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.
This document discusses embedding social equity into Seattle City Light's environmental programs. It notes that environmental justice is an issue of public health and that communities of color disproportionately live near contaminated areas. It recommends that Seattle City Light use a racial equity lens in all of its programs and projects to ensure equitable outcomes and opportunities. Current projects that aim to do this include developing an environmental justice policy and engaging communities in initiatives like transportation electrification and utility projects. Establishing a permanent environmental equity program is suggested.
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 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.
Household Water Security in Metropolitan Detroit: Measuring the Affordability...Tony G. Reames
This document summarizes a study on water affordability for low-income residents in the Detroit metropolitan region. The study found that water is unaffordable for many, with average households paying 10% of their income on water bills compared to the recommended 4.5%. Lower income households pay over 13% of income on water. Assistance programs help but do not fully close the affordability gap of $45.08 per month. Many residents cut back on other essentials to pay water bills and have accumulated debt. The conclusions are that water is a regional affordability issue, assistance does not reach all in need, and affordability gaps remain even for those receiving assistance.
Investigating City Commitments to 100% Renewable EnergyTony G. Reames
A number of United States (U.S.) cities are proposing and implementing bold sustainable solutions in order to combat
the social, environmental, and economic impacts of climate change. Cities of all sizes around the country are taking
control by pledging to reach community-wide goals of 100% renewable energy. However, many of these cities are
unsure of how to meet these commitments. Although the renewable energy potential throughout the U.S. is strong,
cities are facing other types of challenges that are hindering their ability to progress swiftly to meet the commitment.
This document discusses building a regional network to maintain and restore urban forests and natural areas. It presents the need to reverse declining forest trends through community-based stewardship programs. The proposed solution is a regional network of green city partnerships that focuses on restoring parks and habitats through events like a annual summit for education and training, and focus groups to discuss issues like funding, messaging, and climate change. The challenges addressed are ensuring the network is relevant at all scales and has sufficient ongoing funding.
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.
This document discusses embedding social equity into Seattle City Light's environmental programs. It notes that environmental justice is an issue of public health and that communities of color disproportionately live near contaminated areas. It recommends that Seattle City Light use a racial equity lens in all of its programs and projects to ensure equitable outcomes and opportunities. Current projects that aim to do this include developing an environmental justice policy and engaging communities in initiatives like transportation electrification and utility projects. Establishing a permanent environmental equity program is suggested.
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 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.
Household Water Security in Metropolitan Detroit: Measuring the Affordability...Tony G. Reames
This document summarizes a study on water affordability for low-income residents in the Detroit metropolitan region. The study found that water is unaffordable for many, with average households paying 10% of their income on water bills compared to the recommended 4.5%. Lower income households pay over 13% of income on water. Assistance programs help but do not fully close the affordability gap of $45.08 per month. Many residents cut back on other essentials to pay water bills and have accumulated debt. The conclusions are that water is a regional affordability issue, assistance does not reach all in need, and affordability gaps remain even for those receiving assistance.
Investigating City Commitments to 100% Renewable EnergyTony G. Reames
A number of United States (U.S.) cities are proposing and implementing bold sustainable solutions in order to combat
the social, environmental, and economic impacts of climate change. Cities of all sizes around the country are taking
control by pledging to reach community-wide goals of 100% renewable energy. However, many of these cities are
unsure of how to meet these commitments. Although the renewable energy potential throughout the U.S. is strong,
cities are facing other types of challenges that are hindering their ability to progress swiftly to meet the commitment.
This document discusses building a regional network to maintain and restore urban forests and natural areas. It presents the need to reverse declining forest trends through community-based stewardship programs. The proposed solution is a regional network of green city partnerships that focuses on restoring parks and habitats through events like a annual summit for education and training, and focus groups to discuss issues like funding, messaging, and climate change. The challenges addressed are ensuring the network is relevant at all scales and has sufficient ongoing funding.
The document defines a green economy as one that is low-carbon, resource-efficient, and socially inclusive according to the UNEP. It also includes a diagram showing the interdependencies between different levels of trust, politics, markets, resources, and social relations that are necessary for a sustainable green economy. Weaknesses in any of these areas can undermine the transition to a green economy.
Contesting gender: The translation of gender commitments into action in small...CGIAR
This presentation was given by Sarah Lawless (ARC Centre for Coral Reef Studies), as part of the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the University of Canberra and co-sponsored by the University of Canberra, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on April 2-4, 2019 in Canberra, Australia.
