Thanks @RalphPHall Excited 2b offering this great program again in 2023 w/ @buehler_ralph Between this and Pisa program, @VTSPIA has some fantastic options!
.@VTSPIA's Washington Semester in Global Engagement is preparing for Spr. 23. Grt. opportunity 4 experiential learning. Incl. internship, seminars & @StateDept DiplomacyLab. Open to all majors, 15 credits. Apply by Nov 1. H/t @VT_LiberalArts @DrLauraBelmonte @FaridaJalalzai
Our dear colleague and friend, Dr. Yang Zhang, is in urgent need of a kidney transplant. Join us in spreading the word and his story in order to find a donor. Read his personal statement via the image below.
Do you bike to work? Congratulations! You are among 0.6% of American citizens who bike to work.
You may want to consider it. You might live longer.🚲
Prof @buehler_ralph discusses recent research linking commuting by bike with increased life expectancy. https://t.co/YODLUxgyLj
For those graduates who attended my guest #Zoom lecture in Prof. Ashford's @TppMit course this evening, here is a photo of a number of the books I mentioned @AndrewYang@chrishughes@jasonhickel
Well worth a read. @BradZarnett dismisses greening business-as-usual & silver bullet billionaires before outlining his own proposals. You may not agree with all he says, but he refreshingly cuts thro much of the rhetorical nonsense masquerading as argument https://t.co/XdURYtkSnM
In Akron’s North Hill neighborhood, community leaders & residents are striving to find a collective way forward. Planners can be the link, facilitating conversations that lead to a shared-future. We're proud to support the work happening in midsize legacy cities. #PlanningHome
As we declare a climate emergency and talk of a Green New Deal accelerates - we must acknowledge the close link between working hours & carbon emissions.
Research by @Autonomy_UK shows we need to work less to become sustainable.
https://t.co/SRLdoU0otA @natalieben @LabGND @NEF
1/ So often, we think that big problems require complex solutions. This is what I call the ‘complexity bias’. People who suffer from this bias have become so ‘educated’ that they don’t see the most obvious and effective solutions anymore.