A "fine" lottery, think like a policymaker in 7 days, and marine litter
Policy Post #242
Dear reader,
The Policy Post this week brings to you
What Can a Glass of Milk Teach You About Policy?
How Volkswagen made a lottery out of speeding tickets
What plastic is doing to the ocean
As always, we wrap up with a curated list of opportunities.
Let’s get into it!
⁉️The PPI Policy Question: Policy or Parody?
A government is developing new offices in the middle of the jungle for digital nomads who are tired of sitting back at home.
Is this a real policy or a total parody?
👉 Answer at the bottom of the newsletter.
👀What caught our eye
The Speed Camera Lottery
Volkswagen conducted an experiment that saw the average speed drop from 32kmph before the experiment to 25 kmph during the experiment.
If you are someone who enjoys an innovative take on daily civic issues, this video is for you!
📝Policymaking Challenge By India House:
A glass of milk is never just a glass of milk. Behind almost everything that shapes our everyday lives lies a web of policies and systems most of us never notice. Policy thinking helps you see them.
The Start Thinking in Policy Challenge (STIP-C) by India House is a 7-day online challenge that helps you develop a policymaker’s lens: one real-world challenge at a time.
What to expect: 7 days | 60 minutes a day | Online | Certificate upon completion
As the Community Partner for this cohort, Public Policy India (PPI) members are also eligible for exclusive India House goodies, with rewards for the top-performing participants.
It started with a glass of milk. Soon, you’ll start seeing policy everywhere.
🗓️ Applications close: 12 July.
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🌍Climate + Health Corner
In Partnership With Swasti, The Health Catalyst
Plastic as marine litter
Plastics are the largest component of human-generated solid waste entering the seas and oceans. This essay discusses the dump of plastic, its consequences, and the lack of action taken.
💼Careers Corner
A curated list of some of the best jobs and internship opportunities this week from the world of public policy, the development sector, impact consulting and communications at large.
📩 Best bit - if you know of a job/internship opening that’s not listed here, kindly just add that as a comment on the sheet: giving 20,000+ people immediate access to it!
⁉️Policy or Parody?
Answer: It is a real policy. Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board is working to develop new offices in the middle of the jungle for digital nomads who are tired of sitting back at home.