Friday, May 07, 2004
ECOJOBS / NFPs / NGOs / ENVIRONMENT
Wilderness Awareness School Program Director Sought
Apr. 22, 2004 (Nonprofit Online News, The Gilbert Center) – JOBS - Program Director - Summary: Wilderness Awareness School is a growing not-for-profit organization with over 20 years experience in our unique brand of nature awareness education. We are seeking an energetic and creative Program Director who has a passion for our mission and the leadership abilities
to create a dynamic, caring and innovative organizational and program environment. http://www.wildernessawareness.org/ .
Wilderness Awareness School Program Director Sought
Apr. 22, 2004 (Nonprofit Online News, The Gilbert Center) – JOBS - Program Director - Summary: Wilderness Awareness School is a growing not-for-profit organization with over 20 years experience in our unique brand of nature awareness education. We are seeking an energetic and creative Program Director who has a passion for our mission and the leadership abilities
to create a dynamic, caring and innovative organizational and program environment. http://www.wildernessawareness.org/ .
GLOBAL VILLAGE / CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS
Turning Up The Heat
RED HILLS Bioregion, Apr. 25, 2004 (Heart of the Earth) - From Heart of the Earth's Monthly Festival of Award-Winning Films - A film showing at WeMoon Spirit in the Red Hills area of Florida on July 16. This film explores the problems posed by, and possible solutions to, global warming. The program examines how human activity has contributed to recent unusual heat waves, floods and droughts around the world, and looks at some of the ingenious solutions that are now being developed to alleviate these problems. Can we share this film around?
Turning Up The Heat
RED HILLS Bioregion, Apr. 25, 2004 (Heart of the Earth) - From Heart of the Earth's Monthly Festival of Award-Winning Films - A film showing at WeMoon Spirit in the Red Hills area of Florida on July 16. This film explores the problems posed by, and possible solutions to, global warming. The program examines how human activity has contributed to recent unusual heat waves, floods and droughts around the world, and looks at some of the ingenious solutions that are now being developed to alleviate these problems. Can we share this film around?
OUR SHIFTING FOCUS / GLOBAL VILLAGE OVERVIEW
Robustness in Social Processes
Apr. 25, 2004 (Nonprofit Online News, The Gilbert Center) - The Santa Fe Institute is at the cutting edge of the theory of networks. The Robustness in Social Processes Initiative will take a systems approach to the question of why some social arrangements (treaties, customs, power structures, and others) persist and why others don't. This is exactly the kind of thinking we need to have in order to practice visionary social change in the age of networks. http://news.gilbert.org/clickthru/redir/5053/54657/rms .
Robustness in Social Processes
Apr. 25, 2004 (Nonprofit Online News, The Gilbert Center) - The Santa Fe Institute is at the cutting edge of the theory of networks. The Robustness in Social Processes Initiative will take a systems approach to the question of why some social arrangements (treaties, customs, power structures, and others) persist and why others don't. This is exactly the kind of thinking we need to have in order to practice visionary social change in the age of networks. http://news.gilbert.org/clickthru/redir/5053/54657/rms .
EVENTS / ENVIRONMENT
The Air We Breathe, the Water We Drink - Hollyhock, Cortes Island - July 8-11, 2004
VANCOUVER, BC May 3, 2004 (Hollyhock Leadership Institute) - This workshop (with Elizabeth May, Tzeporah Berman, and David Boyd) is a rare chance to spend time with some of Canada's most influential environmentalists. Whether you currently work in the environmental movement, or are just a supporter from the sidelines, you will benefit from the combined insights from decades of campaigns and legal battles. There will be time to explore innovative solutions to effect change, as well as personal strategies to cope with feelings of despair and responsibility. Come to get valuable input on challenges you are working on, and leave charged up to go back to the world! http://www.hollyhockleadership.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3413 .
The Air We Breathe, the Water We Drink - Hollyhock, Cortes Island - July 8-11, 2004
VANCOUVER, BC May 3, 2004 (Hollyhock Leadership Institute) - This workshop (with Elizabeth May, Tzeporah Berman, and David Boyd) is a rare chance to spend time with some of Canada's most influential environmentalists. Whether you currently work in the environmental movement, or are just a supporter from the sidelines, you will benefit from the combined insights from decades of campaigns and legal battles. There will be time to explore innovative solutions to effect change, as well as personal strategies to cope with feelings of despair and responsibility. Come to get valuable input on challenges you are working on, and leave charged up to go back to the world! http://www.hollyhockleadership.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3413 .
GLOBAL VILLAGE OVERVIEW / EMPOWERMENT
Introducing the Simultaneous Policy
WEBSITE Reference, May 4, 2004 (SP) – The people’s medication for run-amok globalization – Making politicians and offer they can’t refuse - Imagine a world - Where values matter, Where leaders listen, Where the strongest superpower is WE the people. The Simultaneous Policy is a peaceful political strategy to democratically drive all the world's nations to apply global solutions to global problems, including combatting global warming and environmental destruction, regulating economic globalization for the good of all, and delivering social justice, peace and security, and sustainable prosperity. Bridging the Gap Between Global Problems and Global Solutions There is no shortage of sensible solutions to our global problems... What the world lacks is an effective means to cooperatively implement them everywhere, simultaneously. http://www.simpol.org/ .
