The Transition Movement supports communities in transitioning to more sustainable systems in response to issues like peak oil and climate change. It takes a grassroots approach, encouraging communities to come together, share knowledge, and take practical local actions to increase resilience. Examples of Transition Town initiatives organize groups around areas like food, energy, transportation and build community through events like skill-sharing workshops and activities that showcase local sustainable options. The goal is for communities to determine their own paths to sustainability through open, inclusive and self-organized efforts.
What can we do about this "Sustainability Thing"?jennigoricanec
The document discusses the concept of sustainability and sustainable development. It defines sustainability as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. It also discusses approaches like the triple bottom line and deep ecology. The document argues that humanity must operate in new ways inspired by nature to transform human industry. It notes the complex, interconnected nature of sustainability challenges and calls for deliberation beyond debate. It proposes a process of structured conversations to collectively dream of and work towards a more sustainable future.
This document discusses public participation in environmental decision-making and protection efforts. It contains three guest editor introductions on this topic.
The first introduction discusses how citizens around the world are working to protect the environment in their local areas and participating in decision-making processes. It notes that while citizen participation is still limited in some countries, Ireland provides a model of good practice.
The second introduction outlines some key principles of effective community planning, including involving all community members, using visual tools, communicating effectively, following up on results, and developing local skills and capacity. It emphasizes planning a coherent strategy and process.
The third introduction describes Coastwatch Europe, a network where volunteers monitor and protect coastal ecosystems by conducting shoreline
The document discusses the growing concern about sustainability and the limits of the planet's resources to support unlimited economic growth and population growth. It notes milestones like Silent Spring in 1962 and Limits to Growth in 1972 that raised awareness of environmental costs. The widely cited 1987 definition of sustainable development as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" is presented. The situation is described as a need for a new balance between social, environmental and economic concerns to avoid overshoot and collapse of human systems.
Presenter: Mike Brcic
Love it or hate it, Facebook is the #1 social media site in the world, with more than 200 million active users. A growing number of companies and organizations are using Facebook to connect with their stakeholders and build community. In this workshop, you’ll learn simple, easy-to-implement techniques for using Facebook to connect with your audience, including:
* Facebook Groups and how to grow them
* Raising funds through Facebook Causes
* Creating Facebook events that sparkle and shine
* Developing a fan base with Pages
* Maintaining promotions and contests
* Other techniques for taking Facebook to the next level!
The document discusses 12 domains that are uniquely within the power of people to change through grassroots, community-led solutions. These domains include health and well-being, safety and security, the environment, nurturing the local economy, mindful food consumption and production, and raising children. The document argues that community connections and social networks are more important determinants of health outcomes than access to healthcare. It provides examples of grassroots environmental initiatives and emphasizes that local economic development is fueled by small, community-based enterprises. Overall, the document advocates for community empowerment and people-powered change as a way to positively impact many important areas of society.
Presentation defines Sustainability, Sustainability Management, and presents some basic tools the Sustainability Professional can use to design and implement a Sustainability strategy.
The American Institutes of Architects' design assistance program has served as a model for grassroots disaster recovery. See principles, case studies, lessons learned, etc.
Environmental Awareness Week 2011 - Collective Thoughts On Sustainability.CannonDesign
This document contains responses from various individuals explaining why they care about sustainability and the environment. Some of the key reasons mentioned include:
- Wanting to preserve the earth for future generations of families and children
- Seeing the earth as their home that they want to protect
- Believing sustainability should be a way of life and daily commitment, not just a temporary focus
- Understanding humanity's impact on the planet and wanting to help heal environmental harm
- Hoping that sustainability efforts can help leave a healthy environment for coming generations
What can we do about this "Sustainability Thing"?jennigoricanec
The document discusses the concept of sustainability and sustainable development. It defines sustainability as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. It also discusses approaches like the triple bottom line and deep ecology. The document argues that humanity must operate in new ways inspired by nature to transform human industry. It notes the complex, interconnected nature of sustainability challenges and calls for deliberation beyond debate. It proposes a process of structured conversations to collectively dream of and work towards a more sustainable future.
This document discusses public participation in environmental decision-making and protection efforts. It contains three guest editor introductions on this topic.
The first introduction discusses how citizens around the world are working to protect the environment in their local areas and participating in decision-making processes. It notes that while citizen participation is still limited in some countries, Ireland provides a model of good practice.
The second introduction outlines some key principles of effective community planning, including involving all community members, using visual tools, communicating effectively, following up on results, and developing local skills and capacity. It emphasizes planning a coherent strategy and process.
The third introduction describes Coastwatch Europe, a network where volunteers monitor and protect coastal ecosystems by conducting shoreline
The document discusses the growing concern about sustainability and the limits of the planet's resources to support unlimited economic growth and population growth. It notes milestones like Silent Spring in 1962 and Limits to Growth in 1972 that raised awareness of environmental costs. The widely cited 1987 definition of sustainable development as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" is presented. The situation is described as a need for a new balance between social, environmental and economic concerns to avoid overshoot and collapse of human systems.
