In the aftermath of the Asian crisis of 1997, a number of rapid assessments on the extent and nature of the social impact appeared. They brought out the human cost of the crisis in bolder relief. One such study, launched in the last quarter of 1998, was conducted by ADB. It was designed to assist in devising policy responses to the social crisis and identifying reforms that would strengthen social protection systems in the longer term. It covered Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, the Lao Peoples' Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand. It sketched the transmission of social impacts from the crisis, analyzed the crisis effects on prices and employment, discussed the impact on inequality and poverty, looked at human development in terms of education, health, and family planning, touched on social capital, and looked at the environment.
In the aftermath of the Asian crisis of 1997, a number of rapid assessments on the extent and nature of the social impact appeared. They brought out the human cost of the crisis in bolder relief. One such study, launched in the last quarter of 1998, was conducted by ADB. It was designed to assist in devising policy responses to the social crisis and identifying reforms that would strengthen social protection systems in the longer term. It covered Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, the Lao Peoples' Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand. It sketched the transmission of social impacts from the crisis, analyzed the crisis effects on prices and employment, discussed the impact on inequality and poverty, looked at human development in terms of education, health, and family planning, touched on social capital, and looked at the environment.
"GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND IT'S IMPACT ON INDIAN ECONOMY"Somnath Pagar
In the subsequent parts of the research report, several issues will be discussed which will provide a detailed account of the origin of the crisis (2008-spiraled mortgage crisis, starting in the United States) and the ripple effect of economic downturn of the world„s largest economy which engulfed even the fast growing emerging economies into the crisis. The main aim of the study is to find relevant answers to questions like:
Why and how India has been hit by the crisis?
How the Indian economy and the Reserve Bank of India have responded to the crisis?
Which are the opportunities arisen from the crises?
etc.
Global Financial Crisis and its impact on economic growthKruti Kamdar
What is Financial Crisis?
Definition: A situation in which the supply of money is outpaced by the demand for money.
This means that liquidity is quickly evaporated because available money is withdrawn from banks, forcing banks either to sell other investments to make up for the shortfall or to collapse. A financial crisis is often associated with a panic or a run on the banks, in which investors sell off assets or withdraw money from savings accounts with the expectation that the value of those assets will drop if they remain at a financial institution...
What is Structural Adjustment Programs of IMFSAJJAD HAIDER
Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) are economic policies for developing countries that have been promoted by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) since the early 1980s by the provision of loans conditional on the adoption of such policies.
BSFF Buffer Stock Financing Facility (1969–2000)
CCFF Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facility
(1988–2000)
CCL Contingent Credit Line (1999 –2003)
CFF Compensatory Financing Facility (1963–88, 2000–09)
Enterslice help you to Incorporate NBFC Company in india.we also provide software to manage NBFC Business like NBFC Software,NBFC-ND Compilance,Money Changer Compilance,funding in NBFC and takeover of NBFC.
This is a simple and clear overview of what the credit crunch is, what caused it and the current status of the financial system with special focus on hte Irish situation.
"GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND IT'S IMPACT ON INDIAN ECONOMY"Somnath Pagar
In the subsequent parts of the research report, several issues will be discussed which will provide a detailed account of the origin of the crisis (2008-spiraled mortgage crisis, starting in the United States) and the ripple effect of economic downturn of the world„s largest economy which engulfed even the fast growing emerging economies into the crisis. The main aim of the study is to find relevant answers to questions like:
Why and how India has been hit by the crisis?
How the Indian economy and the Reserve Bank of India have responded to the crisis?
Which are the opportunities arisen from the crises?
etc.
Global Financial Crisis and its impact on economic growthKruti Kamdar
What is Financial Crisis?
Definition: A situation in which the supply of money is outpaced by the demand for money.
This means that liquidity is quickly evaporated because available money is withdrawn from banks, forcing banks either to sell other investments to make up for the shortfall or to collapse. A financial crisis is often associated with a panic or a run on the banks, in which investors sell off assets or withdraw money from savings accounts with the expectation that the value of those assets will drop if they remain at a financial institution...
What is Structural Adjustment Programs of IMFSAJJAD HAIDER
Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) are economic policies for developing countries that have been promoted by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) since the early 1980s by the provision of loans conditional on the adoption of such policies.
