Luis Miguel Valente
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." -Confucius
Location London
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3/5. Thought I would do better.
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Industrial engineering, I don't agree with that.
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Advocate
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I have seen some permaculture designs, very basic construction but very sustainable and efficient.
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I had a Spectrum 128K also with cassettes:) loved it.
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Isn't commercial fishing the biggest threat to the oceans?
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Hello all, my name is Luis, I am from Portugal but currently live in the UK. I've never worked as a qualified teacher, but would love to. I would prefer to teach adults or young adults. Teaching has been a passion of mine since college but I followed a different path, however, I keep coming back to teaching. Hopefully, will be able to learn/gain a few more...
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Very enjoyable, thanks.
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Loved it. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
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Thank you all for this insightful course and feedback.
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available in the duty free shops
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thanks for the information
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The use of interactive whiteboard in the classroom allows pupils to actively engage with material, receive instant feedback on current projects and to manipulate learning objects. It enables the lecturer to sit at the computer with a student at the whiteboard and the class contributing ideas and offering suggestions.
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I am not a teacher yet but would like to teach whoever wants or needs to learn.
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I hope to learn with everyone here.
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Hello everyone, I am from Portugal, but currently live in the U.K. Do not have any experience as a teacher but would love to gain knowledge and learn from you.
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United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
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Justice matters because if it doesn't we won't have a planet to live in.
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Hi all, I'm Luis from Portugal, currently living in London. Looking forward to the course.
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Matt Damon, Co-Founder, water.org
More than just a charity that provides safe water and sanitation for communities in need, water.org’s WaterCredit initiative provides small loans so more people can gain access to clean water. Their New Ventures Fund also provides funding to innovative projects helping to solve the world’s growing water crisis.
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Be free and accessible to everyone who wants to attend.
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With SPEAK, Hugo Menino Aguiar fosters the organic emergence of local communities where migrants, refugees and locals meet and develop meaningful relationships as equals in a safe sharing space that values diversity, fosters deep human bonds and ultimately creates powerful informal support networks to enable the integration of newcomers.
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Due to Covid -19 and the imposed lockdowns, the air pollution has decreased significantly, more electric cars and congestion charge has helped too.
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Air pollution in London
The death toll from tiny particulate pollution in London is on the brink of hitting 2,500 this year, according to new figures.
At least four boroughs - Barnet, Bromley, Croydon and Ealing - have seen the deadly impact of long-term exposure to human-made PM2.5 pollution rise above 100.
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Some of the most significant challenges we face at a global level today; Global pandemics, such as Covid-19, Climate change, Economic instability, Over-population, Over-consumption, Pollution of lands, air and waters, Loss of biodiversity, Inequality, Poverty, Racism, Hunger, Political instability and conflicts, Mass migration, Global warming, Wildfires,...
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Thanks for the additional resources
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Thanks to all the contributors and colleagues taking part.
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Be yourself, share ideas and never give up.
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Great advice, keep it simple and direct
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Thank you
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All great projects
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Thanks for the info
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Great. Very nice course and tips so far, looking forward to the rest of the course.
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IF dogs poo could be transformed into paper like Ecomaximus does with the elephants, maybe they could consider expanding and working in big cities where many dog owners and local councils would probably be willing to transform something that could end up on the streets into useable paper. Just a thought!
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I do think that upcycling is an innovative idea, and sustainable. benefits both, communities and environment.
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Thanks for sharing different routes to take.
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I do not have a social enterprise yet, but am working towards starting one. Have started spreading the word and sharing ideas within my social circle, and they share it with their contacts. The use social media to exchange thoughts and ideas is ideal for a starting a social enterprise. Visiting and talking to the community to find out what their needs are and...
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The Worst Idea technique seems to be great, people taking part won't feel much pressure, and will be more creative with their ideas, getting others involved, listening to different ideas and perspectives.
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My idea is an upcycling business to prevent waste ending up in landfills, reusing others "rubbish" and creating something artistic and unique with the help and skills from the local community.
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Extinction Rebellion has been actively raising awareness about air pollution, water pollution, climate change (floods, wildfires, draughts), deforestation, fracking, nuclear energy, etc.
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Unfortunately, these barbaric stories are still heard of in the 21st century, extremely sad!
Great idea and initiative from the companies involved in helping victims. -
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Hi all, looking forward to learning and sharing ideas here.
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Very excited to be doing this course, and looking forward to learning from/with you.
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Thanks for the extra support and advice.
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Thank you all for your contributions. Very helpful and informative.
Do we get a certificate for this course or any other social enterprise course from Living in Minca? I completed 3 of them but didn't get a certificate. How can I obtain one? -
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Very useful links, thanks. I use Dropbox and Microsoft Onedrive, and have used LinkedIn and Quickbooks in the past.
