Re: consumption rates & comparisons

[Peter Jacques]

Hi all
related to Stacy's request, can someone tell me the original source of the "20% of population consuming 80% of the worlds resources" dynamic? I think it was a world bank pub somewhere but I can not find it.
 
Peter
 

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>>> "VanDeveer, Stacy"  9/22/2009 11:42 AM >>>

Colleagues,
 
I am wondering if some of you can point me toward any comparisons of Northern & Southern consumption of various resources (agricultural, mineral, whatever…) – current consumption, rates over time, etc.  
 
Ideas, citations and naked self-promotion are all most welcome.
 
--Stacy
 
 
















 

 


 






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sustainability and pedagogy material

[Peter Jacques]

Hi folks,
 
here are the responses I received for my request linking sustainability and 
pedagogy, thanks to those who sent me these suggestions:
 
__
 
See Peggy F. Bartlett and Geoffrey W. Chase (eds.), /Sustainability on 
Campus/ (Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2004)
 
you might also look at the following for ideas: 
http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/classes/ee080s/Fall08/ 
 
_
 
"Wackernagel, Mathis, and William E. Rees. (1996) Our Ecological 
Footprint Reducing Human Impact on the Earth. Gaboriola Island: New 
Society Publ."
 
 
Peter J. Jacques, Ph.D. 
Department of Political Science
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161356
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816-1356 

Phone: (407) 823-2608 
Fax: (407) 823-0051
http://ucf.academia.edu/PeterJacques 

pedagogy and sustainability

[Peter Jacques]

Hi GEPed-ers
 
this fall I am responsible for helping introduce sustainability to the general 
faculty in teaching circles on the topic area. 
 
Does anyone have a suggestion for a book we could use to center our discussions 
(that could be read by all disciplines) that is focused on pedagogy and 
sustainability?  I can take answers off line and report back at the end
 
thank you in advance,
 
Peter
 
 
 
 
Peter J. Jacques, Ph.D. 
Department of Political Science
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161356
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816-1356 

Phone: (407) 823-2608 
Fax: (407) 823-0051
http://ucf.academia.edu/PeterJacques 

Re: thesis and dissertation "writing" -- noted without comment

[Peter Jacques]

Also, in this political economy of cheating, Turnitin.com offers a separate 
service ("writecheck") specifically and only for students who can see, for a 
fee, if their paper indicates plagiarism compared to the turnitin database 
without adding it to the turnitin database.  At UCF, thesis chairs are now 
mandated to submit all theses and dissertations to turnitincom.

Peter J. Jacques, Ph.D. 
Department of Political Science
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161356
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816-1356 

Phone: (407) 823-2608 
Fax: (407) 823-0051
http://ucf.academia.edu/PeterJacques 


>>> "Ken Conca"  1/7/2009 10:28 AM >>>
Be sure to read the section on plagiarism in the second link, in which the 
customer buying a dissertation is assured that the document will be an 
original, unplagiarized work, pre-screened with plagiarism-detecting software! 
Honor among thieves, indeedKen Conca

>>> "Ronald Mitchell"  1/6/2009 4:39 PM >>>
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(Real) compiliation of great urban thinkers

[Peter Jacques]

Happy New Year Gep-eders! Thank you very much to everyone who made this
list a rich one indeed. I apologize for clogging your inboxes in the
beginning. 

Great Urban thinkers/Urban Politics Reading list
●   Ivan Illich
●   Mike Davis (Planet of Slums)
●   Paul Goodman   
●   Lewis Mumford (especially for City in History; The Culture Of
Cities; Technics and Civilization). It was noted that Mumford also
exchanged letters with Gandhi and worked with Rabindranath Tagore that
may add dimension to Mumford’s contribution.
●   Jane Jacobs
●   Irving Altman
●   Timothy Beatley
●   William Cronin
●   Andres Duany & Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk (collaborative work)
●   Joel Garreau
●   Dolores Hayden
●   Setha Low
●   Kevin Lynch
●   John Reps
●   Camillo Sitte
●   William Whyte
●   Teresa Caldeira (City of Walls)
●   Hochstetler and Keck, Greening Brazil, Duke 2007
●   Javier Auyero
●   Ramachandra Guha (Environmentalism:  A Global History; India
After Gandhi; This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India;   How
Much Should a Person Consume? Environmentalism in India and the United
States)
●   Robert Moses
●   David Harvey (Social Justice and the City)
●   Anil Agarwal (Anil Agarwal Reader)
●   Suniat Narain
●   Patrick Geddes (Cities in Evolution)


Peter J. Jacques, Ph.D. 
Department of Political Science
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161356
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816-1356 

Phone: (407) 823-2608 
Fax: (407) 823-0051
http://ucf.academia.edu/PeterJacques 

RE: great urban thinkers compilation

[Peter Jacques]

Dear list, 

Our esteemed leader of the gep-ed list has told me that my original query  
never made it to the group, my apologies. 

I am in this midst of a project that has sprung from my urban enviro class, and 
it seems to me that this aspect is somewhat underdeveloped in our studies of 
gep.  While they vary, it seems that most of these urban thinkers do more than 
figure street Plattes, but think about space, personal democratic interaction 
in civic sphere, technology, and alienation. 

In my own list, I had mostly "dead white guys" (Mumford, Giddes, Bookchin, etc) 
and Jane Jacobs. I was hoping for any suggestions of who the list might think 
of as "great" urban thinkers, and particularly thinkers/writers from the global 
South.  Thus far, several of you have now emailed me and I will re-post another 
summary if there are more.

Thank you for your interest and help!

Peter


Peter J. Jacques, Ph.D. 
Department of Political Science
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161356
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816-1356 

Phone: (407) 823-2608 
Fax: (407) 823-0051
http://ucf.academia.edu/PeterJacques 


>>> "Wallace, Richard"  12/23/2008 12:57 PM >>>
Peter,

 

I also did not see the original post. These are from my wife Shannon,
thanks to her urban planning experience. Not political scientists, but
indeed urban thinkers.

 

Irving Altman

Timothy Beatley

William Cronin

Andres Duany & Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk (collaborative work)

Joel Garreau

Dolores Hayden

Setha Low

Kevin Lynch

John Reps

Camillo Sitte

William Whyte

 

Happy holidays everyone!

 

Cheers,

 

Rich

 

--

 

Richard L. Wallace, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Chair

Environmental Studies Program

Ursinus College

P.O. Box 1000

Collegeville, PA 19426

(610) 409-3730

(610) 409-3660 fax

rwall...@ursinus.edu 

 

It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: what are
we busy about?

-   Henry David Thoreau

 

From: owner-gep...@listserve1.allegheny.edu 
[mailto:owner-gep...@listserve1.allegheny.edu] On Behalf Of VanDeveer,
Stacy
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 12:37 PM
To: Wright, Angus; Peter Jacques; gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu 
Subject: RE: great urban thinkers compilation

 

yes!  Mumford!  THE CULTURE OF CITIES being a good place to start...


-Original Message-
From: owner-gep...@listserve1.allegheny.edu on behalf of Wright, Angus
Sent: Tue 12/23/2008 12:32 PM
To: Peter Jacques; gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu 
Subject: RE: great urban thinkers compilation


I did not see this request earlier, so I am not sure what you are
calling about. But among great urban thinkers the top three on my list
would be: Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, and Paul Goodman.