BSFF Buffer Stock Financing Facility (1969–2000)
CCFF Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facility
(1988–2000)
CCL Contingent Credit Line (1999 –2003)
CFF Compensatory Financing Facility (1963–88, 2000–09)
Enterslice help you to Incorporate NBFC Company in india.we also provide software to manage NBFC Business like NBFC Software,NBFC-ND Compilance,Money Changer Compilance,funding in NBFC and takeover of NBFC.
This is a simple and clear overview of what the credit crunch is, what caused it and the current status of the financial system with special focus on hte Irish situation.
This perspective essay is an attempt to explain what the US Federal Reserve System at Washington D.C. defined as its communications policy under the leadership of Ben Shalom Bernanke who served as the Chairman of its Board of Governors from 2006 to 2014. It also explores briefly the antecedents of the Fed’s communications policy in earlier eras under the chairmanship of Paul Volcker (1979-1987) and Alan Greenspan (1987-2006). The essay also examines the contributions made by Vice Chair Don Kohn, members of the FOMC like Frederic Mishkin and the Federal Reserve System including those of William Poole at the St. Louis Fed to the development and dissemination of the Fed’s communications policy. The essay concludes by comparing the similarities between the communications policy of Ben Bernanke and his successor Janet L. Yellen. The argument in this essay is that there has been an unproblematic continuation in terms of the themes and concerns in the Fed’s communications policy, and that Yellen’s approach as both Vice-Chair and as Chair of the Board of Governors is an attempt to build on the communications policy of her predecessors, and her own work in this area when she chaired the Sub-Committee on Fed Communications under Chairman Bernanke. The main focus is however on Bernanke’s attempt to bring together a number of sporadic attempts in the past to increase the over-all levels of accountability and transparency at the Federal Reserve System in a way that makes his term an interesting case study not only for American bankers but for central bankers everywhere. Bernanke’s term at the Federal Reserve coincided with the emergence of a world-wide movement towards central bank transparency and attempts by central banks to innovate unconventional policy measures to stimulate the economy in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008. So, in addition to the usual motifs of accountability and transparency in central banking, Bernanke’s communications policy at the Fed is also characterized by the attempt to explain the rationale for monetary policy tools such as quantitative easing (i.e. large-scale asset purchases) and forward guidance on matters pertaining to the policy path of the short-term federal funds rate. This is an area of Fed policy that Bernanke and increasingly Yellen have made their own.
The project gives a detailed understanding of the US Sub prime Crisis and how things unfolded. Though the scope of the project is limited to a specific time frame, the project report entails all the nitty gritties of the occurrence of events
The Economic Crisis of 2008 (US Housing Bubble) - Inside Job Movievalliappan1991
This document clearly narrates the events that led to the economic crisis of 2008 resulting in a global recession. In 2008, many global banks collapsed and had to be bailed out by the US government.
The present crisis which broke out in September with the failure of investment bank Lehman Brothers in the US actually has its roots in the era of cheap money starting in the 2000s. The rapid economic growth seen globally was fed by low cost of capital and was boosted by all round optimism, the euphoria of the positives of globalization and confidence of policy makers that markets would lead a sustainable growth path.
Yes no one can be in complete control of the situation. Neither can the Indian government. As Lorenzo Bini Smaghi said, ‘ Restoring confidence in markets is the biggest contribution that the state can make to get the economy back on track.’ Clearly, even if outcomes are uncertain, our confidence in our abilities should not be inhibited. And for that the government needs to be seen taking credible, and domestic economy oriented, action.
The Economist Intelligence Unit, on behalf of Temenos, surveyed 200 global banking executives to investigate the challenges retail banks face in the years to 2020 and how they are responding.
Some key findings:
The regulators will decide: Capital and compliance will shape incumbents and newcomers alike. Domestic regulators warn fintechs not to expect an easy ride.
Into the unknown: American banks worry about regulation the most, despite a promised rollback. European policy direction is more certain, yet onerous. Geopolitics do not help.
Resistance is futile: The EU’s Second Payment Services Directive and open architecture are the game changers. Banks may lose their customers’ loyalty, fintechs could hit compliance barriers. Both must collaborate to survive.
Complacency is not a virtue: Fear of peer-to-peer lenders and robo-advice may have peaked. Non-banks could still steal deposit and lending business—and profit—unless banks improve the customer experience.
No cash, no cheques: If they are smart, banks may still win the war to build truly universal digital networks.
