Community Mapping for K-12 Students Measuring Fine Dust with Community Participatory Mapping By Wansoo Im, Ph.D. Department of Family and Community Medicine National Community Mapping Institute Meharry Medical College Nashville, TN The Community Mapping Center in Seoul, South Korea is a non-profit organization that promotes civic engagement and empowerment using location-based technology. The Center was founded in 2013 by Dr. Wansoo Im who is currently an associate professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine and a director of the National Community Mapping Institute at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. The Center has used community participatory mapping, also [ Read More ]
Archive for May, 2019
Recently, we were made aware of Dr. Seth Darling work. FWOP has co-sponsored three Climate Change Discussion sessions at UNT in partnership with Citizens’ Climate Lobby. Dr Darling’s video lecture gives a comprehensive overview of climate disruption and potential solutions. He likes the term Climate Disruption as opposed to climate change or climate warming for various good reasons he explains. He sees solving the energy needs as crucial for solving issues of water access and reducing poverty as the world move away from fossil fuels. VIDEO LECTURE: Seth Darling Full Version Lecture (1 hour, 18 minutes.) “Climate Disruption — What [ Read More ]
