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The FDCP has just dropped the first part of its series Behind the Reel: The Next Generation Actors

Join rising stars Elijah Canlas, Gabby Padilla, Cedrick Juan, and Kakki Teodoro as they open up about their journeys in the industry and spill the behind-the-scenes stories from some of this year’s biggest films.

On 7 October 2024, the Global Observance of World Habitat Day, will be under the theme "Engaging youth to create a better urban future." The world is rapidly urbanizing, and many urban residents these days are young people, especially in some countries in Africa and Asia. It will focus on how we can engage the new generation in planning their urban present and future through participatory processes and local leadership opportunities. 

Watch the Round table 1: Youth Power: Leading the Charge Against Climate Change - World Habitat Day 2024 (Querétaro, Mexico)!ne

In the prevailing economic situation, local governments have faced increased difficulty to gain increased access to external resources to fund their development.

The local finance framework integrates three key solutions to facilitate this access:

Cities Investment Facility (CIF)

UN-Habitat/UNCDF Guarantee Facility for Sustainable Cities

Rapid Own Source Revenue Analysis (ROSRA)

An important discussion about Ghost Homes

Yesterday in the House of Commons a series of conversations took place in the department of “Levelling Up, Housing and Communities” and one of them was under the title of Local Infrastructure. One of the people that took part was Tim Farron, the Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale. The person who responded to his call was Stuart Andrew who is a Minister and also the Conservative MP…

For beekeepers looking for something else to do during the winter, You are invited to participate in a free Zoom meeting every Saturday - Courtesy of Fox Valley Beekeepers Association.

Save the dates — June 3-4 2022 — for Illinois State Beekeepers Association’s summer meeting in Crystal Lake, Illinois. It will begin with a deadout session on Friday evening in which Dr. Dewey Caron will offer to analyze frames from deadout colonies to determine the cause of death — a beehive postmortem. Also, that evening Doug Leedle (ISBA Southern Region Director) will lead a round table discussion on the Nicot honey bee queen rearing system.

Saturday will have a presentation by Dr. Caron, “Have you read a good book lately — reading a hive,” as well as a talk by Ben Sallmann from the University of Minnesota, “Benefits of Propolis to Honey Bees.” Jerry Hayes from Bee Culture will also join in for a “chat with Jerry.” Lunch and vendor displays will round out the day. Additional information on registration, the agenda and location will be published here as it becomes available