#MacArthur Foundation

[thoughtportal]

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Non Profit and the hoarding of wealth

[sallyember]

#MacArthur Foundation's 25 Newest Fellows, 2022: #Scientists, #Filmmakers, #Artists, #Sociologists, #Musicians, #Writers, #Activists and #Historians

#MacArthur Foundation’s 25 Newest Fellows, 2022: #Scientists, #Filmmakers, #Artists, #Sociologists, #Musicians, #Writers, #Activists and #Historians

#MacArthur Foundation’s 25 Newest Fellows, 2022: #Scientists, #Filmmakers, #Artists, #Sociologists, #Musicians, #Writers, #Activists and #Historians logo 2022 The 2022 MacArthur Fellows are architects of new modes of activism, artistic practice, and citizen science. They are excavators uncovering what has been overlooked, undervalued, or poorly understood. They are archivists reminding us of…

[indizombie]

In today’s linear system, massive volumes of freshwater, synthetic inputs like chemical fertilisers, fossil-derived energy, and soil are used to produce 7.1 billion tonnes of food globally. Yet, so much of this is wasted. A large proportion of our food is destined for consumption within cities, where 2.8 billion tonnes of food waste and human waste are created each year. In cities, less than 2% of organic waste and the nutrients it contains is captured, treated safely, and used productively again. This results in missed economic opportunities and negative impacts on human health, local ecosystems, and agricultural land.

‘Eliminating food waste’, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

[fandomstuckportal]

((thats going to be a problem later.))

[memoriae-lectoris]

“While millennials overwhelmingly claim to embrace sustainability and believe they will drive social change, the eco-friendliness of a fashion product may be the least important factor in their purchasing decisions,” researchers at the Laboratory Institute for Merchandising said. Millennial consumers are more motivated by price and quality than sustainability. The research study asserts that millennial and Gen Z consumers believe they can drive change in the fashion industry toward more sustainably produced and ethically sourced clothing. The data also proves that factors such as ease of purchase, affordability, and uniqueness of product rank as more important to consumers than sustainability.

[…] A 2016 report by McKinsey revealed that nearly three-fifths of all clothing ends up in incinerators or landfills within a year of being made.

[…] According to a 2017 study by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, fifty-three million tons of clothing are produced globally each year, of which 87 percent is ultimately either incinerated or dumped in landfills.

[digitalcreationsllc]

Use the data center circular economy for sustainability | TechTarget

As described by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, one of the top international organizations promoting circular-economic thinking today, the circular economy is a system that keeps products and materials in circulation through processes like reuse, refurbishment and recycling. The goal behind this system is to sustainably support more natural processes and reduce waste production. Data centers are…

[repurposeglobal]

4 Learnings from Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Progress Report

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation in collaboration with the UN Environmental Program is leading the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment. Their list of over 400 signatories has joined hands in the pursuit of their common goal – to target plastic waste at its source. These signatories include NGOs, governments, universities, industry associations, investors, and other organizations.

[study-with-aura]

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

I can tell that it is the nearing the end of the study year for me because there is so much work to be done! I nearly feel like I am not going to get to it all, but somehow I manage. I may have to do certain things while on the way or back from dance, and I eat lunch while studying too. No wonder I am so tired of the evening and feel as if I need more breaks than usual. It is partially my own fault as some of these things are supplement, so I have added them on myself, but at the same time, I enjoy doing them, like watching the historical docuseries genre that I have been into for the WWII unit. Tomorrow, I will start one on the Cold War as I will be starting the Cold War unit very soon in World History. I get so much more detail this way, and they are primary sources since there are interviews from veterans and actual footage that was released.

In other news, I don't think I like combinatorics, and I am certain these permutation and combination problems with probability are easy compared to what higher level combinatorics looks like. The formulas are fine as I can calculate them without issue, but figuring out how to take apart the word problem to input it into the formula is where I keep getting discombobulated.

