Gifteconomics has also been deeply transformative for my role in philanthropy and how we talk about the shifting power in our relationship to money. Organizations like EBMC are having an outsized impact on the world relative to the resources they receive. Dana challenges me to see what we value as not just being about money, but transforming how we relate to and support one another. It is up to each of us to make sure that the justice work we are engaged in, and the radical leadership work EBMC makes possible, is sustainable.
Physically, this is going to be the hardest challenge I've undertaken to date - running two full marathons, 52 miles, just 7 days apart will certainly be tough. I had a year off in 2023, under strict instructions from my doctor following my eye surgery - but now, fully healed, I'm already training to conquer this huge challenge.
What will get me through each and every step is knowing that the money is going to fund amazing small charities and important community groups that undertake vital work across the constituency. It's my way of trying to support the brilliant men and women who do so much for the people I represent.
Both times I've done this in the past, I've been absolutely blown away by the generosity of the people of North Norfolk - it's heartening to see. To even be in a position to try and break 100,000 is an incredible thing, thank you so much to all who support me in my charitable work.
To help support my push to break 100,000, you can either follow the link below to my JustGiving page, or send a cheque to my office, Tudor House, Grammar School Road, North Walsham, NR28 9JH - all cheques must be made out to the Norfolk Community Foundation, the umbrella charity handling the funds for me. Full details can be found by following the link below. This can be done with no stamp necessary by using my FREEPOST address. Just pop a cheque in the envelope and write FREEPOST DUNCAN BAKER. The cheque must be payable to the Norfolk Community Foundation who will professionally handle the money.
For now, I just want to know which charities to run for. Please nominate your favorite local charity or community group below. There are a couple of rules, just to make sure the process is fair, which I've listed below. All the money raised will be equally shared between the 52 chosen charities. We will hold a prize draw to pick the lucky winners!
At Challenge Works, Catherine is a Senior Programme Manager, currently focusing on delivering the inaugural Manchester Prize, looking for AI for environment, energy and infrastructure to benefit the UK and the Aqualunar Challenge, seeking new innovations to enable purification of water on the moon.
Catherine has deep open innovation and delivery expertise, delivering a range of challenges during her time at Challenge Works including the Sustainable Cities Challenge, the Water Breakthrough Challenge, the Rapid Recovery Challenge and Open Up 2020.
Catherine has a background in tech-focused innovation, starting her career in fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and more recently focusing on the social impact of tech; exploring regulation, harm reduction and tech for good. Prior to Challenge Works, Catherine was Head of Innovation at Fairtrade Foundation, leading a team working on new approaches to supporting farmers and workers in global supply chains with a focus on supply chain transparency, human rights, data visualisation and blockchain.
An On Purpose Fellow, Catherine is passionate about the power of creativity and innovation in driving positive social impact, especially in light of the climate emergency. Catherine recently completed a Masters in Sustainability Leadership at Cambridge University, where she explored the use of futures and foresight approaches to support food supply chains to mitigate and adapt to the changing climate.
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I often think about what criteria you should use to select a coach. Years ago, I spoke to Bob Kegan, a professor at the Harvard school of Education and one of the, if not the, foremost thinkers in adult development, who himself has coached partners at fancy management consulting firms. We were puzzling through why Josh Waitzkin is so unusually effective at coaching high performers to achieve greater heights, and Bob observed that a coach can be measured on two fundamental dimensions: challenge and support.
If we really want to challenge fundamental global inequalities it is essential that we develop a deeper understanding of oligarchs worldwide. Doing so offers vital strategic levers for confronting their power and privilege and for developing effective movements for change. But how much do we really know about what makes them tick?
Guatemala is well known not just for its extreme wealth inequalities but for having a ruling class or oligarchy comprising around fifty families of European descent who have maintained economic and political dominance since colonial times. Having worked with Indigenous Mayan communities on human rights, I realised that I had heard the voices of those who were oppressed and brutalised by poverty and violence, but almost nothing from the elites whose power upheld the system. So I was determined to speak to the oligarchs directly as part of my PhD research, on which the book is based.
The danger a particular weapon poses and how many people use it plays a large role. The characteristics of a firearm, what makes it helpful in self-defense, must be examined, Mongan said, not just how common it is in society.
Some 170,000 people in the country legally possess machine guns, which are heavily restricted in some states. Those restrictions would not vanish if a certain, larger number of people started buying them, Mongan added.
Mongan rejected that argument, telling the panel Duncan believes that if enough people start to possess a certain firearm, then it becomes protected, with no consideration for its history or other characteristics.
The case has taken a circuitous route through the courts. California adopted restrictions on large-capacity magazines in 2000, which was followed in 2016 by a voter initiative that built on the restrictions.
Duncan filed suit and Judge Benitez preliminarily and then permanently enjoined the state from enforcing its large-capacity magazine law. A series of legal challenges sent the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, which before ruling on it issued a decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.
Besides Murguia, Tuesday's panel included U.S. Circuit Judges Sidney Thomas, Susan Graber, Kim Wardlaw, Marsha Berzon and Richard Paez, all Bill Clinton appointees; Sandra Ikuta, a George W. Bush appointee; Andrew Hurwitz, an Obama appointee; and Ryan Nelson, Patrick Bumatay and Lawrence VanDyke, Donald Trump appointees.
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Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become a major health priority in Brazil--72% of all deaths were attributable to NCDs in 2007. They are also the main source of disease burden, with neuropsychiatric disorders being the single largest contributor. Morbidity and mortality due to NCDs are greatest in the poor population. Although the crude NCD mortality increased 5% between 1996 and 2007, age-standardised mortality declined by 20%. Declines were primarily for cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases, in association with the successful implementation of health policies that lead to decreases in smoking and the expansion of access to primary health care. Of note, however, the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension is rising in parallel with that of excess weight; these increases are associated with unfavourable changes of diet and physical activity. Brazil has implemented major policies for the prevention of NCDs, and its age-adjusted NCD mortality is falling by 18% per year. However, the unfavourable trends for most major risk factors pose an enormous challenge and call for additional and timely action and policies, especially those of a legislative and regulatory nature and those providing cost-effective chronic care for individuals affected by NCDs.
The Agriculture Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF) applies high-spatial resolution soils and topographic data, now available for many areas of the United States, to precisely locate opportunities for the placement of conservation practices in agricultural watersheds. Application of the ACPF, developed in midwestern landscapes, to watersheds in the eastern United States represents both opportunity and challenge to conservation planning. Based on experience in applying ACPF to eight watersheds in the eastern United States, from Vermont to North Carolina, we assess the toolbox's application in the eastern United States through the lens of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis framework. We see a great future for the ACPF, but its adoption and utility require interaction with scientists and conservation planners familiar with the region to avoid misapplication and ensure appropriate adaptation and interpretation. (Figure presented.).
N1 - Publisher Copyright: 2021 The Authors. Agricultural & Environmental Letters published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America
N2 - The Agriculture Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF) applies high-spatial resolution soils and topographic data, now available for many areas of the United States, to precisely locate opportunities for the placement of conservation practices in agricultural watersheds. Application of the ACPF, developed in midwestern landscapes, to watersheds in the eastern United States represents both opportunity and challenge to conservation planning. Based on experience in applying ACPF to eight watersheds in the eastern United States, from Vermont to North Carolina, we assess the toolbox's application in the eastern United States through the lens of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis framework. We see a great future for the ACPF, but its adoption and utility require interaction with scientists and conservation planners familiar with the region to avoid misapplication and ensure appropriate adaptation and interpretation. (Figure presented.).
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