Week 2- Community Connections by Oliver Lippy https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e Repeatedly in this course, you will be asked questions about “Your Community.” The definition used in SEED-SCALE, the system of thinking used at Future Generations: a group of people who share something in common and have potential to act together. en-us 2020-07-19 03:37:25 UTC 2023-09-07 12:16:29 UTC hello@padlet.com Using the above definition of “community”: What one or two themes in the movie especially impact YOUR community? Give evidence from the movie connected to evidence in your community to support this assertion. Use photographs or statistics from your community to support these themes. olippy https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/657626057
Add to the Padlet Board using the (+) icon. This week you can also add comments to  posts.]]> 2020-07-19 03:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/657626057 The Environment: Climatic Change as a result of deforestation aburavincent1 https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/660054831 2020-07-22 12:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/660054831 Lack of Fact-based leadership larjona1_2 https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/661388317 Good example of what good leadership for COVID pandemic would look like
https://www.forbes.com/sites/coronavirusfrontlines/2020/07/21/an-infectious-disease-doctor-explains-why-the-us-is-failing-to-control-the-coronavirus-pandemic--and-how-that-can-be-fixed/?fbclid=IwAR1lroDIl3i5mDMCDUDmNL4Y41kO3SG5cPdU5Vi_Gj4vRVmeDxz8Bo_r6nM#734d894d59a4]]> 2020-07-23 22:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/661388317 Coastal Migration mgleason21_2 https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/661502991
"As islands experience land loss and the
loss of freshwater access populations will be forced to
exit their homes and seek new homelands elsewhere.
People will exit cities and countries hoping to establish
new homes in places where the basic necessities of life
can be met. Often this will result in the weakening or extinction of unique cultures. Countries like Australia,
where continuing drought in the interior lands and
coastal impacts are reducing the areas of habitability,
will close their doors to most immigrants. Responding to
ecogees or environmental refugees will become a global
issue."


]]> 2020-07-24 01:48:52 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/661502991 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0227436 mgleason21_2 https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/661512806 2020-07-24 02:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/661512806 aburavincent1 https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/661906741 2020-07-24 15:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/661906741 Food and Water Security in New Mexico 8dytvm92ph https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662008422 My community is concerned with food and water security. This article very well illustrates the overall U.S. situation. In New Mexico we are rural, not urban, and we are agrarian. But we still have to educate so many residents about procuring food, harvesting water, and departing from fossil fuel. 

]]> 2020-07-24 17:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662008422 Consumer Supported Agriculture - weekly local harvest bag 8dytvm92ph https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662022153 During this pandemic people of my age are requested to stay at home. We are working diligently to educate people about subscribing to farms. This week I met a woman, slightly younger than myself, who had never learned to cook or prepare food in any way. She is endangering herself by visiting a supermarket or take-out every day.]]> 2020-07-24 18:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662022153 Water Harvesting - rain barrels 8dytvm92ph https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662024353 We are trying to educate our local residents to collect their monsoon rainwater in barrels. The canales conducting water from the roof are mandated by law, but not enough people are using downspouts and barrels to conserve their water in this very arid area.]]> 2020-07-24 18:15:34 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662024353 Water harvesting - tanks 8dytvm92ph https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662025532 This is a 7000 gallon tank for rainwater and snow runoff from the roof. We have a lot of months with no rainfall. This is how we water fruit trees. ]]> 2020-07-24 18:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662025532 Damming for erosion control for soil conservation and catching runoff. 8dytvm92ph https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662026967 Soil conservation and water retention is extremely important here. I personally add to the height of my dams every five years. The rains terraform the soil anew just about every five years. We are permaculture aware, and my group, right now is learning more about permaculture from a teacher in Spain, online. ]]> 2020-07-24 18:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662026967 Recycling trees downed by winter snows 8dytvm92ph https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662032978 We are trying to educate people to chip the trees that have fallen in the winter storms, and to use the chips to protect their soil. Good for retaining moisture following rains, and preventing erosion.]]> 2020-07-24 18:30:31 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662032978 Catching water 8dytvm92ph https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662051249 According to New Mexico Department of the Environment, the average annual rainfall in New Mexico is 13.85 inches. And we are an agrarian state! We need to catch every drop that falls. Here is a monsoon storm, today, on its way up the mountain. Now is our primary water catching season. Occasionally the force of these storms can create a lot of damage. ]]> 2020-07-24 19:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662051249 8dytvm92ph https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662054307 We are a high desert. I live at an altitude of 2300 meters. Our farmers are expert in "dry farming." We use the local indigenous systems of agricultural knowledge and the system of acequia irrigation, brought from the dry regions of Spain in the 17th century.]]> 2020-07-24 19:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662054307 Climate Change: erfani_84 https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662270464 Climate change has affected my community in many ways one of them is water reduction.
there for the National Development Company a governmental company planed a project for surface water management in Kabul. this project deifned in two phases. In first phase the worker are digging thousands small ditches in six  zon around the City. 
In the second phase they are going to plant at least 13 million sapling to make forest around the city.   ]]> 2020-07-25 06:05:39 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662270464 Human consciousness: erfani_84 https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662296290 Human consciousness 