Read more: https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/aisc/seeds-of-change and https://gender.cgiar.org/annual-conference-2019/
Dealing with Disruptive Change: The Power of Stakeholder ConnectionsColin Habberton
This document discusses how non-profits can deal with disruptive change by connecting with stakeholders. It provides an overview of the session, which will investigate causes of disruptive change through case studies and discuss how stakeholder connections can manage risk and create solutions. The session will help fundraisers understand disruptive change, use diagnostic tools to engage stakeholders, and build collaborative responses. A case study of Habitat for Humanity SA is presented, which showed how shifting its focus from building houses to building communities allowed it to better scale its impact and operations. The document recommends that organizations innovate through collaboration, invest in people and systems, and implement changes through pilots and training to deal with disruptive change.
This document summarizes a field experiment conducted in rural Tanzania to examine how social status influences behavior in traditional irrigation systems. The experiment involved ranking community members by social status and having upstream and downstream user pairs play a water allocation game. It was found that upstream users with higher social status tended to allocate more selfishly while those with lower status allocated more fairly. Downstream users with higher status preferred communicating dissatisfaction rather than using a mediator, while lower status users were more likely to remain silent or use a mediator. The experiment provided insights into how social status influences norms of distribution and conflict resolution in common pool resource institutions.
The document discusses strategies for preventing the spread of animal sickness on farms and to humans. It compares strategies like proper hygiene and PPE, biosecurity, early detection and reporting, and proper isolation and treatment that can prevent financial loss and pandemics to doing nothing which can result in animal and farmer illness, decreased reproduction and profit, and exponential disease spread. It also discusses models for nonprofit funding including major donor funding appeals, replacing governmental systems through public provider models, online crowdfunding, and offline fundraising through mail, events and solicitations. Average nonprofit compensation is shown to range from $20,000 to $70,000. An example individual's salary is broken down showing a $45,000 base plus commissions
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.
In this presentation to the 'Joint Program on Gender Transformative Approaches to Food Security & Nutrition, Inception Workshop' (Rome, May 6-8, 2019), Dr Cynthia McDougall outlines some key ideas to guide measuring gender transformative change. This draws on WorldFish (AAS and FISH's) and partners work in this area, including leading up to the development of the Women's Empowerment in Fisheries Index.
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.
1. Regional climate change impact assessments are needed to bridge global climate assessments and local decision-making on adapting to climate change. Assessments should be designed and carried out within each region to be culturally appropriate.
2. Knowledge action networks are proposed to link regional assessments with global science and policy communities to support local adaptation initiatives. Modern information techniques can ensure communication across global, regional, and local levels.
3. A new institutional framework is needed to support regional assessments and knowledge action networks through funding, capacity building, and provision of data, models and other resources, starting initially with a focus on regional assessments of water resources.
The document discusses the need for a new approach to social protection in Zimbabwe given multiple stressors facing the population like economic shocks, reduced employment, and climate change. It notes that the situation is complex and changing rapidly. The landscape has changed as more people are in need of support but resources are decreasing while demand is increasing. The enabling environment for social protection is poor due to issues like governance, management of schemes, and human rights. It argues for long-term, sustainable solutions that empower local communities rather than short-term responses.
Ten Towns, Ten Actions Toolkit: Opening & Closing Slides (Reinmar Seidler, PhD)Cindy Heath
The document summarizes an event hosted by the NH Network - Climate, Energy, Environment Plastics Work Group to provide practical advice on reducing plastic pollution in communities. It introduces the NH Network's mission to address pollution and climate change. The event featured speakers discussing stories of plastic pollution, what NH communities are doing to address it, and a toolkit with 10 actions towns can take. It promotes future focus programs on plastics issues and upcoming events from partner organizations.
This document provides an overview of social impact assessments. It defines social impact assessments as a form of analysis used to strategically measure impacts on social conditions and social outcomes from new or existing developments. The document outlines key objectives of social impact assessments, including making better informed decisions, assessing and resolving conflicts, and empowering and increasing social value for communities. It also discusses stakeholders, variables to assess, frameworks like logic modeling and theories of change, and provides several example social impact assessment reports and guides.
Bob McLellan, MD: Health Impacts of Plastic At Every Stage of the Plastic Lif...Cindy Heath
Climate change poses the biggest health threat facing humanity. A group of New Hampshire healthcare professionals from various clinical and non-clinical backgrounds and communities seek to educate the public on the links between climate and health. They have formed working groups focused on issues like behavioral health, children's health, climate justice, and advocacy to provide tools for healthcare workers to mobilize support for climate solutions to improve health for all.
2010 Annual Meeting Keynote speaker, Katherine Fulton, President of the Monitor Institute, shared lessons emerging from Monitor's work with funders nationwide over the past decade, lessons that are shaping the work of leading philanthropic practitioners and thinkers.
Her insights encouraged participants to dialogue on key questions:
* What will it take to get the job done?
* What new tools, new behaviors, new mindsets and new skill sets?
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.
Presentation at the Dupont Forum. The panel will look at how investing in technologies is insufficient on its own to enact effective agricultural water management, and will explore the importance of accompanying context appropriate policies and institutions.