Introducing the Simultaneous Policy
WEBSITE Reference, May 4, 2004 (SP) – The people’s medication for run-amok globalization – Making politicians and offer they can’t refuse - Imagine a world - Where values matter, Where leaders listen, Where the strongest superpower is WE the people. The Simultaneous Policy is a peaceful political strategy to democratically drive all the world's nations to apply global solutions to global problems, including combatting global warming and environmental destruction, regulating economic globalization for the good of all, and delivering social justice, peace and security, and sustainable prosperity. Bridging the Gap Between Global Problems and Global Solutions There is no shortage of sensible solutions to our global problems... What the world lacks is an effective means to cooperatively implement them everywhere, simultaneously. http://www.simpol.org/ .
GLOBAL VILLAGE OVERVIEW / SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
World Electronic Media Forum Final Report
VANCOUVER, BC, May 2004 (eCatalyst, IMPACS' monthly electronic newsletter) - The World Electronic Media Forum (WEMF) brought together broadcasters, journalists and experts to discuss, (during five plenary sessions and twelve workshops), critical issues of media content relating to world violence, violence in the media, media freedom in the information society, the influence of the media in the world political agendas, and other topics in Geneva in December 2003. Now available, the final report from the Forum is a publication that collects the speeches and positions of the 650 broadcasters from around the world present during the UN World Summit on the Information Society (Geneva, December 2003). The World Electronic Media Forum final report is now available at the http://www.wemfmedia.org.
World Electronic Media Forum Final Report
VANCOUVER, BC, May 2004 (eCatalyst, IMPACS' monthly electronic newsletter) - The World Electronic Media Forum (WEMF) brought together broadcasters, journalists and experts to discuss, (during five plenary sessions and twelve workshops), critical issues of media content relating to world violence, violence in the media, media freedom in the information society, the influence of the media in the world political agendas, and other topics in Geneva in December 2003. Now available, the final report from the Forum is a publication that collects the speeches and positions of the 650 broadcasters from around the world present during the UN World Summit on the Information Society (Geneva, December 2003). The World Electronic Media Forum final report is now available at the http://www.wemfmedia.org.
OUR SHIFTING FOCUS / DESIGNER WORKPLACES
A View From the Trenches
VICTORIA, BC, May 3, 2004 (Left Coast News) - A View From the Trenches - Featuring Dr. Linda Duxbury - Professor at the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University and author of "Voices of Canadians: Seeking Work-Life Balance." Tuesday, May 18 th , 2004 - 11:30 a.m. reception - 12:00 noon luncheon - Fairmont Empress Hotel - 721 Government Street - $35 + GST - GVCC members - $50 + GST - non-members. Most presentations on work life balance focus on facts, figures and statistics. This presentation is different! Dr. Duxbury, author of "Voices of Canadians" will summarize the views of 10,000 of the 33,000 Canadians who answered the 2001 National Work, Family and Lifestyle survey. Submitted by: Christina - christina@communitycouncil.ca .
A View From the Trenches
VICTORIA, BC, May 3, 2004 (Left Coast News) - A View From the Trenches - Featuring Dr. Linda Duxbury - Professor at the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University and author of "Voices of Canadians: Seeking Work-Life Balance." Tuesday, May 18 th , 2004 - 11:30 a.m. reception - 12:00 noon luncheon - Fairmont Empress Hotel - 721 Government Street - $35 + GST - GVCC members - $50 + GST - non-members. Most presentations on work life balance focus on facts, figures and statistics. This presentation is different! Dr. Duxbury, author of "Voices of Canadians" will summarize the views of 10,000 of the 33,000 Canadians who answered the 2001 National Work, Family and Lifestyle survey. Submitted by: Christina - christina@communitycouncil.ca .
EVENTS / SUSTAINABLE BUILDING / ENERGY EFFICIENCY
The Business and Sustainability Conference - New York, New York - June 9-11, 2004
E-LIST Reference, May 2004 (Smart Communities Network News) - The Conference Board offers this conference on Building Leadership and Commitment for Sustainable Development, presented by the World Business Council on Sustainable Development. http://www.conference-board.org/conferences/conference.cfm?id=682 .
The Business and Sustainability Conference - New York, New York - June 9-11, 2004
E-LIST Reference, May 2004 (Smart Communities Network News) - The Conference Board offers this conference on Building Leadership and Commitment for Sustainable Development, presented by the World Business Council on Sustainable Development. http://www.conference-board.org/conferences/conference.cfm?id=682 .
EVENTS / SUSTAINABLE BUILDING / ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Teton Green Building Conference - Jackson, Wyoming - June 2-4, 2004
E-LIST Reference, May 2004 (Smart Communities Network News) - The purpose of this conference is to bring together planners and builders in the Rocky Mountain Region to share information about building science, methods and materials that promote energy efficiency and environmental performance in colder climates. http://www.tetongreenbuilding.com/ .