SXSW 2010 Interactive. Insights and Trends for Business.Andy Hadfield
The entire SXSW 2010 Technology Conference distilled into 5 easy trends for application and learning inside business:
*Location Based Services / Marketing
*Real Time Everything
*Engagement – cutting through the BS
*Banking vs The Web
*Culture vs Strategy
A White Paper looking in detail at the barriers across the public realm to breakthrough social innovation - and 20 recommendations for policy, public sector innovation, philanthropy, social enterprise and non-profits to transcend them.
David Germano is the vice president of content marketing and managing director of Magnetic Content Studios, a division of Cincinnati-based Empower MediaMarketing, focused on sustained content marketing. For more than 15 years Germano has helped brands develop and operationalize content marketing strategies that drive meaningful audience engagement.
Germano joined Empower MediaMarketing and launched the content studios in 2011 directly from his previous role as the general manager of ManoftheHouse.com, a joint venture between BBDO’s Proximity and Procter & Gamble Entertainment.
An early adopter of content marketing, Germano has helped numerous brand marketers develop content marketing strategies that help brands sustain marketing innovation and deliver business results.
The Gap is Growing: Solution: Social Credit.
“As we have seen, the more automatic machinery replaces men, the wider becomes the gap between buying power and prices because salaries and wages are thus reduced, leaving other cost items proportionately increased. When we stop to realize that the gap is constantly widening as efficient machine-power rapidly replaces inefficient man-labor in doing the work of the world, it becomes evident that we are reaching the senseless
absurdity of a maximum production and a minimum of consumption. Yet we wonder at the paradox of poverty in the midst of plenty !”
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Design History and Design Futures: Beyond Anthropocene OntopoliticsEcoLabs
Keynote at Design & Transcience, Design History Society Annual Conference 2022
by Dr. Joanna Boehnert
The significance and risks associated with the Anthropocene diagnosis have yet to be integrated into normative design. This civilisation has yet to ways of living to meet human needs and desires without undermining the climate system and causing the sixth extinction event. For the most part designers are still creating artefacts, products, communications, spaces, processes, services, spaces, and systems that have contributed to the destabilising planetary boundaries and the creation of a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. And so today I will spend a little time thinking about the kinds of ideas that might help design evolve from propelling the unsustainable and defuturing conditions in the Anthropocene.
Ecocene Design Economies: Three Ecologies of Systems TransitionsEcoLabs
Despite accumulative social and technological innovation, the design industry continues to face significant obstacles when addressing issues of sustainability. Climate change and other systemic ecological problems demands shifts on an order of magnitude well beyond the trajectory of business-as-usual. I will argue that these complex problems require addressing the epistemological error in knowledge systems reproducing unsustainable designed worlds. Ecological literacy is a basis for nature-inspired design. Ecologically engaged knowledge must inform design strategies across the psychological, the social and the environmental domains. With the expansive three ecologies perspective, interventions at the intersection of design and economics can enable systems transitions. This theoretical work informs a framing of the current epoch in ways that create a foundation for the creation of regenerative, distributed and redirected design economies.
Feminist Pedagogy and Strategies of Denial v.2EcoLabs
Feminist Pedagogy and Strategies of Denial:
Enabling Difficult Confrontations for Intergeneration Solidarity and Survival
By Dr. Joanna Boehnert
Presentation at the "Critical Pedagogies in the Neoliberal University: Expanding the Feminist Theme in the 21st century art [and design] school session #AAH2019, Brighton, April 2019
I will use this paper to reflect on tensions between generations of feminists with a focus on strategies of denial and their toll on the goals of feminist movements. Feminists movements have historically worked (with varying degrees of success) to end the normalisation of denial of social injustices and symbolic, structural and/or actual violence. Feminist pedagogy must intensify challenges to various manifestations of denial responsible for reproducing patriarchy, oppressive social relations and ecocide.
This paper will address denial in the face of divisive issues such as the ‘me too’ movement; the precarity faced by younger generations; and the intersections of patriarchy and ecological crises. It is based on my personal experience as a daughter of a feminist academic in Canada, as a student at art school and my current role as lecturer in design education oriented towards social and environmental justice. Solidarity and even survival depends on our ability to make confrontations with disturbing information a catalyst for change. The lessons learned from feminist struggles inform the work of confronting oppressions, including those on issues of environment justice. My experiences have led me to the conclusion that many, if not most, oppressive behaviours and attitudes are rooted in various types of denial and unconscious bias. Both are deep seated forces that prevent many of us (and especially those with more privilege) from seeing things that disturb our self-image. Feminist strategies such as transformative learning help us negotiate these difficult confrontations. These are needed now more than ever in higher education and beyond. Unfortunately, neoliberal modes of governance all but destroy opportunities for transformative learning.
