About to start a 2.5 day conference at Vic Uni.
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And as an example of me living my values, I "kia māia"d on day one, by filling a gap after the final speaker when during the time for questions afterwards, and there was nothing but a slightly awkward silence... I stood up, and started a waiata tautoko, which the whole room joined in. The first of the conference (there were two more over the following days).
I've not sung in public before, let alone in Te Reo Māori. Let alone led it!! But it had been a truly inspirational speech.
And then as I left this afternoon, I went to speak to Gareth Hughes, and thanked him for what he did and what he went thru. I got to speak to one of my inspiring "heroes", when I would normally have slunk away wishing I was braver.
Be the change you want. As Gareth said (and I didn't toot), "we are living in a time of monsters". So, be the light you want to see in the world. We can change it for the better by acting together.
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And that's a wrap. (Well, technically there's a field trip to Porirua Harbour this afternoon, but with the weather warnings and flooding, I'm giving that a miss).
Thank you all for your favourites, boosts, and supportive comments while I live tweeted this.
I have no doubt there's a fair few autocucumber errors that slipped in while I was madly posting... but i tried to be true to the intent of the speakers words even when I couldn't keep up fast enough to be 100% accurate.
@Phil_Tanner Ya done well!
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And as an example of me living my values, I "kia māia"d on day one, by filling a gap after the final speaker when during the time for questions afterwards, and there was nothing but a slightly awkward silence... I stood up, and started a waiata tautoko, which the whole room joined in. The first of the conference (there were two more over the following days).
I've not sung in public before, let alone in Te Reo Māori. Let alone led it!! But it had been a truly inspirational speech.
@Phil_Tanner I wasn't there* but thank you for doing that.
*Seriously considered going but I had other commitments
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Great quote: "The opposite of poverty is not wealth, it is justice".
@Phil_Tanner "Poverty, By America" by Matthew Desmond is another good source of ideas and quotes. #books
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So, after a full day yesterday (0900-1730) of 150-200 odd people in the lecture theatre, this was the reading at the end, as the last speaker was receiving their koha.
For those not as familiar with the readings, it was 518 outside just now, so this is basically "fresh air". My (big, government) office NEVER falls below 850, and meeting rooms often climb to over 2000 inside 20 mins.
A packed peak time commuter train on recirculated air is about 1600.
So this is AMAZING.
@Phil_Tanner Phew, that's a relief!
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"How many girls are riding their bikes to school?" is a better measure of a country's success than GDP.
It tells you about so much more; about access to education, gender equality, road safety, the environment...
@Phil_Tanner lovely. I am getting interested in "folk indicators of economic performance", and this is a good one. My favourite so far is "how long do I have to wait for a visit by a specialist", like a dermatologist or some such.
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"How many girls are riding their bikes to school?" is a better measure of a country's success than GDP.
It tells you about so much more; about access to education, gender equality, road safety, the environment...
@Phil_Tanner
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@Phil_Tanner
That's really insightful -thanks.@GreenChristian to be clear, this is a quote from an ex-Green MP here in Aotearoa NZ, giving a speech at a conference I attended, it's not a quote from me.
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@GreenChristian to be clear, this is a quote from an ex-Green MP here in Aotearoa NZ, giving a speech at a conference I attended, it's not a quote from me.
@Phil_Tanner
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"How many girls are riding their bikes to school?" is a better measure of a country's success than GDP.
It tells you about so much more; about access to education, gender equality, road safety, the environment...
@Phil_Tanner
"A rich city is not one where the poor have cars, it's one where the rich ride public transit!"I forget who said it -- pretty sure it was some South American statesman with a keen eye.
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"How many girls are riding their bikes to school?" is a better measure of a country's success than GDP.
It tells you about so much more; about access to education, gender equality, road safety, the environment...
@Phil_Tanner With all of the sub-messages: girls have access to education, and are free to circulate without harassment, ...
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@Phil_Tanner With all of the sub-messages: girls have access to education, and are free to circulate without harassment, ...
@erik indeed
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"How many girls are riding their bikes to school?" is a better measure of a country's success than GDP.
It tells you about so much more; about access to education, gender equality, road safety, the environment...
@Phil_Tanner This whole thread is fascinating, thank you for sharing!
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"How many girls are riding their bikes to school?" is a better measure of a country's success than GDP.
It tells you about so much more; about access to education, gender equality, road safety, the environment...
@Phil_Tanner That's a really good metric. I like it.
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"How many girls are riding their bikes to school?" is a better measure of a country's success than GDP.
It tells you about so much more; about access to education, gender equality, road safety, the environment...
@Phil_Tanner ...distances to the next school...
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About to start a 2.5 day conference at Vic Uni.
Really looking forward to it
️@Phil_Tanner
Thank you for taking us along on this journey and letting us be a part of it.
There’s a lot I haven’t understood (yet?
), but much of it has inspired me and brought me a sense of inner peace, because it feels good to know that my horizons have been broadened.
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"How many girls are riding their bikes to school?" is a better measure of a country's success than GDP.
It tells you about so much more; about access to education, gender equality, road safety, the environment...
@Phil_Tanner The difference being that I understand what GDP measures (and that in 90% of articles it's a wrongly chosen metric), but I have no idea what your metric says about anything.
In my country:
- access to education: spectacular
- gender equality: about EU average
- road safety: good
- environment: goodStill I haven't met a single girl riding her bike to school during my whole life. And only a small handful of boys, me being one of them (long time ago).
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System shared this topic
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"How many girls are riding their bikes to school?" is a better measure of a country's success than GDP.
It tells you about so much more; about access to education, gender equality, road safety, the environment...
@Phil_Tanner Social safety for girls and those who identify as girls.
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@HeavyMetalWings the concept of the whole conference was about building a fair and just society - not about building a country. So i don't think we're in any disagreement here
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@Phil_Tanner The difference being that I understand what GDP measures (and that in 90% of articles it's a wrongly chosen metric), but I have no idea what your metric says about anything.
In my country:
- access to education: spectacular
- gender equality: about EU average
- road safety: good
- environment: goodStill I haven't met a single girl riding her bike to school during my whole life. And only a small handful of boys, me being one of them (long time ago).
@chrastecky to be clear, it's not "my" metric. This was a quote from a conference i was attending and "live tooting".
But that aside, I'm interested to hear why you think the number of children cycling to school is so low in your country?
