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• 2003

  M.A.

  Environmental Studies

  Prescott College

• 2001

  B.A.

  Environmental Studies

  Prescott College

• 4.0

  PhD ABD

  Sustainability Studies/Education

  Prescott College

• Adult Education

  Environmental Policy

  Staff Development

  Research

  Higher Education

  Teaching

  Policy Analysis

  Curriculum Development

  Community Outreach

  Policy

  Sustainability

  Curriculum Design

  University Teaching

  Writing

  Academia

  College Teaching

  History

  Teacher Training

  Social Sciences

  Post-2015 Environment and Sustainability Global Consultation Summary Report: Local Action

  Innovation and Empowerment

  Multiple contributors

  Proceedings of a global consultation that sought to facilitate an open dialogue and bring together a multitude of voices to stimulate creative thinking and begin to generate consensus around how best to reflect environmental sustainability in the post 2015 agenda

  and on\nhow best to reflect the power of local action and the\nwide range of development benefits that emanate from local\naction

  innovation and empowerment\n.

  Post-2015 Environment and Sustainability Global Consultation Summary Report: Local Action

  Innovation and Empowerment

  Multiple contributors

  \"American Indians face problems in their lives on a daily basis that most other Americans never contend with

  and their challenges—which in some cases are similar to those of other minority groups in the United States—are still qualitatively unique. American Indians at Risk gives readers a broad overview of what life in Indian country is like

  addressing specific contemporary social issues such as alcoholism

  unemployment

  and suicide. The author goes beyond detailed descriptions of the problems of American Indians to also present solutions

  some of which have been effective in addressing these challenges. Each chapter includes a \"Further Investigations\" section that presents helpful ideas for additional research.\"

  American Indians at Risk [2 volumes]

  Edited by Jeffrey Ian Ross

  America Goes Green: An Encyclopedia of Eco-Friendly Culture in the United States edited by Kim Kennedy White

  Multiple contributors

  \"Evidence of humanity's detrimental impact on the environment is mounting. As Americans

  we are confronted daily with news stories

  blogs

  and social media commentary about the necessity of practicing green behaviors to offset environmental damage. This essential reference is a fascinating review of the issues surrounding green living

  including the impact of this lifestyle on Americans' time and money

  the information needed to adhere to green principles in the 21st century

  and case studies and examples of successful implementation.\n\nAmerica Goes Green: An Encyclopedia of Eco-Friendly Culture in the United States examines this gripping topic through 3 volumes organized by A–Z entries across 11 themes; state-by-state essays grouped by region; and references including primary source documents

  bibliography

  glossary

  and green resources. This timely encyclopedia explores the development of an eco-friendly culture in America

  and entries present the debates

  viewpoints

  and challenges of green living.\"--America Goes Green

  America Goes Green: An Encyclopedia of Eco-Friendly Culture in the United States edited by Kim Kennedy White

  An opportunity for myself and others \"in the international development community to formulate critical policy messages and elements for an action agenda to the UN Economic and Social Council’s 2012 Annual Ministerial Review on productive capacity

  employment and decent work. \n\nFocused on four broad topics divided into two phases on the following: (1) decent work and employment as a strategy for crisis recovery and poverty reduction; (2) the role of micro

  small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in job creation; (3) employment and decent work in a context of inclusive growth; and (4) women and young people’s labour market participation.\" (Quoted from the forward for this policy document)

  148 contributions from m ore than 90 countries

  American Indians at Risk

  Ed. Jeffrey Ian Ross

  Contributor & Author of two chapters (\"Housing Pressures\" & \"Social Pressures\") in this two-volume work to be released in October

  2013: As described by Amazon: \"American Indians face problems in their lives on a daily basis that most other Americans never contend with

  and their challenges—which in some cases are similar to those of other minority groups in the United States—are still qualitatively unique. American Indians at Risk gives readers a broad overview of what life in Indian country is like

  addressing specific contemporary social issues such as alcoholism

  unemployment

  and suicide. The author goes beyond detailed descriptions of the problems of American Indians to also present solutions

  some of which have been effective in addressing these challenges. Each chapter includes a \"Further Investigations\" section that presents helpful ideas for additional research.\"

  Editor: Jeffrey Ian Ross; Publisher: Greenwood

  Corporate Water Stewardship and the Post-2015 Development Agenda – Mumbai

  India

  On 5 March 2013

  the UN Global Compact’s CEO Water Mandate convened a multiple-stakeholder meeting among business leaders

  civil society groups

  UN agencies other intergovernmental institutions

  and other interests to discuss the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda and to explore specifically the role of business in advancing potential policy objectives relating to increased access to water

  sanitation

  and hygiene (WASH) services

  improved water resources management and governance

  efficient water use

  and pollution reduction. Discussions were designed to act as a formal input for the water thematic of the global consultations regarding the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda. My contribution was a response to the outcome/white paper on this event.

  multiple stakeholders

  United Nations Response to Syrian Crisis: Assessing Vulnerability to Crisis in Support of a Resilience-Based Development Approach

  \"Almost three years into the armed conflict in Syria

  the end remains unknown. The magnitude of the conflict has not only destroyed the social

  economic and political fabric of the country

  but it has led to a high loss of human life and massive population displacement both within and outside of Syria

  and has also seriously compromised the future of the country and the region. The scale of the refugee influx and its impact on host countries (mostly Jordan