The Visual Representation of Complex Systems: A Typology of Visual Codes for ...EcoLabs
Presentation of Dr. Joanna Boehnert's research for Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus (CECAN) at the Relating Systems Thinking and Design 6 conference in Oslo, Norway October 20th 2017. This presentation includes results collected in surveys distributed at the conference. This is Step One of a short research project on the visual communication of complex systems.
Naming the Epoch: Anthropocene, Capitalocene, EcoceneEcoLabs
The Anthropocene is the proposed name for the geological epoch where humanity is dramatically affecting geological processes. The name draws attention to severe environmental problems – but it also does other things. Jason Moore asks: “Does the Anthropocene argument obscure more than it illuminates?” (2014, 4). Donna Haraway argues that the Anthropocene must be “as short/thin as possible” (2015, 160). Moore, Haraway, Solon and Latour claim the concept uncritically imports Western rationality, imperialism and anthropocentrism – and thereby narrows options for the development of sustainable alternatives.
It is important to be specific about exactly what ‘anthropos’ are doing to destabilise climate systems and other planetary boundaries. There is a particular model of development driving dramatic Earth System change. There are other options. In response to this problem, the Capitalocene is a concept that asserts: “the logic of capital drives disruption of Earth System. Not humans in general” (Salon, 2014).
Bruno Latour says the Capitalocene is “a swift way to ascribe this responsibility to whom and to where it belongs” (2014, 139). It is more specific. Consequently it opens space for other opinions. Yet while the Capitalocene is critical, is not creative. Beyond the assumptions of Anthropocene and the critical perspective of the Capitalocene, new ways of understanding social and ecological relations are emergent.
Design theorist Rachel Armstrong states “there is no advantage to us to bring the Anthropocene into the future… The mythos of the Anthropocene does not help us… we must re-imagine our world and enable the Ecocene” (2015). New ecologically informed ways of thinking and living must be generated. The Ecocene has yet to be designed. Its emergence depends on a new understanding of ecological-human relations and new types of development that emerge from this perspective. The transformative Ecocene describes a curative catalyst for cultural change necessary to survive the Anthropocene.
A presentation at Climate Change: Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics University of Brighton, Thursday 28-Friday 29 April 2016.
Design embeds ideas in communication, artifacts and spaces in subtle and psychologically powerful ways. Feminist, class, race and indigenous scholars and activists describe how oppressions (how patriarchy, racism, colonialism, etc.) exist within institutions and also within cultural practices. The theory of symbolic violence sheds light on how design can function to naturalise oppressions and then obfuscate power relations around this process. Through symbolic violence, design can function as an enabler for the exploitation of certain groups of people and the environment they (and ultimately ‘we’) depend on to live. Design functions as symbolic violence when it is involved with the creation and reproduction of ideas, practices, processes and tools that result in structural and other types of violence (including ecocide).
Presentation and conversation at the Design Research Society 2016's Design + Research + Society: Future Focused Thinking conference. The University of Brighton. UK and then again at the Decolonising Design group’s Intersectional Perspectives on Design, Politics and Power at Malmo University in November 2016.
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Dr. Joanna Boehnert, Research Fellow in Design, CREAM, University of Westminster + EcoLabs
Dr. Bianca Elzenbaumer, Research Fellow in Design, Leeds College of Art + Brave New Alps
Dimeji Onafuwa, PhD candidate, Carnegie Mellon University
Visual Communication of the Environment in Theory and Practice: Nurturing Rel...EcoLabs
Image-makers have the unique ability to make invisible ecological processes and relationships visible, tangible and accessible. Within the context of an increasingly visual culture, images have potential to nurture the development of new perceptual capabilities and encourage relational perception. Graphic design is well suited to facilitate environmental learning since it can draw on a wide variety of visual strategies to display specific geographic spaces, ecological processes, abstract concepts and future scenarios. With design strategies, image-makers can reveal relationships, patterns and dynamics in complex systems. For these reasons, graphic design has exceptional potential to support relational perceptual practices and ecological literacy.
