International environments are
complex, demanding, and require unique and sophisticated skills.
In order to better serve remote communities, Team Rubicon is
piloting a new capability for the organization: Water, sanitation and
hygiene (WASH). This program has the ability to save lives in
emergency situations and we need your help to make this a reality.
If you have skills and experience
working internationally with WASH or other related fields, join us. For
this six-month pilot program to succeed, we need Greyshirts who
are willing to step into this new, uncharted arena. Step into the arena today.
This opportunity closes on January 3, 2020. Don’t wait to sign up!
The
Clay Hunt Fellows Program is now accepting applications for Base Camp 2. If
you're a veteran, this program is for you. Don't miss this opportunity.
You will be connected to hundreds of other participants
from around the world, working together to build your understanding of
MEAL, test your knowledge in targeted scenarios, and complete the
course ready to rejoin your organisation with increased capacity.
“I found this course to be of great use, it has enriched my
knowledge on MEAL activities. The follow-up posts, replies and quiz were
very useful in expanding my knowledge of the discussed topics. Thank
you very much for this great effort!” – Zaid, course
participant
Key features of the course: Duration:
4 weeks (27 January - 28 February 2020) Audience:
non-MEAL specialists & MEAL specialists who are just
getting started in their careers Workload:
3 hours per week Personalised
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3 Ways to Participate in the Global Congress ... Participation in the Global Congress is being extended
to remote participants through a series of online sessions taking place
on December 10-11, 2019 and after the Congress. About the Virtual Plenary Sessions Read the detailed descriptions at https://accoissp.org/plenary Plenary #1:
The Evolution of Climate Change & Sustainability in the Public
& Private Sectors The
Global Congress kicks off with an inspirational group of climate change
and sustainability leaders who have blazed the trail and led some of
the most compelling and impactful programs in the public and private
sectors. The session closes with an early look at findings from
GreenBiz's 7th annual professional salary survey and ACCO’s research
conducted on behalf of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on the
state of climate preparedness capacity in critical infrastructure
sectors. Plenary #2:
Integrating Climate Change & Sustainability into Other Occupations Join
credentialing body and sector association leaders for a discussion on
the state of efforts to address climate change and sustainability in
their respective communities of practice. Discussion topics will
include incorporation of expectations into aspirational codes of
ethics, professional standards of conducts, continuing education
requirements and the future trends. Plenary #3:
Conversations on Leveraging Natural Systems, Overcoming Adversity &
Coping with Impossible Missions ISSP
Hall of Fame inductee Janine Benyus is interviewed by GreenBiz's Joel
Makower in this armchair conversation. Afterward, hear a discussion on
the uphill battle we have faced as the agents of change aiming to
transform businesses and communities. How are we coping with the
stresses that come with this challenge and what can we do maintain our
own health and strength as we tackle this critical mission? About the Virtual Working Sessions Real-time discussions with peers at the event and
online! Quantifying
the Difficult to Quantify: Improving Metrics for Sustainable and
Climate-Related Financial Decision Making Tuesday,
December 10 (3:00pm - 4:15pm central) Embedding
Knowledge & Requirements Across an Organization Tuesday,
December 10 (4:30pm - 5:45pm central) Communicating
Our Expertise Professionally Wednesday,
December 11 (10:45am - 12:15pm central) Continuing the Discussions after the Congress Add your voice to the dialogue as we continue the
working session discussions online after the Congress. Join fellow
participants in online discussion forums designed to continue the
working session discussions that took place at the Global Congress. Access to these
discussion boards will open on Thursday, December 12, 2019 and will be
available through December 20, 2019.
At this crucial covening, your peers from across sectors
will work together to power up the climate change and sustainability
fields of practice. The Time is Now In
every sector, region and occupation, in every business and every
community, bold actions and unprecedented transformation are needed to
address climate change -- and those actions will never be more timely
than now. Top Reasons to be at the Global Congress Achieving higher stature and increasing impact -- we an be
SO much stronger together 25 facilitated working
sessions with peers tackling our greatest challenges An awards
dinner featuring insights from the most innovative and successful
champions of our fields 11 training
sessions, 6 side
events & 3 off-site
tours rounding out your learning and development experience Structured networking activities and an event ap designed
to ensure you walk away with a plethora of important and diverse new
relationships
In a country rife with gun violence, Philadelphia still stands out. In the
past month alone, 12 children have been shot—the youngest just 10 months old.
Increasingly, Philadelphia treats gun violence like a contagion, with several
programs to prove it—including a branch of Cure Violence Global at Temple
University.
What does that mean in practice?
Prevention—not with
vaccines—but with community outreach aimed at de-escalating disputes.
Identifying risk factors—like
poverty and inadequate education—the same way high blood pressure points
to heart disease.
The
September 20th Climate Strike was the largest youth-led climate mobilization in
U.S. history. Activists like you stood up and fought back against big
corporations taking advantage of our planet and leaving the most vulnerable
communities to clean up their mess.
But
our fight isn’t over. We won’t rest until we achieve a real and just solution
to climate change. On Friday, December 6th, people across the world will strike
again to demand bold action on the climate crisis. Will you join us?
The
clock is ticking -- we’re running out of time to prevent climate chaos. Our
leaders must take ambitious action before it’s too late.
We
need climate solutions that empower the communities most impacted by the
crisis. Solutions that eliminate all fossil fuels. Solutions that provide a
just transition for workers and others who have been caught in an extractive
economy for far too long. We need to address these problems now -- we
can’t continue passing them off to the next generation. And we need your help
to do it.
Together,
we can move mountains. Activists like you have worked tirelessly to stop
pipelines around the country and hold corporations accountable to the
destruction they cause.
Now,
we’re counting on you to take action again. The planet can’t wait any longer.
We need to stand together, adults and youth alike, and ensure the strike has
maximum impact. Together, we can show our elected officials we won’t back
down.
So,
can we count on you to step up for a future free of climate disaster, Charles?
“TRAINING AND A MOVIE: THE
EFFECTS OF A BIOLOGICAL PANDEMIC”
This workshop is intended to showcase
the ‘unrealized’ effects a biological outbreak will have on a community
and to prompt discussion amongst attendees as to what planning and preparation
needs to be done beyond the basic State Health Department plans to dispense
medication.
We will begin with a brief training
overview of some known biological agents: their classification, signs and
symptoms, and what makes them a threat. The review will be followed by a
modified-tabletop exercise using scenes from a movie that accurately depicts
the ripple effects of a biological outbreak as the scenarios for our group
discussions. We will track an unknown biological agent from its initial
appearance in ‘patient zero’ to its explosion as a worldwide pandemic. As the
movie progresses, we will stop it, look at the events that have taken place up
to that point and discuss what effect these events would have on Prince Georges
County and the surrounding areas.
Who should attend this workshop? …
Government officials and other community leaders, law enforcement, fire, first
responders, health department and medical personnel, business leaders, CERT
members & other community response organizations … basically
everyone!.
If/when this happens, it will truly take a community
working together to make it through.
On a recent day in
Baltimore’s Cherry Hill suburb, within the enclosure of a tall chain-link
fence that guards a grassy meadow surrounded by churches, schools, and
apartment complexes, Eric Jackson reaches into a garden plot the size of a
tennis court, lush with collard greens and dinosaur kale, to pick a green
leaf of medicinal mugwort.
Duration:
4 weeks (27 January - 28 February 2020)
