[gep-ed] Beyond interdisciplinary

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear GEP Colleagues,

A couple of years ago I asked GEP-ed if anyone knew of an accessible
article describing how to engage in interdisciplinary
collaboration, suitable for assigning in the classroom.  Well, sometimes
you just have to write these things yourself!

In "Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide
,"
published today in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Karl Haushalter
and I share strategies for social problem solving with diverse social
actors.  We argue that it is important to move past an emphasis on
inter-discipline, thinking more in terms of inter-social.

I hope you find it useful!

Best wishes,
Paul

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[gep-ed] Results of inquiry on values quiz

[Paul Steinberg]

Thank you to those who replied to my inquiry for an easy quiz on
environmental values.  The following two resources were mentioned and look
quite useful.

https://ecotypes.us/

https://www.futureconservation.org

Paul

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[gep-ed] Quiz on personal environmental values?

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear GEP Colleagues,

Can anyone recommend a short quiz to help students identify how they value
the environment?

In a new climate course required of all of our students, taught by faculty
from seven departments, I am teaching a segment on social values on
biodiversity, joined by filmmaker Rachel Mayeri, who works on human-animal
relations.

We would like the 200+ students to take a short quiz in class to
characterize their environmental values - capturing everything from
enjoying the solitude of nature, to animal rights, social justice,
eco-efficiency, new urbanism, and more.

The internet is filled with rather silly versions of such a quiz.  Any
suggestions would be appreciated!

With warm wishes for the holidays,

Paul Steinberg

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[gep-ed] ISA schedule - careful with "local time"

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear GEPers,

For those who are attending/presenting at ISA, note that the ISA website is
using the terminology of "local time" to describe the timezone of the
panelist's home address.  In contrast, the traditional use of that term
when traveling, as we all know, is to use the term "local time" to mean at
the location of the event (e.g. an airport layover).

Bottom line:  The full program schedule

uses Nashville times.  From there it's straightforward to figure out the
rest.

Cheers,
Paul

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Re: [gep-ed] Biodiversity Governance Syllabus

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear Ilkhom,

Here is an undergraduate biodiversity policy

syllabus from way back in the day - 2003 was the last time I taught this at
the undergraduate level.  The readings are outdated but perhaps the subject
organization will be of use.  Here is my fall 2021 course, Tropical
Forests: Policy and Practice
,
also designed for undergraduates.  This does not focus exclusively on
biodiversity, but likely overlaps with some of your curricular needs.

Best of luck - and I'd love to see your syllabus when it's complete!

Paul

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On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 2:00 PM Ilkhom Soliev  wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I have been asked to design an undergraduate course on biodiversity
> governance (for sociology students), and I was wondering if anyone has a
> more or less full course dedicated to biodiversity governance and what
> structure they use for this. I usually cover biodiversity within my other
> classes with a broader focus (GEP, methods, etc.). I think I have quite a
> bit of material on the subject too, but haven't organized it for a full
> semester before. Would be great to have some inspiration for doing this in
> some meaningful way.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions? You can email me directly and I'll compile
> the comments.
>
> Thanks and best -
> Ilkhom
>
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> Senior Researcher and Lecturer
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> Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Policy
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> The International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC)
>
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Re: [gep-ed] Nature Biodiversity series

[Paul Steinberg]

Fantastic! Thank you Wil

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 10:47 AM Wil Burns  wrote:

> If you're looking to update your teaching materials on biodiversity, or
> conduct research in the field, Nature has just released a series of twenty
> articles on the topic, including impending efforts to bolster the CBD:
> https://www.nature.com/collections/ejgebfefif/
>
> wil
>
>
> [cid:image001.jpg@01D783AE.C09B7280]
>
>
> WIL BURNS
> Visiting Professor
> Environmental Policy & Culture Program
> Northwestern University
>
> Email: william.bu...@northwestern.edu william.bu...@northwetsern.edu>
> Mobile: 312.550.3079
>
> 1810/1812 Chicago Ave.
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[gep-ed] Compiled results - interdisciplinary collaboration

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear GEP Colleagues,



Thank you to those who provided such valuable suggestions for readings on
interdisciplinary collaboration.  I have compiled the responses below along
with the names of the GEP-ed participants who kindly brought these to my
attention.