Mapping Climate Communication - A Practice Reflection on the Climate Timeline...EcoLabs
The Mapping Climate Communication project offers an overview of how climate change is communicated in the public realm by visualizing actors, events, strategies, media coverage and discourses influencing public opinion. Two large-scale maps and one Poster Summary Report were published on-line October 2014. The project uses two visualization methods: a timeline and a network visualization. The Climate Timeline (CT) visualizes the historical processes and events that have lead to the growth of various ways of communicating climate change. The Network of Actors (NoA) illustrates relationships between institutions, organizations and individuals participating in climate communication in Canada, United States and the United Kingdom. Together these two visualizations contextualize events and actors within five discourses: climate science, climate justice, ecological modernization, neoliberalism and climate contrarianism. Since communication happens at the level of rhetoric as well as the level of action, discourses in this project include explicit messages and also messages that are implicit within political, corporate and organizational activities and policy. This approach reveals tensions and contradictions in climate communication.
Presented at Bridging Divides: Spaces of Scholarship and Practice in Environmental Communication. The Conference on Communication and Environment, Boulder, Colorado, June 11-14, 2015 - https://theieca.org/coce2015
Ecological Literacy in Design Education: A Foundation for Sustainable DesignEcoLabs
'Ecological Literacy in Design Education: A Foundation for Sustainable Design' paper presentation at the DRS//CUMULUS Oslo 2013 - 2nd Int. Conference for Design Education Researchers. More information and paper available here: http://ecolabsblog.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/ecolabs-at-drs-cumulus-2013-2nd-int-conference-for-design-education-researchers/
Design as Manipulation. Design as Emancipation EcoLabs
Communication design is used to sell products – but even when it is not explicitly engaged in manufacturing consumer desire, design can function to conceal the impacts of conspicuous consumption and the socio-political-economic system through a process known as symbolic violence. While communication design can be used to reveal consequences, illustrate systemic dynamics and facilitate public processes – capitalism needs designers to promote consumption not to critique consumption! The values embedded in capitalism are reproduced by the design industry. Communication design serves not only to whitewash the destructive practices of corporate entities but to perpetuate the point of view of the culturally, politically and economically powerful.
While there is some vague anti-consumerist and anti-corporate rhetoric in design circles – a cynical stance, on its own, will not transform the dysfunctional political systems. What is urgently needed in design is new form of politically, socially and ecologically engaged design practice. The work of building new social relations that can resist and transform political and economic institutions requires transparent, truthful and participatory communication systems. Designers must engage with social movements who have a legacy of creating agency and developing the means to see through oppressive cultural practices. In this way design can become a force for emancipation rather than manipulation.
Presentation at Occupy Design launch January 2012
The Visual Communication of Ecological LiteracyEcoLabs
Slideshow accompanying a paper that describes a how graphic design can support ecological literacy. Starting with a brief introduction to ecological literacy and a proposal that communication design must join the crisis disciplines in responding to predicaments in the earth science, the paper argues that within an increasingly visual culture, visual intelligence can support the development of new perceptual capabilities potentially leading to relational ways of knowing. Graphic design can facilitate emergent ecological literacy and ecological perception by displaying context, causality and complexity. Graphic design can thus nurture the development of ecological manners of thought by strategically constructing visual resources to encourage ecological perception.
Download the paper that this slideshow is based on here: http://eco-labs.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=32&Itemid=108
The Visual Communication of Ecological Literacy - PhD Presentation, November ...EcoLabs
Visualising Science and Environment, ECREA @ The University of Brighton Symposium. 17-18 November 2011
Graphic design is in the unique position of being able to make invisible ecological concepts visible. This paper will introduce my AHRC funded research on the visual communication of ecological literacy and the graphics made as part of this practice-based project. The research demonstrates how images can contribute to the development of new cognitive skills and even social capacities when built into transformative learning processes. I will describe how visual representation can facilitate ecological perception contributing to greater understanding of complexity, context, connections and causality. This research aims to help graphic design nurture latent possibilities in visuals, especially as a means of facilitating the emergence of new mental models to address sustainability imperatives.
One of the major premises of this project is that fragmentary thinking is an obstacle to sustainability and that reductive attitudes towards knowledge cannot adequately address problems associated with ecological systems - or other complex systems. Responding to this dilemma, this project uses a whole systems approach based on the powerful concept of ecological literacy. This research posits that visual communications offers a means of helping audiences understand context, interrelationships, dynamics and other features of whole systems thinking necessary for ecological literacy to become widespread.
Hopenhagen: Design Activism as an Oxymoron EcoLabs
Hopenhagen was an initiative by the International Advertising Association in support of the United Nations at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP-15) in Copenhagen December 2009. The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon UN asked for help from the international advertising industry at Davos in January 2009. Hopenhagen took the form of an international public relations campaign culminating with an installation in the public square in central Copenhagen during the COP-15 summit.
