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Student training program tackles Thailand’s air pollution with help from AirGradient, AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

AirGradient started as a volunteer project for a school impacted by the burning season, and our collaboration with AWS to support Mechai Bamboo School definitely embodies our early spirit,” said Achim Haug, CEO and co-founder of AirGradient. “By

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CFP: LACUNY Institute 2022 : Built to Exclude: Confronting Issues of Equity and Otherness in Libraries. - Deadline April 4, 2022

A Library Writer's Blog

Proposal submissions may address but are not limited to topics including: Power dynamics Linguistic and cultural hegemony Definitions of professionalism Libraries and feelings Class, socioeconomic inequity, debt Library anxiety Library architecture Austerity Closed collections and insider research practices Labor exploitation, contingent work, and (..)

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I'd say definitely not, the ridership is abysmal. The journal article " Making Cycling Irresistible ," inspired my own blog entry in 2008, " Ideas for Making Cycling Irresistible in DC." Planning and advocacy. The Tribune article asks the question of whether or not the streetcar is contributing to traffic reduction.

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My ALA Conference

Librarian.net

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Public restrooms: single versus multiple-occupant

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But other cities out West too, bigger like Boise, and smaller like Ennis, Montana or at trailheads in the Wasatch Front like Bell Canyon (" New trailhead expected to help grow one of Salt Lake County's more popular trails ," KSL) which has a great facility and definitely no concerns about the homeless because it is so remote.

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Leaving Academia With Dr. Julie Ann Ward, Dr. Stephanie Weaver, and Dr. Krista Kurlinkus

Grant Writing Made Easy

I kept a blog on science fiction and fantasy texts for a while. My dissertation was on the rhetorics of advocacy in Appalachia, and I knew from my field research that nonprofits in the region could use help with their communications and grant writing. I did a vlog on being a writing teacher. I wrote a novel.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

He specifically distinguishes social movements from political parties and advocacy groups. Social Media Definitions. Whether it’s the beginning of actual change is debatable and often times difficult to measure the effects but it definitely amplifies efforts for changes of all kinds all over the world.