all Bay, near the capital Wellington, Smith braved a blustery day to see the organization’s litter-busting technology in action. He helped collect garbage from the beach, then logged and categorized it in the Sustainable Coastlines’ uniquely comprehensive database.
Since it started, Sustainable Coastlines and its growing legions of volunteers have removed enough trash from shorelines around New Zealand and the Pacific to fill the equivalent of nearly 45 shipping containers. They have picked up tens of millions of individual items, 77% of which are single-use plastic.
It’s an impressive achievement, but the problem of ocean garbage is getting worse and is a global scourge that has no boundaries. Howitt ’s vision now is “to combine my deep love for the outdoors with a passion for designing systemic tools for large-scale change.” To get there, Sustainable Coastlines has teamed up with Microsoft and its innovative technology partner, Enlighten Designs.
To find out more, I recently visited Sustainable Coastlines’ headquarters in the nation’s most populous city, Auckland.
New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern (middle), at the opening of The Flagship Education Centre, with Sam Judd (left) and Camden Howitt (right).
Howitt looks more or less how you might expect a passionate, ocean-loving environmentalist to look. His beard is long and rugged, his tan is deep, and his determination is strong. Before long he is proudly showing me around the building, The Flagship Education Center, which was opened by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in October last year.
His organization is determined to be sustainable in practice as well as in name. The building captures and recycles its own water. Membrane roofing both insulates and breaks down airborne pollutants into non-toxic by-products. All gray and black water is treated and composted on site. Its offices are powered by state-of-the-art solar panels and batteries that contribute excess power to the city’s standard electricity grid.
Later, Howitt opens up about the scale of the environmental challenges and myths confronting his homeland of long beaches and hundreds of islands at the western edge of the South Pacific. Over the years, a carefully constructed clean-and-green brand has made foreign tourism a massive money-spinner for New Zealand’s economy. And, many Kiwis honestly regard themselves as “tidy” citizens.
He hopes new technologies and solutions can help reverse this disturbing trend.
Enlighten Designs has built a platform that employs intelligent digital storytelling and visualization tools as part of Microsoft’s Cognitive Services suite. And, together with Microsoft, it is also developing a national litter database that will not only track the impact of clean-up efforts on waste but also generate accurate, scientifically valid data and insights.
Howitt believes this will guide and help local communities of “citizen scientists.” With solid scientific data they will, with help from AI, be able to determine the sources, causes, and solutions to their local problems.
Microsoft New Zealand’s National Technology Officer, Russell Craig, describes the initiative as: “A fantastic example of how our Cognitive Services suite is being used for good – in this case, delivering large-scale, grassroots solutions to our growing litter problem in New Zealand.
Howitt’s second strategy is education. Like Microsoft, he wants to empower children to help improve their future. His goal is to embed sustainability in the curriculum and encourage students to regard themselves as the future guardians of Aotearoa (the indigenous Maori name for New Zealand). One way might be to gamify the Sustainable Coastlines platform and give social rewards to all who get involved.
Howitt is also thinking globally. Earlier this year he presented Sustainable Coastlines’ citizen scientist model at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi.
Watch a Live Demonstration of BWRT on Skype
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What happens in a session of BWRT on Skype?
You may have already read a little about how Brain Working Recursive Therapy works or even watched the video that I did with Terence Watts who created this brand new type of therapy. You can see that video here:
Many people have asked me questions about what actually happens during a session. The best way to demonstrate BWRT in action is to show you.
I teamed up with Jennifer Battaglino who works in New York and like myself is a trained BWRT Practitioner. Both of us use Skype in our therapy, which means that we are able to help many more people than we would otherwise be able to reach. Having both worked with clients and performed BWRT on Skype sessions we decided that a great way to show you would be for me to take the role of a client and for Jennifer to show how the role of therapist works during a session.
You can watch for yourself below..
So What happens in a BWRT Session on Skype?
As you can see for yourself during the video one of the things that may strike you as unusual is that BWRT isn't hypnosis. What this means is that although you may have your eyes closed during the loops that you watched you are still very aware of what is happening. Perhaps you have sometimes wondered about hypnosis because you have seen TV shows of stage hypnotists and felt that it would make you uncomfortable.
Of course, in reality hypnosis is nothing like you see on stage at all. That is just entertainment and as clinical hypnotherapists being able to use many different methods to help you is what can make all the difference. If you are looking for any therapist for yourself then do make sure that they are fully trained in a variety of methods and techniques and a member of their professional governing body too.
What does Content Free Mean?
You may have noticed that we spoke about the fact that a session can be content free. What this means is that if you have something that you find it very hard to talk about then you will not need to disclose this during your session. Of course often once you have got to know your therapist you may well find that talking about the problem helps you even sooner to a resolution, but of course that is something that you must feel comfortable with.
If you have a problem that you are looking for help with then do feel free to contact me on 07980 233160 or email me on [email protected]
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New subsite is created with unique permissions. Flow would grab the permission groups and add them to an existing group that allows viewing of specific reports.Southern Charm Star Naomie Olindo Mourns The Loss Of Her Pet Just Months After Losing Her Father
Naomie Olindo recently returned to social media to say that she missed her dad who passed away from cancer just a few months ago. The Southern Charm star revealed that her beloved pet has gone to join her dad in the sky.
The cat that she adopted with her ex-boyfriend and co-star Craig Conover has died.
She took to Instagram Stories to share photos of the cat spending time with her dad and captioned one: ‘My sweet Z went to meet my dad in the sky last night after having a massive stroke.’
She also took time to reflect on life lately. The Bravolebrity recalled one of her father’s sayings while hoping for the best for the future.
‘Life has a way of kicking you when you’re down. Don’t be a victim to it. My dad always said bad things tended to happen to our family in a sequence of three. I’m hoping after this, 2020 will be all good things from here. Just a reminder: It’s okay if your life isn’t how you pictured it would be in this very moment. It’s also okay if you’re struggling, if you’re down, and if your life doesn’t seem as perfect or as fun as some others make theirs seem to be on the Internet,” Naomie wrote. “Remember that pretending to be anything (happy, okay, fulfilled, etc.) is never the right thing. What’s more important is being truthful and vulnerable with people. That will always get you to the right place. Karma is real, struggling is normal, and talking about it is the answer.’
Joel Olindo was a France native who came from humble beginnings. After leaving Europe to come to America for a better life, he opened up a successful restaurant in South Carolina.
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