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Richard Louv discusses "nature deficit disorder" in this 12 minute video

Kendra - I read his book a few years back and can really appreciate his approach to "intelligence."

This is the lovely refworks page made by the awesome and helpful 24/7 online librarians. Let me know if you cannot see it. These relate to the topic of political affiliations and disaster relief. Sadly I did not get it in time to read most of them. It seems none is really directly applicable to my topic anyway.

This is an interview to Peter Cordani the CEO of DYN-O-MAT, who had the project of stopping hurricane Rtita in Florida with the gel that is used in diapers. I kind of look for this after Ben's presentation because I thought it was interesting.

big business won't budge with out govt assistance and govt assistance comes from tax dollars

The documentation from this 2005 Congressional hearing may help insert some of the science Peter was prompting us to incorporate into our case investigations -- GIS, communications science, demographics, and others are brought to bear; the Q&A toward the end give some sense as to what the decisionmakers (Members of the House) took away from the expert scientists' presentations.

Scientific research plays a very important role in the development of the areas discussed; for example, information data collection and development and improvement of hazard and risk assessment models. These programs are critical since we live in a country with so many natural risks year round.

Indeed very comprehensive. I find interesting when they ask the effect of the local environment in shaping our perceptions of risk. It was interesting to see how people felt in Southesat Lousiana before and after hurrican Ivan.

a look on the bright side of post-copenhagen reality

resources re: best practices for emergency preparedness from the federal government

"They're designed to be triggered if something that's considered as rare as once every 100 years takes place during the several-year duration of the bond's life. If that happens -- say, if winds blow up Westport's Main Street over 150 mph -- then the buyer stands to lose the entire principal. But if that doesn't happen, which is the norm, the buyer enjoys a high rate of return, such as the 9 percent average across the sector in 2012, according to Artemis.bm, an industry news and analysis website."