Festivals of Transition, Greenlight Festival Leicester

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
The World ◽  
Hard Truth ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Brundtland Commission ◽  
System 1

The Brundtland Commission in its report Our Common Future (United Nations, 1987) is widely credited with setting down the first policy definition of sustainable development. In 2017 this report will be thirty years old yet it seems we are still a long way from living sustainably: If, as of 2017, there is not a start of a major wave of new and clean investments, the door to 2 degrees [global temperature increase] will be closed. (Birol, 2011) Green policies have been ‘adapted and adopted’ by mainstream parties across Europe, despite Green parties being a relatively small political force (Carter, 2013). The European Commission has become a worldwide driver of green policy (Judge, 1992) and market-based innovations such as the Emissions Trading System 1 , despite being celebrated and criticised in seemingly equal measure. Media coverage of ‘outsider’ party growth in the UK has swung towards the libertarian and anti-Europe UKIP recently, despite comparable and longer term growth in support for the Greens (Goodwin & Ford, 2013). Efforts have been made to disassociate Green voices from older clichés of self-deprivation: The Green party has changed: partly the personalities within it, partly in response to the changing world outside it....At the same time, ideas that were mainly theoretical 25 years ago – solar and wind technology – have been demonstrably workable...The Greens have become the party of possibilities, not catastrophes. (Williams, 2014). One attempt to imagine a sustainable future can be found in The World We Made, written by Johnathon Porritt from the perspective of a school teacher in the year 2050. The positives of huge renewable investments, progressive economic policies and a panoply of exciting new technologies are matched with equally plausible negatives of stubborn inequality, famines and riots. In the postscript, Porritt states: ‘If we can’t deliver the necessarily limited vision of a better world mapped out in The World We Made, then the hard truth is that no other vision will be available to us anyway, on any terms.’ (Porritt, 2013: 276)

Separated at Birth?

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Baldwin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
The United States ◽  
Unexpected Death ◽  
The World ◽  
Exit Option ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Fathers And Sons

To Return To The Bulk of our material in this book, what absolute differences separate the United States from Europe? The United States is a nation where proportionately more people are murdered each year, more are jailed, and more own guns than anywhere in Europe. The death penalty is still law. Religious belief is more fervent and widespread. A smaller percentage of citizens vote. Collective bargaining covers relatively fewer workers, and the state’s tax take is lower. Inequality is somewhat more pronounced. That is about it. In almost every other respect, differences are ones of degree, rather than kind. Oft en, they do not exist, or if they do, no more so than the same disparities hold true within Western Europe itself. At the very least, this suggests that farreaching claims to radical differences across the Atlantic have been overstated. Even on violence—a salient difference that leaps unprompted from the evidence, both statistical and anecdotal—the contrast depends on how it is framed. Without question, murder rates are dramatically different across the Atlantic. And, of course, murder is the most shocking form of sudden, unexpected death, unsettling communities, leaving survivors bereaved and mourning. But consider a wider definition of unanticipated, immediate, and profoundly disrupting death. Suicide is oft en thought of as the exit option for old, sick men anticipating the inevitable, and therefore not something that changes the world around them. But, in fact, the distribution of suicide over the lifespan is broadly uniform. In Iceland, Ireland, the UK, and the United States, more young men (below forty-five) than old do themselves in. In Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Norway, the figures are almost equal. Elsewhere, the older have a slight edge. But overall, the ratio between young and old suicides approximates 1:1. Broadly speaking, and sticking with the sex that most oft en kills itself, men do away with themselves as oft en when they are younger and possibly still husbands, fathers, and sons as they do when they are older and when their actions are perhaps fraught with less consequence for others. Suicide is as unsettling, and oft en even more so, for survivors as murder.

The Knowledge Economy and Social Impact

2022 ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
Fabian Koss ◽  
Giulia D'Amico
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
The World ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Google Search ◽  
Global Initiatives ◽  
Vision Care

There is not a one-size-fits-all definition of “social impact.” In fact, in a Google search for “What is social impact?” more than 400 results appear. This chapter will highlight global initiatives led by OneSight, an NGO that is utilizing new technologies to combat the vision care crisis, and CanopyLAB, a software company that has teamed up with over 120 NGOs around the world to create and provide online courses utilizing artificial intelligence.

scholarly journals Highlights of the 14th International Congress of the European Geriatric Medicine Society