Presenter: Mike Brcic
Love it or hate it, Facebook is the #1 social media site in the world, with more than 200 million active users. A growing number of companies and organizations are using Facebook to connect with their stakeholders and build community. In this workshop, you’ll learn simple, easy-to-implement techniques for using Facebook to connect with your audience, including:
* Facebook Groups and how to grow them
* Raising funds through Facebook Causes
* Creating Facebook events that sparkle and shine
* Developing a fan base with Pages
* Maintaining promotions and contests
* Other techniques for taking Facebook to the next level!
The document discusses 12 domains that are uniquely within the power of people to change through grassroots, community-led solutions. These domains include health and well-being, safety and security, the environment, nurturing the local economy, mindful food consumption and production, and raising children. The document argues that community connections and social networks are more important determinants of health outcomes than access to healthcare. It provides examples of grassroots environmental initiatives and emphasizes that local economic development is fueled by small, community-based enterprises. Overall, the document advocates for community empowerment and people-powered change as a way to positively impact many important areas of society.
Presentation defines Sustainability, Sustainability Management, and presents some basic tools the Sustainability Professional can use to design and implement a Sustainability strategy.
The American Institutes of Architects' design assistance program has served as a model for grassroots disaster recovery. See principles, case studies, lessons learned, etc.
Environmental Awareness Week 2011 - Collective Thoughts On Sustainability.CannonDesign
This document contains responses from various individuals explaining why they care about sustainability and the environment. Some of the key reasons mentioned include:
- Wanting to preserve the earth for future generations of families and children
- Seeing the earth as their home that they want to protect
- Believing sustainability should be a way of life and daily commitment, not just a temporary focus
- Understanding humanity's impact on the planet and wanting to help heal environmental harm
- Hoping that sustainability efforts can help leave a healthy environment for coming generations
This document discusses sustainability from multiple perspectives. It begins by defining sustainability as the ability to continue a behavior indefinitely. It then presents four scenarios related to sustainability: (1) individual actions like raising independent children; (2) social projects around issues like rare diseases; (3) creating a sustainability model for the Amazon forest that balances various stakeholders; and (4) a cultural perspective about creating a culture capable of sustainability solutions. The document emphasizes that sustainability requires creative, multi-disciplinary solutions that consider environmental, economic, and social dimensions.
This document summarizes research on communicating about climate change and transportation/land use policies. Key findings include:
1) Avoid problematic language and focus messaging on values like community and health.
2) Link policies to beliefs around preserving land, reducing traffic, and improving air quality.
3) Use positive semantics describing choices, options, and specific successful examples.
4) For land use, specify details of development addressing concerns over parks, schools, and design.
Media Ecology Association, Toronto, June 20, 2014
“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us” John Culkin, SJ
Technogenic cultures, such as ours, demonstrate tightly-coupled economic systems with cultural production. This has become a self-reinforcing societal process, where the production of technological efficiencies becomes an inviolable social good desirable as product of culture.
This paper describes how communities can contribute to the sustainability cause
1. Communities, communication and sustainability: what’s the purpose of this paper?
2. Online communities, why are they relevant?
3. How to communicate to achieve political goals?
4. What can politics learn from commercial communication?
5. What’s the proposed solution?
This document discusses the concept of sustainability as a new business model that considers future generations and the environment. It provides examples of sustainable businesses and social entrepreneurs that have generated solutions to social and environmental problems. While progress has been made, bridging divides between business and sustainability advocates will be important to achieve environmental stewardship, prosperity, and equity for all.
Looking for a quirky, funny and meaningful session on place, planning and urban design? Email Andrew about QI Place for your next event or conference.
Based on the British comedy television quiz show QI hosted by Stephen Fry, four attendees test their “Quite Interesting” knowledge on places and planning.
Obscure or twisted questions will get you thinking about the relationship between planning and place. Yes, panellists get points for the right answer, but top points go to an interesting perspective or joke answer... we’ll deduct points for pathetically wrong answers.
We won’t just accept anyone - you’ll have to be “an ace on place” to nominate for the panel. You’ll score yourself with our skills audit on placemaking during the session. Don’t worry - we’ll give you a little bit of background first.
"Andrew's hosting of the QI style session on placemaking was informative, witty and very engaging. Many attendees spoke with me after the session advising that the humour kept them engaged and subsequently learning. Great session Andrew and well done" Dyan Currie, National President Planning Institute of Australia
1 introduction and overview - Energy 101 fall 2015Lonnie Gamble
This document discusses several topics related to sustainability including:
1. It provides definitions of shallow and deep sustainability, noting that deep sustainability involves radical redesign based on ecological principles rather than just efficiency improvements.