With best wishes,



Paul Steinberg





(Recommended by Mike Maniates, Yale-NUS College, Singapore)
Charles Duhigg, What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect
Team, New York Times, February 28, 2016.

(Recommended by Michele Betsill, Colorado State University)
Mattor, Katherine, Michele Betsill, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Theresa Jedd,
Faith Sternlieb, Patrick Bixler, Matthew Luizza, Antony S. Cheng, and
Environmental Governance Working Group. "Transdisciplinary research on
environmental governance: a view from the inside." Environmental science &
policy 42 (2014): 90-100.

(Recommended by Syma Ebbin, University of Connecticut)
SA Ebbin. 2020.  Immersing the arts: Integrating the arts into ocean
literacy. Parks Stewardship Forum, The Interdisciplinary Journal of
Place-Based Conservation Volume 36, Issue 3.

SA Ebbin. 2020. Humanizing the Seas: A Case for Integrating the Arts and
Humanities into Ocean Literacy and Stewardship. Parks Stewardship Forum,
The Interdisciplinary Journal of Place-Based Conservation, Volume 36, Issue
3.

(Recommended by both Leeann Sullivan, Colby College and Jonathan Rosenberg,
Illinois Institute of Technology)

Brown Rebekah, R., Deletic Ana, and Wong Tony H. F. Interdisciplinarity.
"How to catalyse collaboration." Nature 515 (2015): 315-317.

(Recommended by Christie Nicoson, Lund University)
Mobjörk, Malin, Camilla Berglund, Mikael Granberg, and Magnus Johansson.
2020. “Sustainable Development and Cross-Disciplinary Research Education:
Challenges and Opportunities for Learning.” Högre Utbildning 10 (1): 76.

(Recommended by Benjamin Hofmann, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic
Science and Technology)
Lisa Deutsch, Brian Belcher, Rachel Claus, Sabine Hoffmann (2021). Leading
inter- and transdisciplinary research: Lessons from applying theories of
change to a strategic research program, Environmental Science & Policy,
Volume 120, Pages 29-41.

Pohl, C.; Thompson Klein, J.; Hoffmann, S.; Mitchell, C.; Fam, D. (2021)
Conceptualising transdisciplinary integration as a multidimensional
interactive process, Environmental Science and Policy, 118, 18-26,

(Recommended by Alastair Iles, University of California Berkeley)
Gunilla Oberg, Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies: A Primer 1st
Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

Lélé, Sharachchandra, and Richard B. Norgaard. "Practicing
interdisciplinarity." BioScience 55, no. 11 (2005): 967-975.

(From a syllabus circulated on the AESS forum, forwarded courtesy of
Christopher Jeffords, Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
Owens, K., V. Eno, J. Abrams, & D. Bedny. Comic-Con: Can Comics of the
Constitution Enable Meaningful Learning in Political Science? PS: Political
Science and Politics 53, no.1 (2019): 161-166.



On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 7:20 PM Paul Steinberg 

wrote:

> Dear GEP Colleagues,
>
> Can anyone recommend a well-written article that provides practical tips
> on how to engage in interdisciplinary collaborations?
>
> I am on a committee designing a new required course on "social impact" at
> Harvey Mudd College, which consists of STEM majors pursuing a well-rounded
> education including the humanities, social sciences, and the arts.
>
> As the folks on this list-serve know well, to have a positive impact on
> the world requires collaboration across social and professional
> boundaries.  I would like to assign one or more readings (or other
> instructional media) that would be appropriate for advanced
> undergraduates.  We already have solid readings on community engagement
> strategies.
>
> If you know of excellent materials that would perhaps not be ideal for
> students, those could still provide useful content for associated lectures
> and discussions.
>
> Thank you in advance for any leads.   Following GEP-ed norms, kindly reply
> to me rather than to the whole group, and I will compile the replies and
> share them out in short order.
>
> With best wishes,
>
> Paul Steinberg
>

