1. IPY 2012: Knowledge to Action David G Malcolm, PhD PEng CMC

3. Taking IPY Education Outreach and Communication (EOC) to Communities  During EOC efforts, it was concluded that “the public, students, teachers, media, artists and musicians want to be actively engaged in science”  Communicate IPY research to circumpolar communities to aid in sustainable living  Go beyond EOC to apply IPY research results

4. Human Security in the Arctic: The GAPS Project  Studying the impacts of Oil and Gas Activity on Peoples of the Arctic  Both positive and negative impacts  Adaptation to rapid change requires inclusive, community based processes  Effects include increasing homelessness, lack of mental health services, insufficient support for governance – must be addressed by sustainable living responses

5. CAVIAR: Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Arctic Regions  Led by the University of Guelph and CICERO (Center for International Climate and Environmental Research – Oslo)  Broad goal: “to enhance the theory, empirical understanding, and practical application of processes that shape adaptation and vulnerability in communities across the polar region” through community-based vulnerability assessment, which starts with the interests and observations from the communities themselves

6. Define Sustainable Living:  Doing Sustainability! Do those things that enable individuals, families and communities to live in a healthy and secure lifestyle  Reducing dependency through Innovation and entrepreneurism – both goods and services  Entrepreneurial Sustainable Living is producing goods and services within your community to replace imports – both goods and services (The new ESL!!)

7. Why “Entrepreneurial”?  To quote Muhammad Yunus of Grameen Bank and father of microcredit and social business: “all human beings are entrepreneurs. No exceptions. No one lacks entrepreneurial capability,” and “we should build another kind of business based on selflessness --- for others, to benefit the world, to solve problems.”

8. Why “Entrepreneurial”?  And further to quote Iqbal Z Quadir, Director of the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT, Cambridge, MA: “A mind-set that low-income countries need help exclusively in policy design and bureaucracy, not in commercial dynamism, maintains an imbalance in education that is increasingly diverging from real-world conditions.”

9. Reducing Dependencies:  Many dependencies: Ten of them will be mentioned here from Malcolm (2010) 1) The energy we use: some hydro, some natural gas, but mostly diesel electric generation, along with fuel oil for home heating  IPY contributions: primarily through the Arctic Energy Summit, IPY Project #299

10. Reducing Energy Dependency  Core of the Arctic Energy Summit project was the Arctic Energy Technology Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, October 2007: http://www.institutenorth.org/programs/arctic- advocacy-infrastructure/arctic-energy- network/2007-arctic-energy-summit1/ http://www.institutenorth.org/programs/arctic- advocacy-infrastructure/arctic-energy- network/2007-arctic-energy-summit1/  Principle sessions on Renewable and Rural Energy and Environmental, Socio-Economic and Sustainability Impacts, as well as Extractive Energy Development (oil, gas, coal bed methane, gas hydrates, coal)

11. Reducing Dependencies: 2) Climate change impacts and adaptation: infrastructure, flooding, health and safety, wildlife habitat  IPY contributions: many contributions under such major efforts as CAVIAR. Also refer to a report entitled NWT IPY Results Conference Inuvik January 2011: http://ipy.nwtresearch.com/Documents/IPY_Conferenc e_Report.pdf and the Arctic Report Card Update for 2011: http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/press_conf/AR C2011_finalvisuals.pdf http://ipy.nwtresearch.com/Documents/IPY_Conferenc e_Report.pdf http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/press_conf/AR C2011_finalvisuals.pdf

12. Reducing Dependencies: 3) Health and wellness: climate warming impacts, lack of trained health practitioners  IPY contributions: GAPS, CAVIAR, and the NWT IPY Results Conference, Inuvik, January 2011: http://ipy.nwtresearch.com/Documents/IPY_C onference_Report.pdf http://ipy.nwtresearch.com/Documents/IPY_C onference_Report.pdf

13. Reducing Dependencies: 4) Education: curricula and teachers are imported from southern locations  IPY contributions: A considerable number of curriculum components were created during the EOC efforts of the IPY science projects, as discussed in the report at http://library.arcticportal.org/1484/1/ICSU_IP Y_EOC_Report_2011.pdf. Teacher training is also discussed in this report. http://library.arcticportal.org/1484/1/ICSU_IP Y_EOC_Report_2011.pdf

14. Reducing Dependencies: 5) Employment: Northern businesses must currently attract skilled workers and many professionals from the south  IPY contributions: Training leading to skills for community residents are discussed in the EOC report of the previous slide, as well as in the Arctic Energy Summit reports mentioned previously in the discussion of energy dependency

15. Reducing Dependencies: 6) Housing: currently manufactured in the south to southern codes of design and construction  IPY contributions: The Cold Climate Housing Research Center at University of Alaska Fairbanks has carried out housing research during IPY. Also refer to the 2009 report of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE): True North: Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change in Northern Canada

16. Reducing Dependencies: 7) Transportation: road and air transportation links with the south for the import of most retail goods, fuel, and commodities  IPY contributions: No direct contributions of IPY research have been noted. However airship research has been carried out independently for Arctic applications that are near economic viability with lower greenhouse gas emissions: http://www.airshipstothearctic.com/ http://www.airshipstothearctic.com/

17. Reducing Dependencies: 8) Ecology and environment: dependent upon climate warming that is primarily caused by southern influences  IPY contributions: Research is noted throughout the major groups of IPY research, such as CAVIAR, GAPS, and Education Outreach and Communication, regarding environmental and ecological impacts of climate warming. Also see: http://ipy.nwtresearch.com/Documents/IPY_Conf erence_Report.pdf http://ipy.nwtresearch.com/Documents/IPY_Conf erence_Report.pdf

18. Reducing Dependencies: 9) Policy and governance: often dictated by federal departments and agencies far removed from the North without inclusion and consultation of northerners  IPY contributions: Discussion on governance as it relates to research and communities was discussed at the NWT IPY Results Conference in January 2011. Also see other work on governance issues by Irlbacher-Fox (2009): http://findingdahshaa.ca/ http://findingdahshaa.ca/

19. Reducing Dependencies: 10) Appropriate technologies: current technologies in communications, transportation, infrastructure, construction, and renewable energy usually developed in the south for less remote and more temperate climates  IPY contributions: The Cold Climate Housing Research Center and the Arctic Energy Summit, both at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, showcased many technology innovations and research projects

20. Inuit Experience  Mark Anielski in The Economics of Happiness, p95: “The Inuit have long understood that the strength of their communities depends on the capacities of one or more individuals to be a good hunter, a good singer, a good healer, a good storyteller and a good builder of igloos, dog sleds or utensils. All skills are needed to flourish and to be self-sufficient.”

21. Further Reading and References:  Malcolm (2010) in Pimatisiwin: http://www.pimatisiwin.com/online/?page_id=730 http://www.pimatisiwin.com/online/?page_id=730  NWT IPY Results Conference, Inuvik, January 2011: http://ipy.nwtresearch.com/Documents/IPY_Confere nce_Report.pdf http://ipy.nwtresearch.com/Documents/IPY_Confere nce_Report.pdf  Participation through eSustainablePlanet.com website: www.eSustainablePlanet.com www.eSustainablePlanet.com