Hopenhagen created a feel good façade where corporate sponsors were helping governments save the world.
Meanwhile, many of the thousands of climate activists congregated in Copenhagen for the summit found Hopenhagen so offensive that they made the campaign and installation itself an object of their protests. Hopenhagen is a classic example of corporate appropriation of people’s movements and the subsequent neutralization of the messages demanding structural change and social justice. As such, Hopenhagen embodies the conflict within the concept of design activism itself. While design functions predominately as a driver of consumption, consumerism, globalization and unsustainable behavior; activism is concerned with social injustice and environmental devastation. Activists struggle to combat the forces of globalization by forming social movements and resisting corporatisation of the commons and everyday life; designers are normally servant of corporate entities. These two forces are integrally at odds.
Transformative Learning and Sustainable Education at SkinDEEP 2011 EcoLabs
Transformative Learning and Sustainable Education. An introduction to transformative learning and a short case study of the 2009 Teach-in for ecological literacy in design education. Presentation at SkinDEEP 2011 - experiential knowledge and multi-sensory communication. International Conference 2011 of the Design Research Society's Special Interest Group on Experiential Knowledge. June 2011. Farnham, UK. http://www.experientialknowledge.org/
Also see: http://teach-in.ning.com/
and the full paper at http://eco-labs.org/
Epistemological Error | A Whole Systems View of the Economic CrisisEcoLabs
We are now faced with an epistemological tradition that conflicts with the highly complex ecological systems on which we depend.
To correct this error, ecological literacy will become increasing important in the practice of business management and other disciplines.
Ecological stability is necessary for material well-being and economic stability but current business practices do not reflect what we know about complex systems or environmental science.
Slideshow of presentation made July 24th 2010 at Oxford University by EcoLabs. See paper: http://bit.ly/90phhw
Full paper download: http://eprints.brighton.ac.uk/7178/1/Epistemological_Error_-_May_2010.pdf
Learning from the Crisis of 2007-09, The 7th International Philosophy of Management Conference. St Anne's College, Oxford
Ecological literacy and creative cultures | EcoLabs EcoLabs
EcoLabs at Subtle Technologies Festival
June 3-6 2010, Toronto | www.eco-labs.org
www.subtletechnologies.com
Artists, designers and other visual communicators have an important role to play in building an understanding of complex environmental problems and creating a momentum for change. Due to the fact that many of the necessary responses to global environmental imperatives are social and political rather than merely technological, cultural producers are key to catalyzing a transition. Yet before we swing into action to save the world from cataclysmic climate change and other converging environmental crises, a new type of learning must be embedded in our practice. This presentation will explore the emergent concept of ecological literacy (eco-literacy) as a starting point for an engaged cultural producer.
American physicist Frijof Capra and educator David Orr defined the concept of ecological literacy in the early 1990s as an understanding of the organizing principles of nature. Ecological literacy has since been developed into a new educational paradigm creating a conceptual basis for integrated thinking about sustainability. Ecological literacy requires that an understanding of natural process become an educational staple. It creates a foundation to enable industrialized societies to re-invent sustainable ways of living.
Ecological literacy is epistemic learning, it depends on critical analysis of our cultural assumptions. The associated concept of transformative learning implies that ecological literacy can only be developed with a process of engagement and through putting new ideas into practice. This presentation will demonstrate how visual communicators can use the concept of ecological literacy to contribute to the development of new cognitive skills, map new intellectual territory and help disseminate new information at a time of rapid societal change. I will present various projects from my practice based PhD research and my work with EcoLabs, a non-profit ecological literacy initiative.
Three bodies of work show various futures as predicted through three different lenses: science, permaculture and economics. Six Degrees illustrates Mark Lynas’ book of the same title based on evidence compiled from hundreds of peer-reviewed scientific papers on projected changes with each degree of climate warming. abcd Scenarios describes four potential future scenarios based on permaculture founder David Holmgren’s work on the impact of energy transitions and multiple converging crises. Steady State is a graphic representation of eco-economist Herman Daly’s work on a sustainable economic system.
