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Universities And The Need To Address Global Climate Change Across Disciplines and Programs
Posted on March 26, 2011 by dabrown57
Preface: The following post by Dr. John Lemons argues that there is an extremely urgent need to systematically transform US higher education to create an informed citizenry about the scientific, social, political, policy, legal, cultural, and moral dimensions of climate change. ClimateEthics believes that US higher education is at least partly responsible for the failure of the United States to respond to its ethical obligations, duties, and responsibilities for climate change. The following post makes the case that "piecemeal" reform of higher education about climate change will not be sufficient and that comprehensive educational reform of higher-education is necessary.
Education is not about carrying buckets, but lighting fires- William Butler Yeats
Some have argued that the lack of political resolve to tackle sustainability issues stems from resistance to assumptions that modern economic and technological thinking will solve society's problems (Basso 1996, Bowers 2003).
I have been living in Alaska the past few years, and in contrast to assumptions about faith in technology, some Inuit people tell me their foundations for government and education are based on traditional sets of relationships by which they have lived. Their fundamental belief is that the connections that individuals feel for each other and to their environment determine personal character and value to the community. Without using the word "sustainability," for Inuits this belief is the definition of "sustainability." Sustainability is a core value of Inuit life. Instead of having to be incorporated or infused into policies and programs, culturally embedded concepts of sustainability form a natural foundation from which all policies and practices are derived. This is an inversion of the usual approach to trying to incorporate sustainability in policies, laws, and practices of the Western world (IALEI 2009).
The problem of global climate change can be considered a subset of "sustainability." Universities need to urgently, if not radically, respond to the challenges of anthropogenic global climate change by focusing on the complicated intertwined aspects of the scientific, social, political, policy, legal, cultural, and moral dimensions necessary for an informed citizenry.
Following, I discuss three topics. The first reminds us of the quantifiable scientific urgency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The second concerns the evolution of environmental and sustainability programs because their evolution can inform us about prospects of emergent global climate change programs. The third topic focuses on prospects for change in universities, especially those of research universities, which, as I also note, have influenced the teaching missions of small colleges and universities. Part of my critique is based on the view that comprehensive responses by higher education include a return to liberal education and education about climate change for all students.
The year 2012 is the 40th anniversary of the Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment (UNCHE 1972), when the concept of "sustainability" arguably first began to influence higher education and public policies. We have not yet achieved sustainability.
Dernbach (2002) described the checkered history of sustainability as "…stumbling toward sustainability." Stumbling toward solutions of global climate change is not an option, or at least a wise one. Time is not on our side. How can we dislodge our universities from their lethargic responses to the kinds of problems we are discussing?
II.Global Climate Change Science: The Problem of Urgency
Scientific conclusions published after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's most recent report (IPCC 2007) indicate that not only are greenhouse gas emissions rising faster than IPCC's worst-case scenario but that observed impacts exceed those projected (Allison et al. 2009, Levin and Tirpak 2009, New et al. 2011).
Recent scientific studies conclude that in order to avoid serious and irreversible impacts there is an urgency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions up to 40 percent by 2020 or so compared to 1990 or 2000 levels (Hansen et al. 2008, Baer et al. 2009; Bates 2009; Kaufmann et al. 2009; Rockström 2009). Several major scientific studies conclude that avoiding serious and irreversible consequences of global climate change is plausible, but only if urgent actions are undertaken by developed nations, which means that greenhouse gas emissions would have to peak prior to or not later than around 2020 and then decline at an annual rate of six percent or more, eventually reaching a level close to zero if equity between developed and developing nations is to be honored (Anderson and Bows 2008, Ramanathan and Feng 2008, Baer et al. 2009, WGBU 2009, den Elzen et al. 2010, New et al. 2011).
These kinds of studies add a quantified dimension that has been missing from prior discourse about sustainability-the importance of which should not be underestimated. For decades, scientists have quantified human appropriation of natural resources but have not put any numbers on when our use of resources will have to peak and then decline in order to avoid so-called "unsustainable" tipping points. By way of contrast, global climate change science is now quantifying that within a matter of a decade or so, we must drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions by certain levels. Urgency beckons.
III. The History of Environmental and Sustainability Programs in Informing Emergent Programs in Global Climate Change
During the mid-1960s and early 1970s, development of environmental programs began to increase during the so-called "modern environmental movement" (see, e.g., Lemons 1995, Silveira 2001, Merchant 2007). In part, the modern movement stemmed from publication of popular books such as Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac (1949), Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962), and Paul Ehrlich's The Population Bomb (1968), to name a few, as well as from international conferences (UNESCO 1993, UNCHE 1972, Johnson 1993). Also contributing to the modern environmental movement were social changes in American culture: e.g., rising income levels that increased peoples' demands for recreational and other amenities from "nature;" increasing education levels that enhanced values associated with nature; various environmental "catastrophes;" environmental and social activists who pushed for the restructure of society and the formation of alternative lifestyles; and the passage of bipartisan environmental legislation. Lastly, interest also grew from coverage in the popular media about threats to environmental and human health well-being.
Higher education responded to the broad modern environmental movement with the development of environmental and, later sustainability programs (Jacobson and Robinson 1990, Orr 1992, Weis et al. 1992, Lemons 1995, Silveira 2001, Feinstein 2009, Vincent 2010).
In part, the focus on sustainability stemmed from a successive evolution of the "modern" environmental movement toward administrative and legislative remedies, increased strength of "grassroots" and citizen-based activism, and concerns about environmental justice, respectively (Lemons 1995, Silveira 2001, Dernbach 2002, Merchant 2007). Scientific studies documenting the human appropriation of natural resource capital called attention to whether and to what extent humans are depleting the natural resources on which we are dependent (Meadows et al. 1972, Vitousek et al. 1986, Daily and Ehrlich 1992, Goodland and Daly 1995, Meadows et al. 2004). The increased focus on sustainability also stemmed from international meetings and reports (UNCHE 1972, WCED 1987), Johnson 1993, Lemons and Brown 1995), and university consortia with expressed commitments to foster sustainability and mitigation of global climate (ULSF 1990, ACUPCC 2006, Rowe 2007, Feinstein 2009, IALEI 2009).
A recent study estimates the number of environmental and sustainability degree granting programs has more than doubled over the last two decades from around 500 in 1990 to over 1200 today, and further, that jobs in these fields between 2008-2018 are projected to increase at a rate of around 28 percent, which is faster than the average for all occupations (Vincent 2010).
So far, the above history of programs might be viewed positively as judged by the growth in numbers and projected increases in job opportunities (Feinstein 2009, Vincent 2010). Yet, a positive assessment about the efficacy of sustainability programs in general, and more specifically about global climate change programs, is problematic.
With respect to sustainability programs, which to repeat any program in global climate change should be a subset, it is difficult to judge the success of universities' initiatives in terms of enrollment, learning outcomes, altering attitudes and beliefs, or influencing environmental legislation (Bowers 2008, Feinstein 2009, May 2009).
Elder (2008) examined the status of universities in developing and implementing environmental and sustainability programs. He noted that while some individual schools progress towards environmental and sustainability literacy without external funding support, most programs are piecemeal, meaning at best they consist of a series of extra-curricula events, seminars, an elective course, or in a lesser number of cases a required course. Infrequently programs consist of full stand-alone majors and only rarely of entire campus-wide curricula programs. While the early evolution of sustainability programs benefited from a strong national environmental movement, there is no such movement in support of mitigation of global climate change.
According to Seersucker (2002), Bowers (2008) and Elder (2008), the enrollment of students in environmental and sustainability programs is relatively low, and most courses focus more on scientific issues which these commentators suggest constrains wide-spread support for the programs. The social sciences and humanities, which one might think would have a keen interest in sustainability and global climate change, have been slow to focus on them. Vucetich and Nelson (2010) note that a constraining factor on the success of sustainability programs, both in terms of content and inclusion within universities, might be the lack of university hires focused on the ethical dimensions of sustainability.
Another problem is that despite the vast scientific knowledge about the existence of a serious and urgent global climate change problem, a recent search of ERIC's educational databases produced only about 70 peer-reviewed publications using "climate change" or "global warming" as search phrases. Most of the publications were not in research-oriented journals but rather in teacher practitioner journals focusing almost exclusively on aspects of teaching about global climate change in a scientific context, thereby not addressing the multitude of complicated but relevant non-science aspects. Further, it is too early to know the efficacy of university consortia such as the American College & University President's Climate Commitment to foster sustainability and GCC initiatives because most member universities have not yet had to submit detailed plans for what they intend to implement, and have not, in fact, implemented very much (ACUPCC 2006).
IV. Change in Universities
Should universities change to urgently respond to GCC, and if so, how can they do so?
Thirty years ago, Derek Bob (1982), a former president of Harvard College, reviewed various roles of universities and examined why some adopt particular goals and programs and others do not. Discussion addressed whether universities should: (a)be relatively cloistered from societal demands and problems and dedicate themselves to learning and research for their own sake, benefiting society only indirectly through advances in basic knowledge and the education of able students; (b)respond energetically to society's increased demands on career, graduate school, and professional preparation and training; or (c)set their own agendas for reform by deciding for themselves which programs to mount and projects to encourage in order to bring about needed social change. One of Bok's conclusions was that the domination of modern research universities in higher education is detrimental to addressing pressing societal matters and fostering greater emphases on liberal education.