New Jersey faces challenges in local news due to dominance by New York City and Philadelphia media markets, with job losses at the Star-Ledger and public broadcast licenses sold outside of NJ. However, small local journalism sites are rising and innovation is possible. A three-pronged approach is proposed: strengthening local journalism organizations; exploring sustainability models; and supporting community-participatory journalism through grants. Sustainability may come from diverse revenue streams and community-focused reporting, but requires mentoring, patience, experimentation, and collaboration.
Arts Council England and Julie's Bicycle Environmental Reporting Workshops 2013Julie's Bicycle
The document summarizes a workshop hosted by Julie's Bicycle on environmental reporting and sustainability in the arts sector. It provides an agenda for the workshop covering topics like 2012/13 results, breakout group discussions, and looking ahead. It also outlines Julie's Bicycle's support for arts organizations in developing environmental policies and action plans, including workshops, webinars, and guidelines. Sample policies and initiatives from arts organizations are presented, such as lighting upgrades, solar panels, increased recycling, and engaging staff and audiences in sustainability.
Module 4.1: Changing Light-bulbs or changing minds? The Case for Sustainab…Julie's Bicycle
Aim: This webinar explores the issues and implications of Arts Council England’s environmental reporting requirements and builds the case for cultural leadership on sustainability.
The webinar will include:
- Opening address by Alison Tickell, CEO of Julie’s Bicycle.
- Introduction to the Arts Council’s environmental reporting and Julie’s Bicycle.
- Key note and discussion from leading voices within the creative industries, David Buckland (Cape Farewell) and David Jubb (Battersea Arts Centre).
- Q&A.
The document defines a green economy as one that is low-carbon, resource-efficient, and socially inclusive according to the UNEP. It also includes a diagram showing the interdependencies between different levels of trust, politics, markets, resources, and social relations that are necessary for a sustainable green economy. Weaknesses in any of these areas can undermine the transition to a green economy.
Contesting gender: The translation of gender commitments into action in small...CGIAR
This presentation was given by Sarah Lawless (ARC Centre for Coral Reef Studies), as part of the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the University of Canberra and co-sponsored by the University of Canberra, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on April 2-4, 2019 in Canberra, Australia.
Read more: https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/aisc/seeds-of-change and https://gender.cgiar.org/annual-conference-2019/
Dealing with Disruptive Change: The Power of Stakeholder ConnectionsColin Habberton
This document discusses how non-profits can deal with disruptive change by connecting with stakeholders. It provides an overview of the session, which will investigate causes of disruptive change through case studies and discuss how stakeholder connections can manage risk and create solutions. The session will help fundraisers understand disruptive change, use diagnostic tools to engage stakeholders, and build collaborative responses. A case study of Habitat for Humanity SA is presented, which showed how shifting its focus from building houses to building communities allowed it to better scale its impact and operations. The document recommends that organizations innovate through collaboration, invest in people and systems, and implement changes through pilots and training to deal with disruptive change.
This document summarizes a field experiment conducted in rural Tanzania to examine how social status influences behavior in traditional irrigation systems. The experiment involved ranking community members by social status and having upstream and downstream user pairs play a water allocation game. It was found that upstream users with higher social status tended to allocate more selfishly while those with lower status allocated more fairly. Downstream users with higher status preferred communicating dissatisfaction rather than using a mediator, while lower status users were more likely to remain silent or use a mediator. The experiment provided insights into how social status influences norms of distribution and conflict resolution in common pool resource institutions.
The document discusses strategies for preventing the spread of animal sickness on farms and to humans. It compares strategies like proper hygiene and PPE, biosecurity, early detection and reporting, and proper isolation and treatment that can prevent financial loss and pandemics to doing nothing which can result in animal and farmer illness, decreased reproduction and profit, and exponential disease spread. It also discusses models for nonprofit funding including major donor funding appeals, replacing governmental systems through public provider models, online crowdfunding, and offline fundraising through mail, events and solicitations. Average nonprofit compensation is shown to range from $20,000 to $70,000. An example individual's salary is broken down showing a $45,000 base plus commissions
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.
In this presentation to the 'Joint Program on Gender Transformative Approaches to Food Security & Nutrition, Inception Workshop' (Rome, May 6-8, 2019), Dr Cynthia McDougall outlines some key ideas to guide measuring gender transformative change. This draws on WorldFish (AAS and FISH's) and partners work in this area, including leading up to the development of the Women's Empowerment in Fisheries Index.
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.
1. Regional climate change impact assessments are needed to bridge global climate assessments and local decision-making on adapting to climate change. Assessments should be designed and carried out within each region to be culturally appropriate.
2. Knowledge action networks are proposed to link regional assessments with global science and policy communities to support local adaptation initiatives. Modern information techniques can ensure communication across global, regional, and local levels.
