Pollution is a word that we hear on a day-to-day basis, plastic is one of the most contributional impacts in today's pollution rates.
Britain alone contributes 1.7 million tons of plastic being produced annually. It is estimated that 1.15 to 2.41 million tonnes of plastic is entering the ocean each year from rivers.
Home Energy Save Ltd. is a company that specializes in damp and energy efficiency and we also bring awareness to the contributions of pollution, climate change, and many impacts that we are fighting against on a daily basis.
Pollution is a word that we hear on a day-to-day basis, plastic is one of the most contributional impacts in today's pollution rates.
Britain alone contributes 1.7 million tons of plastic being produced annually. It is estimated that 1.15 to 2.41 million tonnes of plastic is entering the ocean each year from rivers.
Home Energy Save Ltd. is a company that specializes in damp and energy efficiency and we also bring awareness to the contributions of pollution, climate change, and many impacts that we are fighting against on a daily basis.
Water is facing a crisis today.
Water scarcity affects all social and economic sectors.
Water footprint measures the consumption and contamination of freshwater resources.
Water is facing a crisis today.
Water scarcity affects all social and economic sectors.
Water footprint measures the consumption and contamination of freshwater resources.
What is deforestation? Details on historical background, areas of concern,effects on the environment and ecological community, ongoing conservation efforts, possible solutions, and much more, with pictures.
Causes of biodiversity loss with particular reference to GhanaAbdul-Baqi Alhassan
The 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio De Janeiro defined biodiversity as “the variability among living organisms from all sources among other things, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems. It is also explained as the variety of life; the different plants, animals and micro-organisms, their genes and the ecosystem of which they are a part.
Biodiversity in Ghana has within the three main bio-geographic zones. So far about 2,974 indigenous plant species, 204 fishes, 728 birds, 225 mammals, 221 species of amphibians and reptiles have been recorded. The species of frogs, 1 lizard and 23 species of butterflies have been reported to be endemic. Animals found in Ghana been grouped as follows: mammals and primate, reptiles and amphibians, aquatic and marine, wetland birds, forest zone birds, savanna zone birds, insects and spiders.
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.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter 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.
4. Success in limiting ozone-depleting substances is also
helping to mitigate climate change
5.
6. •Deforestation continues to pose serious challenges, even
though the net loss of forest area is slowing down.
•Forests play a crucial role in mitigating climate change.
•The total forest area designated primarily for biodiversity
conservation has increased by an estimated 96 million
hectares, or almost one third, since 1990
7. The number of species threatened
with extintion is rising rapidly
8. Trends in extinction risks can be measured by the
International Union for Conservation of Nature Red
List Index, which shows the net balance between
genuine improvements in the status of species
The index for birds shows that they are least
threatened in Northern Africa and Western Asia,
and most threatened in Oceania, where island
species are often susceptible to invasive species
humans have deliberately or inadvertently
introduced.
Several other classes of organisms, such as
mammals, amphibians, cycads and conifers have
been found to be even more threatened than
birds.
10. The proportion of overexploited and depleted
stocks in marine capture fisheries has increased
slightly over the past 20 years, while the proportion
of underexploited and moderately exploited stocks
has decreased.
A number of initiatives have taken hold in this
direction, such as reducing total allowable catches
of commercial species, reducing bycatch of
vulnerable species, and establishing marine
protected areas.
11. Almost half of the world’s
population face a scarcity of water
Surface water and ground water
withdrawal as percentage of total actual
renewable water resources
Water use has grown at more than twice
the rate of the population for the past
century.
12. More people are using improved sanitation facilities,
but meeting the target will require a redoubling of
efforts
13. In developing regions, nearly one in
four uses no form of sanitation
Almost a quarter of the developing world ’s
population live without any form of
sanitation.
An additional 15 per cent use sanitation
facilities that do not ensure hygienic
separation of human waste from human
contact.
Of the 1.2 billion people worldwide who
practise open defecation, more than one
billion live in rural areas.
15. Recent findings confirm anecdotal evidence that
women shoulder the bulk of responsibility for
collecting water when none is available on the
premises.
Women are more than twice as likely as men to
collect water, while children usually collect water in 11
per cent of households.
More girls than boys fetch water.