It is with great anticipation that the global BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Network and BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt have joined efforts to curate the Equity, Diversity, and Belonging Week #EDB Week21.
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Recently I have been researching how innovative ways of mapping the presency of contemporary women in cities may support the emergence of emancipatory placemaking perspectives and previously unrecorded narratives.
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Edge work is the work done in a territory defined by overlapping circles of influence and activity. In ecological systems, the transition or edge between two distinct biological communities is known as 'ecotone'.
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At the threshold of the second year of my PhD journey, I realise Je suis en thèse and I mean it. One of the evidences is that I am not only questioning emerging thoughts and synapses between them but also the process of thinking.
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The rice terraces of Philippine Cordilleras, the Ligurian coast between Cinque Terre and Portovenere, the Champagne Hillsides with their houses and cellars. What do they have in common? They are cultural landscapes revealing much about our evolving relationship with the natural world.
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Today we celebrate International Education Day. As an educator, I am in a continuous process of learning from the field.
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When I launched Remota Batucada in the 80s, there were all sorts of repercussions by the press, intelligentsia and public. I did not know that I was laying the foundations of my future ethnographic work in music and in society.
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A campaign created by a meta-network of Brazilian conservation organisations Bosques da Memória is set to honour the victims of the pandemic and health workers and, at the same time, encourage forest restoration under the UN Decade the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030).
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The UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 belongs to every ecosystem, including urban ecosystems.
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If the Greeks had six forms of love- eros, philia, ludus, agape, pragma and philautia -, the Buddhists, four sublime states of mind - metta, karuna, mudita and upekkha -, how many forms of cooperation does the volatile world need today? And how to cultivate them?
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The nature of policy is change. Change from whose point of view? The picture around the world is one of increasing participation of women in setting the policy agenda. In the European Parliament, the percentage of women members has increased from 16.6 per cent in 1979 to 36.1 per cent in 2019.
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As we enter the sixth year of the implementation of the Agenda 2030 in the Decade of Action and Delivery while facing major impacts caused by the global health crisis… great to see the following countries committing in presenting their progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Message to Dr Humberto Maturana in his 92nd birthday compiled by Ronald Sistek for his podcast Cuando La Tierra Habla- When the Earth Speaks.
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Facilitating a rich exchange between Findhorn Ecovillage striving to demonstrate regenerative, place-based values & practices for human settlements to thrive and Ilha das Couves nested in the Atlantic Forest biome suffering the pressure of unbridled tourism while aspiring to become a centre for regenerative design.
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In Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland with a high concentration of rare or endangered species, weeks of raging fires driven by climate change and policy contempt have decimated wildlife populations and territories where Indigenous communities live.
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Paris has over 1200 drinking water fountains from the Boulevard Périphérique to its heart at the Île Saint-Louis... leaving no one thirsty.
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In search of a biophilic experience in Paris to offset 34°C today... visiting several #patrickblanc vertical gardens designed to offer cooling environments in the summer and insulation in the winter months.
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Since I uploaded my profile at Linkedin I had to regularly recreate myself with the intention of developing healthier, more impactful organisations to help bring about a world that works for all. For this, I developed my skills to communicate with and align people with vastly different worldviews.
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Lockdown has created space for decompressing and creativity for many of us. From cooking to watercolour…tai chi to calligraphy with increased downtime, some have found space to start new projects or complete those long forgotten.
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Education must be integral, uniting the head, heart and hands so students have the mindsets, skillsets and toolsets they need to live abundant lives and come together and unleash glocal potential.
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