Angus Wright
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies
California State University, Sacramento

From: owner-gep...@listserve1.allegheny.edu 
[owner-gep...@listserve1.allegheny.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Jacques
[pjacq...@mail.ucf.edu] 
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 5:32 PM
To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu 
Subject: great urban thinkers compilation

Hi everyone,

I realize I forgot to summarize the results of my request for
suggestions of those whom we might consider "great urban thinkers."
But, alas, there were no responses, which may confirm my sense that this
area is underdeveloped for our field.

Merry, merry,

Peter

Peter J. Jacques, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161356
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816-1356

Phone: (407) 823-2608
Fax: (407) 823-0051
http://ucf.academia.edu/PeterJacques 

great urban thinkers compilation

[Peter Jacques]

Hi everyone,

I realize I forgot to summarize the results of my request for suggestions of 
those whom we might consider "great urban thinkers."  But, alas, there were no 
responses, which may confirm my sense that this area is underdeveloped for our 
field.  

Merry, merry,

Peter

Peter J. Jacques, Ph.D. 
Department of Political Science
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161356
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816-1356 

Phone: (407) 823-2608 
Fax: (407) 823-0051
http://ucf.academia.edu/PeterJacques 

Re: Environment & conflict films (compiled list)

[Peter Jacques]

Hi all, 

Here is some good irony before the weekend:

I just finished showing Chinatown in my Urban Env. class (for those of you who 
don't know, the main villain gets away with theft of water and corrupt land 
deals as well as rape of his daughter). The film always plays well and most 
have never seen it so it carries some emotional shock that helps the students 
ground the ideas of "hinterlands." 

In researching the film, I found documentation that a "high profile" official 
from Los Angeles Water and Power (later caught in corrupt land deals of the San 
Fernando Valley like the one in the movie) dismissed the film as "totally 
inaccurate" -- when he was asked for more details he said "There was never any 
incest involved."

Peter



Peter J. Jacques, Ph.D. 
Department of Political Science
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161356
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816-1356 

Phone: (407) 823-2608 
Fax: (407) 823-0051
http://politicalscience.cos.ucf.edu/main.php?URL=jacques 


>>> "Mark Buntaine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 9/19/2008 10:13 AM >>>
Thanks to all who contributed to my request for recommendations on films
dealing with environment and conflict.  Here is the compiled list of
recommendations that I received:

PickAxeIn the Light of Reverence
Lessons of Darkness
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104706/)
Chinatown (classic feature movie that deals with California, water
allocations etc.)
Blood Diamonds
Darwin's Nightmare
Clearcut (fiction, starring Graeme Greene)


Books on the relationship between environmental and peace movements:

R. Gottlieb's book Forcing the Spring chapter 3
Dryzek et al's Green States and Social Movements.


Mark Buntaine
Nicholas School of the Environment
Duke University

==

Hello-

I am helping to prepare an undergraduate seminar on the relationship between
the environment and violent conflict.  We are trying to identify a handful
of films that present different aspects of this relationship.  I would
appreciate any recommendations of films you have seen.  I can collect
recommendations off-list and will post a compilation.

Many thanks,
Mark Buntaine

Re: Globalization and Environment references

[Peter Jacques]

And, there is a whole series from AltaMira/Rowman and Littlefield on 
"Globalization and the Environment" with several titles.

Peter

Peter J. Jacques, Ph.D. 
Department of Political Science
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161356
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816-1356 

Phone: (407) 823-2608 
Fax: (407) 823-0051
http://politicalscience.cos.ucf.edu/main.php?URL=jacques 


>>> Dale W Jamieson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6/11/2008 10:35 AM >>>
of course peter singer's 'one world' should be added to this.  dj

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Director of Environmental Studies
Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy
Affiliated Professor of Law
New York University
http://philosophy.fas.nyu.edu/object/dalejamieson 
http://environment.as.nyu.edu/ 

Contact information:
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- Original Message -
From: "Wallace, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:32 am
Subject: Globalization and Environment references
To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu 


> This list is circulating on other lists, and I thought it would be of
>  interest to GEP folks. Apologies for cross-postings.
>  
>   
>  
>  Cheers,
>  
>   
>  
>  Rich
>  
>   
>  
>   
>  
>  From: ASA Environmental Sociology Section List
>  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Zavestoski
>  Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 10:22 AM
>  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>  Subject: Results: Globalization and Environment recommendations
>  
>   
>  
>  Colleagues,
>  
>   
>  
>  Below is the list I compiled based on recommendations sent in response
>  to my request for readings on globalization and the environment. I
>  sorted them by articles and books. The list of articles is rather
>  complete, and alphabetized. The books are titles only in some cases and
>  not in any order.
>  
>   
>  
>  Thanks to all who sent suggestions, especially Chris Biga whose reading
>  list on global environmental inequalities constitutes most of the
>  suggestions below.
>  
>   
>  
>  --Steve
>  
>   
>  
>   
>  
>  Globalization and Environment Bibliography
>  
>   
>  
>  Articles/Book Chapters
>  
>   
>  
>  Abu-Lughod, J.L. 1995. "The world-system perspective in the construction
>  of economic history. History 
>  
>  and Theory, 34(2): 86-98. 
>  
>   
>  
>  Bell, M.M. 2005. "The Vitality of Difference:  Systems Theory, the
>  Environment, and the Ghost of 
>  
>  Parsons."  Society and Natural Resources.  18(5): 471-478. 
>  
>   
>  
>  Bunker, S. G. 1984. "Modes of Extraction, Unequal Exchange, and the
>  Progressive Underdevelopment of an Extreme Periphery: The Brazilian
>  Amazon, 1600-1980." American Journal of Sociology. 89: 1017-64. J. 
>  
>   
>  
>  Bunker, S.G. 1992. "Natural resource extraction and power differentials
>  in the world economy". Pp 61-84 
>  
>  in S. Ortiz & S. Lees (Eds.), Understanding economic process
>  Washington, DC: University Presses of 
>  
>  America. 
>  
>   
>  
>  Bunker, S.G. 1994. "The political economy and ecology of raw material
>  extraction and trade.. In R. 
>  
>  Socolow, C. Andrews, F. Berkhout, & V. Thomas (Eds.), Industrial ecology
>  and global change. 
>  
>  Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 
>  
>   
>  
>  Bunker, S.G. 1996. "Raw materials and the global economy: Oversights 
> and
>  distortions in industrial 
>  
>  ecology." Society and Natural Resources, 9: 419-429. 
>  
>   
>  
>  Bunker, S.G. 2003. "Matter, space, energy, and political economy: The
>  Amazon in the world-system" 
>  
>  Journal of World-Systems Research. 9: 219-258. 
>  
>   
>  
>  Bunker, S.G. 2005. "How Ecologically Uneven Developments Put the Spin 
> on
>  the Treadmill of 
>  
>  Production." Organization & Environment. 18(1): 38-54. 
>  
>   
>  
>  Bunker, S.G. 2005. "The Poverty of Resource Extraction" Research in
>  Rural Sociology and Development. 
>  
>  11: 211-226 
>  
>   
>  
>  Bunker, S.G., Ciccantell, P 1995. "Reorganizing markets /restructuring
>  nature: The economy and ecology 
>  
>  of Japan's global search for raw materials." Journal of World Systems
>  Research, 1: 109-130. 
>  
>   
>  
>  Ciccantell, P., Bunker, S.G. 2002. "International inequality in the age
>  of globalization: Japanese 
>  
>  economic ascent and the restructuring of the capitalist world economy."
>  Journal of World System 
>  
>  Research. 8(1): 62-98. 
>  
>   
>  
>  Ciccantell, P.S, Smith, D.A. 2005. "Nature, Raw Materials, and Political
>  Economy: An Introduction" I.10: 
>  
>  1-20 
>  
>   
>  
>  Peter Grimes and Jeffrey Kentor.  2005.  "Exporting the Greenhouse:
>  Foreign Capital Penetration and CO2 Emissions, 1980-1996."  Journal of
>  World-Systems Research 9: 261-275.
>  
>   
>  
>  Freudenburg, W.R., Wilson, L.J. 2002. "Mining the Data: Analyzing the
>  Economic Implications of Mining 
>  
>  fo

panel

[Peter Jacques]