Clark Kerr (2001), a former Chancellor of the University of California, identified the increasingly strong funding and other relationships between the United States government and universities that results in pressure on universities to focus on research and development central to maintaining strong technological and economic capacity. Kerr noted that one consequence of this quest is that in the modern research university the discovery and application of science, often for economic ends, diminishes intellectual or moral inquiry per se. According to George O'Brien (1998), a former president of the University of Rochester, many people in modern research universities implicitly or explicitly adopt the view that they have little or no moral task because their purpose is to teach science and not virtue, which is to say teach only "truth" derived from scientific verification so that it can be manipulated with technology for economic ends. James Freedman (Freedman 1996), a former president of the University of Iowa and Dartmouth College, is critical of what he believes is a dominant view that the purpose of the undergraduate curriculum is to focus on career and graduate school preparation, which, of course, limits exposure to areas outside of one's major.
These university presidents believe that universities have uncritically acquiesced to adopting curricula that represent the desires of powerful sectors within society; e.g., science, economics, business, and professional schools and neglected topics that could or ought be taught that deal with civic and moral issues. Although these presidents have focused on the role of modern research universities, they also recognize how such universities have influenced and thereby detracted from the purported emphasis on teaching at small colleges and universities¬–a point not to be undervalued. In short, these presidents lament the decline of liberal education and implicitly or directly associate the decline with problems of sustainability and global climate change.
If anything, global climate change fundamentally is a moral issue and, given this, Bowen (2008), Michaels (2008), and Oreskes and Conway (2010) are strongly critical of the decades-long ways in which large corporations, as well as some government agencies, have knowingly seeded scientific doubt about the threats of global climate change and, in fact, have at times changed scientific conclusions to fit administrative policy decisions.
Seth (2008) makes explicit the failure of higher education to address the strong ties between capitalism and ever-increasing consumerism which, of course, increases the problems of global climate change. Vucetich and Nelson (2010) demonstrate how the lack of inclusion of ethics into sustainability programs, and by extension those with a focus on global climate change, is stifling progress. Nussbaum (2010) also lends her voice to how universities have neglected liberal and civic education and by doing so contribute to the root causes of problems such as global climate change. Interestingly, more than 20 years ago the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS 1990) concluded that scientific goals to solve society's problems are fostered by a greater emphasis on liberal education.
In their prescient book The Subversive Science: Essays Toward an Ecology of Man, Shepard and McKinley (1969) argued that a change in western perspective was necessary to address problems of environmental and human health caused by our failure to pay attention to ecological limits and the moral implications of our use of technology. They also wrote: "Where now there is man-centeredness, ecology…faces the task of renewing a balanced view." The essays in the book went on to say that much of ecology, if properly understood, is radical insofar as it is subversive to the powers that benefit from the status quo in society and that impose unjust harms on others.
Bowers (1997, 2008) and Orr (1992) are perhaps the most well-known critics of failures to include sustainability and global climate change into universities' programs. They understand ecology's subversive implications, as did Shepard and McKinley. Bowers and Orr also understand that it is fallacious to believe that required or elective courses here or there or even a degree program is sufficient for most students to understand the urgency and moral necessity of dealing with global climate change. Such minimal approaches cannot be effective when the overwhelming majority of the curriculum–which reflects the cultural mores of the larger society that is concerned about increasing the GDP through increasing consumerism–is so much more influential. This problem is, of course, related to an uncritical assumption of linear progress from scientific, technical, and economic power and innovations, which is to say there is insufficient concern about the harms to sustaining ecological and human communities resulting from faith in linear progress.
Parenthetically, I have used the term "liberal education" several times despite it being fraught with ambiguity. My operative definition is: "An education that helps persons be open-minded and free from dogma and preconceived ideology; conscious of and skeptical of their own beliefs and traditions; trained to think for themselves in a studied and mindful manner rather than defer to authority; understand the nested relationships between diverse individuals and human and ecological communities and the bridges that link their pasts, presents, and futures; recognize the value of multicultural diversity; have a focus on active and participatory citizenship; and are mindful about what needs to be conserved or changed, and why." Accordingly, liberal education should include all academic disciplines for all students.
The failure of universities to develop comprehensive global climate change programs might also stem from a lack of attention to responsibilities that come with the protection of academic freedom, which not only allows faculty to conduct their own teaching and research, but also entails the responsibility to enable all students through university-wide programs of study to acquire learning to make significant contributions to society (AACU 2006). Academic freedom therefore requires faculty to advocate for the inclusion of comprehensive global climate change programs. Surely, global climate is a huge societal problem. Further, if faculty members avoid taking action this implicitly or unwittingly represents a form of advocacy because it is tantamount to supporting continuation of the status quo that is responsible for global climate change.
V. Concluding Remarks
Why should universities deal with global climate change in a more wide-spread and comprehensive manner? The reason lies within university responsibilities to educate about important societal issues across all disciplines, including the benefits of liberal education for all students. Recent quantifiable scientific evidence concludes that mitigation of serious and irreversible consequences of global climate change are plausible but only if urgent action is taken within about a decade or so. Drawing on assessments about the efficacy of environmental and sustainability programs, it seems clear that "piecemeal" approaches to addressing the complicated root causes and possible solutions to global climate change will not work. Because of the pervasive influences that have caused global climate change, its solution needs to include all disciplines and programs.
In order to foster comprehensive education about global climate change, it will be necessary for educators and environmental scientists and managers, and high-level university administrators to advocate for university reform. One might not relish being involved in advocacy, but the stark choice is this: Either engage in advocacy or not. But if not, understand that this is a decision, intentional or unwitting, to support the status quo that is responsible for global climate change. Scientists or other educators who might be reticent to engage in advocacy because of fear that it might compromise real or perceived objectivity would be well advised to read Lemons (1987), Nelson and Vucetich (2009), and Moore and Nelson (2010) which dispel myths about the legitimacy of such reticence.
William Butler Yeats wrote: "Education is not about filling buckets, but lighting fires." If he was correct, there is precious little time left for universities to "light fires" and do what they can to mitigate global climate change.
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8 thoughts on "Universities And The Need To Address Global Climate Change Across Disciplines and Programs"
Jeff Huggins on March 28, 2011 at 10:29 pm said:
Great post. Thanks Dr. Lemons.
In my view, universities should be honest about, value, and facilitate human well-being as well as the well-being of the biosphere and environment on which we depend (not only for life itself, but also for sanity, meaning, beauty, and etc.). "Truth" in knowledge and understanding are vitally important aspects of this, but the "seek truth solely or primarily FOR TRUTH's OWN SAKE" misunderstands the primary value of understanding. Indeed, wisdom is not identical to truth (alone), of course. And putting "truth" or "truths" to work immorally or negligently is not the same as putting them to work morally and responsibly. There's a big difference, and it's a difference we shouldn't (using the term literally) neglect.
I went to Berkeley and Harvard and, although I am fond of them both, and admire them (in many ways), I'm also deeply disappointed in them, and in higher education more generally, because of what they aren't doing (or are not doing enough) in relation to climate change and other sustainability issues. Presently, I live close to Stanford. I admire Stanford in many ways but am also disappointed in it. It presents an interesting case. Stanford houses some great champions of sustainability — including the late S. Schneider and the very-much-alive Paul Ehrlich — but it also houses (last I checked) the second-longest-serving member of ExxonMobil's Board of Directors. It's also home to one of the most elite programs for new members of corporate boards (a program of Stanford's law school) — I doubt there's very much genuine attention given to sustainability issues in that program — and also effectively lends bragging rights to its brand to ExxonMobil in exchange for funding that is not insignificant to Stanford but is a drop in the bucket to ExxonMobil. So, in short, Stanford is certainly a very mixed bag, presently, in terms of its role in relation to human sustainability. Many people there, I'm sure, have good intents and are working hard on the issues, but somehow my impression is that Stanford (or people working "in the name of" Stanford) are doing just as much to further our un-sustainability as to get us closer to sustainability. Probably most universities (including all of those mentioned here) are similarly schizophrenic.
So I agree that changes would be wise, and will be necessary.
James P. Louviere on March 29, 2011 at 12:19 am said:
This post is solid and its urgency is clear, but while those of us who read it or contribute to the ongoing dialog are more alarmed with each passing day, I see little being done to turn outward and reach the broader population. How do people selling products succeed, even when their products may be demonstrably destructive of human health, such as sugary beverages? They appeal to the basic instincts of people, immediate feelings, primal urges, even with such "posinon" phrases as "It's the real thing!" which get a positive emotional response but communicate no meaning. I am convinced that when we have
