Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples » Life Without Barriers Our Reconciliation Statement Life Without Barriers believes that reconciliation must live in the hearts and minds of all Australians. As a nation we need to work together to close the gap in life expectancy by improving the cultural, spiritual and emotional well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Our commitment to raising awarenessLife Without Barriers also acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the original custodians of the land and strongly believes in recognising, respecting and advancing the inherent rights, cultures and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities. We also acknowledge the importance of family, cultural and community ties for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. While we are working tirelessly in practical ways to bring about real change – advocating for children and young people, improved employment and education– we also want to change attitudes.
Trash Track For more information, please contact: senseable-trash@mit.edu team Carlo Ratti Director Assaf Biderman Assoc. Director Dietmar Offenhuber Team Leader Eugenio Morello Team Leader, Concept Musstanser Tinauli Team Leader, First Phase Kristian Kloeckl Team Leader, Second Phase Lewis Girod Engineering Jennifer Dunnam E Roon Kang Kevin Nattinger Avid Boustani David Lee Programming Alan Anderson Clio Andris Carnaven Chiu Chris Chung Lorenzo Davolli Kathryn Dineen Natalia Duque Ciceri Samantha Earl Sarabjit Kaur Sarah Neilson Giovanni de Niederhausern Jill Passano Elizabeth Ramaccia Renato Rinaldi Francisca Rojas Louis Sirota Malima Wolf Eugene Lee Angela Wang Armin Linke Video Advisors Rex Britter Stephen Miles Tim Gutowski Lead Volunteers Tim Pritchard Jodee Fenton Lance Albertson Chad Johansen Christie Rodgers Shannon Cheng Jon Dreher Andy Smith Richard Auger Michael Cafferty Shalini Ghandi Special Thanks Jodee Fenton Tim Pritchard – Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities download hi-res video
My Footprint / Slavery Footprint We Need To Talk. Dear <SALUTATION><FIRST NAME><LAST NAME>, We need to talk. Social Determinants of Health The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines the social determinants of health as the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and local levels. The social determinants of health are mostly responsible for health inequities - the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries. In Australia country people are subject to the same types of social disadvantage as can occur in cities (such as lower educational attainment, job uncertainties and unemployment, poor access to appropriate housing etc).
Oxytocin Changes Everything What does petting a cat, hugging a friend, deep breathing, a walk in the woods, and giving away money to someone have in common? These are but a few ways to release the hormone of love and connection, Oxytocin. We humans are like puppets on strings. The puppet-masters are our brain chemicals, the hormones that color our perceptions as well as the way we interact with the world around us.
Why we shouldn’t judge a country by its GDP Analysts, reporters and big thinkers love to talk about Gross Domestic Product. Put simply, GDP, which tallies the value of all the goods and services produced by a country each year, has become the yardstick by which we measure a country’s success. But there’s a big, elephant-like problem with that: GDP only accounts for a country’s economic performance, not the happiness or well-being of its citizens. With GDP, if your richest 100 people get richer, your GDP rises … but most of your citizens are just as badly off as they were before. That’s one of the reasons the team that I lead at the Social Progress Imperative launched the Social Progress Index in 2014.
UNICEF finds dramatic inequality among world's poorest and richest children Posted The number of children who do not attend school is rising, child marriage has not dropped in decades, and millions of young children will die mostly preventable deaths by 2030 if global poverty is not addressed, UNICEF says. Key points: Poor children are twice as likely as rich children to die before age 5More than 120 million children do not attend primary or middle school15 million girls are married as children every year
Police and fear stalk the streets of Dhaka as clothes workers fight for more than £54 a month Fewer workers than usual have been gathering for cup of chai near the guarded, grey towers of Ashulia, a hub for garment factories on the outskirts of Dhaka. “Everyone seems scared of being harassed by the police,” says one tea seller, frowning from his stall. Ashulia’s garment factories, which produce clothing for ranges on sale across the developed world, are alive with activity but the tension brimming in the air – and the lines of armed guards posted outside some gates – echo the anger that has swept the area. Last month, tens of thousands of workers clocked in then immediately returned to the streets, joining the largest protests since those that followed the collapse in 2013 of the Rana Plaza clothing factory, causing more than 1,100 deaths.
Lifestyle Choices? Here's a Few More — Quadrant Online We spent $30.3 billion on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the 2013 financial year, more than what is currently spent on defence. How did we get to this sorry pass? Aboriginal tribes wandered around the continent for millennia. Belle Gibson faces penalty for “most, but not all” allegations A Federal Court has found 'most' claims made against disgraced health personality Belle Gibson are proved. Former wellness blogger Belle Gibson is about to have her day in court. DISGRACED wellness blogger Belle Gibson will face a penalty handed down by the Victorian Federal Court for a majority of claims against her of defrauding clients and profiting from false cancer claims. Justice Debbie Mortimer handed down her judgment on Wednesday morning in Melbourne, saying Ms Gibson had contravened the law in “most, but not all” allegations against the 25-year-old who faked brain cancer. “I have upheld most, but not all of the allegations,” Justice Mortimer told the court room. “Ms Gibson deliberately played on the genuine desire of members of the Australian community to help those less fortunate.
Social Norms (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 1. Introduction Social norms, like many other social phenomena, are the unplanned, unexpected result of individuals' interactions. It has been argued (Bicchieri 2006) that social norms ought to be understood as a kind of grammar of social interactions. Like a grammar, a system of norms specifies what is acceptable and what is not in a society or group. How Do Different Types of Social Support Work? The Value of All Types of Social Support Every time you reach for the phone when you’ve had a bad day, accept help when you’re overwhelmed, or even search online to get information from someone on how to handle a stressor, you’re demonstrating that you know what research has repeatedly shown: that different types of social support can really help with stress! However, all types of social support don’t affect us the same—a long talk with an empathic friend feels different from a talk with someone who has plenty of advice to offer, and those types of social support feel different from the type of support a coach or therapist might offer. Is there a best type of social support?
Social Segregation in Australia I am becoming increasingly alarmed at our government’s attitude to multiculturalism and social harmony. Yesterday afternoon the Department of Parliamentary Services announced new security measures on Capital Hill. From today “persons with facial coverings entering the galleries of the House of Representatives and Senate will be seated in the enclosed galleries”. In essence, Islamic women who choose to wear the niqāb when visiting our national parliament will be required to sit separately in the public galleries – behind glass – and away from the rest of “Team Australia”. This is despite them having passed through the very same stringent security measures that every other visitor must pass through in order to gain access to Parliament House. This ill-considered and insensitive proposal sets a dangerous new precedent in Australia.