I want to add a really awesome set of resources I came across yesterday via the Natural Hazard Center. I am always looking for new websites and knowledge bases that will help me learn and grow. As a Anthropologist or anyone for that matter it is always good to develop skills in looking for resources, that will be a latter post.
Let’s here from you. What resources have you developed, found, and/or grown to use on a daily bases to share for others. Let’s help each other learn, grow, and work together to build our own list of practical resources in Anthropology, Emergency Management, and or Disaster Sciences.
About 7 or 8 out of every 100 people (or 7-8% of the population) will have PTSD at some point in their lives.
About 8 million adults have PTSD during a given year. This is only a small portion of those who have gone through a trauma.
I want to provide a small list of resources that might help someone. I cannot help everyone but if I touch one person I would have done my job.
Side note: I myself am suffering from mental illnesses and do understand what PTSD is first hand. I feel for those that have it and need the help. Know you are not alone! You are NOT alone!
Mason Mill Park, Atlanta, GA 05/2019 (Taken by Me)
So, I was taking a long walk, a long walk, meaning I did not know one Mason Mill Park pairs up with Medlock Park. Well lets just say I found that out the hard way.
Anyway, It did give me time to think about the environment and historical structures liked pictured above. I thought there are a lot of issues in Emergency Management (EM) and what the effects are on the environment.
In 1933 to 1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the New Deal into law and it became a staple of work during the Depression for much of society and structures we know today. Without that Deal I do not think we would have some vital things we take for granted today, i.e. the Interstate Highway System including some Bridges, the start of the saving of Historical Structures and Sites, etc.
Take a look at this article from The Balance to learn more about the New Deal.
I want to provide a few resources that might of interest to people that deals with the cross of environment issues and emergency management. One thing you will notice on this blog is I provide a huge amount of resources. I love to collect websites, research articles, etc. Hope this information helps!
Here is a few course by FEMA Independent Study. These are great and valuable courses for any Emergency Manager or growing Emergency Managers or for others that just want to learn and grow in Disaster Sciences.
Last I also want to provide a great list of Training institutions, Agencies, and Organizations that FEMA has. Please take full advantage of these resources to learn and grow in all aspects of Emergency Management.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ~ Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978), American Cultural Anthropologist
I love this quote and think that it shows what could be. In society today we are surrounded by fantasies, theories, and a general sense of being unconformable about who we are and really what we are. I feel that this is were Anthropologist, Sociologists, Historians, Psychologists, etc. come in. We all can help people understand and grow comfortable with who we are and our surroundings. Isn’t that what we are supposed to be in life today, Happy. We are all conditioned in today’s society to question, sometimes too much, get confused, start arguments, sometimes the arguments get more physical, then calm down. I don’t think in society today people are happy. Do we really know what happiness is? That is gorilla in the room question.
Take a look at this Ted Talk about hppiness and what really makes people happy.
Would love to hear from you…
Are you happy? What makes you happy? What advice do you have about happiness and how to achieve it?