2. It discusses the perennial philosophy of an underlying unity across all life and wisdom traditions.
3. It summarizes key points from Pope Francis' encyclical on sustainability including its call for a new paradigm that addresses environmental, social, and economic issues together based on their interconnections.
The Hi Network is a global community that connects grassroots innovators and solution seekers. It functions as both a digital and physical network to share local solutions developed with limited resources. The network aims to increase visibility of innovations from developing regions and allow problem solvers to improve lives through peer-to-peer sharing of ideas. Initial user research found that people are interested in the concept but have difficulty identifying innovations without examples. The network will focus on creative solutions, use visual communication, and leverage travelers to identify innovations and serve as local ambassadors. It will engage communities by hosting workshops, supporting growth of ideas, and ensuring local leadership of the platform over time.
This document discusses democratic approaches to urban planning and city building. It highlights the importance of public participation and inclusive governance. Some key points made include:
- Cities are changing rapidly and require smart, long-range planning and new forms of devolved governance that give more power to local governments and involve civil society.
- Trickle-down approaches to urban development will not work; planning needs to be participatory and involve city residents.
- Examples of participatory projects, like the High Line in New York City, show how collaboration between the public and private sectors can transform places.
- Design assistance teams provide a model for bringing together multidisciplinary experts to work intensively with communities on planning processes.
Monitor Institute - What's Next for Philanthropy: Acting Bigger and Adapting ...Working Wikily
This document discusses emerging practices in philanthropy that are needed to address complex social problems. It argues that while philanthropy has made efforts to improve, simply tweaking the status quo is not sufficient given the scale of challenges. The next decade requires funders to act bigger through coordination with other funders and sectors, and adapt better by incorporating new knowledge and adjusting strategies. Some innovative funders are already pioneering these "next practices," but barriers like independence, insularity, risk aversion, and competition inhibit greater change across the field.
This document discusses complex systems approaches to sustainability and environmental problems. It defines key concepts like sustainability, complexity, emergence and feedback. It notes that many environmental issues arise from the emergent behaviors of large numbers of people acting individually in unsustainable ways. Experts interviewed discuss how addressing these problems requires considering socio-technical systems and multiple interconnected scales. They note a lack of feedback between individual actions and their global impacts. Natural systems exhibit complexity through interconnectedness and feedback loops, while human systems are often oversimplified.
This document outlines the agenda for Day 3 of a workshop on social innovation. The day includes sessions on the three strands of value in social entrepreneurship, social business models, and experimenting with social impact through experimentation and randomized controlled trials. Participants engage in activities to practice applying a business model canvas to social ventures and planning experiments to measure social impact. The document emphasizes testing interventions rigorously through randomized experiments to identify what programs and approaches are truly effective at creating social change.
OgilvyEarth Webinar: From Greenwash to GreatOgilvy
This document summarizes a webinar presentation about avoiding "greenwash" in marketing. It provides a 3-step guide for moving from greenwash to effective green marketing: 1) Plan your approach by focusing on fundamentals and getting ahead of issues. 2) Develop communications with honesty, humility, and specific details. 3) Launch and commit for the long term by responding quickly to any issues and making a long-term commitment to sustainability. Examples are given from companies like Coca-Cola and Timberland that exemplify these principles.
This document discusses gender considerations in climate change adaptation from a CARE International perspective. It differentiates vulnerability and capacity, noting how gender influences these dynamics. A gender analysis is presented as the first step in adaptation planning to understand power relations and complementarities between women and men. Key global gender gaps are outlined regarding labor division, education, property ownership, agriculture, disaster mortality and food/nutrition. Integrating gender means understanding differential impacts and strengthening women's participation and knowledge in community-based adaptation.
Global Dependency to Local Resilience is a document about the Transition Town movement, which began in 2006 in Totnes, England and has since spread globally. The movement aims to build community resilience in response to peak oil and climate change by relocalizing resources like food, energy and goods. It encourages communities to reduce consumption and improve social and environmental conditions through local currency, government, culture and permaculture principles. Transition Milwaukee, formed in 2008, is part of this global transition to more sustainable, community-focused living.
An excellent white paper outlining the importance of multi-partnerships to develop community & social innovation for complex human service & social issues.
How Integration of Systems Will Bring Concrete Benefits to the Earth and to M...Stephen Lee
Presentation made to the Hong Kong Bio- and Eco-Energy Industry Assocation, Dec 14, 2011. The world is at an uncertain divide, with the East on the rise and the West on the decline. Excesses of capitalism, and escalating costs of social benefits brought imbalances to the world, potentially pitching the young generation against the old. Will the vision of a green planet be shattered because it is unaffordable and too much of an economic burden on mankind? It is more imperative than ever that efforts to clean up the planet be based on the idea of integrating, automating and optimizing past systems which were operated in isolation from one another. New and concrete benefits will be turned up by innovative ways to explore synergistic relationships among proximate systems and to optimize their joint operation. An example can be found in bringing together systems of waste treatment, electricity production, and steam or heat production. However, real benefits must exceed real costs before the world will remain committed to the path of a green planet.