best selling novels, Broadway hit musicals, TV reality shows and even the Wrestling industry carrying forward the urgency of the climate situation, things will change. No amount of research, intellectual blogging, ethical philosophy or academic agitation will turn the world around. When Everyman comprehends all the science and economics and human impacts it will be too late, and the world will be beyond the tripping points where multiple forcings cannot be undone. We must not wait for universities to move. We must move those who hold the levers that control Everyman, the artists, copywriters, sales and promotion people to grab the attention of Everyman and get him/her in motion. Let's get the people who can sell cigarettes on board and get them to sell the reality of Climate Change to the populace as a whole. Universities are hopelessly slow and cautious about reform. Many have forfeited their credibility by backing their highly paid and tenured economists, law and business professors who should have been able to see the onrushing "economic Armageddon" that their teachings have fostered.
Thanks to Penn State and the Rock family, especially Don Brown, for this continuing dialog called ClimateEthics. If only we could be as good at jingles, logos and slogans as the commercial people are at selling basketball shoes, cigarettes and "energy drinks." Does anyone have a suggestion? I know Al Gore's movie won an Oscar, but because his name is anathema to many, it may have been counterproductive.
James P. Louviere louviere2001@yahoo.com
John Lemons on March 29, 2011 at 12:30 am said:
I agree completely with your comments. Especially, the one about the difference between "truth," which in universities tends to mean something that is verifiable according to natural science, social science, or economics normative methods, and "wisdom," which is something different. It is the latter we should be pursuing.
The question I posed in my commentary, which I do not have an answer for, is given the urgency of global climate change how do we bring about change in a sufficiently timely manner?
People such as yourself who make their views known become important and necessary advocates for change. How do we get the mainstream academics to go along?
Again, thanks for your comments.
Edward Greisch on March 29, 2011 at 2:12 am said:
The problem is that most people have no idea what science is all about. People are being fooled by the fossil fuel industry because they don't understand what science is. Democracy depends on the average citizen being able to understand the issues. In the 18th century, that requirement was met. In the present time, that requirement is not met. ALL college majors, even music and drama, should require at least the "Engineering and Science Core Curriculum." All high schools should require 4 years of physics, 4 years of chemistry, 4 years of biology and 8 years of math of all students.
In a technological society, everybody has to be a scientist in order to understand what they need to know to vote. Without that basic knowledge, you are just too easy to fool.
See: "Revolutionary Wealth" by Alvin & Heidi Toffler, 2006. As the Tofflers say: "Science is different from all the other truth-test criteria. It is the only one that itself depends on rigorous testing." They go on to say: "In the time of Galileo . . . the most effective method of discovery was itself discovered." [Namely Science.] The Tofflers also say that: "The invention of scientific method was the gift to humanity of a new truth filter or test, a powerful meta-tool for probing the unknown and―it turned out―for spurring technological change and economic progress." All of the difference in the way we live now compared to the way people lived and died 500 years ago is due to Science. The other truth filters have contributed misery, confusion, war, fanaticism, persecution, terrorism, inquisitions, suicide bombings, false imprisonments, obesity, diabetes and other atrocities.
See: "Science and Immortality" by Charles B. Paul, 1980, University of California Press. In this book on the Eloges of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1699-1791) page 99 says: "Science is not so much a natural as a moral philosophy". [That means drylabbing [fudging data] will get you fired.]
Page 106 says: "Nature isn't just the final authority, Nature is the Only authority."
Nature isn't just the final authority, Nature is the Only authority. That means that scientists are NOT the authorities. NATURE is, and when you try to violate Nature's laws, things go rather badly for you. For example, jump off of a tall building and try to violate the law of gravity.
People call scientists "self-righteous." That is wrong. The simple truth is that all other so-called "truth" is just plain wrong. The only way to change the culture is to give laboratory courses starting at a very young age. Make no mistake; what is required is a change of culture and religion. "God" will not save us because there isn't one.
When I said things will go rather badly for us as a species, I was referring to the population crash that will happen circa 2052. I refer to work by Aiguo Dai, Barton Paul Levenson, Brian Fagan, Jared Diamond, William E. Rees, K. E. Trenberth, and T. Qian.
http://climateprogress.org/2010/10/20/ncar-daidrought-under-global-warming-a-review/
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.81/full
"Preliminary Analysis of a Global Drought Time Series" by Barton Paul Levenson, not yet published.
http://climateprogress.org/2010/12/14/southwest-drought-global-warmin/
http://climateprogress.org/2011/01/20/lester-brown-extreme-weather-climate-change-record-food-prices/
Under BAU [Business As Usual], agriculture and civilization will collapse some time between 2050 and 2055 due to drought caused by GW [Global Warming].
Reference: "The Long Summer" by Brian Fagan and "Collapse" by Jared Diamond. When agriculture collapses, civilization collapses. Fagan and Diamond told the stories of something like 2 dozen previous very small civilizations. Most of the collapses were caused by fraction of a degree climate changes. In some cases, all of that group died. On the average, 1 out of 10,000 survived. We humans could go EXTINCT in 2051. The 1 out of 10,000 survived because he wandered in the direction of food. If the collapse is global, there is no right direction.
"Population crash" means that the human population of Earth goes from somewhere between 7 and 9 billion down to somewhere between zero and 3 billion. Extinction is included in the possibilities. The primary reason will be the collapse of agriculture.
Edward Greisch
John Lemons on March 29, 2011 at 12:30 pm said:
Ed:
As you point out, science can inform us about many things. As you also point out, knowledge gained from science has been used in ways that have caused both harms and benefits.
While scientific literacy is a huge problem in this country, there is a lack of understanding of the moral dimensions of global climate change that causes great harms. Many Americans do not think or care that the current and historical emissions of greenhouse gases from our country impose avoidable harms on the most vulnerable people, present and future, who have done little to contribute to the harms. Or they do not understand the limitations of how the United States uses cost-benefit analyses to, basically, calculate economic costs to itself and ignores those imposed on other nations. So scientific literacy is only part of the problem.
And as James has rightly pointed out, unless the wider population beyond the universities becomes more literate and, as well, reduces its consumption little will be gained
Thanks for your comment. Yes, good question. Just a couple quick thoughts:
One effort-getting-going is called the "MAHB", at Stanford, involving Paul Ehrlich, Douglass Carmichael, some others at Stanford, and some from other universities, including Dr. Brulle, who sometimes posts on ClimateProgress. It is an open group trying to expand and make a difference. (Stanford's S. Schneider was also a founding member and was very active before he unfortunately passed away.)
I think one part of the answer to your question has to do with critical mass, of course. More and more folks within and outside academia have to band together and encourage change, request it, and insist on it, as well as help facilitate it.
There is also a gentleman — Nicholas Maxwell, a retired philosopher from University College London — who wrote a great book, long ago, called 'From Knowledge To Wisdom: A revolution for science and the humanities'. He is still very active, or at least somewhat active, in the U.K. trying to get academia and society itself to make the move from pursuing "knowledge" for "the sake of knowledge itself" to pursuing and facilitating wisdom, which of course includes knowledge within a broader context having to do with aims, exploration of aims, human (and other) well-being, and so forth. Putting knowledge to good use, seeking knowledge that can be of good use, and not shying away either from understanding 'good use' or from engaging society to enhance well-being and so forth.
Again, I think one part of the answer is critical mass. How to get more and more of these people connected, talking, and so forth?
Cheers for now,
Jay Alt on April 4, 2011 at 3:21 pm said:
Here's the video record of speakers at an excellent U Illinois conference. It lit some fires and encouraged a good deal of cross-dept activity by faculty.
PlanetU: The Human Story of Climate Change
http://www.planetu.illinois.edu/speakers/
James P Louviere on December 29, 2011 at 1:42 pm said:
James P Louviere | December 29, 2011 1:19 PM
It has been some time since I comented, and things are, of course becoming more urgent by the minute. Today's headlines? US Warns Iran not to Close the Straits. Why? Because we are fatally co-joined with all the fossil fuel exploiters. (How dare anyone say "We produce 4 million, or 10 million, barrels of oil a day. Natural processes over unmeasured ages produced coal and crude oil. Huge corporations and soverign powers gouge the Planet and extract the materials, convert them into countless useful products, many of which will, like CO2, remain in our environment for a hundred years or, like plastics, many hundreds of years. They issue no caveats, give no quarter when it comes to admitting the dasterdly nature of their unconscionable behaviors, policies and schemes.
The current (December 28 2011) concerns about the Keystone Oil Pipeline is understandable, but in the larger context, the acidification of the oceans and the release of methane from underwater and permafrost clathrates is much more threatening.
We cannot simply demand that students in our high schools take more and more science courses. Education by coercion is counterproductive. If we offered our students real science courses involving real quantitative and qualitative research, and combined that with the challenge of adding the "D" to the R&D so critically important in our survival as a productive nation, then we may be able to halt our slide into irrelevance and bankruptcy and once again become the creative innovators that can produce high value results instead of more coal "producers" (ha!)
and oil & gas "producers."
But science teaching must be done by teachers who understand science. Many do not, for they may have been in some kind of touchy-feelie "science" courses, but few are really researchers or innovators themselves, and many are simply pressed into teaching science (especially in grades 1-12) because there are so few genuine science experts available.
The result is science is often taught "by the book," without anything but cook-book style labs, if any labs are actually done. I suggest that schools of education bring in professors of chemistry and physics and mathematics who really have that certain heart that lets them lead would-be science educators into the "hard sciences" in a humane and enlightened way, but, as Seymour Papert says in his many writings, hold the students to the "hard fun" that is lab science and the creation of their own mental concepts and hands-on experiences that will give us citizens who go into adult life understanding what research is and able to tell scientific facts from facile fiction.
James P Louviere


