World Partnerships Gazette - Renewable Energy, Buster Cooper's Afghan Scarf, A Huge Fall IVLP Lineup, & SPC Collaboration !

Bringing the World to #TampaBay

Vol. 1, Issue 5, July 29, 2022

Pakistan Energy Initiative:

Waste-to-Energy Projects, Best Practices in US Energy Infrastructure

A highly successful waste-to-energy project in Tampa and one of the nation's leading experts on energy infrastructure and finance earned World Partnerships a green light to host two virtual and one in-person IVLP projects for Pakistan in Tampa Bay.

Creating a more durable, sustainable and flexible power grid is one of Pakistan's most important economic policy initiatives, and finding the right mix of energy generation is a critical decision with future implications. Generating energy from municipal waste can be one of the solutions for present and future power needs...Read More...

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At the Enoch Davis Center in December 2019, WP IVLP alum Vimlendu Jha, environmental champion from India, engaged the founding "farmers" of the St. Pete Youth Farm in team-building and leadership activities. One of the many ways World Partnerships brings the World to our community!

Afghanistan and Tampa Bay

Buster Cooper's Scarf,

A Night of Jazz,

Stories On The Road With Duke Ellington in Kabul!

Or...How legendary trombonist Buster Cooper from St. Pete spent an evening on the porch at the Garden reminiscing with IVLP visitors from Afghanistan about his travels to Kabul in 1963 as a "Jazz Ambassador"...Read the story here...

From The WP Community

Chad Mairn is a St. Petersburg College Information Services Librarian, Assistant Professor, and Manager of the Innovation Lab, a “technology playground” that demonstrates what is possible with emerging technologies... Read more about Chad.

Chad's article appeared on June 3, 2022 "Mental Graffiti" Blog.

Why I Collaborate

with World Partnerships!

Chad Mairn

Information Services Librarian &

Manager, The Innovation Lab

St. Petersburg College

I had the honor of hosting another World Partnerships and United States Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program today for their "U.S. Technology and Solutions for Waste-to-Energy Initiatives" project for Pakistan. There were visitors from the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Departments (Punjab and Sindh), the Green Building Council, and other Pakistani energy organizations. These people are brilliant and I learned a lot; plus, I realized more than ever that I need to learn so much more about our global energy issues.

Oh, and today is the Innovation Lab's 8th birthday! I always love sharing what the iLab does for the community...Read Chad's blogpost...

As the official Tampa Bay regional partner of the United States Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), World Partnerships gratefully acknowledges that this publication is funded in part by a grant from the US Department of State, with funding provided by the US Government and administered by Global Ties U.S.

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