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 995-998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karolina Piotrowicz ◽  
Katrin Fähling ◽  
Claire Roubaud-Baudron ◽  
Dolores Sánchez-Rodríguez ◽  
Jürgen Bauer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Geriatric Medicine ◽  
International Congress ◽  
Modern World ◽  
European Academy ◽  
The World ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract Purpose To report the most important messages of the 2018 EuGMS Congress in Berlin. Methods Review based on an on-site attendance in the sessions by the European Academy for Medicine of Aging graduates. Results The 14th Congress of the European Geriatric Medicine Society which took place in Berlin, Germany, from 10 to 12 October 2018, addressed the issue of challenges and opportunities associated with a fast changing modern world. Covering among other topics social issues, new technologies and the much-awaited new European definition of sarcopenia, the meeting streamed with important information. Conclusions Attended by more than 1800 participants from Europe and from across the world, it was one of the most successful geriatric events in 2018. In the following text, in preparation to the next, 15th Congress in Kraków, Poland, we briefly describe the highlights of the Berlin Congress.

scholarly journals Implementing Best Practices and Validation of Cryopreservation Techniques for Microorganisms

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Smith ◽  
Matthew Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
World Federation ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Culture Collections ◽  
Biological Resources ◽  
Preservation Method ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk

Authentic, well preserved living organisms are basic elements for research in the life sciences and biotechnology. They are grown and utilized in laboratories around the world and are key to many research programmes, industrial processes and training courses. They are vouchers for publications and must be available for confirmation of results, further study or reinvestigation when new technologies become available. These biological resources must be maintained without change in biological resource collections. In order to achieve best practice in the maintenance and provision of biological materials for industry, research and education the appropriate standards must be followed. Cryopreservation is often the best preservation method available to achieve these aims, allowing long term, stable storage of important microorganisms. To promulgate best practice the Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation (OECD published the best practice guidelines for BRCs. The OECD best practice consolidated the efforts of the UK National Culture Collections, the European Common Access to Biological Resources and Information (CABRI) project consortium and the World Federation for Culture Collections. The paper discusses quality management options and reviews cryopreservation of fungi, describing how the reproducibility and quality of the technique is maintained in order to retain the full potential of fungi.

scholarly journals DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE WORLD ECONOMY

2018 ◽  
pp. 7-15
Author(s):  
Olga Mikhailovna Markova ◽  
Elena Borisovna Starodubtseva
Keyword(s):  
World Economy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Start Ups

In modern conditions the role of digitalization which is becoming the main factor of the development of the world economy, is growing significantly, as the competitiveness of individual countries is determined by the level of implementation of innovative banking technologies as a tool for creating digital financial ecosystems. At the same time, there are considered key indicators of bank customers activities related to Internet access and infrastructure development opportunities, the consumer demand for digital technologies, the specific application of legislative norms in this area, the development of innovations in individual countries based on additional investment in the latest technologies and digital start-ups. There is given the definition of the concept of digital economy, analysis of the development of digitalization in terms of its use in various areas: financial, production, trade, social. Within the framework of the national approach, digitization, for which a cyclical character is typical, is considered in detail. So, initially new technologies actively developed in the USA, Germany, Japan and other developed countries, but now these countries reduce the pace of growth of technological implementations, and the less developed countries, where the rates of digitalization are more significant. The article presents dividing countries in four categories, according to the growth of digitalization of the economy. In the world economy, the key to stability and high competitiveness in the long term should be the policy of continuous innovations, which requires from banks and other market participants to make quick and radical decisions that often affect their financial behavior and strategic line of development. Thus, the indicators of the involvement of countries in digital banking indicate that this type of banking activity is gaining momentum, and digitalization is currently the main vector of world development.

scholarly journals Participatory Sensing: Building Empowering Surveillance

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Shilton
Keyword(s):  
Data Storage ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Participatory Sensing ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Surveillance Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
Wide Scale ◽  
The Many ◽  
Definition Of