Sorry, my post a minute ago neglected to note that the panel proposal if for 
ISA...

peter

Peter J. Jacques, Ph.D. 
Department of Political Science
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161356
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816-1356 

Phone: (407) 823-2608 
Fax: (407) 823-0051
http://politicalscience.cos.ucf.edu/main.php?URL=jacques 

Panel on environmentalism

[Peter Jacques]

Hi everyone, 

Jennifer Bailey and I are organizing a panel on environmentalism and 
opposition, and we would like to invite you if you are interested in the 
general ideas.  If you are interested please respond off list directly to me. 

Right now this is our panel synopsis:

"Tree-huggers, Misanthropes and Terrorists:  (Mis)Representing the
Environmental Movement in the Public Sphere"   

At a time when the realities of global warming and the limits of the
seas and food production are being broadly acknowledged,
environmentalists continue to be dismissed as sentimental, irrational
and emotional.  Instead of taking seriously the need to rethink the
relationship between humans and the non-human world, many "solutions" to
environmental crises embrace their drivers:  technology, development,
scientism, and modernist extraction.  This panel explores the strategies
used to dismiss alternative views of the environment and their
messengers, and it will offer consideration to major innovative thinkers
like Bruno Latour and Ulrich Beck on the ideas of constructing a
democratic discourse. 


in peace,

Peter



Peter J. Jacques, Ph.D. 
Department of Political Science
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161356
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816-1356 

Phone: (407) 823-2608 
Fax: (407) 823-0051
http://politicalscience.cos.ucf.edu/main.php?URL=jacques 

Re: New CC conference

[Peter Jacques]

Wil raises an important (reflexive) and representative point: 

Why is CORE (Congress on Racial Equality-- one of the major original
civil rights groups pivotal during the 1960s) involved? Here we have a
historic civil rights group involved in the Freedom Rides, lunch counter
sit-ins, the 1963 March on Washington, and the 1964 Freedom Summer in
Mississippi, who is sponsoring a anti-climate (policy) conference.  What
the hell is going on? The answer is mystified, and I think
purposefully.

This question is representative because the climate skeptics have used
front groups like conservative think tanks to obscure the political
ideological and material interests of climate change denial.  The
interest of the organization is obscured, the position legitimated as
on-par with other opinions.

But, it turns out CORE is not your typical civil rights group anymore. 
CORE has been hijacked by the Innis' starting in 1968  since Roy Innis
made a bid to take over the organization, and CORE has been conservative
apologists for some time now. For example, who came to US Senator Trent
Lott's rescue when he had the "slip" of pining for racial segregationist
Strom Thurmond's presidential bid?   CORE and Innis.  Innis (like
Horowitz) started out in the radical Left, but did a U-turn  and now
plays for the other team.  Innis has been accused by founder James
Farmer and other black leaders of renting out CORE’s historic
reputation to corporations like Monsanto and ExxonMobil for his
willingness to defend mainstream privilege.

More to the point, CORE is now sponsoring folks like Paul Driessen who
wrote  [how affluent
environmentalists are killiing African babies by blocking development
and industrial chemicals like DDT for malaria]; and, they have planted
CORE-Uganda to puppet their interest in defending industrial capitalism,
and western industrial political economy and ideological ordering in
general.  CORE, is not the only one either; Institute for Economic
Affairs, out of the UK, is connected to the group out of South Africa --
Africa Fighting Malaria-- which has the same exact agenda. Though saving
Africans doesn't seem to be the priority, indicated by their condemning
of making AIDS drugs available outside the manufacturers patents since
it would make Africa a "profit free zone". Nonetheless, the mere
presence of these groups is supposed to represent authenticity.  What
irony.

The important point, is that, like the climate skeptics, most readers
and observers will never get this history or context because it is
hidden, and it will seem like a civil rights group is against climate
policy action and environmental protections generally, undermining
social credibility-- that is WHY, I think,  CORE is there.   

Seems like Wil's question and ones like it are important antidotes to
piercing the veil. 

Peter

Peter J. Jacques, Ph.D. 
Department of Political Science
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161356
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816-1356 

Phone: (407) 823-2608 
Fax: (407) 823-0051
http://politicalscience.cos.ucf.edu/main.php?URL=jacques 


>>> "Wil Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2/27/2008 6:40 PM >>>
Re: upcoming Heartland conference (and why the heck is CORE one of the
co-sponsors?)

 

 

Perhaps I'm too sanguine about this (though that doesn't tend to be my
manner), but I wouldn't sweat a conference like this because I
seriously
doubt it will have much impact. I've recently been interviewed on
radio
call-in shows in very conservative places, e.g. Jackson, Tennessee and
Mobile, Alabama, and save the random Rush ditto-head caller, the vast
majority of folks subscribe to the theory that we're changing the
climate,
so I don't see a conference of this nature radically transforming
public
opinion.

 

What is more lamentable is that while a very large majority of
Americans
believe that climate change is occurring, and is primarily linked to
anthropogenic activities, its issue saliency is very low, anywhere
from
about 16th on the list of most important issues for Democrats to about
25th
for Republicans (recent Pew surveys even after much of the recent focus
on
the issue). Most Americans believe that the U.S. can easily adapt to
climate
change, and as for the rest of the world, well, as Ari Fleischer once
said,
we're not going to do anything that interferes with our blessed
lifestyle.
Tackling both the false (in the mid-term and long-term scenarios at
least)
perception that we can readily adapt to climate change in the U.S.,
and
finding a way to tweak our collective conscience about the inequities
of
gaily driving our Hummers to the corner grocery store while Tuvalu
disappears under water is the real issue from my perspective. wil

 

Dr. Wil Burns

Senior Fellow, International Environmental Law Santa Clara University
School
of Law 500 El Camino Real, Loyola 101 Santa Clara, CA 95053 USA

Phone: 408.551.3000 x6139

Mobile: 650.281.9126

Fax: 408.554.2745

[EMAIL PROTECTED] 

SSRN Author Page:
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Re: Readings on GMOs

[Peter Jacques]

Hi Michael,

A friend of mine, Carol Thompson, along with Andrew Mushita, recently published 
 through Africa World 
Press.  It treats GMOs as part of the enclosure imbedded in the Green 
Revolution/industrial agriculture; it has very compelling, easy to read 
chapters that I assign to my classes with terrific results. 