The impact of this them on my community is clear when we see the young generation they are participated in entrance exam of Universities in lockdown time. 
The photo show volunteer participant in Daykondi Province.   

]]> 2020-07-25 08:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662296290 Environment: Climate change and Afghan community hamedshirzai1 https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662336855 Afghanistan is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change, and one of the least equipped to handle what’s to come. Experts say drought, flood, avalanches, landslides, extreme weather, mass displacement, conflict, and child marriage—all of which already plague Afghanistan—are set to worsen.]]> 2020-07-25 12:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662336855 Climate change effects on Water in Afghan Community (Nimroz Province) hamedshirzai1 https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662337488 These photos take by Me, during 2 months, we can clearly see the impacts.]]> 2020-07-25 12:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662337488 Climate Change Effects on Tourism https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662447262 My hometown of Gettysburg relies on 2 million tourist each year to visit the historic battlefield. Tourism is the primary driver in our local economy. The National Park Service is committed to keeping Gettysburg as it was during the war. Climate change and invasive species are presenting challenges. If Gettysburg changes will the tourist continue to come? ]]> 2020-07-25 19:10:39 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662447262 West Virginia Climate Impact https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662447764 In West Virginia, the impact of climate change has been relatively mild compared to Colorado, where I grew up and Vietnam, where I have visited frequently. In Colorado, prolonged droughts, destructive pine beetles, and frequent wildfires have made climate change impacts in a semi-arid region very noticeable in the span of my lifetime. Vietnam, a country on the frontline of climate impacts, change can be seen everywhere. Raising salinity levels in rice paddies, more powerful and more frequent typhoons, and increased flooding are all impacts that are easily recognizable as climate in change. West Virginia has abundant natural resources. Lush deciduous and evergreen forests, annual precipitation averages 44" (1117.6mm), and an abundance of fossil fuels, has made West Virginia slow to focus on subtle warning signs. Energy production, dependent on an abundance of coal, makes it hard to change to less-polluting natural gas or viable wind and solar energy that could be helping the world as a whole. Real-life pain drives action.


