🛡️🌟 Teachers, it's time to shift the narrative! Please teach children about disasters – but not that they're 'natural'. Human decisions cause disasters, not nature. Educate our children on the causes, prevention, and response to hazards. We can create a future where leaders have to take responsibility for reducing disaster risks. ➡️ https://ow.ly/yU7h50SFYsK #NoNaturalDisasters #OurResilientFuture #AreYouReady
Matthew Ellis
2mo
What’s worse is that alleged “Emergency Managers,” (not to be confused with emergency services and response, though often coming from these industries) as opposed to actually qualified practitioners, continue to use outdated terminology. The fact that this needs to be explained to them in detail—and they still either don’t understand or refuse to accept it—illustrates why communities are struggling to meet the basic tenets of Emergency Management (EM). EM itself is not a failure, but the lack of entry standards and the persistent belief that anyone can perform the role is problematic and must change. Just as we wouldn’t accept unqualified doctors or lawyers, we shouldn’t accept unqualified Emergency Managers. Often, this issue arises from personal beliefs that override scientific evidence and research.
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2mo
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Mayowa Lateef
2mo
I believe teachers should emphasize the significance of natural disasters to students, highlighting their profound impact on communities and the environment. While understanding human-caused disasters is important, awareness of natural disasters fosters preparedness and resilience. This encourages students to appreciate and contribute to disaster mitigation and response efforts. Balancing education on both types of disasters equips students with comprehensive knowledge that is essential for addressing diverse global challenges.
Es indudable, que se puede enseñar a prevenir o al menos minimizar, los desastres, naturales.Desde el punto de vista de la enseñanza ,es importante destacar el rol en el cual el estudiante puede activamente ser participe..Así como, que conozca, la complejidad de las responsabilidades de las partes involucradas, en la gestión de la prevención. .
When I advocate on this I sometimes get “but ND is just used as a shorthand” or “the students/ pupils are too young to grasp the complexity” … it can be explained correctly in age appropriate manners plus teaching them wrong info only requires more unlearning, relearning later…
Ilan Kelman, your statement phrase: "There is no such thing as a natural disaster, there are only natural hazards", is finally getting more attention and is being picked up. For further reading on the topic I recommend: Disaster by Choice: How Our Actions Turn Natural Hazards into Catastrophes, written by Ilan Kelman, published by Oxford University Press in February 2020
Yes, there is no such thing as natural disaster. I removed it from my teaching materials a long time ago.
Md Nuruddin Raza
2mo
No one thinks about those students 😭 In Bangladesh They were killing by the police brutally
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2moNo! The UN is categorically wrong on this… We need to guide our teachers to do the exact OPPOSITE! Almost all disasters are “normal”, “ubiquitous” and “EXPECTED”! Whether we’re talking hurricanes/typhoons, compound flooding, mass wasting events (e.g., landslides, rockfalls, mudslides, solifluction), erosional events (e.g., sinkholes, slumps), seismic events (e.g., earthquakes, tsunamis), or even celestial events (e.g., Tunguska meteor), man only acts to EXACERBATE the human costs. In science, we must teach our kids the exact OPPOSITE!