Peter

Peter J. Jacques, Ph.D. 
Department of Political Science
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161356
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816-1356 

Phone: (407) 823-2608 
Fax: (407) 823-0051
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>>> "Schoon, Michael Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2/24/2008 1:07 PM >>>
Hi Everyone,



I was wondering if anyone could give me some leads to a couple good readings on 
GMOs.  Ideally I'd have 2 readings from different perspectives (maybe a green 
revolution and a precautionary approach).  I'm teaching a class of 1st and 2nd 
year university students, so I'm looking for something that's not overly 
technical.



Any suggestions?



Thanks!



Mike



Michael L. Schoon



Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis

School of Public and Environmental Affairs

Indiana University

513 North Park Street

Bloomington, IN  47408

(w):  (812) 856-2693

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Scepticism over climate science in BBC poll

[Peter Jacques]

Hi GEP-ers,

I thought this might be of interest, particularly since it had seemed 
skepticism was beginning to wane; however, this BBC report of an Ipsos Mori 
poll (I don't know this group) indicates the following: 

'Scepticism' over climate claims  
 
Accelerating ice-melting may be a sign of global climate change 
The public believes the effects of global warming on the climate are not as bad 
as politicians and scientists claim, a poll has suggested. 

The Ipsos Mori poll of 2,032 adults - interviewed between 14 and 20 June - 
found 56% believed scientists were still questioning climate change. 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6263690.stm 


 


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FT article on United Fruit and Empire

[Peter Jacques]

Hi Gep-eders

In reading this morning's Financial Times, I ran across this piece by Peter 
Chapman on United Fruit ("el pulpo" or the octopus! due to its political 
tentacles.  Those of you who use Ronnie Lipschutz's GEP book might find this an 
interesting supplement to his introduction on the political economy of bananas; 
it strikes me as an wonderful stand alone piece as well on Banana Republics. 

in peace,

peter

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Title: FT.com print article

Skip to main content, accesskey 's'Homepage, accesskey '1'Financial Times FT.com 

HOME UK UK

 

Rotten fruitBy Peter Chapman
Published: May 5 2007 03:00 | Last updated: May 5 2007 03:00Early on Monday February 3 1975, a man threw himself out of his office window, 44 floors above Park Avenue, New York. He had used his briefcase to smash the window, and then thrown it out before he leapt, scattering papers for blocks around. Glass fell on to the rush-hour traffic, but amazingly no one else was hurt. The body landed away from the road, near a postal service office. Postmen helped emergency workers clear up the mess so the day's business could carry on.One policeman at the scene spoke of the selfishness of "jumpers", who didn't think of anyone "down below". This jumper was quickly identified as Eli Black, chief executive of the United Fruit Company, which had been making huge profits from bananas since the late 19th century.United Fruit had dominated business and politics in Central America. It was the first truly multinational modern corporation, spreading the spirit of liberal capitalism. As well as harvesting the region's fruit, however, the company wielded formidable influence over small nations, which were often ruled by corrupt dictatorships. United Fruit gave the world not just bananas, but also "banana republics".It emerged that Black, a devout family man, had bribed the Honduran president, Oswaldo Lopez Arellano, with $1.25m to encourage him to pull out of a banana cartel which opposed United Fruit. The story was about to come out in the US press. United Fruit's Central American plantations were also struggling with hurricane damage and a new banana disease. Facing disgrace and failure, Black took his own life. His death was shocking, not least because he had the reputation of a highly moral man. Wall Street was outraged, the company's shares crashed and regulators seized its books to prevent "its further violation of the law". The company subsequently disappeared from public view and was seemingly erased from the collective mind.United Fruit may no longer exist, but its legacy on world affairs endures. Its activities in Cuba, where it was seen as a symbol of US imperialism, were significant in the rise of Fidel Castro and the Cuban revolution of the late 1950s. Its participation in the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961, in a vain attempt to overthrow Castro, led to the Cuban missile crisis. As the world stood on the brink of nuclear holocaust, few could have imagined it had anything to do with bananas.United Fruit began life in the 1870s when Minor Cooper Keith, a wealthy young New Yorker, started growing bananas as a business sideline, alongside a railway line he was building in Costa Rica. Both ventures took off, and by 1890 he was married to the daughter of a former president of Costa Rica and owned vast banana plantations on land given to him by the state. The bananas were shipped to New Orleans and Boston, where demand soon began to outstrip supply.Keith teamed up with Andrew Preston, a Boston importer, and in 1899 they formed United Fruit. Bananas sold well for their tropical cachet: they were exotic, a luxury only affordable to the rich. But the rapidly rising output of United Fruit's plantations brought down prices. The company created a mass market in the industrial cities of the US north-east and Midwest. The once bourgeois banana became positively proletarian.By the 1920s, United Fruit's empire had spread across Central America. It also included Jamaica, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. In South America the company owned chunks of Colombia and Ecuador. It came to dominate the European as well as the US banana markets with the help of its Great White Fleet of 100 refrigerated ships, the largest private navy in the world.There are more than 300 varieties of banana, but United Fruit grew only one: the Gros Michel or "Big Mike". This variety suited most tastes; it was not too big or too small, too yellow or too sweet - if anything, it was a little bland. This was the forerunner of the transnational products we have today. For Big Mike read Big Mac.But mass production took its toll. In 1903, disease hit United Fruit's plantations in Panama. An array of pathogens kept up the attack, and the ban

Re: Early Career Symposium for climate-change scientists - DISCCRS

[Peter Jacques]

If I may add-- I attended this last year and it was foundational in many
ways. Ronald and Sue have put an exceptional program together that has
already fostered a growing climate change research community. The
program also provided rare insight-- e.g., some brief media training,
and team work for imagining an interdisciplinary project (not just with
social science tacked on at the end). The senior mentors were there for
conversations over lunch about how to not just add to, but change the
field. It was hard for me to think of ways it could have been improved
upon, and I encourage the eligilble GEPers to submit an app, it is well
worth it. 

in peace,

Peter

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>>> Ronald Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/27/07 12:46 AM >>>
All, This is a great program for those who have recently received 
their PhDs on climate change related topics.  Please apply or urge 
your students or colleagues to do so.  Sue Weiler and myself are 
co-PIs on the grant and note that Susi Moser (another GEPED person) 
will be one of the mentors.  I hope that many of you apply.   Feel 
free to contact me if you have any questions and please do distribute 
as widely as possible.  Best, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

 Please distribute as widely as
possible
   DISCCRS
http://www.aslo.org/phd.html 

DISCCRS (pronounced "discourse") is an interdisciplinary initiative
for recent Ph.D. graduates conducting research related to climate
change and its impacts. The goal is to broaden research interests and
establish a collegial peer network extending across the spectrum of
natural and social sciences, humanities, mathematics, engineering and
other disciplines related to climate change and its impacts. The
initiative includes a public webpage, electronic newsletter, and
annual symposia funded through 2008.

  DISCCRS III Symposium
  http://www.aslo.org/phd/disccrsposter.pdf 
September 10 - 17, 2007
Hawai'i Island

 Application Deadline
   April 30, 2007

Expenses: Airfare and on-site expenses are provided through NSF grant
EAR-0435728 to Whitman College.

