This document discusses game-based learning and the concept of "flow" in learning. It argues that games can engage students by providing clear goals, feedback, and an optimal balance of challenge and skills. When immersed in a game, students experience "flow", a state of focused concentration and enjoyment where their perception of time is altered. The document suggests educators should design learning environments that incorporate elements of games and flow to increase student engagement and learning outcomes.
The document provides information on selling a home, focusing on the four key factors that determine when and how quickly a home will sell: price, condition, location, and marketing effort. It discusses how to properly price a home, prepare it for showing, leverage online marketing and technology, and implement a comprehensive 12-point marketing program to effectively sell the home. Pricing the home correctly from the start and making minor repairs to improve its condition are emphasized as important tactics to sell faster and for the best price.
The document outlines a framework project and several local projects. The framework project aims to address a main problem through objectives and a strategy. It supports and coordinates multiple local projects through actions like mapping and communication. Each local project is situated within a context and problem, with its own objectives, vision, and activities to achieve results. Design played an implicit or explicit role in the projects, utilizing tools like specific methodologies.
This document provides a summary of the real estate market in July 2009. It notes that home sales and prices have increased for four months while inventory has decreased, signaling a recovery. However, tight credit availability remains a challenge. The economy appears to be slowly improving, though unemployment and interest rates could impact the recovery. Recent government actions include expanding loan modification programs and FHA capacity to support the market.
Is A Difference In Scale A Difference In Kind?Dan Klyn
The document appears to be a collection of images, text snippets, and diagrams on the topic of structural design vocabularies and conceptual frameworks. It includes examples of vocabularies proposed by Venturi and Scott Brown, Hobbs, and contextual elements like balconies and silos. Key concepts discussed are integral ornament, decorated sheds, spatial grammar, geometric primitives, and learning from precedents like ducks and sheds. The document serves to illustrate different approaches to categorizing and understanding structural design options and strategies.
This document discusses game-based learning and the concept of "flow" in learning. It argues that games can engage students by providing clear goals, feedback, and an optimal balance of challenge and skills. When immersed in a game, students experience "flow", a state of focused concentration and enjoyment where their perception of time is altered. The document suggests educators should design learning environments that incorporate elements of games and flow to increase student engagement and learning outcomes.
The document provides information on selling a home, focusing on the four key factors that determine when and how quickly a home will sell: price, condition, location, and marketing effort. It discusses how to properly price a home, prepare it for showing, leverage online marketing and technology, and implement a comprehensive 12-point marketing program to effectively sell the home. Pricing the home correctly from the start and making minor repairs to improve its condition are emphasized as important tactics to sell faster and for the best price.
The document outlines a framework project and several local projects. The framework project aims to address a main problem through objectives and a strategy. It supports and coordinates multiple local projects through actions like mapping and communication. Each local project is situated within a context and problem, with its own objectives, vision, and activities to achieve results. Design played an implicit or explicit role in the projects, utilizing tools like specific methodologies.
This document provides a summary of the real estate market in July 2009. It notes that home sales and prices have increased for four months while inventory has decreased, signaling a recovery. However, tight credit availability remains a challenge. The economy appears to be slowly improving, though unemployment and interest rates could impact the recovery. Recent government actions include expanding loan modification programs and FHA capacity to support the market.
Is A Difference In Scale A Difference In Kind?Dan Klyn
The document appears to be a collection of images, text snippets, and diagrams on the topic of structural design vocabularies and conceptual frameworks. It includes examples of vocabularies proposed by Venturi and Scott Brown, Hobbs, and contextual elements like balconies and silos. Key concepts discussed are integral ornament, decorated sheds, spatial grammar, geometric primitives, and learning from precedents like ducks and sheds. The document serves to illustrate different approaches to categorizing and understanding structural design options and strategies.
This document outlines a plan to start a food delivery service using an industrial kitchen at a school in Saint-Gilles. The service would provide prepared organic and local meals to customers using refillable or biodegradable packaging. Customers could pre-order meals each month and have them delivered to collection points or their homes. The goals are to offer healthy and affordable prepared meals as an alternative to fast food, reduce packaging waste, and support local producers and socialization.
The document outlines a project to rehabilitate a botanical garden in the Saint-Gilles neighborhood. The key points of the project are to: 1) Renovate the house into an organic cafe that sources from the greenhouses and local farms. 2) Use the greenhouses for responsible farming to supply the cafe and sell organic food baskets. 3) Hold specific events like a monthly farmers market and annual food festival to promote sustainable food and bring the neighborhood together.