3. A new institutional framework is needed to support regional assessments and knowledge action networks through funding, capacity building, and provision of data, models and other resources, starting initially with a focus on regional assessments of water resources.
The document discusses the need for a new approach to social protection in Zimbabwe given multiple stressors facing the population like economic shocks, reduced employment, and climate change. It notes that the situation is complex and changing rapidly. The landscape has changed as more people are in need of support but resources are decreasing while demand is increasing. The enabling environment for social protection is poor due to issues like governance, management of schemes, and human rights. It argues for long-term, sustainable solutions that empower local communities rather than short-term responses.
Ten Towns, Ten Actions Toolkit: Opening & Closing Slides (Reinmar Seidler, PhD)Cindy Heath
The document summarizes an event hosted by the NH Network - Climate, Energy, Environment Plastics Work Group to provide practical advice on reducing plastic pollution in communities. It introduces the NH Network's mission to address pollution and climate change. The event featured speakers discussing stories of plastic pollution, what NH communities are doing to address it, and a toolkit with 10 actions towns can take. It promotes future focus programs on plastics issues and upcoming events from partner organizations.
This document provides an overview of social impact assessments. It defines social impact assessments as a form of analysis used to strategically measure impacts on social conditions and social outcomes from new or existing developments. The document outlines key objectives of social impact assessments, including making better informed decisions, assessing and resolving conflicts, and empowering and increasing social value for communities. It also discusses stakeholders, variables to assess, frameworks like logic modeling and theories of change, and provides several example social impact assessment reports and guides.
Bob McLellan, MD: Health Impacts of Plastic At Every Stage of the Plastic Lif...Cindy Heath
Climate change poses the biggest health threat facing humanity. A group of New Hampshire healthcare professionals from various clinical and non-clinical backgrounds and communities seek to educate the public on the links between climate and health. They have formed working groups focused on issues like behavioral health, children's health, climate justice, and advocacy to provide tools for healthcare workers to mobilize support for climate solutions to improve health for all.
2010 Annual Meeting Keynote speaker, Katherine Fulton, President of the Monitor Institute, shared lessons emerging from Monitor's work with funders nationwide over the past decade, lessons that are shaping the work of leading philanthropic practitioners and thinkers.
Her insights encouraged participants to dialogue on key questions:
* What will it take to get the job done?
* What new tools, new behaviors, new mindsets and new skill sets?
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.
Presentation at the Dupont Forum. The panel will look at how investing in technologies is insufficient on its own to enact effective agricultural water management, and will explore the importance of accompanying context appropriate policies and institutions.
New Jersey faces challenges in local news due to dominance by New York City and Philadelphia media markets, with job losses at the Star-Ledger and public broadcast licenses sold outside of NJ. However, small local journalism sites are rising and innovation is possible. A three-pronged approach is proposed: strengthening local journalism organizations; exploring sustainability models; and supporting community-participatory journalism through grants. Sustainability may come from diverse revenue streams and community-focused reporting, but requires mentoring, patience, experimentation, and collaboration.
Arts Council England and Julie's Bicycle Environmental Reporting Workshops 2013Julie's Bicycle
The document summarizes a workshop hosted by Julie's Bicycle on environmental reporting and sustainability in the arts sector. It provides an agenda for the workshop covering topics like 2012/13 results, breakout group discussions, and looking ahead. It also outlines Julie's Bicycle's support for arts organizations in developing environmental policies and action plans, including workshops, webinars, and guidelines. Sample policies and initiatives from arts organizations are presented, such as lighting upgrades, solar panels, increased recycling, and engaging staff and audiences in sustainability.
Module 4.1: Changing Light-bulbs or changing minds? The Case for Sustainab…Julie's Bicycle
Aim: This webinar explores the issues and implications of Arts Council England’s environmental reporting requirements and builds the case for cultural leadership on sustainability.
The webinar will include:
- Opening address by Alison Tickell, CEO of Julie’s Bicycle.
- Introduction to the Arts Council’s environmental reporting and Julie’s Bicycle.
- Key note and discussion from leading voices within the creative industries, David Buckland (Cape Farewell) and David Jubb (Battersea Arts Centre).
- Q&A.
Webinar: Future Buildings (Arts Council England programme 2015/16) Julie's Bicycle
This document summarizes a webinar on environmentally sustainable buildings in the creative sector. Julie's Bicycle, a charity promoting sustainability in the creative industry, hosted the webinar to discuss their "Fit for the Future" guide. Case studies presented environmentally sustainable renovations and new builds for arts venues, from artist studios to large theaters. Key lessons included taking a holistic approach, integrating sustainability from the start, choosing technologies carefully, and involving stakeholders. The guide and webinar aimed to show how sustainable design supports the creative mission and saves on running costs of arts buildings.
Module 2.2: How to use the IG Tools: Environmental Reporting for Creative…Julie's Bicycle
Aim: This webinar will take you through the process of using the IG Tools in line with the Arts Council’s environmental reporting requirements.