This document provides an overview of the agenda and activities for Day 1 of a workshop on making social innovation work. The morning sessions introduce concepts around behavioural design and science, including how people actually make decisions compared to rational models. After lunch, participants engage in activities to disrupt typical assumptions and generate new ideas, such as considering stereotypes in education and how to challenge normal expectations. The goal is to explore how understanding human behaviour can help design products and services that better support social outcomes.
The document discusses the Transition movement, which aims to help communities transition away from oil dependency and towards local resilience in response to climate change, peak oil, and economic instability. It outlines the principles and process of Transition, including assessing local needs, developing projects, and creating an Energy Descent Action Plan to engage communities in reducing emissions and building resilience through local production of food, energy, goods and currency. The goal is to design pathways for descent that improve social and environmental conditions.
There are many benefits to adopting a vegetarian lifestyle. A vegetarian diet can help lower cholesterol and blood pressure, aid in weight control, and reduce the risk of various illnesses. Different types of vegetarians avoid meat and animal products to varying degrees, such as vegans who consume no animal products, and ovo-lacto vegetarians who eat dairy and eggs. Going vegetarian requires awareness of getting sufficient protein and nutrients from lentils, beans, soy and whole grains. An overall vegetarian lifestyle can positively impact personal health and the environment.
The document discusses CAD/CAM solutions from Intriguity for the jewelry industry. It highlights Intriguity's experience in implementing CAD/CAM technology for jewelry for over 6 years, and its technical support and product partnerships. Intriguity's goal is to become the top provider of CAD/CAM solutions in India by focusing on customer satisfaction. The document also includes images showing 3D printing and casting capabilities.
This document discusses sustainability from multiple perspectives. It begins by defining sustainability as the ability to continue a behavior indefinitely. It then presents four scenarios related to sustainability: (1) individual actions like raising independent children; (2) social projects around issues like rare diseases; (3) creating a sustainability model for the Amazon forest that balances various stakeholders; and (4) a cultural perspective about creating a culture capable of sustainability solutions. The document emphasizes that sustainability requires creative, multi-disciplinary solutions that consider environmental, economic, and social dimensions.
This document summarizes research on communicating about climate change and transportation/land use policies. Key findings include:
1) Avoid problematic language and focus messaging on values like community and health.
2) Link policies to beliefs around preserving land, reducing traffic, and improving air quality.
3) Use positive semantics describing choices, options, and specific successful examples.
4) For land use, specify details of development addressing concerns over parks, schools, and design.
Media Ecology Association, Toronto, June 20, 2014
“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us” John Culkin, SJ
Technogenic cultures, such as ours, demonstrate tightly-coupled economic systems with cultural production. This has become a self-reinforcing societal process, where the production of technological efficiencies becomes an inviolable social good desirable as product of culture.
This paper describes how communities can contribute to the sustainability cause
1. Communities, communication and sustainability: what’s the purpose of this paper?
2. Online communities, why are they relevant?
3. How to communicate to achieve political goals?
4. What can politics learn from commercial communication?
5. What’s the proposed solution?
This document discusses the concept of sustainability as a new business model that considers future generations and the environment. It provides examples of sustainable businesses and social entrepreneurs that have generated solutions to social and environmental problems. While progress has been made, bridging divides between business and sustainability advocates will be important to achieve environmental stewardship, prosperity, and equity for all.
Looking for a quirky, funny and meaningful session on place, planning and urban design? Email Andrew about QI Place for your next event or conference.
Based on the British comedy television quiz show QI hosted by Stephen Fry, four attendees test their “Quite Interesting” knowledge on places and planning.
Obscure or twisted questions will get you thinking about the relationship between planning and place. Yes, panellists get points for the right answer, but top points go to an interesting perspective or joke answer... we’ll deduct points for pathetically wrong answers.
We won’t just accept anyone - you’ll have to be “an ace on place” to nominate for the panel. You’ll score yourself with our skills audit on placemaking during the session. Don’t worry - we’ll give you a little bit of background first.
"Andrew's hosting of the QI style session on placemaking was informative, witty and very engaging. Many attendees spoke with me after the session advising that the humour kept them engaged and subsequently learning. Great session Andrew and well done" Dyan Currie, National President Planning Institute of Australia
1 introduction and overview - Energy 101 fall 2015Lonnie Gamble
This document discusses several topics related to sustainability including:
1. It provides definitions of shallow and deep sustainability, noting that deep sustainability involves radical redesign based on ecological principles rather than just efficiency improvements.