>
Professor of Political Science and Environmental Policy
> Malcolm Lewis Chair in Sustainability and Society
> Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts
> Harvey Mudd College
> http://www.hmc.edu/steinberg
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[gep-ed] Practical reading on interdisciplinary collaboration?

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear GEP Colleagues,

Can anyone recommend a well-written article that provides practical tips on
how to engage in interdisciplinary collaborations?

I am on a committee designing a new required course on "social impact" at
Harvey Mudd College, which consists of STEM majors pursuing a well-rounded
education including the humanities, social sciences, and the arts.

As the folks on this list-serve know well, to have a positive impact on the
world requires collaboration across social and professional boundaries.  I
would like to assign one or more readings (or other instructional media)
that would be appropriate for advanced undergraduates.  We already have
solid readings on community engagement strategies.

If you know of excellent materials that would perhaps not be ideal for
students, those could still provide useful content for associated lectures
and discussions.

Thank you in advance for any leads.   Following GEP-ed norms, kindly reply
to me rather than to the whole group, and I will compile the replies and
share them out in short order.

With best wishes,

Paul Steinberg

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Malcolm Lewis Chair in Sustainability and Society
Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts
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[gep-ed] Undergraduate climate change majors

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear GEP Colleagues,

Does anyone know of existing surveys of undergraduate majors specifically
focused on climate change, or specific examples of such majors?

We are in the early stages of expanding offerings in climate change at
Harvey Mudd College, with the possibility of eventually offering a climate
solutions major that would consist of 2/3 STEM courses and 1/3 humanities,
social sciences, and/or the arts (HSA).  This reflects the current
curricular balance at the school, which offers only STEM majors, balanced
with general coursework in HSA.

I am hoping to get a sense of what is already out there.  Certainly there
are atmospheric science majors and environmental studies majors galore, but
I wonder what majors exist with a specific focus on the scientific and
social dimensions of climate change?  If you don't know of surveys, but do
know of specific examples, that would also be helpful.

For ease of collection, kindly post any information or insights on the
following google doc:

http://bit.ly/climatemajors

Thank you in advance,

Paul Steinberg

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[gep-ed] ISA panel - democracy and the environment

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear GEP Colleagues,

I plan to submit a panel proposal on democracy and the environment for ISA
2021.  If you are interested in delivering a paper or serving as a
discussant, kindly send me a brief description of what you have in mind by
Monday at 9am PST.

I will write a panel synopsis once I get a clearer sense of the range of
topics from potential panelists.  My own contribution will focus on women's
participation in local sustainable transportation decisions, situating this
in the context of multi-level climate governance.

(Spoiler alert: It turns out that not only do women bike less than men in
most countries, citing safety concerns; my colleagues and I have found that
in the LA suburbs, women are also less likely to voice these concerns
through local politics.  This is contrary to the well-documented
disappearance of a gender gap in citizen participation in national-level US
politics.)

Others may wish to examine topics such as democratic innovations or
deficits in international environmental institutions; questions of interest
aggregation across levels of governance; the evolution of green parties;
challenges of institution-building for the environment amid democratic
transitions; community participation in REDD+ initiatives; theoretical
explorations of the relation between democracy and consumption; or other
themes.

