Filed under: Community Empowerment, Education, Environment, General Media, Uncategorized | Tags: Chicago Academy for Global Citizenship, Chicago Charter School, Global Education
On Feb 27, 2009, Megan Ellis, a sustainability education teacher at the Academy for Global Citizenship on the southwest side of Chicago, IL, started her class from an unusual location – Churchill, Manitoba, the edge of the Arctic Circle.
As part of her educator fellowship, sponsored by HSBC in the Community, Mrs. Ellis used satellite and Internet technology to connect “Live from the Field” to her classroom and community. Mrs. Ellis joined Earthwatch Institute’s Climate Change at the Arctic’s Edge expedition as a member of a research team consisting of scientists and volunteers determined to collect data and answer the most pressing issues related to climate change.
The research team was led by principal investigator G. Peter Kershaw, Ph.D. of the University of Alberta, Canada. The volunteers assisted the researchers by quantifying snowpack differences in local ecosystems and assessing wildlife use.
Filed under: Community Empowerment, Ecocity, Environment, Events, Government, Transportation, water | Tags: Ecocity, Ecocity World Summit, Sustainable City Development, ARUP, Peter Head, Dong Tan, China Ecocity, Greencities conference, green cities conference
In 2008, we uploaded a whopping total of 712 videos to youtube, google video, vimeo, teachertube and other social media video applications. I decided to take a look and try to spot the single most popular video we have posted. Not surprising, the most popular video was viewed by a global community and speaks to a global solution. It is my pleasure to represent to you Mr. Peter Head, Chief Architect of the Dong Tan Ecocity project on Chong Ming Island in China.
Robert Fogel Among Experts Who Say Good Ethics is Good Business
Good ethics is good business, according to a panel of business experts speaking at Good Business: The Dialogue Between the Spirit and the Letter of Business Ethics, sponsored by the University of Chicago Alumni Association and the Graham School of General Studies at Gleacher Center June 14.
“Business ethics should not be put on a shelf. It should be thought about and applied,” said moderator Gretchen Winter, JD, vice president of business practices at Baxter Corporation and chair of the Ethics Officer Association.