Deck for Reddit is a great social media tool for Redditors, only found out about it via the provided link, will make sure to use it. -
Social-impact entrepreneurs use their own work or profession to help parts of the world, which means that this is their primary resource of income, which they need to make an honorable living.
Vital to economic growth and inclusion, especially for developing economies, social entrepreneurship – a fast-emerging discipline that generates social impact through... -
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1- Good finance
https://www.goodfinance.org.uk/understanding-social-investment/types-social-investment
2- Social enterprise support fund
https://socialenterprisesupportfund.org.uk/
3-Nesta
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Hello everybody, I don't have any experience with environmental justice, but am very passionate about the environment and would like to learn more.
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Great pleasure to meet the team, looking forward to learning from you.
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I had the same issues when trying to open the links.
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One Water
One is a life-changing British still spring water. Profits from this natural spring water, bottled in Wales, fund life-changing clean water and sanitation projects in the world's poorest communities. One Water bottles are fully recyclable, PVC & BPA free and made from 25% recycled PET. As well as being a Carbon Neutral Company, One is a signatory to... -
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In step 2.3 i used the example of The Body Shop company, I think that the Lewin's three-stage model was used, 1) Unfreeze- overcoming the inertia of the status quo to critically examine present ways of working. 2) Change- transitioning to new structures, methods, and behaviors. 3) Freeze- re-establishing and stabilizing normal patterns of work with new...
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Great course, looking forward to learning more about environmental justice
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A social enterprise's main purpose is to promote, encourage, and make social change. Social enterprises are businesses created to further a social purpose in a financially sustainable way. Social enterprises can provide income generation opportunities that meet the basic needs of people who live in poverty.
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Company: The Body Shop
Setback: When Roddick opened the first Body Shop, a beauty products company, in Brighton, U.K., in 1976, two neighboring funeral parlors initially objected to the name.
Turnaround: Roddick fought back by suggesting to a local newspaper that she was a woman entrepreneur under siege. The publicity generated traffic to the store, and by... -
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Having the right infrastructure, investors, making people aware, staff morale, challenges when change/growth happen, profit/losses, prices, resources.
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So far so good, looking forward to week 2 and 3.
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Do your research. Many public sector organisations, especially local authorities, publish specific social, environmental or charitable agendas.
Specificity. Don't be vague.
Understand what is required of you.
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Social values reflect how we relate to society. Social values include justice, freedom, respect, community, and responsibility.
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Educate and train employees: The more they know, the more likely they are to be able to exercise good judgment, take initiative and avoid mistakes. A good strategy for this is define their jobs with a few broad strokes, but define what they are not allowed to do very clearly. This is for their protection, the company's protection and the customers' protection....
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Doncaster Refurnish formed in response to two factors: the lack of affordable furniture for disadvantaged people and the vast amounts of reusable furniture being buried in landfill. Refurnish currently works in partnership with Doncaster Council and SITA UK under contract arrangements to deliver a borough wide collection service for bulky household waste.
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To be a successful social entrepreneur, balancing the core values and growth strategies is extremely important. Think about what you can provide, refine your mission statement, focus your efforts, practice transparency, treat the workers well and with respect, build a great team, educate yourself, market yourself, remember your cash flow, consider becoming a B...
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Love the fact that Arusha Women Entrepreneurs are reducing poverty through job creation and sustainable income for smallholder farmers.
David Elias Mjuni, developed the idea and it has been a success.
AWE is offering ethical produced healthy packed plant protein peanut butter to customers while promoting empowerment of local women and families.
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Impact Hub is a great way to meet people that have the same interests of starting a sustainable business, where we can share ideas and learn from others with the same objectives.
Mr Evans had a brilliant idea and it is growing and spreading throughout the world. -
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The professor identifies 3 approaches in the video;
1st approach is to grow your own organisation,
2nd approach is franchising/licencing
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I have found the whole course interesting, I knew very little about project management but now know a lot more. The qualities to be a project manager and the project lifecycles in particular.
Will look at more courses related to project management, any advice would be appreciated.
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Projects get approved when it benefits the company. Project management improves productivity and reduces costs and workload. Improves collaboration, customer satisfaction, managers performances, and helps with problem resolution.
It evaluates the benefit, cost and risk of alternative options and provides a rationale for the preferred solution. -
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Project proposal 4: Escape From Rio Japuni
Project proposal 6: Keiko – One Whale of a Story
Project proposal 7: Grand Island
Project proposal 5: Nadia!