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Bozoky, Rudolf (Rudy) (1933–2007)
by Attila Urmenyhazi
Rudolf Bozoky, n.d.
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Rudolf Bozoky (Rezsõ Bozóky) was born in Siófok, an idyllic vacation town on the shores of the vast Lake Balaton surrounded by beautiful rural countryside. His father was a marine mechanical engineer serving in large River Danube ships plying between Vienna, Budapest and the Black Sea; a life with long absences from home. Rudy's mother taught him and his three siblings how to cook and be self reliant, while his grandfather taught him carpentry and building skills.
World War II saw first the Nazis, then the Soviets, occupy and ravage Hungary. The young Bozoky became caught up in the ensuing terrible times with his family. He already had a talent for wheeling and dealing and survived by bartering goods and chattels. Those early experiences left a lifelong imprint in his mind.
After the war he attended Budapest Technical University's faculty of architecture. The eruption of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 prevented his class sitting for their graduation final examinations, yet he considered himself fortunate to be able to flee Hungary after the revolution failed and communism was re-established under Soviet occupation. In the dead of night he crossed the barbed wire, electrified and well guarded border to become a refugee in Austria under United Nations protection. He opted for migration to Australia.
Bozoky quickly found his way in the building industry. Working first as a fit-out carpenter foreman with Hungarian cottage builders in the Western suburbs of Sydney whilst learning English, he moved on to become a contract builder-partner and large scale home unit builder. By 1967 he was a well known large-scale developer/builder working mostly in the inner Sydney suburbs of Newtown, Leichhardt, Annandale and Rosebay. He typically worked on at least four large ongoing projects at any given time and drew all his own architectural plans. His lack of recognised qualification, though, meant the drawings had to be checked by qualified architects. He also supervised the work of all of his contractors, including structural engineers, with daily visits to construction sites. The outcome of his endeavours met the demand of thousands of working couples for modern, compact, affordable apartments close to the heart of Sydney.
In mid 1976 Bozoky's investments crashed due to an unexpected mammoth escalation of interest rates on his interconnected and mortgaged borrowings on speculative land purchases. He was declared bankrupt and moved to New Zealand where he was soon involved again in building projects with developers providing the same modern, quality, compact apartment accommodation for thousands in Wellington.
He later moved to Western Australia to pursue new opportunities as a consulting engineer in pipe laying & earthworks projects with the North West Shelf Gas Company. He then moved to Perth to rejoin his family and start afresh on his own building projects, albeit in a much diminutive scale as a semi-retired person. Three times married, Rudolf, the affable man with a keen sense of humour and zest for life, passed away in August 2007.
unpublished, 2010
Related Thematic Essay
Attila Urmenyhazi, Hungarian Immigration in Australia
Attila Urmenyhazi, 'Bozoky, Rudolf (Rudy) (1933–2007)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/bozoky-rudolf-rudy-14140/text25151, accessed 17 July 2019.
Bozóky, Rezsõ
Siófok, Somogy, Hungary
North West Shelf Gas Company