The document describes a case study of the School of Laveu introducing a kitchen garden into its activities. The school applies Freinet pedagogy and has 450 students. The garden operates like any other school activity, with students and teachers choosing to participate. It provides long-term benefits like teaching students about ecology, food waste, and sustainability through hands-on experiences in the garden and kitchen. Potential opportunities for expanding the project include collaborating with other organizations, adding the garden to more schools, and developing an eco-representative program. Risks include a lack of coordination and potential abandonment of the project or lack of parent support.
The document discusses Amersfoort's local food system and strategies to improve cooperation between suppliers and demanders of regional food. It describes how delivery of local products is currently done by various community and commercial groups. It also outlines a meeting organized by the local action group to bring together suppliers, demanders, and transport companies to discuss solutions and partnerships. The role of the municipality is process guidance and facilitation by organizing meetings and monitoring outcomes, but not imposing predetermined plans.
This document discusses sustainable food strategies for European cities. It begins by explaining why the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) cares about sustainable food, noting that current global food production provides enough calories but much is wasted. It then discusses the environmental and health impacts of the European diet, showing carbon emissions and water footprints by food group. The document introduces the LiveWell for LIFE project which demonstrates healthy and sustainable diets through the "LiveWell Plate" that is healthy, reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 25%, and is affordable and adaptable. It outlines six LiveWell principles for a sustainable diet, including eating more plants, less meat and food waste, and foods with credible sustainability certifications. It concludes by providing information on how
The document discusses Gothenburg's strategy to source 50% of meals and 100% of meat organically and locally for its administrative canteens, schools, elderly homes, cafes, and restaurants by 2014. It notes the city's environmental objectives and climate strategy that guide this sustainable food plan. Examples of the climate impact of different meats are also presented. The strategy aims to reduce emissions while supporting local agriculture and biodiversity.
This document discusses potential sources of funding for sustainable food initiatives in European cities. It begins with an introduction from Brussels Environment on possible EU funding sources. Table discussions then focused on how sustainable food action plans could be funded by EU programs like ERDF and ESF, other potential public funding sources, and schemes for citizen and private business investment without public funds. Examples discussed included rural development funds, crowd funding, community supported agriculture, private foundations, and cooperative models. Concerns were raised about the bureaucratic nature of some funding and the need for dedicated city staff to support applications.
Sustainable food systems are not widely recognized as a priority issue or legitimate area for cities to act on, especially in OECD countries. A survey of French cities found that while some local sustainable food actions exist, there is a gap between rhetoric and action. Strengthening urban and regional food systems requires mainstreaming food security policy across levels of government, improving understanding of rural-urban linkages, and supporting local planning and production through participatory governance. The International Urban Food Network aims to build an online community platform and convene events to advance understanding and governance of sustainable urban food systems.
Sustainable food systems are not widely recognized as a priority issue or challenge for cities in OECD countries. A survey conducted in France found that while some local sustainable food actions exist, like community gardens and short distribution chains, sustainable food governance is not generally a political priority and there is a gap between rhetoric and action. To strengthen urban food systems, the document argues that cities need to mainstream sustainable food policies, engage stakeholders through governance, support local food production and planning, and take a human rights approach to food systems. The International Urban Food Network aims to contribute by sharing knowledge through events and an online platform.
The Bristol Food Policy Council connects people with food through powerful messaging, targets decision makers to influence policy, and uses evidence to inform sound decisions. It helps coordinate action on food strategy in Bristol and reviews progress. The council welcomes participants to learn about its role in reconnecting the community with food and influencing sustainable food policies.
This document summarizes a workshop on developing urban food strategies for European cities. It discusses governance models for urban food systems, including top-down, bottom-up, and hybrid approaches. It provides examples of initiatives from various cities that bring together stakeholders, leverage public procurement, raise awareness, and enable grassroots movements. The document suggests questions for discussion, such as how cities can synergize top-down and bottom-up initiatives and the purpose of forming a food policy council. The overarching topics covered are developing sustainable local food systems and fostering cross-sector collaboration around food.
This document outlines a plan to start a food delivery service using an industrial kitchen at a school in Saint-Gilles. The service would provide prepared organic and local meals to customers using refillable or biodegradable packaging. Customers could pre-order meals each month and have them delivered to collection points or their homes. The goals are to offer healthy and affordable prepared meals as an alternative to fast food, reduce packaging waste, and support local producers and socialization.