Eligibility: Ph.D. requirements completed April 1, 2004 - March 31,
2007 in any discipline related to climate change and impacts. Recent
Ph.D. graduates from all disciplines and countries are invited to join
the DISCCRS network and apply to be a DISCCRS symposium scholar.

Thirty-six applicants will be selected by an interdisciplinary
committee of research scientists. During the week participants will
provide oral and poster presentations in plenary format, hone
interdisciplinary communication and team skills, and discuss emerging
research, societal and professional issues with each other and with
established researchers invited to serve as mentors. Mentors for
DISCCRS III are:

Kenneth H. Broad
   http://iri.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/staff?kbroad 
Charles Kolstad
   http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/people/usernew.asp?user=kolstad 
Susanne Moser
   http://www.isse.ucar.edu/moser/index.html 
Terry L. Root
   http://terryroot.stanford.edu 
Stephen  H. Schneider
   http://stephenschneider.stanford.edu

Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

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C. Susan Weiler, Ph.D.
Office for Earth System Studies   Tel:   509-527-5948
Whitman College  Fax:  509-527-5961
Walla Walla, WA 99362
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Ronald Mitchell, Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Oregon
Eugene OR 97403-1284
Phone: 541-346-4880/Fax: 541-346-4860
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.uoregon.edu/~rmitchel/ 
International Environmental Agreements Database:
http://iea.uoregon.edu/ 
Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Climate-Change 
(DISCCRS): http://www.disccrs.org/ 
New Book: Global Environmental Assessments: Information and 
Influence, Edited by Ronald B. Mitchell, William C. Clark, David W. 
Cash and Nancy M. Dickson 
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11038 

Call for Essays - Peace Review

[Peter Jacques]

**Please Distribute**

Hello everyone,

I am helping to edit the below issue in Peace Review, and we are
looking for articles under the listed issues, with a particular concern
regarding provocative essays on environment (broadly speaking) and
empire. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me directly at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  

Peter 

Peter J. Jacques, Ph.D. 
Department of Political Science
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161356
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816-1356 

Phone: (407) 823-2608 
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From: Peace Review
Sent: Thu 2/1/2007 12:30 PM
Subject: Call for Essays - Environmentalism


 
Call for Essays: Environmentalism

 

Peace Review, a Routledge/Taylor & Francis quarterly,
multidisciplinary, transnational journal of research and analysis,
welcomes original contributions, policy analyses, and research for a
special issue addressing the intersection of global environmental
change, issues and empire. Ideally, we seek papers that draw out insight
on the following broad concerns:

 

*   Environmental resistance movements 
*   Environmental ethics and power 
*   Gender, ecological change, and empire 
*   Impacts of ecological change on human rights and vulnerable
groups 
*   Notions of power, privilege, and priorities in globalization and
the environment 
*   Teaching global environmental change 
*   The use of history and sustainability 
*   Political theories of empire-nature relations 
*   Re-casting use of theories of imperialism that incorporate
ecology 
*   Climate change as it relates to empire or oppressive power
relations 
*   Conservation in and outside empire 
*   Structural conditions for environmental policy in and out of
empire 
*   How to normalize/ mainstream ecological awareness and to refute
those that deem global warming as conspiracy theory 
*   How to address sociological and generational differences in
remaking a sustainable world 
*   Processes and politics of waste, recycling, and hazards at home
and abroad

Peace Review publishes essays on ideas and research in peace studies,
broadly defined. Our essays are relatively short (2500-3500 words), and
are intended for a wide readership. We are most interested in the
cultural and political issues surrounding conflicts occurring between
nations and peoples. Since we are a transnational journal (we distribute
to more than 40 nations), we want to avoid speaking with the voice of
any particular national culture or politics. Relevant topics include
war, violence, human rights, political economy, development, culture and
consciousness, the environment, and related issues. Generally, we do not
reprint essays that have been published elsewhere. 

 

Please send essays on this theme by April 15, 2007. Essays should 
run between 2500 and 3500 words, and should be jargon- and footnote-
free. See Submission Guidelines at:
http://www.usfca.edu/peacereview/PRHome.html.

 

Send essays to: 
Kerry Donoghue (Managing Editor)
Peace Review
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
USA 

or by email:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] 

RE: Bjorn Lomborg

[Peter Jacques]

Hi Don,

Here are the main "point counterpoint" articles in addition to Kysar that 
Geoffrey noted and including the Scientific American piece, though I have 
resisted doing this as a debate in class under a point-counterpoint setting 
because I see it as  potentially loading the debate under the "bias of balance" 
Boykoff and Boykoff (cited below) describe regarding media. Anyway, here are 
the ones I am most familiar with:


Union for Concerned Scientists. 2003. UCS Examines The Skeptical 
Environmentalist by
Bjørn Lomborg. Available at 
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/ucsexamines- 
the-skeptical-environmentalist.html.Peter Gleick, Jerry D. Mahlman, and E.O. 
Wilson;

Simberloff, D. 2002. Skewed Scepticism. American Scientist 90 (2): 184*186.

Grubb, M. 2001. Relying on Manna from Heaven? Science 294: 1285*1287.

Grist Online Magazine. 2001. Something is Rotten in the State of Denmark. 
Available at
http://www.grist.org/advice/books/2001/12/12/of/, accessed 6/14/05.Grist online 
magazine 2001 has responses from E.O. Wilson, Stephen Schnieder, Norman Myers, 
Lester Brown, Emily Matthews, Devra Davis, David Nemtzow, and Kathryn Schultz.

"Misleading Math about the Earth," articles by S. Schneider, J. P. Holdren,
J. Bongaarts, and T. Lovejoy, Scientific American, January 2002; 

S. Pimm and J. Harvey,"No Need to Worry about the Future," Nature, November 
2001, 149-50; 

Is the Skeptic All Wet? The Skeptical Environmentalist Reviewed by Peter H. 
Gleick, Environment, July/August, 36-40.

Regarding the Debate:
Harrison, C., 2004. Peer review, politics and pluralism. Environ. Sci.
Policy 7, 357*368.

Oreskes, N., 2004. Science and public policy: what's proof got to do with
it? Environ. Sci. Policy 7, 369*383

Roger Pielke, Jr. "When scientists politicize science: making sense of 
controversy
over The Skeptical Environmentalist"  Environ. Sci. Policy 7 405-417.

Related:
Boykoff, Maxwell, and Jules Boykoff. 2004. Balance as Bias: Global Warming and 
the US
Prestige Press. Global Environmental Change 14: 125*136.

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>>> "Don Munton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/19/06 12:42 PM >>>

Thanks for this suggestion, Jennifer, and for the original question,
Kevin.

Now, I have a related question: can anyone suggest a really good review
of the Lomborg book that one could use as the contrary view, along with
this article, in a "for-against" pair of readings for discussion and
debate?

Don Munton
UNBC

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jennifer
Clapp
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 9:15 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Cc: GEP-Ed
Subject: Re: Bjorn Lomborg

Kevin,

I use this short piece from the Economist. The students either love or 
hate it.

Bjorn Lomborg, "The Truth About the Environment", _The Economist_, 
Aug.4, 2001.

You can easily find it on the web.

