Edging Forward by Ann Dale
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July 20, 2015
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
24 Hour Fitness. (2012, May 11). 23 and ½ Hours [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/3F5Sly9JQao
This animated video, narrated by Dr. Mike Evans, shows that walking for 30 minutes a day is the best thing you can do for your health and overall quality of life.
Bienentanz GmbH. (2006, June 2). Bee Dance (Waggle Dance) [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com
Honeybees perform a unique dance, called the “waggle dance”, to communicate the direction in which their hivemates must fly to find a food source.
George Carlin Talks About “Stuff”
Cappy NJ. (2007, May 1). George Carlin Talks About “Stuff” [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/MvgN5gCuLac
George Carlin’s classic standup routine about the importance of ‘Stuff’ in our lives. This video documents his appearance at Comic Relief in 1986.
Will Work For
CRCResearch RRU. (2015, July 28). Will Work For [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/JapXJ8p8tNM
Created through a partnership between Community Research Connections and students of Royal Roads University’s Professional Communications program, this video explores both the constraints for engaging in meaningful work and the opportunities for integrating people’s values, passions and lifestyles into their working lives. The video was produced as a part of the Solutions Agenda (http://crcresearch.org/solutions-agenda), a research project that thematically explores innovations for achieving sustainable communities.
Leading the Way to Sustainability
CRCResearch RRU. (2015, April 22). Leading the Way to Sustainability [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/snVfUfPdZtM
Created by students of Royal Roads University’s Professional Communications program, this video expresses the importance of moving toward renewable energy sources and features the solar project of T’Sou-ke First Nation. Many thanks to Ahousaht and T’Sou-ke First Nations for their help in making this video possible. For more information on the T’Sou-ke Solar Project, visit the Meeting the Climate Change Challenge (MC3) website and read the case study (http://www.mc-3.ca/tsou-ke), or visit the T’Sou-ke Nation website (http://www.tsoukenation.com).
CRCResearch RRU. (2013, July 22). Space and Time [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/Snm-iNW0i-g
This video was a presentation made to the recent Spaces and Flows conference in Amsterdam, on November 23, 2013. Professor Ann Dale, Dr. Lenore Newman and Rob Newell explore what makes a place special, how people move through a space, what makes a person keep coming back again and again. The dynamic interplay of place, space, and time is examined through the video’s imagery and flow.
CRCResearch RRU. (2013, July 22). Place, a place called ‘home’ [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/_issBjWokh4
Created through a partnership between the Community Research Connections program and students of Royal Roads University’s Professional Communications program, this video explores what contributes to a ‘sense of place’. Through contrasting ‘dead spaces’ (i.e., singular purpose or abandoned spaces) with ‘vital spaces’ (i.e., multi-functional, vibrant spaces), the video aims to illustrate how the way a community is developed can influence the sense of place, or feeling of connectedness, in and among members of the respective community. Taipale (2006) describes dead space as “space without any reading or memories, a place of total alienation”. This considered, revitalization of dead spaces is a step toward reducing this alienation, contributing to connectedness, and, perhaps, cultivating a place that one considers as ‘home’.
CRCResearch RRU. (2013, July 22). Speed, Pace and Acceleration [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/HTvuslaCMxQ
Created through a partnership between the Community Research Connections program and students of Royal Roads University’s Professional Communications program, this video examines how modern technologies have affected the speed and pace of our lifestyles. The video complements research done by Community Research Connections on the ‘de-growth’ movement (a movement exploring alternatives to traditional paradigm of constant economic growth) in the manner that it prompts us to think about the meaning of progress and growth in the context of modern day society. Our societies continually experiences technological and economic growth, but what does this mean in terms of our well-being as people and communities? What does it truly mean to ‘progress’?
Let’s Move Forward with a Clean Slate
CSNBC. (2016, December 13). Bill Gates On Clean Energy, Donald Trump, And Stocks (Full Interview) | Squawk Box | CNBC [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/S5WJ11difCY
Bill Gates on CSNBC discussing clean energy alternatives. Gates and his partners are investing in clean energy innovation, with the goal that the right innovation will make alternatives cheaper than fossil fuels.
The History of Urbanization: 3700 BC – 2000 AD
Max. (2016, June 15). The History of Urbanization: 3700 BC – 2000 AD [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/yKJYXujJ7sU
This map visualizes the history of urban settlements over 6,000 years. The data shown in the map comes from a Yale-led study published in Scientific Data, which compiled the most comprehensive dataset on historical urban populations to date.
Watch How Fast the World Became Obese
Metrocosm. (2016, July 18). Watch How Fast the World Became Obese [Video File]. Retrieved from http://metrocosm.com/map-world-obesity/
Over the last 40 years, obesity rates around the world have ballooned. The average adult today is 3x as likely to be obese compared to the average adult in 1975. This map shows how it happened, country-by-country. The color of each county represents its adult obesity rate in the year shown. Hover over a country to see what its obesity rate was in 1975 and what it is today.
Suzanne Simard: How trees talk to each other
TED. (June 2016). Suzanne Simard: How trees talk to each other [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_simard_how_trees_talk_to_each_other
“A forest is much more than what you see,” says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests have led to an astounding discovery — trees talk, often and over vast distances. Learn more about the harmonious yet complicated social lives of trees and prepare to see the natural world with new eyes.
Using Nature’s Genius in Architecture
TED. (Novemer 2010). Michael Pawlyn: Using nature’s genius in architecture [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com
Micheal Pawlyn shares why architects should look to systems found in nature for inspiration. He explores how “three habits of nature”—radical resource efficiency, closed loops, and drawing energy from the sun—can help us design a beautiful and sustainable world.
These Streets Were Made for Walking
TEDxMidAtlantic. (2013, October). Jeff Speck: 4 ways to make a city more walkable [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/
Urban planner Jeff Speck describes simple ways to turn a car-centric urban design into a safer, more livable, and walkable city.
Why solar power is spreading so fast in Africa
The Economist. (2015). Why solar power is spreading so fast in Africa. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/tkvbZ0ADmz0
Solar is giving hundreds of millions of Africans access to electricity for the first time.