2. It discusses the perennial philosophy of an underlying unity across all life and wisdom traditions.
3. It summarizes key points from Pope Francis' encyclical on sustainability including its call for a new paradigm that addresses environmental, social, and economic issues together based on their interconnections.
The Hi Network is a global community that connects grassroots innovators and solution seekers. It functions as both a digital and physical network to share local solutions developed with limited resources. The network aims to increase visibility of innovations from developing regions and allow problem solvers to improve lives through peer-to-peer sharing of ideas. Initial user research found that people are interested in the concept but have difficulty identifying innovations without examples. The network will focus on creative solutions, use visual communication, and leverage travelers to identify innovations and serve as local ambassadors. It will engage communities by hosting workshops, supporting growth of ideas, and ensuring local leadership of the platform over time.
This document discusses democratic approaches to urban planning and city building. It highlights the importance of public participation and inclusive governance. Some key points made include:
- Cities are changing rapidly and require smart, long-range planning and new forms of devolved governance that give more power to local governments and involve civil society.
- Trickle-down approaches to urban development will not work; planning needs to be participatory and involve city residents.
- Examples of participatory projects, like the High Line in New York City, show how collaboration between the public and private sectors can transform places.
- Design assistance teams provide a model for bringing together multidisciplinary experts to work intensively with communities on planning processes.
Monitor Institute - What's Next for Philanthropy: Acting Bigger and Adapting ...Working Wikily
This document discusses emerging practices in philanthropy that are needed to address complex social problems. It argues that while philanthropy has made efforts to improve, simply tweaking the status quo is not sufficient given the scale of challenges. The next decade requires funders to act bigger through coordination with other funders and sectors, and adapt better by incorporating new knowledge and adjusting strategies. Some innovative funders are already pioneering these "next practices," but barriers like independence, insularity, risk aversion, and competition inhibit greater change across the field.
This document discusses complex systems approaches to sustainability and environmental problems. It defines key concepts like sustainability, complexity, emergence and feedback. It notes that many environmental issues arise from the emergent behaviors of large numbers of people acting individually in unsustainable ways. Experts interviewed discuss how addressing these problems requires considering socio-technical systems and multiple interconnected scales. They note a lack of feedback between individual actions and their global impacts. Natural systems exhibit complexity through interconnectedness and feedback loops, while human systems are often oversimplified.
This document outlines the agenda for Day 3 of a workshop on social innovation. The day includes sessions on the three strands of value in social entrepreneurship, social business models, and experimenting with social impact through experimentation and randomized controlled trials. Participants engage in activities to practice applying a business model canvas to social ventures and planning experiments to measure social impact. The document emphasizes testing interventions rigorously through randomized experiments to identify what programs and approaches are truly effective at creating social change.
OgilvyEarth Webinar: From Greenwash to GreatOgilvy
This document summarizes a webinar presentation about avoiding "greenwash" in marketing. It provides a 3-step guide for moving from greenwash to effective green marketing: 1) Plan your approach by focusing on fundamentals and getting ahead of issues. 2) Develop communications with honesty, humility, and specific details. 3) Launch and commit for the long term by responding quickly to any issues and making a long-term commitment to sustainability. Examples are given from companies like Coca-Cola and Timberland that exemplify these principles.
This document discusses gender considerations in climate change adaptation from a CARE International perspective. It differentiates vulnerability and capacity, noting how gender influences these dynamics. A gender analysis is presented as the first step in adaptation planning to understand power relations and complementarities between women and men. Key global gender gaps are outlined regarding labor division, education, property ownership, agriculture, disaster mortality and food/nutrition. Integrating gender means understanding differential impacts and strengthening women's participation and knowledge in community-based adaptation.
Global Dependency to Local Resilience is a document about the Transition Town movement, which began in 2006 in Totnes, England and has since spread globally. The movement aims to build community resilience in response to peak oil and climate change by relocalizing resources like food, energy and goods. It encourages communities to reduce consumption and improve social and environmental conditions through local currency, government, culture and permaculture principles. Transition Milwaukee, formed in 2008, is part of this global transition to more sustainable, community-focused living.
An excellent white paper outlining the importance of multi-partnerships to develop community & social innovation for complex human service & social issues.
How Integration of Systems Will Bring Concrete Benefits to the Earth and to M...Stephen Lee
Presentation made to the Hong Kong Bio- and Eco-Energy Industry Assocation, Dec 14, 2011. The world is at an uncertain divide, with the East on the rise and the West on the decline. Excesses of capitalism, and escalating costs of social benefits brought imbalances to the world, potentially pitching the young generation against the old. Will the vision of a green planet be shattered because it is unaffordable and too much of an economic burden on mankind? It is more imperative than ever that efforts to clean up the planet be based on the idea of integrating, automating and optimizing past systems which were operated in isolation from one another. New and concrete benefits will be turned up by innovative ways to explore synergistic relationships among proximate systems and to optimize their joint operation. An example can be found in bringing together systems of waste treatment, electricity production, and steam or heat production. However, real benefits must exceed real costs before the world will remain committed to the path of a green planet.
