Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD: COP26

Hodges' model is a conceptual framework to support reflection and critical thinking. Situated, the model can help integrate all disciplines (academic and professional). Amid news items, are posts that illustrate the scope and application of the model. A bibliography and A4 template are provided in the sidebar. Welcome to the QUAD ...

Showing posts with label COP26. Show all posts
Showing posts with label COP26. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

ONE coat: MANY hopes ...

Individual
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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic ------------------------------------------ mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
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My source: FTWeekend, 13-14 November 2021, p.8.

Thanks to the illustrator Lucinda Rogers.

Image source: https://twitter.com/LucindaDraws/status/1459617226319880204?s=20

Saturday, November 13, 2021

Living on the Edge: 'Counting the Coast'

Individual
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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic ------------------------------------------ mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
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Group
COAST*
C
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T

COAST

C
O
A
S
T

COAST
COAST"
C
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COAST
COST

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COST^

*Coast - a spiritual place - this 'home' where I imagine and dream - as our people have done for ages.

"Coast - where grandmother, grandfather and elders explain to me where the coast used to be ...

^cost - 'the bottom line'


 My source: BBC World Service, Business Report - COP26

Mention of the challenge for governments of island nations to persuade their peoples and communities to move from the coast, to be resettled and the ultimate prospect of whole islands / nations being lost, with the need for mass migration.

 

Monday, August 09, 2021

The vast majority of the global population ...

(epigenetics!) conception - infant - PERSON - child - adult - elder
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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic ------------------------------------- mechanistic  
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
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families - communities - GROUP - nations - international - planetary

Changing by the artist Alisa Singer
"As we witness our planet transforming around us we watch, listen, measure … respond."

anxiety
mood
distress


water crops land
atmosphere weather oceans
extreme heat

... already know
it is -
"CODE RED"
for humanity


COP 26
Political leadership


 

My source: Various today. https://www.ipcc.ch/

Art: https://www.alisasingerart.com/galleries

Wednesday, June 02, 2021

Silent - Spring, Summer Autumn Winter ...

individual
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 INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic ----------------------------------------------- mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
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group



The Sea Around Us

Under the Sea-Wind



The Edge of The Sea



"The oceans are the living heart and lungs of our planet. They produce most of the oxygen in our atmosphere, and through their circulating currents they control climate. Without healthy oceans, we land-dwelling, air-breathing mid-sized primates will die.

The republication of the marine biologist Rachel Carson's first three books ... marks a new, widespread recognition of these facts."

Margaret Atwood, Did we think the sea was too big to fail? Review, The Daily Telegraph, 29 May, 2021. pp.6-7.

Tuesday, April 06, 2021

Just because they have 'eco' in common ...

... don't assume you can monitise*

 the world's ecosystems 

by their roots and branches ... 

 

individual
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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic ----------------------------------------------- mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
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group


  E
ECOSYSTEMS

  O
  N
  O
  M
   I
  C
  S



*despite the ongoing 'project' ...?

Friday, January 01, 2021

Mesmerized by the promise of 2021 ...

https://www.archimedes-lab.com/wp/2019/05/04/pascals-theorem/

 ... while listening to the New Year's Day Concert ...

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! 

BE SAFE, WELL

WISHES FOR HEALTH, PEACE & LOVE