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In 1970, the anti-abortion campaign became organised in New Zealand.
The Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC) was launched at a public meeting in Auckland in March 1970, with high profile medical professional Professor (later Sir) William Liley as the first National President.
This campaign provoked a strong reaction, with some people questioning the veracity of SPUC's claims about the medical consequences of abortion, and the experience of overseas countries with liberal laws. They also saw clearly the suffering of unhappily pregnant women seeking abortion.
They considered that children needed to be born to mothers who wanted them. This contrasted starkly with public meetings organised by SPUC, which focused on the foetus, and the high profile work of Liley on fetal transfusions.
As a response to the SPUC campaign, a group of approximately 60 concerned individuals met in Auckland on 4 August 1970. They formed ALRANZ under the chairmanship of Mr Wayne Facer, an Auckland University administrator, who became the first research officer for ALRANZ. The meeting decided to form a steering committee, charged with drafting aims and objectives.
The steering committee reported back to a meeting held in the Unitarian Church, Ponsonby Road on 15 September 1970. At that meeting ALRANZ endorsed the draft aims, and a constitution was prepared to establish ALRANZ as an incorporated society.
See the timeline of events from the history of abortion law reform in New Zealand here.
Our National President: Terry Bellamak
Terry Bellamak
ALRANZ President
Terry Bellamak took over leadership of ALRANZ from Dr Morgan Healey in June 2015.
Terry is a former executive at Goldman Sachs. She owned and operated a consulting practice providing technology services to financials on Wall Street and across the US.
In 2005, Terry visited New Zealand and emigrated the following year. She has been a New Zealand citizen since 2011.
She completed her LLB at Victoria University of Wellington in 2014.
Her focus on feminism and reproductive rights began in her youth, when she studied history at Arizona State University, and became involved with Women's Studies.
In 2014, Terry was instrumental in building the original MyDecision website, which provides patients with information about health care workers who refused to provide reproductive health care on grounds of 'conscientious objection'. The website's content has now been incorporated into ALRANZ's website.


