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The Afternoon Update with Lynlee FooThe Soul of Business: Saving Our OceansJoin Claressa Monteiro, as she speaks to Douglas Woodring, Founder of Ocean Recovery Alliance about the environmental problems our oceans currently face and the major problems that could arise if not addressed soon. He also shares the steps his organisation has taken to amend the damage caused by sea pollution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2020-01-0617 min
The Klosters Forum PodcastThe Klosters Forum in conversation with Douglas Woodring.Hannah MacInnes joins Douglas Woodring, Founder and Managing Director of Ocean Recovery Alliance, at The Klosters Forum 2019 to discuss the issue of plastic pollution and to hear his personal insights on this complex topic.Doug Woodring is the Founder of Ocean Recovery Alliance, a non-profit organization which is focused on bringing together innovative solutions, technology, collaborations and policy to create positive improvements for the health of the ocean. Two of its global programs were launched at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2010. He was awarded the 2018 Prince’s Prize for Innovative Philanthropy from Prince Albert of Monaco. He is...2019-12-0314 min
The Jim Rutt ShowEP15 Futurist David Brin on The Case for OptimismDavid Brin is best-known for shining light — plausibly and entertainingly — on technology, society, and countless challenges confronting our rambunctious civilization. His bestselling novels include The Postman (filmed in 1997) plus explorations of our near-future in Earth and Existence. Other novels are translated into over 25 languages. His short stories explore vividly speculative ideas. Brin's nonfiction book The Transparent Society won the American Library Association's Freedom of Speech Award for exploring 21st century concerns about security, secrecy, accountability and privacy.
As a scientist, tech-consultant and world-known author, he speaks, advises, and writes widely on topics from national defense and homeland security to astronomy and spac...2019-09-301h 24
SCOTUScastEndrew F. v. Douglas County School District - Post-Decision SCOTUScastOn March 22, 2017, the Supreme Court decided Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, a dispute involving the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which in exchange for federal funding requires that states provide a “free appropriate public education” (FAPE) to disabled children by means of a tailored “individualized education program” (IEP). In its 1982 decision Board of Ed. of Hendrick Hudson Central School Dist., Westchester County. v. Rowley (Rowley), the Supreme Court indicated that the FAPE requirement is satisfied when an IEP is “reasonably calculated to enable the [disabled] child to receive educational benefits.” Endrew F. is a student with autism...2017-10-0313 min