This document provides an overview of the agenda and activities for Day 1 of a workshop on making social innovation work. The morning sessions introduce concepts around behavioural design and science, including how people actually make decisions compared to rational models. After lunch, participants engage in activities to disrupt typical assumptions and generate new ideas, such as considering stereotypes in education and how to challenge normal expectations. The goal is to explore how understanding human behaviour can help design products and services that better support social outcomes.
The document discusses the Transition movement, which aims to help communities transition away from oil dependency and towards local resilience in response to climate change, peak oil, and economic instability. It outlines the principles and process of Transition, including assessing local needs, developing projects, and creating an Energy Descent Action Plan to engage communities in reducing emissions and building resilience through local production of food, energy, goods and currency. The goal is to design pathways for descent that improve social and environmental conditions.
There are many benefits to adopting a vegetarian lifestyle. A vegetarian diet can help lower cholesterol and blood pressure, aid in weight control, and reduce the risk of various illnesses. Different types of vegetarians avoid meat and animal products to varying degrees, such as vegans who consume no animal products, and ovo-lacto vegetarians who eat dairy and eggs. Going vegetarian requires awareness of getting sufficient protein and nutrients from lentils, beans, soy and whole grains. An overall vegetarian lifestyle can positively impact personal health and the environment.
The document discusses CAD/CAM solutions from Intriguity for the jewelry industry. It highlights Intriguity's experience in implementing CAD/CAM technology for jewelry for over 6 years, and its technical support and product partnerships. Intriguity's goal is to become the top provider of CAD/CAM solutions in India by focusing on customer satisfaction. The document also includes images showing 3D printing and casting capabilities.
- Linux began in 1991 as a personal project by Linus Torvalds to create a new operating system kernel. Since its initial release, the Linux kernel has grown significantly in size and functionality.
- Linux was initially released under Torvalds' own license prohibiting commercial use, but he later chose to release it under the GNU General Public License to encourage widespread adoption. This helped Linux integrate with software from the GNU project to form a fully functional and free operating system.
- While Linux is often criticized for usability issues and a lack of popular applications, it has gained widespread adoption on servers and in embedded systems. The open source development model also enables ongoing improvements addressing these criticisms over time.
Blake Williams has had success in running throughout high school and college. In high school, he led his team to their first victory at the Beast of the Southeast competition and helped the team upset a larger school to win county his senior year. He is now a collegiate runner at Indiana Tech and the photos show him racing in his first 8k and with his team.
This document summarizes a study of CEO succession events among the largest 100 U.S. corporations between 2005-2015. The study analyzed executives who were passed over for the CEO role ("succession losers") and their subsequent careers. It found that 74% of passed over executives left their companies, with 30% eventually becoming CEOs elsewhere. However, companies led by succession losers saw average stock price declines of 13% over 3 years, compared to gains for companies whose CEO selections remained unchanged. The findings suggest that boards generally identify the most qualified CEO candidates, though differences between internal and external hires complicate comparisons.
Mindfulness training exercises from Alchemy of Love Mindfulness Training Books: Mindful Being, Conscious Parenting, Mindful Eating, Chanting mantras with best chords, Ama Alchemy of Love. About meditation, living our highest potential, self-remembering and mindfulness, willpower exercises, new ways of thinking, how to nurture creative thinking, practice focus with love, train emotional intelligence.
Mindful Eating with Delicious Raw Vegan Recipes by Olivera RosićNataša Pantović
Mindful Eating with Delicious Raw Vegan Recipes, AoL #3, Year: 2015, by Olivera Rosic, Publisher: Artof4elements. Paperback: 120 pages. Size: 6"x9". Mindful Eating book is designed with the best AoL Mindful Eating Exercises and a collection of Delicious Raw Vegan Recipes. Mindful Eating Exercises help with over-eating, eating too often, eating too little, eating junk food, food allergies, etc. Vegan cooking book. ISBN: 978-9995754020
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.
Element is an advocacy publication focused on business, planet, and wellbeing. It aims to inspire New Zealanders to transform the country into the healthiest, most livable destination through its digital and print content. Element's content examines the balance between economic, social, and environmental sustainability for future prosperity.
This Earth Day, We are launching an ambitious goal of achieving global climate and environmental literacy by Earth Day 2020. Education is the foundation for progress. We need to build a global citizenry, which is fluent in the concepts of climate change, and aware of its unprecedented threat to our planet. We need to empower everyone with knowledge to act in defense of environmental protection. To help you craft your Earth Day 2017 events, Earth Day Network has developed toolkit resources specialized to your community, accessible below.
