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Our basic right to healthy food is at risk. What can we do? Written in an astute, engaging style, armed with examples from her own homesteading lifestyle, small farmer Nicole Faires' Food Confidential gives you the tools to fight the intangible battles as well as the practical ones.

Threat Multiplier takes us onto the battlefield and inside the Pentagon to show how the US military is confronting the biggest security risk in global history: climate change. More than thirty years ago, Sherri Goodman became the Pentagon's first chief environmental officer. Indeed, for much of the twentieth century, the Department of Defense (DOD) was better known for containing the Soviet nuclear threat than protecting the environment.

In recent years our world has seen transformations of all kinds: intense climate change accompanied by significant weather extremes; deadly tsunamis caused by submarine earthquakes; unprecedented terrorist attacks; costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; a terrible and overlooked conflict in Equatorial Africa costing millions of lives; an economic crisis threatening the stability of the international system.

Every time we Google something, Facebook someone, or just carry a phone, we create data. Yet, we do not benefit from this wealth of information as much as we should. Andreas Weigend - an advisor to Alibaba, BMW, Hyatt, MasterCard, and Lufthansa, among others - wants to change that. In Data for the People, he proposes six basic data rights that we all need to make better decisions. Big data is here to stay. The time has come to shift the balance of power back to the individual.

Written in 1791 as a response to Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, Thomas Paine's Rights of Man is a seminal work on human freedom and equality. Using the French Revolution and its ideals as an example, he demonstrates his belief that any government must put the inherent rights of its citizens above all else, especially politics.

Gretchen Sorin recovers a forgotten history of black motorists, and recounts their creation of a parallel, unseen world of travel guides, black only hotels, and informal communications networks that kept black drivers safe. At the heart of this story is Victor and Alma Green's famous Green Book, begun in 1936, which made possible that most basic American right, the family vacation, and encouraged a new method of resisting oppression.

Sixteen-year-old climate activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez and his group the Earth Guardians believe that choices made now will have a lasting impact on the world of tomorrow, and they want to ensure a positive, just, and sustainable future. Beginning with their empowering story, We Rise explores many aspects of effective activism and provides step-by-step information on how to start and join solution-oriented movements.

In this dazzling piece of reportage, Anna Krien investigates the contemporary animal kingdom and our place in it. From pets to food, from wildness to science experiments, Krien also reveals how animals are faring in this new world order. Examples range from the joyful to the deeply unsettling. As Krien delves deeper, she finds that animals can trigger primal emotions in us, which we are often not willing to acknowledge. "Us and Them" is a clear-eyed look at how we do - and should - treat animals.

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Este canal nace para tener un espacio entre amigxs para hablar de temas de Security tanto pública como privada.Hablaremos de Ciberseguridad y de Seguridad Física, de estadisticas, de los problemas que más preocupa al sector, de la perspectiva de la población con respecto a la Seguridad, entre otros

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We live in a world where public safety and our national security are taken deadly seriously by the ones who are in harm's way and sworn to protect us. Yet the people they protect either move obliviously along, hoping that the worst will never happen to them, or use the threat as a pawn to gain power and influence in a high-stakes game of "who dies first loses". Our American Security (OAS) takes a hard, honest, no-punches-pulled look at the most controversial issues facing us in public safety and national security. Additionally, this podcast will chronicle Bobby Sheppard, the host, as a ...

This podcast takes a unique look at topics from the human element of the physical security industry. It is hosted by someone who has worked for 30 years inside of the physical security industry at many levels. And regarding "Today's World", we think it's worth talking about!

Welcome to Women, Peace & Security: Voices of Change, a podcast where we delve into the critical intersection of gender, peace and security across the world. Each episode brings you closer to the forefront of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) framework through insightful conversations with leading experts and practitioners.Join us as we explore the latest trends, policies, and research shaping the WPS landscape. From groundbreaking initiatives and policy shifts to real-world case studies and practical applications, our guests share their knowledge and experiences on advancing gender equality...

This podcast takes a unique look at topics from the human element of the physical security industry. It is hosted by someone who has worked for 30 years inside of the physical security industry at many levels. And regarding "Today's World", we think it's worth talking about!

Saab Security Talks är ett återkommande forum där vi belyser händelser och frågor som berör säkerhet, försvar, omvärld och innovation. Genom Saab Security Talks vill vi bidra till att lyfta nya och viktiga perspektiv i aktuella debatter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With this podcast, we will discuss all aspects of security and law enforcement. The hosts have a combined almost 50 years in the security field, working in various environments.

We are delighted to announce the new PGR and ECR led podcast ‘Insecure: A Security Podcast’ funded by the Centre for Global Security Challenges (CGSC). The creation of the channel marks an exciting development in the collaborative research culture of the CGSC and POLIS at the University of Leeds, providing a new platform to discuss the centre members’ cutting-edge research and disseminate it to a diverse audience. Each episode will engage with one of the CGSC’s core research themes whilst engaging with the range of scholarship taking place within the CGSC and relevant current events. ...

Leading scholars provide insight on urgent policy debates. Jeff Friedman of Dartmouth College interviews contributors to the premiere peer-reviewed journal of security studies. They offer sophisticated, authoritative analyses of contemporary, theoretical, and historical security issues from the role of China in the world and cyber in international security to the long history of ethnic cleansing in Europe. The podcast is produced at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. International Security is a quarterly journal edited at the Belfer Center and ...

The Berlin Security Beat is an original podcast produced by the Centre for International Security at the Hertie School in Berlin. It delves into the intricate world of international security, examining its ties to research, academia, and various career paths, spanning areas from nuclear to cyber security. The podcast features interviews with top specialists in international security.