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Analytics! This has been around for decades but it has never been applied to sports. But recent developments in sports has made its leaders and players appreciate the value of Sports Analytics in their profession.
"Moneyball" started the analytics revolution in sports. Michael Lewis wrote the book in 2003, which was later turned into a movie in 2011 starring Brad Pitt. It talks about the Oakland Athletics, a Major League Baseball team with a relatively low budget, and its then-General Manager, Billy Beane. They uncovered an undervalued statistic and used that as one of their main metrics in acquiring talent. By the end of that season, the Oakland A's, with their $40 million budget, finished the season tied for 1st. The team they were tied with? The New York Yankees, which had the highest team salary, in the league, at $120 million.
Figure 1. Bar chart that shows the difference in payroll between the New York Yankees and the Oakland A's. (Data Source: https://www.thebaseballcube.com/extra/payrolls/byYear.asp?Y=2002)
Fifteen years since the book's publication, other teams and sports have seen the value of analytics, making it a part of their programs from athlete training to marketing and team management. Most of the largest professional sports teams have their own analytics team and have invested in technology made for collecting data.
The NBA is the best example for this. They require teams to install multiple cameras in their stadiums to track the movement of players and the ball 25 times per second. As a result, teams can know how fast a player runs, the number of passes made, the spacing of the players, and so on. The technology gave teams an objective view of how the game is played and will eventually change the way basketball is played.
One of the biggest shifts created by this approach was making teams embrace the 3-point shot, while discouraging the long 2-point shots. In addition to improved court spacing, teams discovered that, while having a lower percentage of success, 3-point shots will still give teams more points when they do go in, kind of like a "bigger bang for your buck" thinking, instead of taking the only-slightly-higher percentage long twos.
Analytics for Understanding the Fans
Analytics is helpful not only for the teams, but also for the viewing pleasure of the fans. In a 2011 survey by ESPN, only 29% of sports fans preferred watching the game live than at home, this is decreased from 54% in 1998. To remedy this problem, teams turn to analytics to identify the cause and, hopefully, create a solution to improve fan experience.
For the Miami Dolphins, one cause discovered was the hassle of lining up for parking and concessions. To resolve this, they partnered with IBM to create data streams that inform the fans of the shortest lines in the stadium.
Another issue of fans is the lack of instant replays when watching live games. Two teams, the San Francisco 49ers and the Brooklyn Nets, created mobile apps that allows fans to watch replays, as well as improve the experience of buying tickets to games.
Analytics Improving Sports
The best way to use analytics in something as random as sports is not to make it appear like a replacement to the traditional ways of the competitions but as complementing them. It answers the naysayers and showcases that it is a way to confirm or explain in better detail what is seen. Basically, if the data and the traditional ways agree with each other, then it is most likely true. Otherwise, there might be more investigating that needs to be done.
Sports Analytics will never be truly perfect because it deals with unpredictability of people. But it can be used to improve the quality of the sport and everything around it. By doing so, everyone – fans, athletes, and sports organizations alike – will have a better, safer, and more fulfilling time participating in these contests of human ability.