Tasks Completed:

Geometry - Learned about probability with permutations and combinations + practice + honors work

Lit and Comp II - Reviewed Unit 24 vocabulary + read Act 3 Scenes 2-3 of Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare + read modern translation of same scenes + wrote a diary entry for one of the characters (I went with one of the Watchmen) + worked on my literary analysis for Emma (due Friday)

Spanish 2 - Reviewed vocabulary + watched lecture video on demonstrative adjectives + practice activity

Bible I - Read 1 Samuel 18-19

World History - Read about the Marshall Plan and MacArthur's Plan for Japan + watched "The United Nations: History and Functions" + answered more WWII review questions

Biology with Lab - Read about vaccine basis + read about how to make different types of vaccines with examples

Foundations - Read more on thriftiness + completed next quiz on Read Theory + watched video on writing introductions for a speech + watched a video on introductions for persuasive speeches + watched a video on writing the conclusion to a persuasive speech

Piano - 60-minute piano lesson + practiced for one hour

Khan Academy - None today

CLEP - Completed Module 12 reading “Europe: 1945 to Present" 14.1-14.2

Streaming - Watched Greatest Events of World War II in Color episode 10

Duolingo - Studied for 15 minutes (Spanish, French, Chinese) + completed daily quests

Reading - Read pages 223-259 of Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

Chores - Laundry

Activities of the Day:

Personal Bible Study (2 Timothy 1)

Ballet

Pointe

Journal/Mindfulness

What I’m Grateful for Today:

I am grateful for candy! I certainly do not have it all the time because of all of the sugar (and my parents would not let me do that even if I wanted to), I do let myself enjoy a serving when I want something very sweet!

Quote of the Day:

When you give joy to other people, you get more joy in return. You should give a good thought to the happiness that you can give out.

-Eleanor Roosevelt

🎧Kreisleriana, Op. 16 - 2. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch - Robert Schumann

[reformedfaith]

Those who seek to control their own lives will inevitably be frustrated. A confident trust in God’s providence is foundational to contentment.

John MacArthur

[mybeingthere]

Elizabeth Turk (b. 1961, California, USA)

1994 M.F.A., Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.

A native Californian, Elizabeth Turk is an artist, known for marble sculpture. She loves the words of Isamu Noguchi “It is weight that gives meaning to weightlessness”.

[paradife-loft]

"Could superposters alter not just what showed up in people's feeds, but their very sense of right and wrong? I put the question to Betsy Levy Paluck, who had won a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" for her work exploring how social norms influence behavior.

(...) Schoolkids bully or don't, she found in a long investigation, based largely not on whether they expect punishment or think the target deserves it, but on whether it feels moral to them. Either bullying felt permissible, even righteous, or it felt wrong, and that internal barometer was what mattered most. But how does our moral barometer become set? We like to think of ourselves as following an innate moral code, derived from lofty principles, lived experience, the advice of a trusted elder. In truth, studies find over and over, our sense of right or wrong is heavily, if unconsciously, influenced by what we believe our peers think: morality by tribal consensus, guided not by some better angel or higher power but by self-preserving deference to the tyranny of cousins.

In an experiment in rural Mexico, researchers produced an audio soap opera whose story discouraged domestic violence against women. In some areas, people had the soap played for them privately in their homes. In others, it was broadcast on village loudspeakers or at community meetings. Men who listened at home were just as prone to domestic violence as they had been before. But men who listened in group settings became significantly less likely to commit abuse. And not out of perceived pressure. Their internal beliefs had shifted, growing morally opposed to domestic violence and supportive of gender equality. The difference was in seeing their peers absorb the soap opera. The conformity impulse - the same one that had led Facebook's first users to trick themselves into fuming over the news feed - can soak all the way to the moral marrow of your innermost self."

- The Chaos Machine, Max Fisher

This book so far has been talking most centrally about Facebook, and to a lesser extent algorithm-sorted social media in general (YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, etc.) - and from my experience of this site in particular if not those others, I think there are some meaningful differences in how Tumblr functions compared to those bigger sites, that make its effects on group behavior distinct if still broadly related and relevant.

But damn if this portion didn't come for my entire understanding of how fandom and related subcultures around here develop self-reinforcing behavioral norms, and how those social norms have changed in tone over the past couple decades.