Project proposal 1: My Life with Dalai Lama
Project proposal 2: Heidi
Project proposal 3: The Year of the EchuIn my opinion, out of these 7 project proposals, the first 2 proposed films would meet the...
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Thank you Yasmin, great website, amazing products.
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Both models can be used but it depends on the organisation depending on what the investors and the shareholders want, or the advantages it brings to the organisation.
Each selection method will have different advantage/disadvantages depending on the type of project. The choice of selection method should depend on the nature of the project. None of the... -
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A standard project typically has the following four major phases (each with its own agenda of tasks and issues): Concept, Definition, Development, and Handover/Closure. Taken together, these phases represent the path a project takes from the beginning to its end and are generally referred to as the project “life cycle.”
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They deliver outcomes which change or create capabilities that will enable the realisation of the desired benefits. ... Benefits realisation is beyond project management, and requires active monitoring of the delivery of projects, the effectiveness of change and the achievement of outcomes.
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I think the project ends when the targets and objectives have been met.
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To gain an understanding of what project initiation is and why that matters,
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Very good so far, looking forward to week 2.
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The pros of APM: offers a progressive structure for your career development, from courses offering the ‘fundamentals’ of project management through to ‘management’ and ‘professional’ levels of understanding, requiring more advanced learning and assessment; access to a wide range of courses/ knowledge and possible networking, leading to better pay packages....
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I would like to develop my ability to negotiate and resolve conflicts, budgeting, organisation, project management methodologies.
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*Communication*Leadership*Organization*Negotiation*Team management
*Time management*Risk management*Problem-solving*Budget management
*Motivation*Technical writing*Adaptability*Technologically savvy*Reporting skills*Active listening*Research skills*Interpersonal skills*Project management methodologies*Policy knowledge*Conflict management -
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The project manager's day is varied, from the project planning to daily tasks,
checking/demanding progress with the team members, working with the team involved, dealing with unforeseen issues, reporting back to superiors, writing reports, being in meetings with stakeholders and clients/customers to ensure satisfaction and meet demands; time, scope and cost,... -
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The constraints project managers should consider when managing and delivering projects are those that make up the iron triangle: Time, Scope and Cost.
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Projectification affects the working-life of the employees as they have to work in more project-based settings, and it has affected both their life at work and in general (Packendorff, 2002). ... A study done by Gällstedt (2003) suggest that project work can become destructive to employees' well-being.
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Projects can improve your ongoing operations helping you integrate them into your company's culture with optimal results. Projects are a frequent part of businesses.
Day to day business repeat activities for an existing product and service.Construction of a new aquapark is a project
Open-heart surgery is a process
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I am working on a project to start my own upcycling business. I intend to use waste such as old furniture and materials that are bound for landfills or recycling centers. Firstly, will to have to raise/save money needed for a working space, and equipment.
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Thanks for the tips
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Good afternoon all, I am Luis Valente from Portugal. With this course i intend to further my knowledge in project management and apply what i learn in the future. Looking forward to the course.
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Creating fuel from thin air with artificial leaves, a project.
Erwin Reisner, energy and sustainability professor at Cambridge University.New jets promise to revive supersonic travel,
Boom Supersonic rolled out its XB-1 supersonic test plane.Both articles found on the bbc website
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Thank you for the opportunity to gain more knowledge on upcycling and starting a business.
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It is a good way to get feedback on our ideas and possibly advertise it but I am still trying to gain more knowledge on upcycling. Thank you for the opportunity and good luck to those that enter.
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Great to hear the advice of successful entrepreneurs. With passion and ideas to not give up on the dream.
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Pet Comfy- would suggest to maybe make pet clothing, if they don't already.
Fire and Ice- use the skills and creativity of the local community to make souvenirs related to saving the marine life.
Geyser Blankets- make seat warmers, sofa covers which keep warmer for longer for the elderly or people living in very cold places. -
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Some of the challenges can be; Capital investments, suppliers, materials, competition, quality assurance, making people see that upcycling is environmental friendly and sustainable.
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Will do, great suggestions.
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Both are great ideas and environmental friendly companies.
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I have ideas for my business but don't have an MVP yet. need to get some old fire hoses from local fire station and turn them into belts, wallets.
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It is making me feel even more passionate about upcycling and starting my own business.
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In my personal experience, the team I was working with was quite effective at what we were doing, great communication between us all, personal skills, people's skills.
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I have ideas but have not approached any stakeholders nor potential customers yet.
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Design Thinking is an approach that has been applied by organisations all over the world. In fact, 75% of organisations self-report that they are engaged in design thinking.
NIKE
Nike was finding it difficult to become a prominent brand amongst the skateboarding community. They struggled to gain the same level of support given to brands like DC and...