Beyonce and Jay-Z fans can see them in concert every tour for the next 30 years, as part of a diet website they are promoting.
Beyonce and Jay-Z fans can see them in concert on every tour for the next 30 years, as part of a diet website they are promoting.
Bey shared an Instagram post Wednesday promoting the Greenprint Project, a website associated with "The Greenprint: Plant-Based Diet, Best Body, Better World," a diet book recently published by her trainer Marco Borges, with an intro written by Beyonce and Jay-Z.
"What is your Greenprint? Click the link in my bio for a chance to win tickets to any JAY and/or my shows for life," the post reads, linking to a sweepstakes that offers winners entry to one concert for every tour Bey and Jay embark on, for up to 30 years.
This isn't the first time Bey has promoted Borges' plant-based diet.
"44 days until Coachella!! Vegan Time!! Click the link in my bio to join me!" she Instagrammed in March 2018, as she was gearing up for her 2018 Coachella headlining shows, including a link in her bio that promoted Borges' 22 Days Nutrition meal-planning services, which are also associated with his "Greenprint" plan.


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Geochemical Perspectives (2017) 6 (2): 173–174.
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This volume charts our interlinked research pathways, which began with an interest in water flow paths at glacier beds and expanded into an exploration of the role of glaciers and ice sheets in local, regional, and global biogeochemical cycles. Along the journey, we discovered that glacier beds are habitats for microbes, and that the microbes are sustained by a variety of rock- and organic carbon-related processes. We were encouraged to write our story in a travelogue style, highlighting the contributions of the great students, post docs and colleagues we have had the pleasure to work with, the sometimes random nature of the factors that led us to explore new systems and processes, and some of the dead ends we ran into. We could have written so much more, but we have covered the state of the science when we were post grads, the things that motivated us to study rock dissolution and water flow paths at glacier beds, what happened when we explored glacier beds for the first time, in terms of biogeochemical weathering reactions, our desire to upscale from small valley glaciers to the larger ice masses of Svalbard and Ellesmere Island and, finally, the opportunities we had to work on the biogeochemistry of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets. It is with some pride that we note that most of the biogeochemical processes we deduced from our studies of smaller glacier systems also occur beneath the large ice masses, given due regard to differences in spatial scale, the timescales on which processes operate, and the provenance of sediment at the glacier beds. Our students have made huge contributions to the field of glacier biogeochemistry, the role of glaciers in fertilising the oceans, and the role of bedrock abrasion and crushing in subsidising microbial communities beneath ice sheet interiors. We suspect that these are going to be topics they will write about in future volumes of this series, as a minimum.
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He made a pot of his Kenyan coffee in our kitchen using a digital scale and a measuring cup for the water.
Will is one of the folks that helps make Greenville greater than the sum of its parts. He's an incredibly passionate entepreneur, a non-stop learner, and loves to meet and greet new people. I met him when he was working at Coffee and Crema back in 2012 and had no idea he was so young.
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La Francophonie on the big screen
By Emmanual St-Juste, Vancouver (British Columbia)
While they were preparing for the 17th Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois et francophone de Vancouver, Régis Painchaud and Lorraine Fortin, the festival's two organizers, spoke to us about what they have achieved so far and the new challenges that lay ahead.
Where did the idea of setting up a Francophone film festival in Vancouver come from?
Régis: There is a history behind the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois et francophone de Vancouver. When I was asked to put on an edition of the Rendez-Vous du cinéma québécois de Montréal (in French only), I jumped at the chance. Why not create the same event here, in Vancouver?
Lorraine: Above all, in my opinion, this festival had to offer film lovers a diverse program of the highest quality, in French. In fact, at each screening, cinema-goers rediscover a little of their culture and that opens the doors to La Francophonie.
Over the years, we have also reached out to Anglophones who love Quebec film. Through film, they discover a bit of Quebec's soul, thanks to filmmakers from Denis Arcand to Xavier Dolan. We have also sought out Canadian and foreign co-productions. The idea was to present something that was close to us while broadening our horizons to include as much as possible.
Where does your passion for culture come from?
Régis: I grew up in Quebec, in a creative environment, and with an interest in developing our sense of personal freedom of expression. In the 80s, I decided to leave for the West Coast. As soon as I arrived, I went off to visit Vancouver's Francophone communities, only to realize that they lived pretty much isolated from each other. This fact really struck me.
To me, there's no reason for us not to have a "centre" that brings us together and reflects who we are. It's important for Francophones, particularly in a minority context, to be able to have their say and express what they are feeling. Creating the Rendez-vous was an attempt to draw on those elements in Vancouver's cultural sphere that could create a solid base upon which we could evolve together—Francophones and Francophiles from all over.
Lorraine: I was born in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, in Quebec. A job in the hotel industry opened my eyes to the world and, for me, it was there that I realized what I really wanted—to be in contact with people—that's how we develop. I left Quebec in 1991 with a determination to live and work in French.
How did you manage to set up such a dynamic festival?
Régis: Seventeen years for a cultural event is really something! Our first collaborators were the National Film Board of Canada and the Pacific Cinémathèque, which gave us a projection room. That first year, over 500 guests attended the screenings for free. The second year, I wasn't able to be quite so generous, but the public wanted more, so I created the Club des 100, which was made up of 100 individuals, each of whom paid a subscription of $100 to cover expenses. From there, we were able to create a not-for-profit organization to keep the event going.
The development of a partnership with members of Vancouver's Francophone community is an important element in the success of the Rendez-vous. Last year, we acquired a new projection room, the Jules-Verne auditorium, attached to the high school of the same name. This gives us a solid infrastructure and allows us to continue with our projects and serve the community. It's really great news for the Rendez-vous.
For this 17th edition of the Rendez-vous, what have you got in store for us?
Lorraine: For the 17th edition, as well as presenting over 50 films, we have organized a series of get-togethers focusing on the films and the filmmakers. The idea is to invite the public to discover all the different aspects of the Francophone film industry.
We are also building relationships with film students here in Vancouver. They are the new generation of filmmakers who are preparing to join the industry, and we want to provide opportunities for them to meet the professionals. We want to produce something new and vibrant. We also hope to create a program that works—and produces results—for both the public and future professionals. We are sure that an event like this is just the beginning.
Régis: The next step is a program of shows in collaboration with the City of Vancouver, which will celebrate its 125th anniversary in 2011. The Rendez-vous du cinéma will undergo a number of changes, including the creation of the "Open Screen," where people can present their own films and projects. It's a way of highlighting the vitality of Francophone cinema made by the people here.
What legacy do you hope to leave through the Rendez-vous?
Francophone filmmakers in British Columbia?
Here are a few examples of Francophone films and filmmakers from the West Coast presented at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois et francophone de Vancouver:
Ben voyons, Camille! by Carole Ducharme
À pas de géant by Florence Debeugny and Lyndsey Hamilton
Eye of the Whale by Sylvie Peltier
Régis: Something has happened since the start of this festival. On our cinema screens today, the public are seeing more and more Quebec films, which have gone from being in the "foreign films" section to a truly Canadian section. A certain pride in our national cinema has emerged.
The Rendez-vous is becoming a platform that facilitates creation, reaching both Francophones and Anglophones. We should invest in our film industry across the country, encourage the broader distribution of Francophone films, and share our cultural richness. An event like this, based on the promotion of Francophone film culture, can only stimulate La Francophonie in Vancouver and elsewhere in Canada.
Published on Monday, February 14, 2011