The webinar will include:
- Introduction to the Arts Council’s environmental reporting and Julie’s Bicycle.
- What are the IG Tools?
- How can they benefit your organisation?
- Collecting data – how to ensure you have the information you need in the correct format.
- Creating your first IG Tool entry – step by step.
- Trouble shooting Q&A – your chance to ask the experts about any problems you are having with the environmental reporting process.
Sustainable Production Webinar - Creu Cymru EmergenceJulie's Bicycle
This webinar discussed sustainable production practices for the CreuCymru Emergence-Eginiad pilot program funded by the Welsh government. The webinar covered goals to reduce emissions through staff and stakeholder engagement as well as sustainable facilities, programming, and production. Topics included environmental impacts of production materials, energy, travel, and waste as well as recommendations for lighting, sound, set materials, touring, and engaging teams in sustainability. The webinar provided resources and tools to monitor impacts and highlighted engaging everyone, reducing waste, and efficient design as key tips.
Staff engagement: planning, engaging, acting and maintaining momentumJulie's Bicycle
The webinar covered staff engagement strategies for sustainability initiatives. It discussed why staff engagement is important for driving change and maintaining momentum. Some key engagement tactics included showing commitment from leadership, keeping staff informed through various communication channels, connecting initiatives to organizational values, forming green teams, running targeted campaigns with goals and incentives, celebrating successes, and making initiatives fun. The webinar provided examples and resources for effective staff engagement.
Did you know that electricity use is one of the biggest sources of carbon dioxide emissions globally and in the UK?
Decarbonising electricity is a key measure for the UK to reach its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050. You can help hitting this target by investing in renewables, either through on-site technology or driving demand through procurement.
Read through the webinar presentation slides for further info, facts and resources.
Culture Change_Social Media & Communications Surgery_23rd JanJulie's Bicycle
Social Media & Communications Surgery: A Practical Guide To Ethical Brand Building
Know your #hashtags from your @mentions?
The difference between Replying and Retweeting?
If you want to learn all about the potential and pitfalls of social media from the comfort of your desk, come and join this free and practical Webinar where Julie's Bicycle will help you develop your online presence and effectively communicate your brand and ethics.
Learn about different social media platforms (the rules and jargon!) and social media strategic planning, with lots of creative and colourful examples of how arts organisations and practitioners have utilised social media to communicate their environmental actions, campaigns, and good practice. Communicating your business values demonstrates transparency, builds trust and opens new contacts and conversations.
As an outcome of the Webinar, Julie's Bicycle will also help you to create your very own environmental policy and action plan, so that you can document, share and communicate your good practice and aspirations.
Culture Change: Sustainable Production and ExhibitionsJulie's Bicycle
The document is an agenda for a webinar on sustainable production and exhibitions hosted by Julie's Bicycle. The webinar will introduce Julie's Bicycle and discuss drivers for sustainability in the creative industries. It will cover topics like sustainable exhibitions, production practices, and tools from Julie's Bicycle. Case studies on specific sustainable productions and exhibitions will also be presented. The webinar aims to provide resources and strategies for organizations to improve sustainability and embed it in their operations.
This document summarizes a webinar about an energy and waste management pilot program for venues in Wales. The webinar covered the pilot's goals of engaging venues to take action on energy use and waste reduction. It discussed key drivers for venues to improve efficiency, including cost savings and reputation. The webinar then outlined best practices and first steps for venues to analyze energy use, set baselines, prioritize reductions, and engage staff. Similar approaches and first steps were outlined for venues to analyze waste generation and improve recycling. The webinar provided venues with tools and resources to implement sustainable practices around energy and waste management.
A guide designed to support communications professionals and ‘green’ champions to communicate environmental activities and achievements effectively to a diverse range of stakeholders.
This webinar was designed as the kick off session for Creu Cymru Emergence, and was aimed at CEO equivalents and anyone else in the organisation who is leading on Emergence.
We covered:
- Pilot timeline
- Pilot goals
- Your role and responsibilities
- Introduction to:
- Staff engagement
- Understanding and monitoring environmental impacts
- Environmental policies and action plans
- Discussion
Take a look through the presentations from our Powering Change event held on 19th February 2016 at Tobacco Factory Theatres in Bristol.
The event featured guest speakers George Ferguson Mayor of Bristol, Ali Robertson Director at Tobacco Factory Theatres, Gary Topp from Bristol Green Capital Partnership, Alex Orme of Good Energy, Joon Lynn Goh Senior Producer at In Between Time, and Wren Aigaki-Lander Partner at Within People.
Looking towards COP21 in December, this Webinar highlights the key issues of climate change; makes the case for the impact culture can have on sustainability; outlines the tools, channels, messages and strategies you can use to develop your campaign and provides examples of successful communications campaigns.
