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Tumblr Post Digest for hlthenvt

2008 October 19 · Leave a Comment

[My apologies for the messy formatting and duplicates. I still can't get the Yahoo Pipes Cleaner to work properly. It isn't collecting all requested and doesn't clean up after itself. But the links should all work.]
The latest from Tumblr Regular Post Digest for hlthenvt

Filter By Age – Remove feed results older than X days or [...]

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Tumblred weeks of 25may, 1june, 8june 2008

2008 June 16 · Leave a Comment

[aging, Liz Taylor] How to Find an eldercare provider that is right for your parents

[anthropology, rural development] College student opens Kotzebue fabric shop

[rural, remote] Regional inequality rampant in provision of basic services in Finland

[energy, rural] Fuel prices to rise with first fuel barge shipment

[public involvement, watsan, CBR] A Community Guide to Environmental Health

[aging] World Elder [...]

Tags: Alaska · ES&H · Eskimo · digest · environmental change · more than thought · rural · teachers

Tumblred for week of 2008may18

2008 May 18 · Leave a Comment

Still having trouble getting the Tumblr digests cleaned up for posting here. However, all posts available at Untitled http://hlthenvt.tumblr.com
The latest from Tumblr Regular Post Digest for hlthenvt (Yahoo)

[toilets, water, aging] user-friendly water and sanitation services for the disabled
[museums, libraries, heritage] Primary Source, The IMLS E-Mail Newsletter
[toilets] Handbook empowering communities to achieve total sanitation
[SciTEK, teachers, [...]

Tags: ES&H · anthropology · digest

Tumblred April 26, May 2, May 9

2008 May 13 · Leave a Comment

environmental change] New WWF Report Available – Arctic Climate Impact Science
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 06:00:00 -0400 To: “ArcticInfo” Subject: New WWF Report Available – “Arctic Climate Impact Science – an Update since ACIA” The full report can be downloaded at: http://www.panda.org/arctic The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)’s International Arctic Programme announces the publication of an [...]

Tags: Alaska · ES&H · anthropology · digest · environmental change · health · more than thought · organizational culture · planning · rural · sanitation · solid waste

Tumblr for week of 22mar2008

2008 March 22 · Leave a Comment

[health, tribal law] Court allows suit against tribe for faulty homes

I don’t know how this is related to the Blue Legs decision, but that may also be relevant. Tribal governments have a trust responsibility towards their members as part of their recognition as tribal governments by the US. (and a moral responsibility for quality housing) [...]

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Tumblr for week of 2008mar15

2008 March 15 · Leave a Comment

[bird flu, public inv] KLTV8 wins national award for bird flu program
KLTV8, the city of Lakewood’s cable station, and its partners have been honored with a 2008 Bronze Telly Award for the educational program Bird Flu: … http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Milestones/Awards/Story~442044.aspx We could use a multimedia campaign regionally. Risk communication…

[math] 3.14 and the rest
jc saw this story on [...]

Tags: ES&H · digest · public involvement · resources · updates

Digest: Tumblr 2008mar09

2008 March 9 · Leave a Comment

These digests are described here, Briefs 5a, now Tumblrd

[preparedness, accessibility] Horseradish smell fire-alarm for waking up deaf people

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/09/horseradish-smell-fi.html Horseradish smell fire-alarm for waking up deaf people Nelson sez, “Japanese researchers have developed a fire alarm that sprays the aroma of horseradish instead of ringing an alarm. It was effective in waking 13 out of fourteen [...]

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Anthropology in a climate of change, war, and internecine environments 2

2007 November 29 · 2 Comments

[In process]
Background*
Part 1**
Part 2*** From a follow-up to the newslist discussion about anthropology and climate change–
Q. “So…what can we do to solve this problem? Can we think like engineers?”
Please, don’t. Not even anthropological engineers. For example, see this —

Tags: AI/AN · Alaska · Eskimo · Kuskokwim · NZ · New Mexico · Pueblo · anthropology · communities · environmental change · planning · public involvement · sanitation · sciencing · solid waste

Anthropology in a climate of change, war, and internecine environments 1

2007 November 28 · 2 Comments

[In process]
Background*
Part 1**
Part 2*** [separate post]
* Background
I think there is a need for anthropological perspective in any issue of human existence.
It is a sad irony that the discipline (science) which is most comprehensive and fundamental (science is a human activity and the basic science of human activity is anthropology) has often seemed through its [...]

Tags: Alaska · Kuskokwim · LANL · anthropology · communities · environmental change · nuclear · organizational culture · planning · public involvement · sciencing

Emergency water and sanitation handbooks WCED WHO

2007 January 5 · Leave a Comment

These are pdf files of the Emergency publications series, produced by WEDC Publications, Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Loughborough University
Emergency Publications on CD, Bob Reed (ed.)This pc compact disk comprises the electronic (pdf) files of the entire series of Emergency publications produced by WEDC to date.This is an invaluable and handy resource for all aid [...]

Tags: communities · planning · rural · sanitation · solid waste

Special Projects

2006 September 5 · Leave a Comment

o Environment, Safety, and Health (ES&H) of Traditional Indian Artisans and Craftspeople Project (HazArt) -
http://13c4.wordpress.com/special-projects/hazart-traditional-arts-crafts/
o Small Business in Western Alaska
http://13c4.wordpress.com/special-projects/moravian-bookstore/
o The Anthropology of Human Survival -
http://13c4.wordpress.com/2006/01/12/the-anthropology-of-human-survival/
o Rural SWMP Solid Waste Management Planning -
http://13c4.wordpress.com/special-projects/rural-swmp/
o St Innocent of Alaska Bicentennial (Ioann Veniaminov) -
http://13c4.wordpress.com/2006/08/01/ st-innocent-of-alaska-bicentennial-ioann-veniaminov/
o Cross-cultural information technology, computers and such [...]

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