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The Simple Questions To Leverage The Power Of Art In Disaster Recovery
“The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.”-Pablo Picasso Even before disaster recovery, philosophers have contemplated beauty- in both nature and art- evaluating the purpose behind it. However, in the…
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5 Simple Lessons from Statistics to Drive Informed Decision-Making
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” Theodore Roosevelt Intro Decision-making based on data is one of the most universally demanded skills of our time. Every day, we face the…
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5 Secrets from Ecology So You Can Meaningfully Contribute to Conservation Efforts
“Sustainability is no longer about doing less harm. It’s about doing more good.” — Jochen Zeitz In a world faced with saddening rates of deforestation, coral reef acidification, and more, it is easy to lose hope that any single individual could meaningfully contribute to conservation efforts. This, however, is one of the tragic misconceptions of…
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5 Lessons from Journalism on How to Uncover Social Inequities
“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” – Angela Davis One of the greatest tragedies of modern journalism is the fact that the most pressing social inequities do not get the most attention. It’s true that what counts as the “most pressing” social inequities…
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9 Lessons from Economics on Driving Social Innovation
By Sofia Perez “The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.” – John Maynard Keynes Intro There is an unspoken paradox in the world of social innovation: a simultaneous awareness that “money makes the world go round”, but that it is also…