Arts Council England specialist advice: Cultural Buildings and VenuesJulie's Bicycle
A reminder of the environmental reporting requirements including how to add new data to the IG Tools, plus a special focus on : How to run a sustainable building for organisations who own and/or manage cultural buildings and venues, including museums.
Arts Council England Environmental Reporting - Communicating SuccessJulie's Bicycle
A reminder of the environmental reporting requirements including how to add new data to the IG Tools, plus a special focus on : Top tips on what you should be sharing with your stakeholders and how to do so effectively.
Julie’s Bicycle and BOP Consulting conducted the most comprehensive survey to date with leaders of creative and cultural organisations on environmental sustainability, and this report summarises the findings.
‘Sustaining Creativity’ is intending to deepen the creative community’s insights on climate change and
sustainability as requisite to a holistic view of cultural value.
The programme is our attempt to understand why
we don’t measure that value on scales that weigh natural capital, the risks of inaction, or creative invention for a sustainable future. What might our creative and cultural industries look like if they did? Where would they find inspiration, how would they be made and valued? How do the arts measure up now, to themselves and to the rest of the world? And would any of it make a difference? Over the next year we will attempt to answer these questions.
Arts Council England Environmental Reporting - The Basics 020414Julie's Bicycle
This document provides an overview of environmental reporting requirements for Arts Council England major funded organisations and resources available for support. It reminds organisations that they must update their environmental policy and action plan, collect energy and water usage data from April 2013 to March 2014 using the IG Tools reporting platform, and submit it by May 30th. It outlines Julie's Bicycle's webinar series and other support offerings to aid organisations with reporting, including guidance on using the IG Tools, updating policies and action plans, and troubleshooting.
Environmental Reporting for NYMOs - an introductionJulie's Bicycle
This webinar covered environmental reporting requirements for the Arts Council England National Youth Music Organisations. It discussed creating an environmental policy and action plan, and optionally reporting energy and water usage data using the IG Tools platform. Support resources were provided, including guidelines, examples, and ongoing support from Julie's Bicycle via email or phone. The reporting deadline is May 30th, 2014.
Introduction to sustainability principles 101 june 2 2010lauraebrown
The document provides an overview of sustainability principles and concepts being explored in Greensburg, Kansas. It discusses sustainability basics including relationships between time, change, and resilience. It also examines how sustainability is being approached at the community level through frameworks like The Natural Step and Transition Towns initiatives which aim to increase community resilience and plan for lower energy consumption.
Dominic Campbell - Arts and creativity: A role in elder careRunwaySale
This document discusses how arts festivals can help address challenges related to aging populations in Europe. It notes that by 2030, half the population of Western Europe will be over 50, which is unprecedented. Festivals like Bealtaine in Ireland are highlighted as examples of how they successfully engage older people in the arts and provide social, health, and personal benefits. The document argues that festivals can play an important role in changing perceptions and planning around aging by providing opportunities for creativity, social connection and intergenerational exchange.
Article Review of “Factors influencing private and public environmental prote...Eddie Huang
This article reviews a study that examined factors influencing private and public environmental behaviors among residents in Shaanxi, China. The study used a survey of 347 residents to analyze how demographic variables and environmental attitudes correlated with individual and public environmental behaviors. The results showed that environmental knowledge and attitudes positively correlated with individual behaviors. Gender also impacted individual behaviors, with women being more likely to recycle. However, demographic variables did not significantly impact public behaviors. The review suggests education campaigns should emphasize private economic benefits and target messages based on demographics like gender.
Museums and Climate Change: Creating a Sustainable Path ForwardWest Muse
The collective response of our society to climate change will be one of the defining issues of this era. From strategies to improve the environmental performance of facilities to making a difference globally through programs such as We Are Still In, this session will explore the issues surrounding climate change and provide insights on how museums of all varieties can contribute to bringing positive change to their organizations and communities through interpretation and demonstration.
The document summarizes the We Are Still In coalition, which includes over 3,800 signatories committed to upholding the Paris Agreement on climate change after the US withdrawal. It focuses on the role of cultural institutions in the coalition, which aim to use education and communication to foster climate action. Key commitments cultural institutions can make include understanding greenhouse gas emissions, increasing renewable energy use, and building community resilience. The coalition provides opportunities for institutions to demonstrate leadership on sustainability and climate issues important to the public.
This document provides an overview of environmental science as an interdisciplinary field that studies human interactions with other organisms and the abiotic environment. It discusses key concepts like ecosystems, population dynamics, pollution, and resource management. It introduces the scientific method as an approach using experiments, hypotheses, and peer review. It also briefly outlines topics that will be covered in the course, including major ecosystems, natural succession, carrying capacity, and conservation. The document emphasizes that environmental science draws on many disciplines and seeks to understand complex natural systems and solve environmental problems.