With best wishes,

Paul

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Malcolm Lewis Chair in Sustainability and Society
Professor of Political Science and Environmental Policy
Harvey Mudd College
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Re: [gep-ed] just a thought

[Paul Steinberg]

Hi All,

In a pinch, feel free to have students check out the multimedia materials
of The Social Rules Project at rulechangers.org.  The film is 10 minutes
long and the videogame (on institutions and the politics of tropical
conservation) is about 1 hour of play.  They can also construct their own
"institutional landscapes" like those in the "see your world" link by
taking a day-in-the-life image of their choosing from the web, and creating
a powerpoint presentation researching the institutional underpinnings of
the scene.  There is an educator's guide on the landing page.

Cheers,
Paul

On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 11:47 AM Libby Lunstrum <
libbylunst...@boisestate.edu> wrote:

> You can also check out this project for Anthropology related videos:
> https://anthrodendum.org/2020/03/16/introducing-the-collective-anthro-mini-lectures-project-for-covidcampus/
>
> Good luck, everyone, in these uncertain times!
>
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 10:34 AM Travis Stills 
> wrote:
>
>> Check out the PIELC.org brochure for several days worth of  potentially
>> relevant presentations that were not presented in Eugene, but may be ready
>> to go.
>>
>> Some went ahead as webinars and may be available.  The panelists are part
>> of a generous community that often provides guest lectures. I am confident
>> that the student organizers would enjoy seeing their efforts put to good
>> use.
>>
>> Stay well,
>>
>> Travis
>> On 3/18/2020 7:35 AM, Roopali Phadke wrote:
>>
>> Thanks everyone for your thoughts today. I have one month left in my
>> environmental policy course and my challenge, which I am sure is shared, is
>> do I continue business as usual or lean into this crisis and throw out what
>> I had planned in favor of the kinds of questions Susi posed.
>>
>> I am also not confident that Zoom will see us through our "regular"
>> schedule. On top of that, I think students will burn out after a week or
>> two and just stop participating if I don't make it feel relevant. Our
>> campus has given them all the option of taking the semester pass/fail and
>> most of them have done well enough to just quit and still pass.
>>
>> The idea of creating smaller working groups of students who can meet
>> asynchronously most of the time, with virtual office hour support from me,
>> seems the way to go. I'd love to know if others are interested in
>> collectively coming up with a GEP-related COVID question *and resource*
>> repository.
>>
>> Best,
>> Roopali
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 7:22 AM promu...@susannemoser.com <
>> promu...@susannemoser.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Thank you, Ron, for getting my thinking in gear this morning.
>>>
>>> I love the emerging ideas of bartering and a cooperative exchange of
>>> speakers. You could also put your budgets together and record a speaker who
>>> then is shared virtually.
>>>
>>> BUT, I wonder if you all might consider going beyond form and logistics,
>>> i.e. the HOW of teaching and speakers, to the WHAT?
>>>
>>> Somewhere I saw a note about prioritization, but that is just about
>>> weeding out and I doubt you all feel like you had tons of fluff in your
>>> classes to begin with.
>>>
>>> So, my thinking this morning went off into a whole new direction, taking
>>> off from the "not burden shifting but burden sharing" idea I emailed about
>>> earlier.
>>>
>>> I mean, for a group like this one assembled on this listservs, doesn't
>>> this crisis raise whole new (or new once again) questions such as:
>>> * how does a global crisis like this affect the conditions for
>>> (international) political and policy cooperation?
>>> * how does a pandemic positively and negatively change the conditions
>>> and outlook for environmental policy making and implementation?
>>> * what does precarity mean in global environmental politics?
>>> * what can we learn from this health-cum-economic crisis about the weak
>>> spots in our globalized systems?
>>> * how do we make the path to the SDGs more robust to disruption?
>>>
>>> Oh, I am sure you all could add fascinating other questions and all of a
>>> sudden the contents of your classes gains a whole new level of immediacy
>>> and relevance. Students will be way more engaged because everyone's brains
>>> are already in this crisis. And because none of us have the answer to this,
>>> you may use zoom classes and discussion fora and assignments as collective
>>> thinking and learning events than just trying to figure out "delivery
>>> mechanisms."
>>>
>>> Heck, universities could once again be places for true intellectualism
>>> and serve society well in this difficult time.
>>>
>>> Ok, enough from me in one day. But this was fun! I can imagine so many
>>> variants for any number of classes. The toilet paper case study will be an
>>> utterly real teaching device for oh so many things...
>>>
>>> Susi
>>>
>>> Sent from tiny phone. Forgive typos
>>>
>>>
>>>  Original message 
>>> From: Ronald Mitchell 
>>> Date: 3/17/20 11:31 PM (GMT-05:00)
>>> To: GEPED 
>>> 

