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Reducing Food Scarcity: The Benefits Of Urban Farming, S.A. Claudell, Emilio Mejia

Journal of Nonprofit Innovation

Urban farming can enhance the lives of communities and help reduce food scarcity. This paper presents a conceptual prototype of an efficient urban farming community that can be scaled for a single apartment building or an entire community across all global geoeconomics regions, including densely populated cities and rural, developing towns and communities. When deployed in coordination with smart crop choices, local farm support, and efficient transportation then the result isn’t just sustainability, but also increasing fresh produce accessibility, optimizing nutritional value, eliminating the use of ‘forever chemicals’, reducing transportation costs, and fostering global environmental benefits.

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Platform Practice And Exploration Of Science Popularization By One Body With Two Wings Mode: Take Innovation China-Academician Opening Lecture As An Example, Kun Bai, Baoyu Jia

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Science popularization is not only an activity of the state and society to popularize scientific and technological knowledge, promote scientific spirit, propagate scientific ideas and advocate scientific method, but also an important foundation for achieving innovative development. Based on the in-depth study on General Secretary Xi Jinping important remarks of science and technology innovation and science popularization, and science communication Dialogue Model, this study puts forward a dynamic model of One Body with Two Wings. Combine with Innovation China-Academician Opening Lecture of science popularization practice, this study analyzes the effectiveness and experience of the expert groups represented by the academicians …

Deepening Integration Of Research And Education, Cultivating Future Leading Talents In Science And Technology, Yanfen Wang, Ji’An Liu, Yueliang Wu, Zuomin Xiao, Jianming Miao, Guoqiang Yang, Haoran Li, Zhongping Xu, Xiaoli Niu, Jichang Dong, Depeng Jin, Hui Huang, Xiao Lin

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

The new era has put forward new and higher requirements for innovative talents in terms of their moral qualities, knowledge structure, and professional abilities. In this context, the practice to cultivate innovative talents in science and technology world-wide has presented new trends, including multidisciplinary collaborations, coherent processes, open coordination among education, research and industry sectors, and empowerment through digital transformation. Relying on the advantages of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in scientific and technological innovation, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) is exploring educational laws to cultivate high-quality innovative and entrepreneurial talents, especially leading talents in science …

Thoughts On Popularization Of Science And Future Development Of China, Yuliang Yang

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Science is a great cause for human beings to pursue truth. Popularization of science is an important basic work for achieving innovative development. Throughout the history of scientific development, human beings have realized the opening and sharing of knowledge system, the application and promotion of production technology, the inheritance and development of scientific culture, and the enlightenment and education of civilization and rationality through scientific popularization. This study analyzes the role and value of science popularization, and points out that science popularization is conducive to promoting the benign interaction between science and technology and society, improving the efficiency of science …

Serving National Strategic Needs, Cultivating Top Innovative Talents—Institutional Logic And Developing Practice Of University Of Chinese Academy Of Sciences In Running Integration Of Scientific Research And Education, Yueliang Wu, Yanfen Wang, Zuomin Xiao, Jianming Miao, Guoqiang Yang, Haoran Li, Zhongping Xu, Xiaoli Niu, Jichang Dong, Depeng Jin, Hui Huang, Xiao Lin, Ji’An Liu

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China regards “invigorating China through research and education and developing a strong workforce for the modernization drive” as a special chapter, and particularly emphasizes that “education, science and technology, and human resources are the foundational and strategic pillars for building a modern socialist country in all respects”. The integration of research and education is an important way to achieve the integrated development of education, technology, and talents. This study traced back to the origin and development of the integration of research and education, analyzed three specific manifestations of …

State-Organized Research (Sor): Chinese Innovation Eco-System To Meet Shift Of World’S Three Major Centers, Jianxun Chu, Chenyang Wang, Zhe Wang

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

The coordinated development of education-S&T-talent integration (ESTTI) has pointed out the direction for promoting China’s construction of a world science center, a world higher education center, and a world talent center. The study proposes the concept of “state- organized research” (SOR) based on the trend of “100-year change of centers” of the world’s three major centers and the strengths and weaknesses of China in building the world’s three major centers. The study suggests that the implementation of SOR is the way to transfer the world’s three major centers into China, and puts forward relevant suggestions to build the national innovation …