Whats new in Behavioural Economics for Sustainability.pdfTapestryWorks
These are the slides from my presentation for Thammasat University School of Global Studies on 15 June 2022. I discuss some of the most recent developments and debates in behavioural economics with a focus on its application to sustainability issues. All the examples are taken from the course I teach as part of the Masters degree program in Social Innovation and Sustainability.
The document outlines an interactive training on moving from service to solutions that was piloted at the 2018 Bonner Congress, which teaches participants to analyze the root causes of social issues through a root cause analysis technique called the "5 Whys". It provides an example application of this technique to analyze the root cause of a public health crisis. The training is intended to help participants strengthen their understanding of measuring impact and designing interventions that address underlying causes rather than just symptoms.
The document provides an overview of sustainability and education for sustainable development. It discusses the key challenges facing sustainability like climate change and resource depletion. It then outlines various solutions and trends in business, higher education, K-12, communities and other sectors to work towards a more sustainable future. The document concludes by providing resources for learning more about sustainability initiatives and getting involved.
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This document discusses approaches to urban design that promote well-being. It argues that traditional urban forms with mixed-use neighborhoods aligned on walkable streets are most popular and valuable. Neuroscience and data show links between such designs and better mental and physical health. However, the UK builds fewer homes and has an uncertain planning system. To meet housing needs, planning should focus on designs proven to be most popular and make new homes more desirable, using technology to involve people in the design process.
Eco World is set to be the worlds first Amusement Park & Education Center on Ecological
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The document provides tips for environmental writers on how to effectively communicate science and environmental issues to general audiences. It emphasizes making topics relatable and relevant to readers' lives through creative language, humor, defining technical terms, and relating issues to common experiences. The document also stresses the importance of humanizing scientists and describing their struggles to pursue important discoveries.
NASA, USAID, Department of State, and NIKE have joined together to form LAUNCH to identify and support innovative solutions to global challenges. LAUNCH's mission is to transform existing human systems into more sustainable, accessible and empowering ones. LAUNCH has supported innovators working in areas like clean water, healthcare, energy, and reducing carbon emissions. Evaluations found that LAUNCH provided a strong return on investment and generated social and intellectual capital through collaboration between innovators, governments, and industry leaders. Key learnings included investing in vetting innovators, fostering collaboration among innovators, and redefining sponsorship as true support throughout the innovation process.
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Here are the key insights from the focus group:
- Students enjoy social events like concerts, game nights, and mixers where they can interact with others. Educational events need interactive elements.
- A loose, flexible student organization structure works best as schedules vary. Events should not require a long-term commitment.
- Social media, word-of-mouth, and flyers around campus are best ways to communicate. Messages need to be brief and highlight benefits of attending.
- Students care about causes like clean water but feel overwhelmed by global issues. Focusing on local impact and how they can directly help would resonate best.
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To supplement the primary research, Greenroots conducted secondary research to
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Greenroots Communication designed a outreach campaign for Wishing Well a nonprofit group. Wishing Well wanted a campaign that would help maintain and recruit more communities.
While science is a natural home for project-based learning techniques, blending in the global competencies and other subjects can sometimes be more challenging. This session will focus on approaches to incorporating global competencies in science in both elementary and secondary settings. We will look at some concrete examples and have opportunities to collaborate with colleagues throughout the network. Please bring a computer to this session as we will be accessing online resources.
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Results of geophysics and pneumatic injection pilot tests during 2003 – 2007 yielded significant positive results for injection delivery design and contaminant mass treatment, resulting in permanent shut-down of an existing groundwater Pump & Treat system.
Accessible source areas were subsequently removed (2011) by soil excavation and treated with the placement of Emulsified Vegetable Oil EVO and zero-valent iron ZVI to accelerate treatment of impacted groundwater in overburden and weathered fractured bedrock. Post pilot test and post remediation groundwater monitoring has included analyses of CVOCs, organic fatty acids, dissolved gases and QuantArray® -Chlor to quantify key microorganisms (e.g., Dehalococcoides, Dehalobacter, etc.) and functional genes (e.g., vinyl chloride reductase, methane monooxygenase, etc.) to assess potential for reductive dechlorination and aerobic cometabolism of CVOCs.
In 2022, the first commercial application of MetaArray™ was performed at the site. MetaArray™ utilizes statistical analysis, such as principal component analysis and multivariate analysis to provide evidence that reductive dechlorination is active or even that it is slowing. This creates actionable data allowing users to save money by making important site management decisions earlier.
The results of the MetaArray™ analysis’ support vector machine (SVM) identified groundwater monitoring wells with a 80% confidence that were characterized as either Limited for Reductive Decholorination or had a High Reductive Reduction Dechlorination potential. The results of MetaArray™ will be used to further optimize the site’s post remediation monitoring program for monitored natural attenuation.