Mobile phones could become the largest surveillance system on the planet. These ubiquitous, networked devices can currently sense and upload data such as images, sound, location, and motion using on-board cameras, microphones, GPS, and accelerometers. And they can be triggered and controlled by billions of individuals around the world. But the emergent, wide-scale sensing systems that phones support pose a number of questions. Who will control the necessary infrastructure for data storage, analysis, sharing, and retention? And to what purposes will such systems be deployed? This paper explores whether these questions can be answered in ways that promote empowering surveillance: large-scale data collection used by individuals and communities to improve their quality of life and increase their power relative to corporations and governments. Researchers in academic and industry laboratories around the world are currently coordinating mobile phone networks for purposes that expand the definition of surveillance. Technology movements, variously called personal sensing, urban sensing or participatory sensing, have emerged within the areas of social computing and urban computing. These research programs endeavor to make ubiquitous devices such as phones a platform for coordinated investigation of human activity. Researchers are exploring ways to introduce these technologies into the public realm, a move that anticipates sensing by people across the world. This paper uses ethnographic data collected in a sensing development laboratory to illuminate possibilities that participatory sensing holds for equitable use, meaningful community participation, and empowerment. Analyzing the motivations and values embedded within the design process and resulting technologies reveals ways in which participatory sensing builds tools for empowering surveillance and responds to the many ethical challenges these new technologies raise.

scholarly journals Scotland's Referendum and the Media

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
General Election ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
International Context ◽  
British Identity ◽  
Rich Variety ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
Scottish Independence ◽  
The Uk

On 18 September 2014, a referendum took place in Scotland to determine the question of Scottish independence. Soon after, the independence issue recurred strongly as a topic in the UK general election of May 2015. This volume examines the media coverage of the referendum, analyzing how it was reported and structured in the media in Scotland, the wider United Kingdom, and in other parts of the world which had a direct interest in the outcome. In twenty chapters encompassing a rich variety of perspectives, scholars, commentators and journalists from Scotland, the rest of Britain, Europe, Canada and Australia examine how the media across the world presented the debate. By exploring how the media in their particular nations constructed coverage of the Scottish political debate, contributors from outside the UK illuminate a range of attitudes to nationalism and separatism in various countries which saw significance for themselves in the Scottish case. The book’s investigation of the shifting nature of Scottish – and British - identity thus revealed is thereby placed in an emphatically international context, alongside specific contributions from England, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as Scotland itself. The consequences of the referendum are traced in the media until the aftermath of the May general election of 2015.

The Nature of Foster Care International Trends

1997 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathew Colton ◽  
Margaret Williams
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Family Support ◽  
International Trends ◽  
Forthcoming Book ◽  
The World ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Way

The nature of foster care is changing around the world. Based on their forthcoming book on the same theme, Matthew Colton and Margaret Williams review developments in the purpose, definition and practice of foster care in countries as different as Argentina, Hungary, Finland, Italy, Zimbabwe and the UK. With respect to purpose, they argue that the growing emphasis on family support, reunification, and normalisation has implications for the way that foster care might be defined. With regard to practice, they point to a trend towards diversification of foster care programmes so that increasing numbers of children with different and more challenging needs can all be served. The authors conclude by suggesting a new definition of foster care, aimed at encompassing the breadth and diversity of service needed to accommodate the changing needs of children everywhere.

scholarly journals Psychiatry in the UK: an overview

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicky Banks ◽  
Geoff Searle ◽  
Rachel Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Financial Constraints ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk

The National Health Service (NHS) serves the UK through four devolved organisations for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is one of the largest public healthcare systems in the world, universal and free at the point of delivery. Its key challenge is to maintain this approach within tight financial constraints, while embracing new technologies, treatments and styles of service delivery, as well as meeting the health needs of an ageing population.

scholarly journals IRIS – providing a nationally accessible infrastructure for UK science

2020 ◽  
Vol 245 ◽  
pp. 07014
Author(s):  
Shaun de Witt ◽  
Andrew Sansum ◽  
Peter Clarke ◽  
Andrew Lahiff
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
User Communities ◽  
The World ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Preparatory Work

In many countries around the world, the development of national infrastructures for science either has been implemented or are under serious consideration by governments and funding bodies. Current examples include ARDC in Australia, CANARIE in Canada and MTA Cloud in Hungary. These infrastructures provide access to compute and storage to a wide swathe of user communities and represent a collaboration between users, providers and, in some cases, industry to maximise the impact of the investments made. The UK has embarked on a project called IRIS to develop a sustainable e-infrastructure based on the needs of a diverse set of communities. Building on the success of the UK component of the WLCG and the innovations made, a number of research institutes and universities are working with several research groups to co-design an infrastructure, including support services, which take this to a level applicable to a wider use base. We present the preparatory work leading to the definition of this infrastructure, showing the wide variety of use cases which require to be supported. This leads us to a definition of the hardware and interface requirements needed to meet this diverse set of criteria, and the support posts identified in order to make best use of this facility and sustain it into the future.

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