Best,
Jennifer Clapp


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Is anyone aware of an article-length piece written by Lomborg that
summarizes 
> his case and findings?  I want to address his work in my 
> class "Environmentally Sustainable Development" this fall but don't
want to 
> assign the whole book.  What's more, it doesn't seem fair to introduce

> students to his thesis through a book review, whether positive or
negative.
>
> Thanks for you response
>
> Kevin Gallagher
> Boston University
>
>   

Re: Globalization and the Environment

[Peter Jacques]

Also- 

Gabriela  Kütting's   Albany State University of New York Press, c2004. 

and 

, edited by Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates, and Ken 
Conca. 

would both be essential references.

Peter

Peter Jacques, Ph.D. 
Department of Political Science
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161356
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816-1356 

Phone: (407) 823-2608 
Fax: (407) 823-0051
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>>> "Jordi Diez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/11/06 1:08 PM >>>
Dear Colleagues:

I am currently working in the design of a course on globalization and the 
environment in developing countries and I though I'd ask the list if you knew 
of any academic literature on the subject. (I want to make sure I do not miss 
anything important.) In very general terms, I would like to know what has been 
written on the types of environmental challenges the so-called process of 
globaization has brought to countries in the South. I would be indebted for any 
references you might be able to privide me.

Thanks in advance,

J.

Jordi Díez
Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of Guelph
Room 643, Mackinnon Building
Guelph ON N1G 2W1
Tel. (519) 824-4120, Extension 58937
www.uoguelph.ca/~jdiez

Re: Globalization and the Environment

[Peter Jacques]

Hi Jordi 

Altamira Press/Rowman and Littlefield has a series on "Globalization and the 
Environment" that has 6-7 titles in it that may be worth looking into.

http://www.altamirapress.com/Catalog/MultiBook.shtml 



Peter Jacques, Ph.D. 
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University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161356
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Orlando, FL 32816-1356 

Phone: (407) 823-2608 
Fax: (407) 823-0051
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>>> "Jordi Diez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/11/06 1:08 PM >>>
Dear Colleagues:

I am currently working in the design of a course on globalization and the 
environment in developing countries and I though I'd ask the list if you knew 
of any academic literature on the subject. (I want to make sure I do not miss 
anything important.) In very general terms, I would like to know what has been 
written on the types of environmental challenges the so-called process of 
globaization has brought to countries in the South. I would be indebted for any 
references you might be able to privide me.

Thanks in advance,

J.

Jordi Díez
Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of Guelph
Room 643, Mackinnon Building
Guelph ON N1G 2W1
Tel. (519) 824-4120, Extension 58937
www.uoguelph.ca/~jdiez

Re: ddt & malaria

[Peter Jacques]

Hello all,

This issue is relevant to my main area of research on environmental skeptics.

It has raised the hackles of environmental skeptics like Paul Driessen 
(www.eco-imperialism.com, author of Green Power, Black Death, published by the 
right wing entreprenuers Gottlieb and R. Arnold); Stephen Milloy 
(www.junkscience.com, Cato Institute and Foxnews.com collumnist) who blame 
Northern environmentalists for "killing" poor people in the South by making DDT 
difficult to obtain (Milloy had a running death count on his website alleging a 
number of how many people Rachel Carson and W. Ruckelshous were responsible for 
killing every second with malaria, much like the population clocks we've seen). 
 The skeptics think it is a chink in the defense of environmentalism in 
particular becuase if their argument is accepted, then environmental concern 
would be in contradition with justice concerns.  This potential contradiction 
is probably why Driessen has made an alliance with the conservative (former 
civil rights group) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).  

See for example, http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=14027 

from the conservative Heartland Institute.

Of course, all of these discussions from the skeptics appear to be no more than 
ploys to  "save" the above victims by widening economistic neoliberal 
globalization. These discussions do not take into account any of the points 
made so far on our list such as the climate change issues (which they deny 
anyway) or the exceptions, or the points made in the citations below about 
dangers of DDT to the same people, or about malaria resistance to traditional 
drugs like chlorquine, or of resistance and adaptation of the malaria 
mosquitoes to DDT itself.

Chen, Aimin  and Rogan, Walter J.  "Nonmalarial Infant Deaths and DDT Use for 
Malaria Control" Emerging Infectious Diseases v. 9 no. 8 (August 2003) p. 960-4 
 

(excellent overview)
Rogan, Walter J.  and Chen, Aimin. "Health risks and benefits of 
bis(4-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethane (DDT)"  Lancet (North American 
edition) v. 366 (August 27-September 2 2005) p. 763-73  

advocating limited house spraying as David Downie pointed out has pointed out:
Smith, A. G. , "How toxic is DDT?"  Lancet (North American edition) v. 356 no. 
9226 (July 22 2000) p. 267-8  

Drug resistance:
Olliaro, Piero, "Drug Resistance hampers our capacity to roll back malaria: 
Clinical Infectious Diseases 1058-4838 August 15, 2005, v41 i4, pS247 

DDT resistance in the malaria mosquito at the chromosomal level;
Ortelli et al,  "Heterologous expression of four glutathione transferase genes 
genetically linked to a major insecticide-resistance locus from the malaria 
vector Anopheles gambiae." Biochem J, 2003;373(Part 3):957-963). 

With all of this said, though, it appears that the skeptics have been able to 
use this tack because the discussions on this point have not been very active 
or rich as far as I can tell, particularly in the popular press, such as in 
op-ed pieces that have reinforced the  oversimplification.


Peter


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Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161356
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Phone: (407) 823-2608 
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>>> Dale W Jamieson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/07/06 11:49 AM >>>
i would be grateful for suggestions about readings on the controversy
regarding the use (or nonuse) of ddt for controlling malaria vectors in 
the developing world.

many thanks.

dj

**
Dale Jamieson
Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy 
Affiliated Professor of Law
New York University
http://www.esig.ucar.edu/HP_dale.html 

Contact information:
Steinhardt School, HMSS
246 Greene Street, Suite 300
New York NY 10003-6677
212-998-5429 (voice) 212-995-4832 (fax)

"John Lewis, the FBI's deputy assistant director for 
counterterrorism,told a Senate panel in May that environmental and 
animal rights militants posed the biggest terrorist threats in the 
United States,citing more than 150 pending investigations."--Washington 
Post, December 20, 2005

correction Urban fiction digest

[Peter Jacques]

ooops-- (thank you Gabriela)

ecotopia is by Ernest Callenbach.



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Urban fiction digest

[Peter Jacques]

Hi Folks,

here is a compiled listing of suggestions I recieved for my request on Urban 
enviro books.  Interestingly, this list looks strikingly similar to the sci-fi 
list we discussed a few months ago, which I suppose either means sci-fi is a 
natural fit or the list just likes the genre!

Thank you for everyone's suggestions,

Peter



Tropic of Orange, Karen Tei Yamashita

Yamashita, Karen Tei. 1990. Through the Arc of the Rain Forest. 
Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press.

Nature's Metropolis by William Cronon; also recommended for grad class

Stanley Robinson's 'Forty Signs of Rain' (reviews
attached below). It was particularly good at representing the culture of
science as it encounters the culture of politics. Very readable.


TC Boyle's A Friend of the Earth?

The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula LeGuin
   dreams of alternative urban futures about 50-100 years hence:   
massive climate chagne, peak oil transpotation breakdown, post- 
plague, abandoned exurbs due to no fuel.  Also a great read.

Ecotopia by (?)
   This is the obvious one, a vision of the ecological society.

