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Star Trek or Little House on the Prairie, the Red/Blue Divide, and Imagining Complexly

10 Nov 201611 Nov 2016
The US election results of 8 Nov 2016 were a bit shocking to me. David Wong at Cracked.com provided a strikingly insightful explanation of why I and my ivory tower, liberal…
Culture Change…

Mind-mapping a career path

19 May 201619 May 2016
I'm deep in job search mode, meaning I'm spending a lot of time just looking for something that might fit, and sending out applications.  But there are deeper questions I…
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What would a sustainable Third Level Campus look like?

29 Mar 201629 Mar 2016
Another rehearsal video - this time for a short job talk on ways to address sustainability and sustainable development in third level (a.k.a. post-secondary, higher or further) education. I advocate…
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We’ve got goals: the 17 SDGs

15 Feb 201628 Feb 2016
The UNDP's Sustainable Development Goals took effect the first day of 2016.  I'll be leading a discussion of these goals at the upcoming NTU Sustainability Salon.  As I see it, the most…
Culture Change…

A New Type of Thinking

12 Jan 201512 Jan 2015
The world we have made, as a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far, creates problems we cannot solve at the same level of thinking at…
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European Excursion and EfS

25 Nov 201425 Nov 2014
Just a quick update on my last month of work and play... I traveled to Europe to give a talk for the Mensch-Gesellschaft-Umwelt (Man-Society-Environment) program at University of Basel, then present at the…
education

NTU races toward sustainability

13 Aug 201413 Aug 2014
Why would I come all the way to Singapore to do research on education for sustainability?  Here's why: NTU’s new icons of sustainability In 2013, the two new [residential] halls…
Culture Change…

Nurturing Asian Networks for Post-Secondary Sustainability Education

31 Jul 201431 Jul 2014
This is a virtual presentation I am giving for the Asian Conference on Education for Sustainability 2014. The paper is by Michelle Y. Merrill, Youngho Chang, Md Saidul Islam and…
Culture Change…

More Quantification: Religion, History, Education, Literacy

6 Jun 20146 Jun 2014
Venturing into even more contentious territory than last week, I've compiled some more statistics for my study area. Asia Religion, History, Higher Education, and Literacy Some interesting findings in the religious diversity…
Culture Change…

Nourishing Sustainable Networks in Singapore

14 May 201416 May 2014
In a few weeks, I'll be participating in Sustainable Networks: The Enlightenment to the Contemporary Conference.  I'm giving a talk about the network of sustainability educators I'm already a part of…

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