[ptseti]

The truth is that as much democracy as this nation has today, it has been born on the backs of black resistance...Black people have seen the worst of America, yet, somehow, we still believe in its best.” —Nikole Hannah-Jones . . Nikole Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter covering racial injustice for The New York Times Magazine, and creator of the landmark 1619 Project. In 2017, she received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, known as the Genius Grant, for her work on educational inequality. She has also won a Peabody Award, two George Polk Awards, three National Magazine Awards, and the 2018 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism from Columbia University. In 2016, Hannah-Jones co-founded the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, a training and mentorship organization geared toward increasing the number of investigative reporters of color. Hannah-Jones is the inaugural Knight Chair in Race and Journalism at the Howard University School of Communications, where she also founded the Center for Journalism and Democracy.

[wisdomfish]

"There's no deep plowing, no spadework, no foundation, no brokenness of heart in the foolish man."

~ John MacArthur

[indizombie]

The valuable organic materials in food by-products and human waste today can be safely returned to agricultural land as compost and digestate from anaerobic digestion. These inputs help rebuild soil organic matter, improve soil health, increase water infiltration and retention, prevent erosion, and allow the soil to sequester more carbon. Innovators transforming organic matter into agricultural inputs include Lystek, who use human waste to produce fertilisers and the Nutrient Upcycling Alliance, who use urban organic waste streams to produce fertilisers. Other innovators use organic matter to make animal feed, such as Agriprotein, who use black soldier fly to transform food waste into fish feed for aquaculture.

‘Eliminating food waste’, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

[uwmspeccoll]

In Memoriam: Charles Simic, 1938-2023

The Serbian-born American poet Charles Simic passed away this Monday, January 9, 2023. In memory of him and his work, we are sharing two pieces that feature his poetry that are illustrated with wood engravings. Simic was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1990, a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant,” the Griffin International Poetry Prize, the Wallace Stevens Award, and an appointment as US poet laureate.

The first item shown here is a broadside published by Charles Seluzicki in 1981, printed at the Meadow Press with a wood engraving by Sarah Chamberlain. It features the poem “Interlude” by Simic, and is signed by both Simic and the printer/designer, Leigh McLellan. 

The second piece shown here is the book Shaving at Night by Charles Simic, with three wood engravings by Helen Siegl, published in 1982 also printed and designed by the Meadow Press. Each engraving accompanies a poem from the book. 

When I was in college, I remember reading a Charles Simic prose poem that had something to do with trees in a literature class (I can’t for the life of me remember the title), and I just remember the image it created in my head and thinking “wow.” I hope that Simic’s work will continue to inspire young poets and readers for many years to come. May he rest in peace. 

View more posts with work by Charles Simic.

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View our other In Memoriam posts.

-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager

[tybaltsjuliet]

Folktales are usually an inheritance from family or homeland. But what if you are a child enduring a continual, grueling, dangerous journey? No adult can steel such a child against the outcast's fate: the endless slurs and snubs, the threats, the fear. What these determined children do is snatch dark and bright fragments of Halloween fables, TV news, and candy-colored Bible-story leaflets from street-corner preachers, and like birds building a nest from scraps, weave their own myths. The "secret stories" are carefully guarded knowledge, never shared with older siblings or parents for fear of being ridiculed -- or spanked for blasphemy. But their accounts of an exiled God who cannot or will not respond to human pleas as his angels wage war with Hell is, to shelter children, a plausible explanation for having no safe home, and one that engages them in an epic clash.

... Their folklore casts them as comrades-in-arms, regardless of ethnicity (the secret stories are told and cherished by white, black, and Latin children), for the homeless youngsters see themselves as allies of the outgunned yet valiant angels in their battle against shared spiritual adversaries. For them the secret stories do more than explain the mystifying universe of the homeless; they impose meaning upon it.

Virginia Hamilton, winner of a National Book Award and three Newberys (the Pulitzer Prize of children's literature), is the only children's author to win a MacArthur Foundation genius grant. Her best-selling books, The People Could Fly and Herstories, trace African-American folklore through the diaspora of slavery. "Folktales are the only work of beauty a displaced people can keep," she explains. "And their power can transcend class and race lines because they address visceral questions: Why side with good when evil is clearly winning? If I am killed, how can I make my life resonate beyond the grave?"

"Myths Over Miami," Lynda Edwards