John Barnes's Mother of Storms 

 Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Literature in Bureaucracy: Readings in Administration Fiction (Paperback)
by Marc Holzer


Webpage:
http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateSF/eco.html 
(many books, plus a link to Joan Slonczewski's 
Biology and Sci-Fi Course)


description of "Forty signs of Rain"

>From Publishers Weekly
In this cerebral near-future novel, the first in a trilogy, Robinson (The
Years of Rice and Salt) explores the events leading up to a worldwide
catastrophe brought on by global warming. Each of his various viewpoint
characters holds a small piece of the puzzle and can see calamity coming, but
is helpless before the indifference of the politicians and capitalists who run
America. Anna Quibler, a National Science Foundation official in Washington,
D.C., sifts through dozens of funding proposals each day, while her husband,
Charlie, handles life as a stay-at-home dad and telecommutes to his job as an
environmental adviser to a liberal senator. Another scientist, Frank
Vanderwal, finds his sterile worldview turned upside down after attending a
lecture on Buddhist attitudes toward science given by the ambassador from
Khembalung, a nation virtually inundated by the rising Indian Ocean.
Robinson's tale lacks the drama and excitement of such other novels dealing
with global climate change as Bruce Sterling's Heavy Weather and John Barnes's
Mother of Storms, but his portrayal of how actual scientists would deal with
this disaster-in-the-making is utterly convincing. Robinson clearly cares
deeply about our planet's future, and he makes the reader care as well.
FYI:Robinson's Mars trilogy (Red Mars, etc.) received one Nebula and two Hugo
awards.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All
rights reserved.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

>From School Library Journal
Adult/High School*An elegantly crafted and beguiling novel set in the very
near future. Anna Quibler is a technocrat at the National Science Foundation
while her husband, Charlie, takes care of their toddler and telecommutes as a
legislative consultant to a senator. Their family life is a delight to
observe, as are the interactions of the scientists at the NSF and related
organizations. When a Buddhist delegation, whose country is being flooded
because of climate change, opens an embassy near the NSF, the Quiblers
befriend them and teach them to work the system of politics and grants. The
Buddhists, in turn, affect the scientists in delightful and unexpectedly
significant ways. The characters all share information and theories,
appreciating the threat that global warming poses, but they just can't seem to
awaken a sense of urgency in the politicians who could do something about it.
(Robinson's characterizations of politicians are barbed, and often hilarious.)
As the scientists focus on the minutiae of their lives, the specter of global
warming looms over all, inexorably causing a change here, a change there,
until all the imbalances combine to bring about a brilliantly visualized
catastrophe that readers will not soon forget. Even as he outlines
frighteningly plausible scenarios backed up by undeniable facts, the author
charms with domesticity and humor. This beautifully paced novel stands on its
own, but it is the first of a trilogy. As readers wait impatiently for the
next volume, they will probably find themselves paying closer attention to
science, to politics, and to the weather.*Christine C. Menefee, Fairfax County
Public Library, VA
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All
rights reserved.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


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Fiction books

[Peter Jacques]

Hi folks,

I am preparing my class for next semester on Urban Enviro Politics, which I 
teach as an international course. I always like to include literature in the 
readings, and I already use Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep in my 
sustainability class. Does anyone have any good fiction suggestions that would 
hit home.  Non-fiction literature is also of interest.

thanks,

peter

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Re: environmental crisis as motivation for action

[Peter Jacques]

You may also want to look at the Exxon Valdez case, which prompted the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990 and stopped pressure on ANWR in the Bush I term; all of 
the risks of the Valdez were known in the 1970s when Congress bypassed NEPA for 
the pipeline. 

In addition, as a counterpoint, I would recommend looking at Thomas Beamish's 
 which analyses the converse problem-- when there is no "tanker 
on the rocks" but instead 'crescive events' equal to or worse than...

Peter

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Re: Green "identity" of states?

[Peter Jacques]

Estonia may also fit.


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>>> "Leonard Hirsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/11/05 2:50 PM >>>
Costa Rica has sold to all of us a green identity--it would be perhaps
instructive to see if:
1-the people there agree and what does it mean to them and their
behaviors;
and
2-how much of it is salespersonship--ie does the rubber hit the road.

Bhutan would be another one to look at.

==
The future is an act of the imagination. (from Ziegler 1987)

Leonard P. Hirsch
Smithsonian Institution
 
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>>> stacy vandeveer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/11 2:21 PM >>>
I agree with Paul.
However, I think we should all meet in Costa Rica to confirm this


At 10:37 AM 3/11/2005 -0800, Paul Steinberg wrote:
>Beth,
>
>I have three suggestions:
>Costa Rica, Costa Rica, and Costa Rica.
>
>Paul
>
>At 10:47 AM 3/11/2005 -0500, Elizabeth R. DeSombre wrote:
>>I have a thesis student who is doing some work with the idea of
states
>>having a "green identity."  Other than our Sprout runner-up,
Eckersley
>>(The Green State), any suggestion for general readings on the idea
that
>>states might have green identities?
>>
>>Beth
>
>
>
>--
>
>Paul F. Steinberg
>Assistant Professor of Political Science
>and Environmental Policy
>Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
>Harvey Mudd College
>301 E. 12th Street, Claremont, CA 91711
>tel. 909-607-3840 fax 909-607-7600
>http://www.humsoc.hmc.edu/paulweb/index.html 

Stacy D. VanDeveer
2003-06 Ronald H. O'Neal Professor
Department of Political Science
University of New Hampshire
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Re: Summary: References/websites for 'The International Politics of the Environment and the Internet'

[Peter Jacques]

I don't know why I didn't respond to this earlier, but  I wonder if anyone has 
a sense of the impact of anti-environmental websites on any of these areas 
(policy, values, whatever).  I suspect that the impact of places like 
www.junkscience.com is not inconsequential.

Peter

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>>> "Ruediger K. W. Wurzel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/27/05 4:45 AM >>>
Dear all,

Approximately two weeks ago I asked Gep-ed list subscribers for help in finding
references for a postgraduate (MA) module which is entitled 'The International
Politics of the Environment and the Internet'. I mentioned in my original mail
that I am interested in references which assess both 1) the use of the internet
in international environmental politics/national environmental policy-making
and 2) the effect of the internet on the environment.  I received replies from
only five people including one reply from someone who is not actually on the
Gep-ed list and one from someone who asked me to mail the results to everyone
on the Gep-list. (Unfortunately I accidentally deleted the latter mail before
being able to reply that I would do so. However, this mail should also reach
the individual who sent me that mail). The low response rate suggests to me
that the issues mentioned above are under-researched and 'under-taught' (or
Gep-ed list subscribers had better things to do than answering my queries). 
>From interviews with environmental policy makers in different European states
and on the EU level I am getting the impression that the internet has had a
(significant?) effect on the decision-making process (in particular the policy
consultation and formulation stages and possibly also the implementation
stage). However, I have only anectodal evidence for this claim as none of my
research projects has ever focused on the impact/effect of the internet on
policy makers and/or the environment. The full results to my queries are listed
below.

Many thanks to everyone who made some suggestions.

Kind regards 

Rudi  
  

Books:
Auer, M (2003), 'The Study of Global Environmental Politics in the Information
Age,' in Michael Maniates (ed.) Encountering Global Environmental Politics,
Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield,  pp.181-95. 
 