[gep-ed] Institutions and tropical forests - free educational videogame

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear GEPers,

If your students are looking for something a little deeper than the
Brazilian President's theory that Leonardo DiCaprio is destroying the
Amazon... I am pleased to announce that the Law of the Jungle videogame is
again available for use in your courses, after a one-year hiatus due to
some technical problems.

The game features a variety of social science concepts, from common
property regimes to multilevel governance, communications theory (Everett
Rogers' work on homophily), power dynamics in rural settings, social
capital, and policy strategy.

It takes about an hour to play and can be launched for free at the "Play
the Game" link on rulechangers.org.  As I noted in an earlier post, the
site also features a short animated film about institutions, a teaching
guide, and other resources.

Law of the Jungle was created over a two-year period by computer science
and art students under my direction at the Claremont Colleges.

I hope you find it to be of value in your teaching.

With best wishes,

Paul Steinberg

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Harvey Mudd College
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[gep-ed] Western Political Science Association conference theme "Politics of Climate Change"

[Paul Steinberg]

Forwarded on behalf of Jamie Mayerfield:


Subject: WPSA conference next April in San Diego, theme is "Politics of
Climate Change"
To: paul_steinb...@hmc.edu

I am writing as vice president and program chair of the Western Political
Science Association. WPSA is holding its 2019 conference in San Diego,
April 17-20, at the Manchester Hyatt, located on the downtown waterfront.
Each year we draw around a thousand participants from around the country
and the world.

The theme for the 2019 conference is "The Politics of Climate Change."
 Proposals are by no means restricted to this topic, but we want to draw
more attention to this issue, and hope that climate scholars and activists
will see the conference as an opportunity for showcase and develop their
work.

I am reaching out to you because of your own scholarship on environmental
politics and climate change.  Please consider participating in the
conference.  Please also spread the word to colleagues and students who you
think might be interested.

The deadline for individual paper proposals, panel proposals, and
roundtable proposals is September 21. The online form is here:
http://216.59.24.78/aParticipation.asp.  We welcome proposals on any
political science topic.

If you have any questions, please ask me.

Sincerely,

Jamie Mayerfeld

--
Jamie Mayerfeld
Professor of Political Science
University of Washington
faculty.washington.edu/jasonm/
Author of *The Promise of Human Rights
*



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[gep-ed] Bicycle Revolution film - now available online

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear GEP Colleagues,

The final version of the Bicycle Revolution documentary is now available to
rent or purchase through Vimeo on Demand, for those who would like to
incorporate it into course components dealing with local sustainability and
the politics of social change.

Run time is 48 minutes, and discussion questions and resources can be found
at thebicyclerevolution.org.  It would be interesting to hear from non-US
scholars about the extent to which insights from advocates featured in the
film travel across borders.  Here is the link:

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/bicyclerevolution

Happy holidays to all!

Paul Steinberg

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[gep-ed] Paperback edition of Who Rules the Earth? just released

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear all,

For those who would like to provide their students (colleagues, in-laws...)
with an accessible introduction to institutions, Oxford University Press
has just published the first paperback edition of 'Who Rule the Earth? How
Social Rules Shape Our Planet and Our Lives.'  A sample chapter is here:
https://goo.gl/aQqC9s

An instructor's guide and associated multi-media teaching materials (all
free) are available at rulechangers.org

With best wishes for the new academic year!