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The incorporation of a 3DCSM and completion of HRSC provided a tool for enhanced, data-driven, decisions to support a change in remediation closure strategies. Currently, an approved pilot study has been obtained to shut-down the remediation systems (ISCO, P&T) and conduct a hydraulic study under non-pumping conditions. A separate micro-biological bench scale treatability study was competed that yielded positive results for an emerging innovative technology. As a result, a field pilot study has commenced with results expected in nine-twelve months. With the results of the hydraulic study, field pilot studies and an updated risk assessment leading site monitoring optimization cost lifecycle savings upwards of $15MM towards an alternatively evolved best available technology remediation closure strategy.
Improving the viability of probiotics by encapsulation methods for developmen...Open Access Research Paper
The popularity of functional foods among scientists and common people has been increasing day by day. Awareness and modernization make the consumer think better regarding food and nutrition. Now a day’s individual knows very well about the relation between food consumption and disease prevalence. Humans have a diversity of microbes in the gut that together form the gut microflora. Probiotics are the health-promoting live microbial cells improve host health through gut and brain connection and fighting against harmful bacteria. Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus are the two bacterial genera which are considered to be probiotic. These good bacteria are facing challenges of viability. There are so many factors such as sensitivity to heat, pH, acidity, osmotic effect, mechanical shear, chemical components, freezing and storage time as well which affects the viability of probiotics in the dairy food matrix as well as in the gut. Multiple efforts have been done in the past and ongoing in present for these beneficial microbial population stability until their destination in the gut. One of a useful technique known as microencapsulation makes the probiotic effective in the diversified conditions and maintain these microbe’s community to the optimum level for achieving targeted benefits. Dairy products are found to be an ideal vehicle for probiotic incorporation. It has been seen that the encapsulated microbial cells show higher viability than the free cells in different processing and storage conditions as well as against bile salts in the gut. They make the food functional when incorporated, without affecting the product sensory characteristics.
Kinetic studies on malachite green dye adsorption from aqueous solutions by A...Open Access Research Paper
Water polluted by dyestuffs compounds is a global threat to health and the environment; accordingly, we prepared a green novel sorbent chemical and Physical system from an algae, chitosan and chitosan nanoparticle and impregnated with algae with chitosan nanocomposite for the sorption of Malachite green dye from water. The algae with chitosan nanocomposite by a simple method and used as a recyclable and effective adsorbent for the removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solutions. Algae, chitosan, chitosan nanoparticle and algae with chitosan nanocomposite were characterized using different physicochemical methods. The functional groups and chemical compounds found in algae, chitosan, chitosan algae, chitosan nanoparticle, and chitosan nanoparticle with algae were identified using FTIR, SEM, and TGADTA/DTG techniques. The optimal adsorption conditions, different dosages, pH and Temperature the amount of algae with chitosan nanocomposite were determined. At optimized conditions and the batch equilibrium studies more than 99% of the dye was removed. The adsorption process data matched well kinetics showed that the reaction order for dye varied with pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order. Furthermore, the maximum adsorption capacity of the algae with chitosan nanocomposite toward malachite green dye reached as high as 15.5mg/g, respectively. Finally, multiple times reusing of algae with chitosan nanocomposite and removing dye from a real wastewater has made it a promising and attractive option for further practical applications.
14. Sustaining Creativity
accelerate a holistic rethinking of how the creative
community responds to climate change and
environmental sustainability.
15. Survey Scope
• Audience = 70 million
• Turnover = over £1 billion.
• Combined arts, dance, literature, museums,
music, theatre and visual arts
• England, Scotland and Wales
• Diverse mix of organisation type and size.
16. Findings
High levels of engagement and commitment
55% financial 40% reputational benefits still not core business
62% environmental sustainability will become
increasingly important
Climate change risk governance lowest drivers in spite of risks
Leadership from middle
65 leading organisations of which 63% Arts Council
Appetite to take a lead - peer groupings, knowledge transfer
Half of organisations created work on this theme
Virtually everyone believes it is relevant to them
Still a persistentValue-Action gap
17. Literature
• 4% of survey respondents (13), the smallest proportion
• 54% of respondents have an environmental policy, the lowest
• least except in ‘engagement with suppliers’.
• perceives that it does more than most at 31%
• highest proportion thinking that environmental sustainability is not relevant:
17%, and
• However, 50% think it is very relevant.
• 67% think it has got more important to their organisation over the last two
years.
• 70% think it will increase in importance over the next two years, unlike most
other sectors.
• Overall drivers are similar to others but least engaged around mission or
vision and least concerned about the effects of climate change.
• seen the smallest financial benefit at 38%.
• only 23% have seen reputational benefits for their organisations.
• Nevertheless, at almost 70%, the highest number of people shared their
personal visions for sustainability.
18. the more the nature of the challenge is
understood the smaller achievements
appear to be