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Unit 6: CERT organization (1.5 hrs). Students are introduced to several concepts from the ICS, and local team organization and communication is explained. Hands-on skills include a table-top exercise focusing on incident command and control. Unit 7: Disaster psychology (1 hr).
Sustainable agriculture is farming in sustainable ways meeting society's present food and textile needs, without compromising the ability for current or future generations to meet their needs. [ 1] It can be based on an understanding of ecosystem services.
Sustainable development is an approach to growth and human development that aims to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. [ 1][ 2] The aim is to have a society where living conditions and resources meet human needs without undermining planetary integrity. [ 3][ 4 ...
Students are required to be at school 7:30 each morning and do their daily devotion. At 8:00 am, students will then attend their classes according to their major and schedule. Gloria 1 operates a moving class system, where students themselves are the ones who move in-between classes, as opposed to the teachers. [8]
Environmental education ( EE) refers to organized efforts to teach how natural environments function, and particularly, how human beings can manage behavior and ecosystems to live sustainably. It is a multi-disciplinary field integrating disciplines such as biology, chemistry, physics, ecology, earth science, atmospheric science, mathematics ...
A learning curve is a graphical representation of the relationship between how proficient people are at a task and the amount of experience they have. Proficiency (measured on the vertical axis) usually increases with increased experience (the horizontal axis), that is to say, the more someone, groups, companies or industries perform a task ...
Adult education, distinct from child education, is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. [ 1] It can mean any form of learning adults engage in beyond traditional schooling, encompassing basic literacy to personal fulfillment ...
Emergency management (also disaster management) is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. [ 1] Emergency management, despite its name, does not actually focus on the management of emergencies; emergency management or disaster management can be ...