Climate Adaptation: Online Climate Change Adaptation Courses
These courses are very affordable, check it out, we need more of this.
CSDi is announcing the March launch of a diploma module of four online Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change field courses. These courses begin by introducing basic climate change concepts, and develop as participants identify local community vulnerabilities, identify climate change risks and hazards, investigate appropriate solutions, design M&E plans, develop full projects, launch and manage them. Complete information and course syllabi:
http://www.csd-i.org/adapting-overview/4 COURSES MODULE 340: COMMUNITY BASED ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
OL 341. Adapting to Climate Change: Designing & Funding Community-BasedAdaptation Projects.
March 15 – May 16, 2011.
Gain an insight into contemporary methods of developing community based,
sustainable, impact-oriented projects. Gain practical field tools and
develop a range of skills: facilitating participatory needs assessments,
designing projects, and evidence-based activities. Develop a real
project in real time.OL 342. Adapting to Climate Change: Planning for Impact.
May 17 – June 27, 2011.
Imbed impact into your adaptation project design with a powerful set of
management tools. Log frames, detailed budgets, timelines, compelling
fact sheets, M&E plans, outcomes and impact. These tools will
communicate to donors and stakeholders exactly what you are trying to
accomplish and can be used for effective management of the project once
funded.OL 343. Adapting to Climate Change: The Community Focus.
July 5 – August 29, 2011.
What does climate change adaptation mean at the community level? What
practical tools are available today for communities to use in
adaptation? Conduct a baseline survey of climate vulnerability, an
adaptation capacity analysis, and gain an understanding of local
knowledge of a changing climate and of coping strategies. For
practitioners who wish to begin working now at the community level to
successfully adapt to the challenges that face us.OL 344. Adapting to Climate Change: Sustainable Implementation.
September 6 – October 17, 2011.
How do you launch and implement a community based adaptation project?
The importance of community engagement and project co-management.
Developing skill sets for your community to use in the adaptation
process. Learning tools: monitoring & evaluation. Community empowerment
during project hand-over. Sustainability, follow-up & mentoring.
amen.
(Source: 365q)
We hope smartercities takes a look at this!
Looking for Bold Ideas to Fix the City, New York Turns to Crowd Sourcing. A new initiative, Give A Minute, aims at nothing less than reinventing civic engagement for the 21st century.
As part of a larger sustainability-focused initiative, PlaNYC2030, “Give a Minute” New York, will ask citizens to contribute ideas on how to make their neighborhoods greener. Those ideas, which can be submitted via the Give a Minute Web site, Facebook, Twitter, or text (specific address TBA) will be funneled to organizers in city government who will connect people with similar ideas to action groups organized around potential solutions.
(via Fast Company’s Co.Design)
(Source: poptech)
NYC e-Waste Collections
Looking to get rid of old computers, cell phones, routers, etc? Check out the collections through the link. NYC area only.
PIMP YOUR PAVEMENT - a Guerrilla Gardening creation / idea. Peep’em out on facebook, lots of rebloggable sorta photos.
iPhone cases, available at Uncommon. They have more styles to choose from, all art designed by pediatric cancer patients. That’s a nice gift, if you’re into gifts.
These designs are based on artwork created by pediatric cancer patients at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Proceeds from product sales fund patient programs for MD Anderson patients. Summer camps, in-hospital classrooms, a rehabilitation ski trip, college and graduate scholarships and many pediatric activities are funded by the Children’s Art Project. Your purchase is a gift that gives twice–and helps make life better for children with cancer.
Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” Brought to you by the simplicity of Dr. Seuss (via envirolutionary)
