St. Augustine High
School is a college preparatory school for young men in grades 8 - 12,
founded in 1951 by the Josephite priests and brothers. St. Augustine High
School has built a legacy serving as the training ground for leadership
through academic excellence, moral values, christian responsibility, and
reasonable, consistent discipline. Today, while St. Augustine now welcomes
students of any national or ethnic background, it remains the leading
secondary school for black males in Louisiana and is nationally recognized
in educational circles for outstanding success in preparing its students
for higher education.
Each
year, the global Keeling Curve Prize awards prizes of
$25,000 to each of 10 winning climate projects that reduce
greenhouse gas emissions or promote carbon uptake.
Because so many members of the Daring Cities community run projects
that could qualify, we wanted to bring this opportunity to your
attention.
The
deadline for the 2021 prize is midnight GMT on Wednesday, 10 February
2021.We
know that’s coming up fast, but the online application is
straightforward, the word count is limited, and applicants are
welcome to recycle text written for other purposes.
Prizes go to two projects in each of five categories:
P.S. Have
you told us what you thought about Daring Cities 2020? As
we plan for Daring Cities in the future, we want to ask for your feedback in this
short (four-minute) survey: What about
Daring Cities 2020 went well from your perspective? What could we
do better next time?
Daring Cities 2020 was supported by major
contributions from our partners: the Federal City of Bonn, the
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
(BMZ), the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature
Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), the Federal State of North
Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), and the Foundation for International Dialogue
of the Savings Bank in Bonn.
Each
year, the global Keeling Curve Prize awards prizes of
$25,000 to each of 10 winning climate projects that reduce
greenhouse gas emissions or promote carbon uptake.
Because so many members of the Daring Cities community run projects
that could qualify, we wanted to bring this opportunity to your
attention.
The
deadline for the 2021 prize is midnight GMT on Wednesday, 10 February
2021.We
know that’s coming up fast, but the online application is
straightforward, the word count is limited, and applicants are
welcome to recycle text written for other purposes.
Prizes go to two projects in each of five categories:
P.S. Have
you told us what you thought about Daring Cities 2020? As
we plan for Daring Cities in the future, we want to ask for your feedback in this
short (four-minute) survey: What about
Daring Cities 2020 went well from your perspective? What could we
do better next time?
Daring Cities 2020 was supported by major
contributions from our partners: the Federal City of Bonn, the
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
(BMZ), the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature
Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), the Federal State of North
Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), and the Foundation for International Dialogue
of the Savings Bank in Bonn.
2021
Cities on the Frontline Speaker Series Session #01
PLAYFUL CITIES: Why cities need play and placemaking to foster
children's wellbeing and city resilience
Thursday, 21
January 2021 - 08.00 AM EST / 1:00 pm GMT / 09.00 PM
SIN/KUL
Play and leisure are central to ensuring that children
grow up happy and healthy. More time playing outside links to higher
levels of happiness, however, our cities often lack opportunities or a
city-wide approach to play. Covid-19
associated stresses faced by children and their families are
a reminder to reclaim and integrate places to play in everyday life
beyond the playground.
The first session of 2021 Cities on the Frontline Speaker Series,
jointly organized by Resilient Cities Network and the World Bank,
will focus on “PLAYFUL
CITIES - Why cities need play and placemaking to foster children’s
wellbeing and city resilience”. This special session is organized in partnership with the Real Play Coalition.
The session will showcase the City of Tirana, winner
of the Real Play Challenge. Anuela Ristani,
Deputy Mayor for Foreign Affairs, will explain how playful
placemaking interventions are enabling the city to build
back better from the impacts of COVID-19.
We will also be joined by Louise Thivant Johannsen,
Child Friendly Cities Initiative Advisor, UNICEF and representative of
the Real Play Coalition, and Hans Karssenberg from PlacemakingX.
Cities on the Frontline is a virtual
thought leadership speaker series. The series, which began in 2020
co-organized by the Resilient Cities Network and the World Bank Group’s City Resilience Program,
provides city practitioners and the industries and residents that they
support, an understanding and means for responding to the pandemic and
associated stresses, as well as solutions for planning towards a more
resilient recovery.