Water Security...Global Water Security. Webinar. Tuesday, July 26, 2016

GET INVOLVED!  Be proactive in water security in your community.  

                                Now rather than when an event occurs.

CDS.  CEO.  BEMA

Using Collective Impact to Improve Water Security Tuesday July 26 Time 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST   Please register here to attend the webinar   The U.S. Water Partnership with support from FSG, Inc.will convene a webinar on addressing water security by collective impact approach. The webinar will be presented by Dr. Arani Kajenthira Grindle on Tuesday, July 26 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm (U.S. Eastern).   Achieving water security is a complex challenge. Across the U.S. and around the world, communities are struggling to balance water usage between four competing needs: human well-being, economic activities, ecosystem health, and climate resilience. Yet many of our typical responses – rationing, price increases, infrastructure investment,  or new management approaches – are falling short. Achieving a long-term, sustainable balance between competing needs at a watershed level requires a combination of strong governance structures, adequate financing, and structured cooperation between cities, regions, and states, as well as basin-level water users, most easily developed through open and inclusive dialogue, and shared decision making. The collective impact model for structured collaboration offers a new approach to address complex problems such as water security. It recognizes that such complex social challenges are not caused – and therefore cannot be solved – by any single sector, agency, or organization. It builds on more traditional partnership models in the water sector such as integrated water resources management (IWRM), bringing the government, nonprofit, philanthropic, and corporate sectors together as equal partners with community-level water users to actively coordinate efforts, change behavior, and share lessons learned. This 30-minute webinar will provide a brief introduction to collective impact approach, describe the necessary mindset shifts for successful collaboration, and offer concrete examples of how this model can enhance existing partnerships in the water sector, as well as an opportunity for Q&A.  PRESENTER BIOGRAPHY Arani Kajenthira Grindle, PhD Associate Director, FSG, Inc. Arani is based in FSG’s Boston office and has extensive experience engaging and advising philanthropic, nonprofit, and corporate actors in their strategic planning and collaborative efforts. At present, Arani is managing two global collective impact engagements; one is focused on addressing human slavery, land rights, and environmental degradation issues in the Brazilian Amazon, while the other aims to address child welfare and protection issues in Cambodia. Over the past year, Arani has also managed and supported three other collective impact initiatives: improving early childhood education outcomes in Houston, Texas; increasing social mobility in Israel; and improving maternal and infant health outcomes in Staten Island, NY. Prior to FSG, Arani was  Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, where she managed research projects focused on the water use implications of food and energy production in arid states, particularly in the Middle East. In this role, she also specifically explored water security and management challenges in the São Francisco river basin in Northeast Brazil. Arani has practical experience in environmental consulting from GeoSyntec, and multiple years of international development experience from her involvement with Engineers Without Borders. A Rhodes Scholar, Arani holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford focused on the remediation and risk management of mercury-contaminated groundwater, and a B.Sc. in Biological Engineering from the University of Guelph (Canada). Please email Carole Abourached with the U.S. Water Partnership Secretariat at carole.abourached@uswaterpartnership.org with any questions.

FREE...Educational Opportunities. COURSERA. July 17, 2016

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The Age of Sustainable Development Columbia University Starts Aug 01, 2016

Energy 101: The Big Picture Georgia Institute of Technology Starts Jul 18, 2016

Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities Lund University Starts Aug 08, 2016

Greening the Economy: Lessons from Scandinavia Lund University Starts Aug 08, 2016

Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries University of Cape Town Starts Sep 05, 2016

Fundamentals of Global Energy Business University of Colorado System Starts Jul 18, 2016

Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Starts Jul 18, 2016

Water Resources Management and Policy University of Geneva Starts Jul 18, 2016

Organic Solar Cells - Theory and Practice Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Available Now

Global Warming I: The Science and Modeling of Climate Change The University of Chicago Starts Jul 11, 2016

Disaster Preparedness University of Pittsburgh Starts Aug 01, 2016

Our Earth's Future American Museum of Natural History Starts Jul 25, 2016

Public Policy Challenges of the 21st Century University of Virginia Starts Aug 01, 2016

Global Postharvest Loss Prevention: Fundamentals, Technologies, and Actors University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Starts Aug 08, 2016

GIS Data Formats, Design and Quality University of California, Davis Starts Jul 25, 2016

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Introduction to the Arctic: Climate University of Alberta Available Now

哲学导论（中文版） The University of Edinburgh Starts Jul 18, 2016

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2016 Leave No One Behind. TRN.TV, Five Points Youth Foundation, BEMA.

 

“LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND”

TRN International News (TRN.tv) and Black Emergency Managers Association (BEMA) are joining Five Points Youth Foundation to get our messaging out, pull together and organize our advisors, supporters and network into a team to empower youth worldwide as our leaders of tomorrow with the first big push from 2015 International Day of Peace

September 21, 2015 through December 31, 2020.

Our objective: recruit 4,000+ non-profits, ngos, labor organizations, business associations, educational institutions and cities (free to register) to join the United Nations Global Compact and 1,000 business CEOS to sign and send in a commitment letter to support Caring 4 Climate Campaign. Achieving that milestone would kick off the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 by establishing a Worldwide Community Resiliency Network to “Leave No One Behind”

UNglobalcompact.org/participation

https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/

2016. FEMA Releases Findings on Individual and Community Preparedness

FEMA Releases Findings on Individual and Community Preparedness

Findings from a newly-released survey indicate that there are specific levers that government and private sector partners can use to influence and increase overall individual and community preparedness.   The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Individual and Community Preparedness Division (ICPD) released the findings from its 2015 National Household Survey of 5,000 Americans in June. The survey is designed to measure household and individual preparedness and awareness. Among the most significant findings, the survey found a positive relationship between awareness of preparedness information and the action of taking steps to prepare for a disaster. The survey also notes a relationship between experience and action, finding that individuals living in areas with a history of a specific hazard and who have experienced the impact of that hazard are significantly more likely to report they had taken basic steps to prepare themselves and their household. “These are positive results and really help validate the work that FEMA and our partners across the country have been doing,” said ICPD Director Helen Lowman, upon release of the survey. “Going forward, we will be able to use this data to include all populations as we continue to build a culture of preparedness.” When it comes to awareness of preparedness information, 66 percent of Americans living in areas with a history of hurricanes reported that they had read, seen, or heard information on how to better prepare for a hurricane within the past six months, the survey said.  Individuals living in areas with a history of tornadoes were the next most aware of the pertinent preparedness information for their relevant hazard with 53 percent of respondents in those areas saying they had read, seen, or heard information on how to prepare for a tornado in the last six months. The survey included a series of oversamples in U.S. counties where specific hazards, including: earthquakes, extreme heat, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and winter storms, present a risk to those populations. ICPD will be going back into the field later this summer to administer the 2016 National Household Survey. For more information and to review a summary of the 2015 findings, click here.

2016. Emergency Preparedness Training Options for Houses of Worship

Emergency Preparedness Training Options for Houses of Worship

FEMA’s Individual and Community Preparedness Division (ICPD) invites you to a webinar on Tuesday, July 19, which will feature ways houses of worship and emergency managers can use training programs like Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) to increase community preparedness. The webinar will also highlight how these partnerships improve engagements with diverse communities and populations.

Click the Following Link to Register: Emergency Response Training Options for Houses of Worship

Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT

How to Join the Webinar:

• Please register for the event using the Adobe Connect registration web link.
• Be sure to test your Adobe Connect connection prior to the meeting.

This webinar will offer closed captioning.