Teton Green Building Conference - Jackson, Wyoming - June 2-4, 2004
E-LIST Reference, May 2004 (Smart Communities Network News) - The purpose of this conference is to bring together planners and builders in the Rocky Mountain Region to share information about building science, methods and materials that promote energy efficiency and environmental performance in colder climates. http://www.tetongreenbuilding.com/ .
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS / ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Investing in Renewables Brings Economic Benefits, Study Says
E-LIST Reference, May 2004 (Smart Communities Network News) -
http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~rael/renewables.press.pdf - Investing in the renewable energy sector would generate more jobs than a comparable investment in fossil-fuel based energy concluded researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) … The report includes several policy recommendations for accelerating the deployment of renewables, such as implementing a federal Renewable Portfolio Standard, instituting a national public benefits fund, and providing tax incentives for companies that develop and use renewable energy technologies. Read the full report, "Putting Renewables to Work: How Many Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Generate?", online at: http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/%7Erael/renewables.jobs.pdf .
Investing in Renewables Brings Economic Benefits, Study Says
E-LIST Reference, May 2004 (Smart Communities Network News) -
http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~rael/renewables.press.pdf - Investing in the renewable energy sector would generate more jobs than a comparable investment in fossil-fuel based energy concluded researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) … The report includes several policy recommendations for accelerating the deployment of renewables, such as implementing a federal Renewable Portfolio Standard, instituting a national public benefits fund, and providing tax incentives for companies that develop and use renewable energy technologies. Read the full report, "Putting Renewables to Work: How Many Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Generate?", online at: http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/%7Erael/renewables.jobs.pdf .
OUR SHIFTING FOCUS / CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Active Living Research Grants
E-LIST Reference, May 2004 (Smart Communities Network News) - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced that Cycle Two of Round 3 of the its Active Living Research program is accepting full proposals requesting up to $150,000 until September 1, 2004 at 1:00 PDT. Cycle Two proposals must address one of the two priority topics: the environmental characteristics and physical activity in under-studied populations, or the impact of changes in community environments or policies on physical activity. The foundation will also consider projects that are uniquely creative, rigorous and timely and fall within the broader field of physical activity policy and environmental research. http://activelivingresearch.org/index.php/Cycle_Two_Funding/151 .
Active Living Research Grants
E-LIST Reference, May 2004 (Smart Communities Network News) - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced that Cycle Two of Round 3 of the its Active Living Research program is accepting full proposals requesting up to $150,000 until September 1, 2004 at 1:00 PDT. Cycle Two proposals must address one of the two priority topics: the environmental characteristics and physical activity in under-studied populations, or the impact of changes in community environments or policies on physical activity. The foundation will also consider projects that are uniquely creative, rigorous and timely and fall within the broader field of physical activity policy and environmental research. http://activelivingresearch.org/index.php/Cycle_Two_Funding/151 .
GLOBAL VILLAGE OVERVIEW / OUR SHIFTING FOCUS
Problem Based Learning
E-LIST Reference, May 2, 2004 (Nonprofit Online News - Michael Gilbert, The Gilbert Center ) - I'm very interested in how to promote learning in organizations. One lesson is very clear: People learn when they are faced with problems. Queen Mary University of London has made available a guide to the materials needed for problem based learning.
http://news.gilbert.org/clickthru/redir/5056/54657/rms .
Problem Based Learning
E-LIST Reference, May 2, 2004 (Nonprofit Online News - Michael Gilbert, The Gilbert Center ) - I'm very interested in how to promote learning in organizations. One lesson is very clear: People learn when they are faced with problems. Queen Mary University of London has made available a guide to the materials needed for problem based learning.
http://news.gilbert.org/clickthru/redir/5056/54657/rms .
ENVIRONMENT / EXEMPLARY RESOURCES
Canadian Clean Air Day Multi-Modal Corporate Challenge - June 2nd
VANCOUVER, BC, May 6, 2004 (Environment Canada – Clean Air Day Website) - Clean Air Day is a celebration of environmentally-friendly activities that promote clean air and good health across Canada. It is a great opportunity to make environmentally-friendly lifestyle choices, and you can make your commitment to improving air quality by participating in activities organized in your community. Have fun and start your commitment on June 2, 2004! http://142.166.52.142/html/home.php ; For events across Canada, tools for communities, products available to promote Clean Air Day click http://142.166.52.142/html/contact.php .
Canadian Clean Air Day Multi-Modal Corporate Challenge - June 2nd
VANCOUVER, BC, May 6, 2004 (Environment Canada – Clean Air Day Website) - Clean Air Day is a celebration of environmentally-friendly activities that promote clean air and good health across Canada. It is a great opportunity to make environmentally-friendly lifestyle choices, and you can make your commitment to improving air quality by participating in activities organized in your community. Have fun and start your commitment on June 2, 2004! http://142.166.52.142/html/home.php ; For events across Canada, tools for communities, products available to promote Clean Air Day click http://142.166.52.142/html/contact.php .
