These are the lecture videos from the free UBC course Climate Literacy: Navigating Climate Change Conversations, which tackles the scientific and socio-political dimensions of climate change. This course introduces the basics of the climate system, models and predictions, human and natural impacts, mitigative and adaptive responses, and the evolution of climate policy. This course formed […]
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Location: Stann Creek, BelizeIn September 2012, the Belizian Red Cross helped facilitate a group of community members and volunteers in Stann Creek District, Southern Belize, to produce a participatory video to inspire community preparedness in the context of climate change. The community producers did 10 interviews in three different villages featuring local stories on disasters, the
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Location: Nezahualcóyotl, MexicoIn November 2012, the Mexican Red Cross Youth helped a group of 12 school children age 11-12 to produce a participatory video about climate change.This activity was part of the Procclima program which educates children to become agents of change in their communities to help tackle climate change.After the children learned how to
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Communities around the world are exploring new ways to adapt to climate change. Here, for example, we see how the Colombian Red Cross is helping towns affected by coastal erosion and other factors. Would you say that climate change is having an impact on your community? Location: La Guajira, ColombiaIn November 2012, the
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On July 16, as part of the Mobile Economy Project, the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings hosted a discussion on mobile technology and its evolving role in disaster and public safety. Read the related paper here: http://goo.gl/puXmU
On April 4, 2014 Nine Academy participants screened their digital stories. In this video, Nine Community Producer Lea Braff explores a Red Cross Disaster Action Team. By pulling back the curtain of this globally reaching humanitarian organization, we catch a glimpse of the methods and procedures of the staff and volunteers of this important life
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Learn more about the Universal App Program of the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) and the roll out of the First Aid App in Argentina. Based on the First Aid App developed by the British Red Cross, and adapted by the American Red Cross, the GDPC developed the Universal First Aid App to be shared with
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In a disaster, information can be as valuable as water, food or shelter. The Red Cross is using tools such as radio and SMS to provide people with simple but life-saving information that can help them to prepare for, survive and then recover from future disasters.
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This film shows how to build a safer shelter and serves as tutorial on hurricane resistant techniques. Versión en español: http://youtu.be/u-3EYV7QX6k
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This report summarizes an 18-month, evidence-based study that sought to understand practitioner information needs by asking the question: What are successful Red Cross/Red Crescent (RCRC) preparedness practitioners already doing that works, and how can the organization better support their information needs in what they are already doing? A research team from the University of Washington conducted
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