo 17 CRM allows us to track why we lose sales opportunities with "Lost Reasons." This helps analyze our sales process and identify areas for improvement. Here's how to configure lost reasons in Odoo 17 CRM
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An import error occurs when a program fails to import a module or library, disrupting its execution. In languages like Python, this issue arises when the specified module cannot be found or accessed, hindering the program's functionality. Resolving import errors is crucial for maintaining smooth software operation and uninterrupted development processes.
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it describes the bony anatomy including the femoral head , acetabulum, labrum . also discusses the capsule , ligaments . muscle that act on the hip joint and the range of motion are outlined. factors affecting hip joint stability and weight transmission through the joint are summarized.
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
The simplified electron and muon model, Oscillating Spacetime: The Foundation...RitikBhardwaj56
Discover the Simplified Electron and Muon Model: A New Wave-Based Approach to Understanding Particles delves into a groundbreaking theory that presents electrons and muons as rotating soliton waves within oscillating spacetime. Geared towards students, researchers, and science buffs, this book breaks down complex ideas into simple explanations. It covers topics such as electron waves, temporal dynamics, and the implications of this model on particle physics. With clear illustrations and easy-to-follow explanations, readers will gain a new outlook on the universe's fundamental nature.
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Green economy - what's in it for women? Joy Clancy (ENERGIA)
1. Green economy:
what’s in it for women?
Joy Clancy
Associate Professor, Technology Transfer at University
of Twente, The Netherlands
Technical Advisor to ENERGIA, International Network
on Gender and Energy
2. The green economy
• Is the concept of a ‘green economy’ not a
distraction?
• Isn’t it just the economic pillar of Sustainable
Development?
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3. How is “gender” perceived in a
development context?
• Two broad ways of seeing “gender”
• As an analytical tool which offers insights into situations
around two groups of people who would identify
themselves as “women” and “men”.
Here “gender” is seen as “who does/experiences what
and why”; where “why” is explained at the level of assets
• As a concept which focuses on the relational position of
women and men.
Again “gender” is seen as “who does/experiences what
and why” but here “why” is explained in terms of power
relations and an additional dimension of “experiences” in
terms of body politics.
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4. How is “gender” accepted in development
practice?
• More easily accepted as an analytical tool – policy
makers and donors are comfortable with improving
assets based around existing roles and
responsibilities
• Changing power relations? Firstly this strays too close
for comfort to the personal. Secondly why stop at
power relations for individuals? What about other
sorts of power relations?
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5. How is “gender” seen in the energy
sector?
• The energy sector has been slow to adopt gender
analysis
“Not our business to change culture”
• The energy sector has not attracted the interest of
social science – particularly those working in gender
– unlike other “technical sectors” eg water and ICT
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6. Gender perceptions in responses to
climate change
• We expect men to be proactive – but in disasters
men’s roles & responsibilities can expose them to
dangers lead to widowhood – common route for
women into poverty
• More women are victims of flooding than men – this
requires responses that deal with culture
sensitivities; creates a new category of households –
single man-headed households about which we have
little understanding.
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7. Green Economy and gender
Policy Implications
• Sex disaggregated data throughout project cycle; gender
sensitive criteria & indicators
No data - no visibility; no visibility – no interest; no interest –
no action; no action – no accountability
• Women’s participation & inclusion in policy making – needs
development of women’s capacity to participate and men’s
capacity to create spaces for women’s contribution
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8. Green energy economy from a gender
perspective?
• What is the “gender “ goal (ie how does it affect women) of the
intervention?
• Is it welfare?
reduce women’s drudgery and improve their health
• Is it productive efficiency?
produce more and better products, and earn more money
• Is it empowering?
Open up new roles and opportunities outside traditional ones, in economic,
social, and political sphere; taking charge of their own lives and bodies – is
this possible in the green energy economy??? Does it matter???
• Is it project efficiency?
Taking a gender approach is to increase rate of success in reaching broader
project aims
• Mixed motives of actors – particularly in relation to ‘empowerment’ with
lack of transparency in meaning leads to misunderstandings and
frustrations.
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9. Can the green (energy) economy be
transformatory?
• Women’s lives are likely to transformed negatively
from direct impacts
• Dramatic changes in the environment often bring
dramatic social changes
• I am now happy to help my wife with household
activities, such as ironing, now we have electricity!
(Respondent in EnPoGen survey Sri Lanka)
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10. Women’s inclusion in the green economy
• Why assume they want it?
• Women’s time saving promoted so they can engage
in productive activities
• Evidence shows they use it for other things
(housework, time with their kids, and (shock,
horror!) rest)
• Inclusion is not necessarily wanted by the excluded –
at least on terms frequently offered.
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