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You’re invited to the National Urban Extension Leaders (NUEL) Virtual National Urban Extension Summit which is being held Wednesday, May & Thursday, May 20, 2021
Participation is free and open to all interested Extension professionals. Follow this link to learn more.
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To say that controlled environment agriculture is drawing a lot of interest and dollars from the investment world would be an understatement. Austin Webb, co-founder, and CEO at Fifth Season, a vertical farm operation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, estimates that over $3 billion has been invested in the CEA industry during the last four years alone, excluding debt and merger and accusations activities for greenhouse operations. Follow this link to read more.
Sourced from: Urban Ag News
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented extreme challenges to families and children facing elevated levels of food insecurity. Understanding nutritional need levels is important for local and federal policymakers to determine where, when, and how to provide support to families. But getting a handle on these needs has been made difficult because of a lack of data to compare to the pre-pandemic period and to examine changes during the pandemic. Creating accurate data visualizations is also important because, for some, it will be the only way they interact with the topic, and for others, it will help them decide whether to read the full research. Follow this link to learn more.
Sourced from: Data@Urban
Although green roofs are considered as a no-regret adaptation measure that helps to address various impacts of climate change, they are still rather rare. This paper explores three major European cities that have policies in place that are supposed to facilitate the installation of green roofs. The authors ask what approaches were chosen by local authorities to promote green roofs and which factors facilitated their implementation. Follow this link to read the article.
Sourced from: Journal of Urban Affairs
Across the country, Black city-builders are imagining and building more just and beautiful communities. What are they learning and dreaming?
Join Orlando P. Bailey of Urban Consulate for a new series of candid conversations rooted in radical truth, joy, and love. In this one-hour virtual premiere event, Bailey welcomes three featured guests from Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, and Cincinnati to delve deep into key themes and invite audience reflection and action. The conversation is being held on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at 1 EDT. Follow this link to register.
Sourced from: Next City
The International Society for Urban Health (ISUH) invites you to join their 17th International Conference on Urban Health: 2021 hosted online by SALURBAL and project partners across Latin America.
Join their international network of interdisciplinary urban health researchers, policymakers, business leaders, practitioners, and grassroots community advocates to exchange ideas, advance research, and drive action across sectors, transforming urban environments to promote health and environmental sustainability as we rethink urban health in the context of COVID-19. The conference is being held online from July 6-8, 2021. Follow this link to learn more.
Sourced from: International Conference on Urban Health
Walk around your neighborhood and count the house or building colors you see. Four million hues of grey? Check. Lots of tans and browns? Definitely. An abundance of white and off-white? Absolutely. The occasional red door? You got lucky. Even many beautiful brick buildings are muted canvases just waiting for a touch of hue and vibrancy—opportunities in the window frames, doors, and accents. Follow this link to read more.
Sourced from: Next City
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You can use this tool to test your knowledge of population data. You start by choosing a geographic level: metro areas or states, and then select the name in each match-up that you think has the larger population. Follow this link to begin.
Sourced from: The United States Census Bureau
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