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It’s Too Darn Hot

It’s Too Darn Hot

Above all, we need to convince the public how dangerous the heat is and what they can do to protect themselves...Resistance to adapting to a changed environment cost untold lives…

Regional Governance Challenges and Opportunities—Part Two

Regional Governance Challenges and Opportunities—Part Two

A strong argument can be made that a framework for growth and development should be formulated at a regional level and consistency of local development with the framework required. …

Equitable Tech Landscapes: A Servant Leadership Approach to Conquering Data Deserts

Equitable Tech Landscapes: A Servant Leadership Approach to Conquering Data Deserts

By employing strategic interventions guided by servant leadership principles, data deserts can evolve into vibrant oases of innovation that can lay the foundation for a more inclusive and empowered future…

Six Paramount Pillars for Communities to Thrive

Six Paramount Pillars for Communities to Thrive

At-risk communities heavily rely on the socio-ecological model and public services to progress. Therefore, it is crucial to set up six pillars of support to ensure their prosperity.…

Using Metacognitive Tools to Facilitate Professional Growth

Using Metacognitive Tools to Facilitate Professional Growth

In a world where being innovative, solving [wicked] problems and/or being good communicators and collaborators are important to the livelihood of an organization, I submit that evaluating how we think,…

Substance Over Marketing: The Economics of Public Memory

Substance Over Marketing: The Economics of Public Memory

Future’s eye will look back on today’s political commotion and see the degree to which inconsolable misery produced democracy’s angriest years. Years that strangely embraced separation and withdrawal.…

Nurturing Nature

Nurturing Nature

We can assess responsibility for our past ecological challenges, but going forward leaders and citizens need to carefully manage our role in nurturing nature now and into the future.    …

First Responders and the Bias Factor in Performance

First Responders and the Bias Factor in Performance

Professional first responders interact with the community often and, thus, need to explore any biases they may have to ensure they always serve the public with professional compassion.…

Chinese Hegemony in Neocolonial Jamaica: The Failure of Jamaica’s Past in Protecting Its Future: Part 1

Chinese Hegemony in Neocolonial Jamaica: The Failure of Jamaica’s Past in Protecting Its Future: Part 1

One thing is clear, if Jamaica continues along this path of foreign economic dependence, the island will lose its national identity. …

Open Educational Resources: Innovative Practices

Open Educational Resources: Innovative Practices

Although much has been done in the OER community there is still a need to increase these efforts. Institutions like NYU, CUNY and Santa Ana College embody the creativity and…

How Can Social Marketing Help Reduce Wildfires?

How Can Social Marketing Help Reduce Wildfires?

The following examples of a Social Marketing approach to reducing human-caused wildfires feature two protective behaviors: one related to safe use of tools, that of barbecue grilling; and one, a…