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How do fire controls harm biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

How do fire controls harm biodiversity?

...commune Aguas de Santa Barbara. They confirmed that a policy banning human-caused fires between 1986 and 2015 encouraged the growth of denser forest. This led to an increase, by 1.2 tons, of the carbon stored in both vegetation and soil in those areas since 1986. But at the same time, they found a reduction in the diversity of plants and ants in the same period, by 27 per...
Open Pathways
Education & Development

Open Pathways

...community and voluntary organisations, colleges, libraries and others. What they have in common is an interest in using open learning to widen opportunities for their learners. Find out more. Useful links... Thinking about my next steps Badged Open Courses on OpenLearn OpenLearn Scotland Pathways into formal study Is part-time study right for me? Contact us... Contact The...
Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities
Miscellaneous

Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities

...communities Date: Tuesday 4th July Time: 6.00pm – 7.00pm Venue: The Berrill Lecture Theatre, Walton Hall Audience: Public event. All welcome to attend She will end with her latest research, leading the International Prevalence and Treatment of Diabetes and Depression (INTERPRET-DD) Study (supported by the Dialogue on Diabetes and Depression), which spans 20 countries,...
Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age
Education & Development

Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age

...communicating with children about food effectively in the earliest years of life. Later, in their teens, young people using social media are exposed almost exclusively to advertising for unhealthy foods, using immersive, entertaining, and emotionally engaging techniques that link in their friends and spread marketing messages through their networks. Although countries...
Do we really want speed on our roads to be further reduced?
Society, Politics & Law

Do we really want speed on our roads to be further reduced?

...community, but even for those who argue that the ends always justify the means this is probably a step too far. The more palatable option of a petition has been signed by a small number of people and they have tried to raise publicity on local radio and newspapers. Using borrowed equipment, speeds were monitored and 'alarming data' was uncovered, including a motorcycle...
Blockchain in Education
Digital & Computing

Blockchain in Education

...communities of like-minded individuals, or by contributing to projects and initiatives in the real-world. Learning is far more international than it used to be: key education players open campuses abroad, while students travel to different countries to improve their employability prospects. In the networked, digitally empowered world of the 21st century, education...
Living in a globalised world
Society, Politics & Law

Living in a globalised world

...community fights back. Embracing the border Christian Lamurez talks about being a ‘Mexifornian’. Crossing the economic divide A factory manager on the border explains how his factory straddles both worlds. Campaigning for workers' rights An activist talks about campaigning for workers' rights. Losing workers' rights Research into migrant workers' conditions of...
Buddhist Economics
Society, Politics & Law

Buddhist Economics

...community. The implications of Buddhist Economics for a new business model Dr Mike Lucas looks at the social implications of a new business model based on Buddhist economics. Successful alternatives Alan Shipman highlights the range of partnership, family, mutual and cooperative enterprises which have successfully resisted pressures to become a ‘public limited...