Of course the real future will not be neatly defined by any one of these future scenarios, but will be a complex mixture of many driving forces. What all scenarios demonstrate is that humanity is now at a critical junction. The planet is experiencing a climate crisis. The generations of people alive now will either commit the most colossal moral failure in history, or will start a massive enterprise in transition. The gravity, scope, and depth of the problem demand the greatest collective effort and cooperation. None of us can succeed in addressing the root causes of the problem alone; but collectively, we have a window of an opportunity to act. *
EcoMag is a magazine about art, design & sustainability. Each issue will focus on a theme while investigating issues lying at the root of the ecological crisis. The theme of the first issue is ‘Future Scenarios’. All the ideas presented in this magazine can be explored further in the original writings of the authors which in all causes is prolific. References and bibliographies are posted on the EcoLabs website (www.eco-labs.org). We are indebted to the authors: Mark Lynas, David Holmgren and Herman Daly and grateful for having been granted permission to borrow freely and/or republish work.
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Jody Boehnert
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Jody Boehnert
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Jody Barton
Rod Hunt
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Jamie Slimmon
Si Yeun Kim
steady state:
Angela Morelli
abcd scenarios:
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Nurturing Ecological Habits of Mind in Design by Emma DewberryEcoLabs
Presentation by Emma Dewberry at the 2012 Imperative Teach-in, 12 October 2009 at the V&A, London.
Emma Dewberry is a senior lecturer at The Open University. She has taught design for sustainability for over a decade: notably at Goldsmiths College where she co-directed the UK’s first degree programme in Ecodesign in the late 1990’s; and then at Cranfield University where she directed a pioneering MSc in Design for Sustainability. Emma’s teaching and research aims to understand how design can generate different narratives and opportunities for shaping sustainable futures. She has been a champion for the emerging concept of ecological literacy and the holistic worldview required for creative thinkers to deliver greater degrees of sustainability in society. Emma originally trained and worked as an industrial designer before obtaining her PhD in Ecodesign in the mid 1990’s.
7 Alternatives to Bullet Points in PowerPointAlvis Oh
So you tried all the ways to beautify your bullet points on your pitch deck but it just got way uglier. These points are supposed to be memorable and leave a lasting impression on your audience. With these tips, you'll no longer have to spend so much time thinking how you should present your pointers.
Hello everyone! I am thrilled to present my latest portfolio on LinkedIn, marking the culmination of my architectural journey thus far. Over the span of five years, I've been fortunate to acquire a wealth of knowledge under the guidance of esteemed professors and industry mentors. From rigorous academic pursuits to practical engagements, each experience has contributed to my growth and refinement as an architecture student. This portfolio not only showcases my projects but also underscores my attention to detail and to innovative architecture as a profession.
Expert Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Drafting ServicesResDraft
Whether you’re looking to create a guest house, a rental unit, or a private retreat, our experienced team will design a space that complements your existing home and maximizes your investment. We provide personalized, comprehensive expert accessory dwelling unit (ADU)drafting solutions tailored to your needs, ensuring a seamless process from concept to completion.
Between Filth and Fortune- Urban Cattle Foraging Realities by Devi S Nair, An...Mansi Shah
This study examines cattle rearing in urban and rural settings, focusing on milk production and consumption. By exploring a case in Ahmedabad, it highlights the challenges and processes in dairy farming across different environments, emphasising the need for sustainable practices and the essential role of milk in daily consumption.
Can AI do good? at 'offtheCanvas' India HCI preludeAlan Dix
Invited talk at 'offtheCanvas' IndiaHCI prelude, 29th June 2024.
https://www.alandix.com/academic/talks/offtheCanvas-IndiaHCI2024/
The world is being changed fundamentally by AI and we are constantly faced with newspaper headlines about its harmful effects. However, there is also the potential to both ameliorate theses harms and use the new abilities of AI to transform society for the good. Can you make the difference?
Book Formatting: Quality Control Checks for DesignersConfidence Ago
This presentation was made to help designers who work in publishing houses or format books for printing ensure quality.
Quality control is vital to every industry. This is why every department in a company need create a method they use in ensuring quality. This, perhaps, will not only improve the quality of products and bring errors to the barest minimum, but take it to a near perfect finish.
It is beyond a moot point that a good book will somewhat be judged by its cover, but the content of the book remains king. No matter how beautiful the cover, if the quality of writing or presentation is off, that will be a reason for readers not to come back to the book or recommend it.
So, this presentation points designers to some important things that may be missed by an editor that they could eventually discover and call the attention of the editor.
Book Formatting: Quality Control Checks for Designers
The Economic Crisis - Infographics
1. EXPOSE THE 1%
“The scale of the support currently
provided to UK banks has fallen from a
peak of £955 billion to £512 billion, but
the amount of cash currently borrowed
by the Government to support banks INSPIRATION:
has risen by £7 billion since December
2009. It is likely the taxpayer will be
providing support for years to come.”