The document outlines a project to rehabilitate a botanical garden in the Saint-Gilles neighborhood. The key points of the project are to: 1) Renovate the house into an organic cafe that sources from the greenhouses and local farms. 2) Use the greenhouses for responsible farming to supply the cafe and sell organic food baskets. 3) Hold specific events like a monthly farmers market and annual food festival to promote sustainable food and bring the neighborhood together.
The document describes a case study of the School of Laveu introducing a kitchen garden into its activities. The school applies Freinet pedagogy and has 450 students. The garden operates like any other school activity, with students and teachers choosing to participate. It provides long-term benefits like teaching students about ecology, food waste, and sustainability through hands-on experiences in the garden and kitchen. Potential opportunities for expanding the project include collaborating with other organizations, adding the garden to more schools, and developing an eco-representative program. Risks include a lack of coordination and potential abandonment of the project or lack of parent support.
The document discusses Amersfoort's local food system and strategies to improve cooperation between suppliers and demanders of regional food. It describes how delivery of local products is currently done by various community and commercial groups. It also outlines a meeting organized by the local action group to bring together suppliers, demanders, and transport companies to discuss solutions and partnerships. The role of the municipality is process guidance and facilitation by organizing meetings and monitoring outcomes, but not imposing predetermined plans.
This document discusses sustainable food strategies for European cities. It begins by explaining why the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) cares about sustainable food, noting that current global food production provides enough calories but much is wasted. It then discusses the environmental and health impacts of the European diet, showing carbon emissions and water footprints by food group. The document introduces the LiveWell for LIFE project which demonstrates healthy and sustainable diets through the "LiveWell Plate" that is healthy, reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 25%, and is affordable and adaptable. It outlines six LiveWell principles for a sustainable diet, including eating more plants, less meat and food waste, and foods with credible sustainability certifications. It concludes by providing information on how
The document discusses Gothenburg's strategy to source 50% of meals and 100% of meat organically and locally for its administrative canteens, schools, elderly homes, cafes, and restaurants by 2014. It notes the city's environmental objectives and climate strategy that guide this sustainable food plan. Examples of the climate impact of different meats are also presented. The strategy aims to reduce emissions while supporting local agriculture and biodiversity.
This document discusses potential sources of funding for sustainable food initiatives in European cities. It begins with an introduction from Brussels Environment on possible EU funding sources. Table discussions then focused on how sustainable food action plans could be funded by EU programs like ERDF and ESF, other potential public funding sources, and schemes for citizen and private business investment without public funds. Examples discussed included rural development funds, crowd funding, community supported agriculture, private foundations, and cooperative models. Concerns were raised about the bureaucratic nature of some funding and the need for dedicated city staff to support applications.
Sustainable food systems are not widely recognized as a priority issue or legitimate area for cities to act on, especially in OECD countries. A survey of French cities found that while some local sustainable food actions exist, there is a gap between rhetoric and action. Strengthening urban and regional food systems requires mainstreaming food security policy across levels of government, improving understanding of rural-urban linkages, and supporting local planning and production through participatory governance. The International Urban Food Network aims to build an online community platform and convene events to advance understanding and governance of sustainable urban food systems.
Sustainable food systems are not widely recognized as a priority issue or challenge for cities in OECD countries. A survey conducted in France found that while some local sustainable food actions exist, like community gardens and short distribution chains, sustainable food governance is not generally a political priority and there is a gap between rhetoric and action. To strengthen urban food systems, the document argues that cities need to mainstream sustainable food policies, engage stakeholders through governance, support local food production and planning, and take a human rights approach to food systems. The International Urban Food Network aims to contribute by sharing knowledge through events and an online platform.
The Bristol Food Policy Council connects people with food through powerful messaging, targets decision makers to influence policy, and uses evidence to inform sound decisions. It helps coordinate action on food strategy in Bristol and reviews progress. The council welcomes participants to learn about its role in reconnecting the community with food and influencing sustainable food policies.
This document summarizes a workshop on developing urban food strategies for European cities. It discusses governance models for urban food systems, including top-down, bottom-up, and hybrid approaches. It provides examples of initiatives from various cities that bring together stakeholders, leverage public procurement, raise awareness, and enable grassroots movements. The document suggests questions for discussion, such as how cities can synergize top-down and bottom-up initiatives and the purpose of forming a food policy council. The overarching topics covered are developing sustainable local food systems and fostering cross-sector collaboration around food.