Earth Day Network has created this toolkit so that you, the environmentally-minded citizen, can create tangible change by organizing and coordinating Earth Day events in your local Community.
This Earth Day, We are launching an ambitious goal of achieving global climate and environmental literacy by Earth Day 2020. Education is the foundation for progress. We need to build a global citizenry, which is fluent in the concepts of climate change, and aware of its unprecedented threat to our planet. We need to empower everyone with knowledge to act in defense of environmental protection. To help you craft your Earth Day 2017 events, Earth Day Network has developed toolkit resources specialized to your community, accessible below.
Earth Day Network has created this toolkit so that you, the environmentally-minded citizen, can create tangible change by organizing and coordinating Earth Day events in your local Community.
The document outlines the stages and activities of the Transition Town movement, which aims to increase community resilience in response to peak oil and climate change. It discusses forming an initiating group, awareness raising events with speakers, laying foundations through cooperation, forming working groups, using open space technology, developing visible projects, facilitating reskilling courses, building bridges to local government, honoring elders, and engaging the community in energy descent planning. The overall goal is for communities to unleash their collective genius to design enriching ways of living with less energy.
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.
This document discusses the need for social innovation to support the transition to a low-carbon society. It argues that technological changes will not be enough without public support, which requires overcoming fears of change through greater engagement. Examples are given of social innovations like online campaigns and community energy projects that have helped increase participation. The document advocates learning from such cases, planning more support for social innovation, and engaging diverse groups to build a more just and inclusive low-carbon future.
Sustainable Economic Growth And The Success Of A CountryAmanda Reed
The document discusses the differences between ecological economics and neoclassical welfare economics. Ecological economics argues that neoclassical welfare economics ignores environmental and ethical values by only focusing on cost-benefit analysis. Traditionally, economics viewed resources as unlimited and focused solely on profit maximization through unlimited growth. However, as the economy and population have grown, more natural resources are being used and more pollution is being created, challenging the assumption of unlimited growth. A debate has emerged questioning mainstream economics and its treatment of the environment.
We have assembled a variety of interesting articles, updates, and reading materials
from our NSF Steering Group members and other colleagues that focus on the October newsletter
themes: digital economy and youth engagement/empowerment, leadership/emerging leaders, global
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1. Small Town,
Sustainable Opportunities
Examining How the Transition Movement
Shanna Ruyle Supports Positive, Local Change
MCAD/Introduction to Sustainable Design
December 10, 2012
2. Question
What can I do locally to make a difference in
the sustainability movement?
5. My Answer
Transition Towns
A grassroots-based movement that harnesses the creativity and
ingenuity of local citizens to envision and create a more sustainable
community. The main idea is for communities to help themselves in
practical ways locally, to withstand global issues they may not have
control over in the future, like climate, oil and economic crisis.
7. The concept of “transition” as it appears in Transition Towns
(aka the Transition Movement) was taken from a deep knowledge
of permaculture* and coupled with a community-based,
solution-oriented response to challenges and opportunities related
to peak oil, climate changes and economic crisis.
*What is Permaculture?
Permaculture is method of living and creating that
works with the land and inhabitants in an efficient, sustainable way
—examining nature and people in a holistic way. Permaculture
combines many disciplines to achieve a synergy for the locale and its inhabitants,
like sustainability, ecology, design, agriculture, forestry, engineering and architecture.
In reality, it is seen through landscapes that take advantage of heat sinks and wind direction
to maximize garden production, rainwater harvesting and community-based social gatherings.
9. The Transition Network
www.transitionnetwork.org/
The Transition Network (est. 2006) is the international
organization leading the way. They provide a vast and
comprehensive set of resources to share the process and
support those stepping up to the challenge.
Their purpose:
“To support community-led responses to peak oil and climate
change, building resilience and happiness”.
Source: Hopkins, Rob, and Peter Lipman. Who We Are and What We Do. 43 Fore Street, Totnes TQ9 5HN, UK: Transition Network, Feb. 2009. Pdf.
10. Transition United States
http://www.transitionus.org/
Transition US (non-profit, est. 2008), is the United States’ resource
for communities looking to join the Transition Movement.
Their mission, roles and goals are similar to the Transition Network.
11. Guiding both entities are their
Seven Principles:
1. Positive Visioning
2. Help People Access Good Information and
Trust Them to Make Good Decisions
3. Inclusion and Openness
4. Enable Sharing and Networking
5. Build Resilience
6. Inner and Outer Transition
7. Subsidiary: self‐organization and decision
making at the appropriate level
Source: The 7 Guiding Principles of Transition | Transition US." The 7 Guiding Principles of Transition | Transition US. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Nov. 2012.
13. 1 2
...Its Positive Spin
Positive reinforcement, goals and outcomes
outshine the underlying motivator
(a sudden fuel, economic or climate crisis).
The methodology is tactical and action based.