Pickerill, J, M. (2001), 'Weaving a green web: Environmental protest and
computer mediated communication in Britain', in F.Webster (ed.), Culture and
Politics in the Information Age, Routledge, 

Wilson, John W (1994), 'Using Computer Networks to Improve Prenegotiation
Discussions and Alliances for Global Environmental Action', in Susskind,
Lawrence et al.  (eds), International Environmental Treaty Making, the Program
on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.

WWF (2002), Sustainability at the Speed of Light. Opportunities and Challenges
for Tomorrow's Society, World Wide Fund for Nature.

Yang Guobin (2003), 'Weaving a Green Web: the Internet and Environmental
Activism in China', China Environment Series, Issue 6, Washington, D.C.:
Woodrow Wilson Center, pp. 89-92.


Websites:
http://www.global-society-dialogue.org/center.htm 

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~guobin/pub.html 

http://www.jennypickerill.info/webster.html 

http://gssd.mit.edu/Gssd/StartGSSD.nsf/startgssd?OpenForm&BaseTarget=FrontFrame 






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Re: Global environmental citizenship

[Peter Jacques]

Raul,

Andrew Dobson's  2003, through Oxford is
excellent and quite compelling.

peter

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>>> Raul Pacheco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/27/2004 1:50:14 PM
>>>
Dear all,

While we're on the subject of global governance, I am looking to update
a piece I wrote recently on global environmental citizenship. I
personally have qualms with the mere notion of global citizenship, let
alone global environmental citizenship. I argue that if the notion of
global citizenship itself is debatable, global environmental citizenship
sounds like utopia.

I found this article:

Jelin, Elizabeth (2000) "Towards a Global Environmental Citizenship?"
Citizenship Studies, vol. 4, n??m. 1, pp. 47-63

and this is about all the academic stuff I could dig up. Anyone can
point out to references around the subject? Also, if anyone would be
interested in striking a debate surrounding the issue of global
environmental citizenship I'd be delighted.

Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!



--
   --Raul


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Re: ecological sci-fi

[Peter Jacques]

Hi Kate

I regularly include a work of fiction or non-fiction literature in my
classes; the students easily relate to it and allows them to engage in
deconstruction of pop culture etc... they usually love this part of the
class.  

I am using Blade Runner/Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep in my
sustainability class by Phillip Dick and there is a ton of academic work
analyzing this piece. The book is more explicitly ecologically related
than the movie; in the book, humanity is clearly alienated from the
world of animals, which they have mostly eliminated and are trying
desperately to recreate; with of course some obvious connections to
humans trying to recreate themselves in a same way.  

Another one of interest may be The Dispossessed by Ursula LeGuin, which
explores multiple issues of governance by comparing a communitarian
anarchist utopia on a desolate moon and capitalism on the fertile
Earth.

Ecotopia is an interesting one (not sure if that would classify as
Sci-fi per se), don't know the author, but a colleague of mine teaches
that one with success.

Hope this helps and good luck...

Peter


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>>> "Kate O'Neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/14/2004 10:47:58 PM
>>>
Dear Gep-Ed,

This request may be a little out of the ordinary. I am co-teaching a 
freshman seminar next semester,  on general environmental issues, and 
I am interested in putting together a module on "ecological science 
fiction" - of which I read a ton, but am only just starting to put 
together in a systematic way. The aim is to get the students to think 
about the role of the imagination in comprehending not only 
environmental change and its implications - but also alternate, more 
sustainable political and social institutions and arrangements - and, 
crucially, how we might get there.

So, my questions are: has anyone out there done anything similar, or 
can refer me to an equivalent exercise? Is there an academic 
literature out there (journals, books, otherwise) that addresses 
these themes?  I have a moderate collection of feminist sci-fi lit 
crit, which has a fair amount in common, but looking for the 
equivalent in the ecological area.

Let me elaborate and throw out a few titles - first, of course, there 
are the ecological disaster novels (and movies) - the "warnings" that 
are very explicit in enviro sci-fi (my favorite is John Barnes' 
Mother of Storms; also John Brunner's The Sheep Look Up, and John 
Christopher's  work, e.g. No Blade of Grass). Works on social 
transformation towards sustainability - and the costs of making such 
choices - include Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time, much of 
the work of Sheri S. Tepper, Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars, and 
many more.

I will certainly share what I eventually put together.  Any book 
suggestions welcome!

best,

Kate
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University of California at Berkeley
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climate change compilation

[Peter Jacques]

Hi folks, as promised I am posting a compilation of the recommendations
for climate change texts for a grad class, though I believe all these
comments did make it out to the general list (none came just to me).


Compilation of Climate Change books submitted:


>From Wil Burns:

Climate Change Policy, edited by Schneider, Rosencranz
and Niles (Island Press). It's a reader, and while my undergraduates
have
choked on its detail, I used it in a couple of law school classes to
good
reviews. It has an excellent overview of the science, a good summary of
the
UNFCCC and the evolution of the Kyoto Protocol, and a very strong
discussion
of the viability of solutions, including geo-engineering, renewables,
conservation.

David Victor's new book, Climate Change, Debating America's Policy
Options discussed extensively on this list, and available online
(http://iis-db.stanford.edu/pubs/20701/climate_change.pdf), is likely
to
generate some provocative discussions in a grad class, but unlike the
Schneider, et al. book, it doesn't spend much time on the scientific
aspects
of the issue. His earlier book (2002), The Collapse of the Kyoto
Protocol
(Princeton University Press) is also a lively rendition of the facts,
though
many of us would disagree with his premises and conclusions, all to the
good
in a seminar setting.

The Ice Chronicles: The Quest to Understand Global Climate Change by
Paul
Andrew Mayewski, Frank White, and Lynn Margulis is an excellent choice
if
you want to focus more on the scientific aspects of the issue.

>From Stacy Vandeveer:

1.  there is some very good material on the UNFCCC and Kyoto
websites
2.  the book DISCOVERY OF GLOBAL WARMING by Spencer Weart
3.  the Miller and Edwards MIT Press book, CHANGING THE ATMOSPHERE


>From Detlef Sprinz:

Luterbacher, Urs, and Detlef F. Sprinz, eds. 2001. International
Relations and Global Climate Change. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
www.sprinz.org 




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weird question

[Peter Jacques]

Hi folks

file this under "I hate it when that happens".   I am the victim of
money falling out of the sky ($500.00),  which is meant to be spent on
"developing" my GEP class (no travel, should be materials)-- but I
really can't think of anything I really need.  

Any suggestions?

Peter

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Re: Decentralizing environmental policy

[Peter Jacques]

Raul,

You will likely find some value in the Western lands debates (for
example, Davis' (2001) Western Public Lands and Environmental Politics;
Environmental Federalism by Anderson and Hill 1997).

Also, there is a very good discussion of this issue in Bringing Society
Back In by Weber published by MIT.

Peter

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>>> Raul Pacheco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8/31/2004 9:58:42 PM
>>>
Dear all,

To my knowledge, much of the literature on domestic environmental
policy argues for increased decentralization and a "true environmental
federalism". I think even Agenda 21 calls for that. I am trying to find
references pro- and against- this argument. The question I am trying to
answer is whether it really is better to devolve "power to the states",
as Barry Rabe once wrote. 

I am at a loss here, so any hints for literature would really help. 

Thanks so much,
---
   --Raul


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