https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21112019/west-virginia-climate-change-red-spruce-allegheny-mountains-species
https://www.wvpublic.org/post/unpacking-ways-climate-change-affecting-west-virginia#stream/0
https://www.usaid.gov/vietnam/climate-change
https://csfs.colostate.edu/colorados-forests-changing-climate
]]> 2020-07-25 19:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662447764 Coral Bleaching in Micronesia https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662448585 Coral Bleaching is a major problem in the Micronesia region of the Pacific. As the ocean water temps rise coral is dying. Along with the coral dying goes the many species that call the corals home. Pacific Islanders and Micronesians rely on reef fish and other ocean creatures for their livelihoods and main source of food. The coral bleaching is presenting a challenge to island communities. 
Micronesia also relies on tourism and is a popular diving destination. Unfortunately as the beautiful coral dies off I am afraid the attraction to this beautiful region could fade away.]]> 2020-07-25 19:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662448585 Climate change is Real https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662622458 Well lets just say the reality of climate change and what it actually is going to mean in the coming days hit me pretty well. I think the way Jeff has featured the story of Living in the Future's past is beautiful and effective. In my community we are obsessed with our history and where we are coming from but never where we are going. We think of our ancestors and how to maintain their traditions but we never ask ourselves how our children will be looking at our traditions and think highly or lowly of us. If we spent half as much time looking at our future and worrying about how its gonna look like i believe we will be in the right track. Expediency and quick gratification has been too real especially with the current millennial generation. We want what we want now and never give a thought what we might need 5 years from now let alone 20 years from now. If our communities were to imagine the world we are going to give our children who will be fundamentally smarter than we are at the moment we will be working hard to make it better. because for now we are basically creating a problem that might be too late for them to fix come their time but its not too late for us now.]]> 2020-07-26 08:41:13 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662622458 Human impact on the environment, case study of Kisii Community https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662669674 Kisii community has always been known for good weather and rainfalls because of the dense forests that have always existed. with modernization though individuals and the government have been cutting trees for various purposes. most places that were forests have been replaced by an agricultural farm, buildings, markets, bus parks and even upcoming industries. the same trees that have been cut are he same trees used for construction. the effect has been felt years later, as much as the weather is still favorable, the rain levels have gone down, some streams and rivers have dried up and for other rivers the levels of water has reduced. This situation has been passed from generation to generation and if this flow is not reversed, the situation will definitely get from bad to worse]]> 2020-07-26 13:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662669674 Climate Migration - coming north from Central America 8dytvm92ph https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662674302 This is from yesterday's New York Times. New Mexico is not a place that a lot of immigrants come to - they do come - but there is no economic opportunity here, so they continue on farther north. Our farmers are accustomed to drought on a regular basis, but one of our primary crops, the chile is having a difficult time this year.]]> 2020-07-26 13:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662674302 Culture and Religious belief in Food Production systems https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662677092 The current evictions of People settled in the Mau Forest; the Ogiek question.]]> 2020-07-26 13:45:14 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662677092 https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662705644 2020-07-26 15:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662705644 https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662709784 2020-07-26 15:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662709784 Climate change. kimost https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662749741 After watching jeffs  documentary ,it is evident that climate change is real.He clearly describes various scenarios  that proves it.In my community a similar description is given by a fellow enviromentalist.Through social media pages,you tube channel we enlighten the young people and community members the reality of climate change.]]> 2020-07-26 18:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662749741 Plastic waste and deforestation Geele https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662755853 My community is pastoralist community in the Horn of Africa, who herd camels, cows, goats and sheeps. Traditionally, Camel is highly valued by most of the Somali people. for the past 3 decades deforestartaion related charcoal production was impacted my community in many ways. Although charcoal is a source of energy for cooking and other household needs. yet, deforestation affects wild animals, plants and humans. it caused soil erosion which also triggered droughts since the pasture of the livestock was extremely reduced. it also led to desertification and habitat loss. Since the forests regulate local and global weather through their absorption and creation of rainfall and their exchange of the atmospheric gasses, my commuunity suffered recurrence draughts and low rainfall. for the past decade the governments in the Horn of Africa region restricted the production of charcoal. The fact that Al-shabaab terrorist group used to get revenue on the charcoal businesss also restricted the production and shipments. Thanks to the UN for their role on regulating this by intercepting ships departing from the Somalia waters.

Plastic waste has become another pressing environmental issue in my community, since the consumption of the products with disposal plastic increased. The garbage collection systems are often inefficeint and the recyling the plastic waste nonexistent.

 1. https://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/charcoal-production-south-central-somalia
2. https://afrikansarvi.fi/issue10/106-artikkeli/282-charcoal-and-deforestation-a-case-study-of-puntland-somalia]]> 2020-07-26 18:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662755853 Geele https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662762458 2020-07-26 19:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662762458 Geele https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662762745 2020-07-26 19:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662762745 Climats change affected Agriculture and food insecurity https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662800209 The negative effect of climate change have impacted  Haiti's agriculture productivity. The rains are infrequent and irregular, resulting in drought and floods to an almost equal extent. Drought and havy rains cost farmers  crops and arable land. Deforetastion severly limits  the country's capacity to increase agicultural production, ensure food security and nutrution, eridicate poverty and acheive more sustenaible development.
https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/01/climate-change-in-haiti/ ]]> 2020-07-26 21:31:20 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662800209 https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662828869 Interconnectedness of the economy and the superorganism]]> 2020-07-26 22:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/olippy/4c6wpj8sbzj4wq5e/wish/662828869