14. 2 3
...Its Straightforward
Knowledge Sharing
The wealth of information available
through the Transition Network and
Transition US websites, publication and
videos are vast, informative, and
magnificently organized.
15. 3 ...Its Step by Step
From gathering information stage, to joining, to
envisioned end, all of the information is there.
17. “We truly don't know if this will work.
Transition is a social experiment
on a massive scale.”
Source: "What Is a Transition Initiative?" Welcome. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Nov. 2012.
18. The goal is for each community to discover
their own answers.
The ones that are right for them.
20. You don’t have to become “official”
to use their site or learn from their
experience. It is available to anyone.
21. In fact, if the application process is too
cumbersome (and it just might be, depending on
where your volunteer base stands), I encourage
using the sites and publications to make progress
on small movements... after all, you know where to
go when you do get enough momentum
to put yourself on THE MAP.
22. The Map of Initiatives!
This Map shows “where the action” is at. Numbers and
locations represent both interest and official initiatives.
Source: http://www.transitionnetwork.org/map
23. To date there are 441 international
and 129 US official Transition initiatives
on the record.
Source: Welcome | Transition US." Welcome | Transition US. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2012.
25. Transition Town Totnes
Devon, UK
The very first town to under go this social experiment was Totnes. Since
2006 they have been working towards fulfilling the initiatives as crafted
by the founders of the Transition Network. Fast-forward six years, to
2012, and their event calendar is chalk full of events.
They have formed over 28 specialized groups to do work in everything
from housing to transportation to energy. And much of their work and
ideas are shared on their website for others to access.
Source: "News." Transition Town Totnes. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2012.
26. Sample Project
From Transition Town Totnes
The Atmos Project: “an ambitious project to bring the derelict
former Dairy Crest milk-processing plant in the centre of Totnes into
community ownership. The vision for the site is that it be owned by the
community and developed as the catalyst for a new economy for
Totnes. It would be a mixed use development, combining affordable
housing, local food processing, brewing, baking, an incubator for new
businesses, space for a wide range of enterprises, space for public
events and much more. Being next to the station it would become a
national icon for low carbon building, putting Totnes on the map as a
centre of innovation and sustainability.”
Source: "Atmos Project." Transition Town Totnes. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2012.
http://www.transitiontowntotnes.org/groups/reconomybusinessnetwork/atmos-project/
27. Sample Event
From Transition Town Totnes
December, named “Month of the Mender” hosted a “Winterfest” that
brought people together for:
sewing making creams and medicines
fermenting from herbs
making mini forest gardens making wooden toys
planting nut trees in pots draft-proofing
handing out seeds healing massage
knitting playing games together
making DIY solar systems conversations with the
local Credit Union about mending
wiring plugs the local economy
mending household items
Source: "News." Transition Town Totnes. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2012.
http://www.transitiontowntotnes.org/news/
28. Transition Town Ashland
Ashland, Oregon
The closest Transition Town in both relative size and location to my
own is Ashland, Oregon. Founded in 2008, they have created action
groups to address community, food, environment, heart and soul,
transportation, youth and education, health and wellness. Their
most recent public event was a Local Foods Treasure Hunt, to
showcase, field trip style, local food options and choices to children
and families and share how to prepare their “treasures”.
30. One of the criteria for application is
“An understanding of peak oil and climate change as
primary drivers and the intention of writing them
into your constitution or governing documents.”
31. I understand the criteria,
but don’t feel that it fits within the diversity
and inclusion message the organization brings
32. If the goal is to bring everyone in a community
together regardless of their beliefs,
,
toward a common goal and vision, I would
encourage an elimination of this criteria.
Here’s why...
33. Sometimes motivating people
to do what is right in the long run,
may not involve changing their
beliefs in the short term.
34. Many of the activities that will take place
under “Transition” do not require the belief
or understanding of peak oil or climate
changes for participation.
35. Consequences
Either the group would have to disclose this
information right away (and take a chance of
scaring off otherwise willing participants) or it
would be discovered later and take the
authenticity and transparency of the group to
an unacceptable level.
36. No need to stop
a project before
it starts.
Or freeze it, when it is gaining momentum.
37. Relinquishing the peak oil and climate
subject matter over to simply making
positive behavioral changes respects
diversity at a very local level—
no scientists or experts needed.
38. And, ultimately, that is what the
Transition Movement is about—
redefining local community
with its own local community.
40. Resources
www.transitionnetwork.org/
http://www.transitionus.org/
http://transitionculture.org/
http://www.transitiontowntotnes.org/
http://transitiontownashland.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Towns
http://www.permaculture.org/nm/index.php/site/key_concepts/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture
Mainstream Green: Moving Sustainabilty from Niche to Normal
Published by Ogilvy & Mather, 2011.
http://assets.ogilvy.com/truffles_email/ogilvyearth/Mainstream_Green.pdf