Sometime in the last few months Infohub has been moved behind a firewall. This aggravates me to no end, but I will return to that. First – BIG UPS to THE JCCC SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT. This is something to be proud…
Missing and Exploited Women
It thrills me to be part of the Indian Knowledge: Western Education grant, and the specific focus I want to explore is the exploitaion and abuse of native American women. I will be cataloging and documenting relevant web resources here…
From the Interwebs 2.13.19
Links to resources relevant to my classes. Advice from hiring committee – for anyone applying for anything Facebook, Google and Microsoft becoming Data Distilleries. Receiving email and text messages during activity diminishes IQ by 10 points. The Problem with Judging…
Corporate target for research and collaboration
As part of our unit on marketing, I generally engage in research on businesses and industries that may connect with our values and relate to sustainability or China. For the last few years I’ve been interested in Garmin because: their…
Tractor hacking
Every farmer I’ve known – and dad sold tractor tires and I grew up in a SMALL rural ag community – has been a pretty amazing mechanic and maker. The move by big ag companies to restrict farmers from working…
Campus Wide Sustainability Contest.
Every year JCCC Sustainability holds a contest for student ideas. Each semester they fund these projects AND award cash (? – cav. card) prizes. See website here for more details. This semester I’d like one of my student groups to…
Co-lab grant: media evaluation – sustainability as object lesson
Slideshow link at tinyurl.com/spCoLabProject
consequences of war and environmental assault.
Found a recommendation for a free documentary online: The deadly legacy of open air burn pits (2014)-A look into the ‘burn pits’ the US military and defense contractors used to destroy toxic debris in Iraq. These pits are responsible for…
this week in andragogy: 3:15/17
click-bait or legit news?: Contrary to popular belief, school bullies have higher self-esteem, social status and lower levels of depression. Drawing on research in economics, psychology and sociology, study shows how people select their own reality by deliberately avoiding information…
this week in climate chanage: 3/16/17
Defense Secretary (and only Trump appointee with wide (98%) bipartisan support says climate change already destabilizing the world. Monsanto manufactured scientific studies and used said studies to influence EPA, and other regulators. Worlds biggest fund manager threatens to oust company…