Gunter Pauli - HAWAII CONVENTION CENTER
Gunter-Pauli-HAWAII-CONVENTION-CENTER Video Gunter Pauli (1956) obtained his masters in business administration from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. His entrepreneurial activities span business, culture, science, politics and the environment.
ZERI
On April 6, 1994 Gunter Pauli arrived in Tokyo at the invitation of Heitor Gurgulino de Souza, then Rector of the United Nations University who with the support of the Japanese Government decided to create a think tank which was to imagine a competitive business model in a world guided by the Kyoto Protocol. Twenty years later, the philosophy of zero emissions, where waste is converted to revenues, and unused yet widely available resources are cascading into a chain of value generation, can look back at nearly 200 implemented projects, the generation of €4 billion in investments and an impact as a concept that created to an estimated 3 million jobs. The most widely copied project is the farming of mushrooms on coffee (+1,000), the most advanced is the biorefinery with the inauguration of the first and second phase in Porto Torres, Italy in a few months. After all, whatever we pioneer, we need to inspire the next generation, pioneering beyond what we could ever imagine.
Le Blended Learning pas à pas : épisode 1
Dans un article récent pour ThotCursus, à propos d’une étude du groupe Demos intitulée “Blended Learning et tutorat”, Christine Vaufrey écrit : Un constat que je partage. Je profite donc de l’occasion pour vous proposer une série d’articles sur la conception de dispositifs Blended Learning. Mon intention n’est pas de proposer une méthode systématique, mais plus modestement d’ouvrir des pistes de réflexion pour ceux qui se demandent comment constituer leurs parcours hybrides. Aujourd’hui, première épisode de la série : le temps et l’espace… Etape 1 : Présentiel vs Distantiel Le Blended Learning évoque immédiatement 2 modalités complémentaires : la formation en face à face (présentiel) et les contenus e-Learning (distanciel). L’évolution des outils informatiques nous amène donc à compléter cette vision spatiale par une vision temporelle… Etape 2 : Synchrone vs Asynchone Il est généralement admis que le présentiel est par nature synchrone. Etape 3 : Lieu de formation vs Lieu de travail
Kap Vert - kot-à-projet écologiste à Louvain-la-Neuve
George L. Chan - Integrated Farming - 70s
Short CV of Prof. George L. Chan (1999) Environmental engineering Consultant Presently Field director to ZERI Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland Born: 2 march 1924, Por Louis, Mauritius 1985-89 - Professor, Research Programme on Integrated Farming, Academy of Scieences, Guangzhou, China 1984 - Energy Innovation, Dept. of Energy, USA 1999 - Field Director, UNDP - Zeri Foundation, Geneva for IBS Projects in Seychelles, Cameroon, Colombia & Brazil, with training in the last two countries. 1995 - 98 - Field director, UNU-ZERI Plilot projects in Fiji and Namibia, to demonstrate the economic and ecologic benefits of Integrated Biomass Systems, without any environmental Pollutionor resources depletion 1985-90 - Academy of Sciences, Guangdong, China; Consultant in Integrated Farming Systems to enhace the traditional Dyke-pond Systems with modern science and technology for more effective & efficient natural processes. 1975-78 - Waste Digester Specialist, South Pacific Commission.
Un réseau social pour enseigner les sciences à l'école primaire : Articles : Activités : Thot Cursus
Le travail de professeur de sciences n’est pas aussi aisé qu’on pourrait le croire. Ils ont beau enseigner des sujets concrets, avoir des salles de cours remplies de béchers, d’erlenmeyers et substances chimiques et proposer des manipulations expérimentales spectaculaires, leurs disciplines impressionnent les élèves. Vocabulaire spécifique, principes pas toujours simples à retenir et c’est sans compter la réalité d'une communauté scientifique internationale qui peut modifier des faits « coulés dans le béton » en une journée. Rappelons-nous le désarroi populaire quand, en 24 heures, Pluton passa de planète à part entière à planète naine de notre système solaire! Alors, comment intéresser mes élèves à la chimie, aux sciences physiques, à l’astronomie, à la biologie, etc.? Du campus au monde L’origine d’Enseigner les sciences vient d’une implantation d'e-learning dans la formation des maîtres. Une communauté vivante et bien du contenu Que retrouve-t-on sur ce réseau social?
Sustainable Communities ZERI NM
Professor George Chan has kindly allowed SCZ to reprint his photos and his detailed November 2003 article explaining the Integrated Farming System for recycling human and animal wastes. He is a sanitation engineer and was formerly of EPA Region 9 - Pacific. George L. Environmental Management Consultant Looking back at the precarious and even risky situation in the farming activities worldwide, we see the poor farmers working hard to feed themselves and trying to make a living from their land, with some livestock and crops. Those who added fish to the livestock-crop system have made a very big step forward, not only increasing the fertilizer from the fish wastes, but also enhanced their income from the bigger and quicker yield of fish and their relatively higher market prices. Provided that all the extra nutrients and feeds are utilized to improve productivity, the benefits can only increase to make the farmers much more prosperous. References Chaboussou, F., 1980. Chan, G.L., 1996.
The Age of Coworking: Collaborative Consumption for the Creative Community
Report Maria Popova Many coworking spaces are housed in meticulously designed lofts. The shift from an ownership economy to an economy of sharing has been one of the most important movements of the past few years – a concept most eloquently captured in Rachel Botsman's notion of collaborative consumption. A rapidly proliferating number of coworking spaces worldwide is attracting creative entrepreneurs and freelancers across the entire spectrum of vocations, from startup founders to professional proofreaders. In New York City alone, dozens such coworking spaces exist. Coworking spaces fused with incubators are even popping up under the wings of existing funds. I've recently had the pleasure and privilege of joining studiomates — a stunning all-white loft in DUMBO with a magnificent view of the East River and Lower East Side. Mine, too. Not sure how to find one? And, perhaps most important, how many people get to call their office their happy place?