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The Founder's Memorial (), a monument and visitor centre in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a memorial to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the first President of the United Arab Emirates, who died in 2004. Zayed was the driving force behind the formation of the United Arab Emirates, becoming the Union's first President (), a post which he held for a period of almost 33 years (from 2 December 1971 until his death in 2004).

Zayed was appointed the governor of the Eastern Region of Abu Dhabi in 1946, and was based in the Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain. He became Ruler of Abu Dhabi on 6 August 1966, following the announcement by the British government that it intended to abrogate its treaties with them and to withdraw from the area. In a seminal meeting on 18 February 1968 at a desert highland on the border between Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum of Dubai shook hands on the principle of founding a Federation and attempting to invite other trucial rulers to join in order that a viable nation be formed in the wake of the British withdrawal.

Zayed's tireless determination to cement the foundation of the Federation that he saw as critical to the survival of the Trucial States as a viable political entity bore fruit when, on 2 December 1971, the UAE was founded. Zayed is often referred to as the Father of the Nation.

Memorial
The memorial consists of an open Heritage Garden and Sanctuary Garden at the centre of which is a cubic pavilion housing The Constellation, an artwork dedicated to Zayed's memory. There is a visitor centre, which includes an interpretive film of Zayed and his life.

Heritage Garden
The Heritage Garden is planted with Ghaf trees, the national tree of the United Arab Emirates, as well as sidr, acacias and date palms. A range of desert plants and shrubs planted in the Sanctuary Garden reflect Zayed's long connection with the desert, including desert cotton, henna, Caralluma, harmal and sewak, a plant long used by desert people as a toothbrush.

The Garden also features a water feature representing a falaj (water channel), through which water flows constantly.

The Constellation
At the centre of the Sanctuary Garden is The Constellation, a collection of 1,327 geometric shapes suspended on 1,110 cables, which combine to form a three dimensional portrait of Zayed. Designed by artist Ralph Helmick, and fabricated and installed by UK based company Stage One Creative Services, The Constellation'''s suspended shapes consist of five different types of regular, convex polyhedrons known as 'platonic solids'. The Constellation'' is lit at night. The whole structure is surrounded by an elevated walkway.

Visitor centre
The visitor centre is open daily from 9:00am to 10:00pm and includes an interpretive film of Zayed's life as well as multimedia presentations. Tour guides are available, offering free tours of the site and information about Zayed and his life.

See also
 Qasr Al Watan

References

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Home | Resources | Blog | Datanami Features Blackstone and Bit Stew's and partnership to boost data analytics in the IoT
January 22, 2016 | Julia Schaefer
Datanami Features Blackstone and Bit Stew's and partnership to boost data analytics in the IoT
Consulting firm Blackstone Technology Group, which focuses heavily on the energy sector, is partnering with "software defined operations" specialist Bit Stew Systems in a bid to extend big data capabilities into global energy and other industrial markets.
The partners said their collaboration would help promote adoption of Bit Stew's analytics platform and other big data applications into the utility along with the oil and gas sectors. That in turn would provide a boost to data analytics targeting the industrial Internet of Things (IoT), the partners said.
The industrial sector is said to be ripe for new big data solutions as traditional approaches like Apache Hadoop and Storm fall short of meeting the requirements for handling vast amounts of industrial sensors data generated, for example, by thousands of miles of U.S. pipelines.
Bit Stew's Mix Core platform geared for industrial IoT applications is designed to automate "data ingestion" and then applies machine intelligence to automate data management and discern patterns in industrial data.
The industrial analytics platform along with Bit Stew's Mix Director application are designed to help industrial customers extract value from large networks of connected devices, stated Mike Allman, president and chief operating officer of Bit Stew Systems.
The Mix Director application, formerly Grid Director, runs on the Mix Core platform. It is designed to provide industrial customers with contextual and real-time view of their operations, assets and customers.
Under the partnership agreement, Blackstone said its energy unit would become a certified partner of Bit Stew as each looks to expand into the utility and oil and gas markets.
The partners said their collaboration would add value to the industrial IoT by delivering operational and financial benefits. Blackstone Energy said it plans to leverage Bit Stew's big data platform to reduce the complexity of big data generated by its utility and energy clients. Among the tools to be used are predictive analytics, pattern recognition and dynamic event management, the partners said. A unified view of operations, assets and network systems are intended to help Blackstone's clients monitor systems and manage risks while identifying efficiencies and boosting big data-driven automation.
Among Blackstone Energy's current utility, oil and gas clients are BP, Chevron, Detroit-based DTE Energy, Pacific Gas and Electric and Tokyo Gas.
The big data partnership reflects the unrelenting growth of data being generated by electric and gas utilities, data volumes that are overwhelming existing IT infrastructure as more sensors are connected via smart grids and along natural gas pipelines, for example.
Bit Stew estimates there are more than 305,000 miles of natural gas pipelines in the U.S. today and every 30,000 miles of pipeline generate an estimated 17 terabytes of data per day.
"The scale and complexity of data generated in industrial sectors is simply unprecedented in other sectors – and industrial organizations are struggling to make sense of it all," Bit Stew noted in a recent blog post.
Moreover, "traditional data warehousing models and open-source alternatives like Apache Hadoop and Storm have been touted as solutions to these types of "Big Data" challenges. However, utilities have found that these approaches cannot handle the scale and complexity of data generated in industrial environments."
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