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

Posted on 2007 November 28 by | 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 … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alaska, anthropology, communities, environmental change, Kuskokwim, LANL, nuclear, organizational culture, planning, public involvement, sciencing

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Solid waste management in emergencies

Posted on 2007 January 5 by | Leave a comment

WHO WEDC emergency notes has the list of tech guides available from WHO. One of the notes is about solid waste. Many of their suggestions are the same as the ones I developed with rural northern Alaska Villages for interim … Continue reading →

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Emergency water and sanitation handbooks WCED WHO

Posted on 2007 January 5 by | 1 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 … Continue reading →

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Posted in communities, planning, rural, sanitation, solid waste

regional nuclear war climate change?

Posted on 2006 December 12 by | 2 Comments

In 1985 I put together a panel of scientific experts to identify what the human effects of a nuclear weapons exchange might mean (as far as I know, still the only such report) and then assisted in the discussion in … Continue reading →

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New Zealand after Nuclear War

Posted on 2006 February 20 by | 3 Comments

Anthropological Aspects of “New Zealand after Nuclear War” [1987-1988] Comments on the findings of the book, NZ after NW, are due to the Minister of the Environment by 27 November 1987. Written ideas for an anthropological submission to the Ministry … Continue reading →

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