For a committee I'm on (proposing directions for a university environmental institute) I've been charged with determining what people in my research community see as emerging environmental issues. These can be based on topic/issue area (e.g. nanotechnology, nitrogen pollution), approach (e.g. market mechanisms for environmental regulation, private regulatory processes), or even thinking about other ways we might usefully consider environmental issues (e.g. consumption, sufficiency).
So, if you're willing to weigh in, where do you see our field going in the not-too-distant future? What are the things we as scholars should be gearing up to try to consider? Incidentally, this shouldn't be limited to an international focus -- all scales, from very local, through national and international, are relevant. Thanks in advance to those willing to conceptualize and speculate. Beth Elizabeth R. DeSombre Wellesley College