Discussion On Essential Characteristics And Construction Path Of Modernization Of Popular Science, Jiaofeng Pan, Biao Shi, Guanghui Wang

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

This study starts with the new requirements for the popularization of science put forward at the 20th National Congress of the CPC, and proposes the development ideas for modernizing the popularization of science. It is deeply analyzed the dialectical relationship between the popularization of science and modernization with Chinese characteristics, sorted out how the popularization of science has strongly supported and promoted modernization with Chinese characteristics in history, studied the new situation and problems facing scientific innovation and popularization in the current process of modernization, and put forward the direction for innovative development of the popularization of science in the …

Strengthen Construction Of National Science Popularization Capacity, Serving National Strategic Needs Of The New Era, Ting Wang, Weiying Wang, Lihui Wang

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

The national science popularization capacity of the New Era is reflected in the comprehensive strength of one country, which contains the capacity to continuously provide science popularization products and services to the public, improve the scientific literacy of the whole people, cultivate social culture, promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, then support the national innovative development. Based on the theoretical research and construction practice of China’s science popularization capacity , this study analyzes the deficiencies in the current construction of China’s science popularization capacity and the development direction of national science popularization capacity to serve the national development …

Research On Rule Of Law In Science Popularization To Guarantee Implementation Of Broad Science Popularization Strategy, Siguang Zhang, Xiaowei Xiang, Jianzhong Zhou

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

The construction of the rule of law in science popularization is of great importance to guarantee the implementation of the “Two- Wing theory” and the Broad Science Popularization Strategy. This study systematically reviews the development, status quo, effectiveness and problems of the legal and institutional construction of science popularization in China, and examines the situation, problems and challenges faced by the construction of the rule of law in China’s science popularization in the light of current development situation. Finally, this study puts forward proposals to strengthen the construction of the rule of law in science popularization under the direction of …

Construction Of World-Class Universities With Chinese Characteristics Is An Effective Practice Of Integrating Education, Technology, And Talent Training—Taking University Of Science And Technology Of China As An Example, Xinhe Bao

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Integrated deployment of education, technology, and talent training provides a guarantee for Chinese universities on the new journey to construct themselves into world-class universities with Chinese characteristics and indicates the direction for them to march on. The implementation of the “double first-class” (building a world-class university and first-class subject) strategy is a major strategic decision made by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council. It is of great significance for improving China’s education development level, enhancing the country’s core competitiveness, and laying the foundation for the long-term development. In this context, universities should take …

What Is The Innovativeness Of Innovative Research-Oriented Universities?—Practice Of Shanghaitech University, Jie Yin

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

In the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, it is emphasized that upholding the principles that science and technology constitute the primary productive force, talent is the primary resource, and innovation is the primary driving force is of utmost importance. The deep implementation of strategies such as the strategy for invigorating the country through science and education, the strategy for strengthening the nation through talent development, and the strategy for driving development through innovation is emphasized. Furthermore, the need to explore new domains and pathways for development, and continuously shape new dynamics and advantages …

Preface On Special Column “Connotation And Implementation Of Broad Science Popularization Strategy”, Hongjun Gao

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

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Thinking And Suggestions On Practice Of Science Popularization By Academicians In Broad Science Popularization Strategy, Xiu Wei, Liang Xi, Qiang Ma, Yongfeng Yang

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

As one of the two wings of innovation and development, science popularization has become one of the most fundamental factors determining the level of material culture development and national creativity. Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering (Academicians for short), as outstanding role models of China’s scientific and technological community, have actively borne social responsibility for science popularization and played an important role in different development periods. Entering a high-quality development stage, promoting the transformation of science popularization concepts, achieving high-quality science popularization supply, constructing a large-scale science popularization pattern, and planning a large-scale …

Who Determines What Our Children See, Read, Do, Or Learn On The Internet?, Sondlo Leonard Mhlaba

Trotter Review

The issue of appropriate use of the Internet at home and in schools is being hotly debated right now in, and outside, the Internet. In March 1995 Marlene Goss wrote a letter to the discussion list of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSNdisc@list.cred.net) appealing to educational policymakers to focus on access and equity when dealing with Internet in schools, instead of focusing on restricting such access. She found it remarkable how many hours were being spent "deciding student use when only 3% of the classroom teachers, professional adults, have use of the Internet." Her point was not so much that …