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A new website that identifies patterns for creating accessible, cool outdoor spaces based on real-world living practices aims to serve as guidance for local councils, planners and developers in addressing the problems of a warming climate.
Based on a pilot study conducted by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University and Landcom, Cooling the Commons is described as ‘an action research program that co-designs practices and infrastructures for accessible cool living in an age of urban heating’.
This online resource offers a Pattern Deck of more than 40 ‘patterns’ that describe key arrangements between the built environment and social practices to support commons-based cooling. These patterns, which could guide urban design and public policy, are drawn from the research study that employed the concept of the ‘cool commons’ to identify those spaces that offer cooler temper
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The government has distributed Covid Cash to employers with gay abandon – not so fast Hoss please hold your horse.
You actually have to fill out forms, provide all business and employee details for every employee for which you then get a set amount depending on the criteria and besides in order to get that sweet sweet easy Covid Cash you actually have to prove to have lost quite a bit of business before Grant Robertson is happy to part with what he seems to consider his money. So much so that many businesses in NZ only received the original payment for lockdown l4 that was handed out to pretty much every one in NZ. Never mind, blame everyone for the big businesses that did not need it but took it anyways.
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Mutual bank welcomes new board directors By Annie Kane 03 March 2021
Teachers Mutual Bank Ltd has welcomed new directors to its board and bid farewell to John Kouimanos, who has retired from the board after 40 years.
The customer-owned banking group has welcomed several new members to its board in recent months, as it supplements the experience of its existing independent, non-executive directors.
Murat Dizdar PSM is the latest addition to the board, after having been appointed in January 2021.
Mr Dizdar has been a leading player in the education sector and is currently the Deputy Secretary, School Performance – South at the NSW Department of Education, where he oversees the provision of public education for students in over 2,200 schools. He also presides over the Bushfire Strategy, which supports c
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A Voice For Tibet Where is Tibet located on a map? 12-25-20 00:00:00 06-27-20 11:39:59
Tsetan Norbu, President of National Democratic Party of Tibet (NDPT). Photo: TPI/Aashna Thakur
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Ian Hickie, a Professor of Psychiatry in Sydney, speaking by from Australia during the dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on November 19, 2020. Photo by Ven Tenzin Jamphel/OHHDL 11-20-20 17:00:30 10-15-20 22:03:02 08-26-20 21:23:11
Weenee Ng of the Tibetan Buddhist Centre Singapore, welcoming His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the start of the dialogue with young people from South-east Asia at his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on June 7, 2020. Photo: Ven Tenzin Jamphel