INFOGRAPHICS TO UNDERSTAND
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
THE FINANCIAL CRISIS INSPIRATION:
The financial crisis of 2008 can be seen as
the symbolic end of neo-liberalism. For 30
years previously, finance, big business and the
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unquestioned dogma was high profits = wealth visualizations-and-infographics-to-
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world to its knees. The UK, for instance, was
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now been imposed on taxpayers. The 99% will
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‘asset backed securities’, ‘derivatives’,
Corporation. A recent report fromcompletely
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understandable.
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and the design is apower they won with thisso.
believe enormous powerful weapon to do
agreement to vastly increase profits – while
not fulfilling their own side of the bargain.
THE BRIEF:
There is clear evidence that the tax revenue
We want your visualizations and illustrations INSPIRATION: The Crises of Capitalism with David Harvey
benefits from financial services have system,
of Finance, The City and the Banking been
grossly exaggerated. The City remains a major
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force in lobbyingor any other way you think is
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5. Capitalism is a Pyramid Scheme. In Work. Source: CrimethInc. Workers’ Collective and Packard Jennings.
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CONTENTS
I. The Occupation
i. Work
ii. The Economy
Schemata: What It Is
Shifting Terrain
The Metropolis
Positions: Where We Are
At the Top
Magnates
Politicians
Bosses
Superstars
Professionals
Middle Management
Self-Employment
Factory Workers
Students
The Service Industry
Domestic Labor
The Sex Industry
Police and Military
Migrant Labor
Prisoners
Unemployment and Homelessness
Outside the Market
Animals, Plants, Minerals
Mechanics: How It Works
Production
Consumption
Media
Bodies and Simulacra
Finance
Investment
Debt
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15. World land grab
Land purchased by government and
private companies from each country,
where areas are known
Total area purchased by country
Countries in which land has been purchased
270,000 ha
80,400 ha in Mongolia
in Russia
7,000 ha
in Kazakhstan
S Korea owns
Saudi Arabia owns 2,306,000 ha
216,862 ha
in US 1,610,117 ha China owns Japan owns
2,090,796 ha 324,262 ha
1,500 ha
in Algeria
1,600 ha
in Egypt 900,000 ha
in Pakistan India 100 ha in China
10,117 ha
1,050 ha in Sudan
in Mexico 5,000 ha 700,000 ha
in Cuba 378,000 ha in Laos
in Sudan
UAE owns 1,240,000 ha
690,000 ha
1,282,500 ha in Phillipines
in Sudan 3,000 ha
10,00 ha in Phillipines
in Cameroon
4,046 ha
in Uganda
100,000 ha 300 ha 25,000 ha
1,600,000 ha
in Brazil in Tanzania in Indonesia
in Indonesia
1,300,000 ha
India owns in Madagascar
10,000 ha 43,000 ha
in Paraguay in Australia
21,000 ha
in Argentina
5,700 ha
in New Zealand
SOURCE: GRAIN.ORG
World Land Grab. Source: The Guardian
16. REUTERS REUTERS
UNITED STATES: REAL ECONOMY AND FINANCIAL SECTOR UNITED STATES: REAL ECONOMY AND FINANCIAL SECTOR
INDEX BASE 1952 = 100 INDEX BASE 1952 = 100
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Real Economy (Nominal GDP) Private Sector Indebtedness Public Sector Indebtedness
Real Economy (Nominal GDP) Financial Sector (Total Credit Market Debt Outstanding)
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis (NIPA Table 1.1.5) and Federal Reserve System (Flow of Funds Accounts Table L.1) Printed: 19/01/2009 Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis (NIPA Table 1.1.5) and Federal Reserve System (Flow of Funds Accounts Table L.1) Printed: 19/01/2009
17. Interesting and important data - but what is wrong with this visualisation?
Financial Markets 1990 - 2010. Source: Handelsblatt
18. World GDP vs Speculative Markets 1990
World GDP = 22 trillion $
Forex Market = 147 trillion $
Value of traded shares and bonds = 9 trillion $
Derivatives traded off-market = 2 trillion $
World GDP vs Speculative Markets 2010
World GDP = 63 trillion $
Total Value of Capital Markets
Value of traded shares
and bonds = 87 trillion $
Forex Market = 955 trillion $ Derivatives traded off-market = 601 trillion $