  Lebanon

  Syria and Iraq) calls for urgency

  as coping mechanisms are stretched and resilience is eroding. The increasing vulnerability of the population inside the country has exacerbated internal displacement and severely strained coping mechanisms

  which reverse development gains and adversely impact an already fragile social fabric.\nUNDP’s Sub-Regional Response Facility for Syria under the mandate of UNDG

  proposes a resilience-based development response to the Syria crisis tailored to country specific needs and priorities. This includes the delivery of basic social services and life-maintaining or life-sustaining actions in areas of livelihoods

  agriculture

  youth employment

  reconstruction

  social cohesion and local conflict management.\n\nA resilience-based development response therefore needs to address the vulnerability of individuals

  communities and institutions and identify what weakens their capacity to withstand

  adapt

  recover or transform from shocks and stressors. A first step in refining a resilience-based development response

  the Sub-Regional Response Facility is therefore conducting an analysis of the structural factors that drive vulnerability and identifying a set of vulnerability criteria

  as well as tools for assessing them.\"\n As part of this effort

  UNDP reached out to fellow development practitioners in UNDG agencies to get feedback

  in which myself and 23 others participated. This is the first phase of the outcome of this effort.

  various

  United Nations Teamworks: Global Thematic Consultation on Local Action

  Innovation and Empowerment

  From introduction: \"Local civil society groups can deliver a wide range of development benefits when empowered to manage their ecosystems and natural resources. These benefits extend well beyond poverty reduction and livelihood gains and encompass the social

  economic

  and environmental dividends that underpin sustainable development. The post-2015 sustainable development framework will need to consider local level action and empowerment to take advantage of this transformative potential.\"

  approximately 135 global stakeholders

  Achieving Sustainable Development: United Nations Development Group; Millenium Development Goals Network

  The Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) in 2008 became a new function of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

  mandated by the Heads of State and Government at the 2005 World Summit. The Review aimed to assess progress made towards the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) that expire in 2015 and other goals agreed at the major UN conferences and summits since the 1990s

  and to contribute to scaling-up and accelerating action to realize the UN development agenda.\n\nOrganized jointly by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and UNDP

  took place around two broad themes: overcoming challenges countries face in integrating the goals of economic growth

  social development and environmental protection; and concrete policy initiatives that can help States to achieve sustainable development.\" (From Introduction

  p.5).

  110 responses from experts practitioners and policy-makers from diverse regions and stakeholder groups

  Oklahoma C3 Standards for the Social Studies Committee

  In the fall of 2011

  the Oklahoma State Department of Education convened the single largest curriculum standards review committee for any subject area. Myself

  along with other social studies educators

  curriculum specialists

  principals

  district superintendents

  higher education specialists

  museum educators

  social studies organization representatives

  tribal members

  and community members met between September through December 2011 for in-depth discussions on the direction the Social Studies PASS should go

  and worked on possible revisions for all grades and courses. \n\nThe Social Studies Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS) became administrative law for the state’s public schools in the winter of 1993.With the adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in 2010

  it became apparent that the two sets of curriculum frameworks needed to be merged. This goal was realized with the committee's review and revision of the\nthen current social studies standards. This merging of the CCSS Literacy Standards for History/Social Studies and the Social Studies PASS has been renamed the Oklahoma C3 Standards for the Social Studies.

  Department of Education staff and 64 other social studies educators

  curriculum specialists

  prin

  America Goes Green: Encyclopedia of Eco-Friendly Culture in the United States

  Contributed 3 chapters to this two-volume reference work; including \"Social Pressures and Processes of Going Green in America

  \" \"Perceptions and Actions Around Climate Change

  \" and \"Oklahoma\" (a comprehensive discussion of that state's efforts and issues with \"going green\").

  Contributing Editor Leslie A. Duram

  Kim Kennedy-White

  Editor

  Global Thematic Consultation on Environmental Sustainability in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

  United Nations global forum on the future role and place of environmental sustainability in a post -2015 development agenda: My comment is included in the Executive Summary Report as follows:\n\n\"“I think we need to consider that criteria preserving

  improving and sustaining human development must become vital a priori components that define what we mean by sustainable development as much as economic and environmental aspects do; for

  without at the very least the equitable preservation of basic human needs and rights

  economic and environmental sustainability becomes a luxury that the poor and disenfranchised cannot afford to consider. This is a dialog whose time has come

  and whose time is right--for everyone in every type of country--developed

  less developed and least developed. I do not know whether as nations that economic systems will shift--but I do think that people

  themselves

  across the board

  understand both ideologically and practically

  the need for reforming development practices and consumption patterns. This is the time to craft bold

  forward-thinking goals--and definitions--for sustainable development.” (Kathleen I. O'Halleran)

  multiple global stakeholders

  Global Thematic Consultation on Environmental Sustainability and Equality

  From prologue: \"Consultation participants see inequalities in environmental sustainability

  as an issue of different levels of access to: eco-services for livelihoods and health (e.g water

  clean air

  clean and renewable energy): between rich and poor countries

  the rich and the poor within each country

  rural and urban populations

  women and men

  current and future generations. Involvement into decision making processes of these different groups has also been underlined at several takes.\"

  approximately 60 global stakeholders & contributors

  O'Halleran

  Kathleen

  Comanche Nation College

  Northwestern Oklahoma State University

  Cameron University

  Self-Employed

  Taught American Federal Government.

  Comanche Nation College

  Policy Analyst and Author

  Self-Employed

  Northwestern Oklahoma State University

  Political Science

  Geography

  and Sociology Professor and Social Sciences Secondary Teacher Education Program Director

  Faculty

  United States

  Taught American Federal Government

  Introduction to Sociology

  US History

  Marriage & Family

  Health Psychology

  and History of the Middle East

  Cameron University