Paul Steinberg

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[gep-ed] Panel proposal - urban politics and global change

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear GEPers,

I would like to put together a panel on efforts at political and
institutional reform in urban settings as these relate to global
environmental problems.  This could include local struggles/innovations
with alternative energy, active transportation, food systems, water
management, biodiversity, or other issues.

I am particularly eager to learn what theoretical perspectives might be
paired with empirical work to help us better understand the politics of
urban change and to make meaningful comparisons across political units and
across environmental issues.  Most environmental research on "the local"
has emphasized local commons in rural settings.  How about cities?  Regime
theory has surely run its course within urban studies.  Are there promising
theoretical approaches in fields like cultural geography, sociology, or in
various corners of political science and policy theory, such as federalism
and multilevel governance?

If interested please email me as soon as possible so that we can put
together a panel in time for the June 1 deadline.

With best wishes,

Paul

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Professor of Political Science and Environmental Policy

Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA 91711
http://www.hmc.edu/steinberg

On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 7:43 AM, Sikina Jinnah  wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
>
> I am writing to remind you of the upcoming deadlines for proposal
> submissions for ISA's 2018 Annual Convention in San Francisco (April 4-7,
> 2018). The call for proposals is available on the ISA website:
> http://www.isanet.org/Conferences/San-Francisco-2018/Call
>
>
>
> The deadline for paper, panels, roundtables, flash talks, and specialty
> session proposals is *June 1, 2017*.
>
>
> More information on the conference theme, how to submit, and submission
> types is available on the conference website: http://www.isanet.
> org/Conferences/San-Francisco-2018
>
>
>
> ISA is also accepting proposals for research workshop grants (up to
> $25,000). The deadline for proposals is *June 30, 2017*.
>
>
> More information available here: http://www.isanet.org/
> News/ID/5469/ISA-Research-Workshop-Grant-Proposals-Now-Being-Accepted
>
>
>
> Many thanks (and apologizes for cross-posting),
>
>
> Sikina Jinnah
>
> (Program Chair ISA Environmental Studies Section)
>
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> Department of Politics
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> Economies and Normative Engagement in Climate Governance” *Global
> Governance. *23(2):285-306.***
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[gep-ed] 'Pulp fiction' - on Europe's wood-burning power plants

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear Colleagues,

You might be interested in this eye-opening report on Europe's
wood-burning power plants, from John Upton of Climate Central.  It's a
scathing critique, and not an area I know well, so I would be
interested in any reactions, which I can compile off line.

http://reports.climatecentral.org/pulp-fiction/1/

With best wishes,
Paul

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Professor of Political Science & Environmental Policy
Harvey Mudd College
http://www.hmc.edu/steinberg

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Re: [gep-ed] Re: REDD +

[Paul Steinberg]

Kirsten,

Others could respond with greater insight from the perspective of the
UNFCCC negotiations, but the timing sounds right vis a vis the group of
Latin American countries that were pushing for inclusion of forests in the
climate treaty.  The efforts of a little known coalition called GRILA are
described on pp. 208- of the following chapter from Who Rules the Earth?:

http://goo.gl/nQ0bsT

Cheers,
Paul

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Kirsten Worm kirstenw...@email.dk wrote:

  Dear gep-eds,

 Preparing for next weeks lecture I found the information that REDD+ was
 presented for the first time
 at the climate negotiations in Bali.

 Does anyone know by whom? Who  developed the idea? Are NGOs involved?

 I would appreciate any further information.

 Best regards,

 Kirsten Worm,  M.A.,Ph.D
 Associate Professor
 Department of Political Science
 University of Copenhagen


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[gep-ed] videogame on environmental institutions

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear GEPers,

A quick follow up on my earlier message ('What are institutions,
anyway?'):  The videogame Law of the Jungle has just been completed and is
now available for use (free) for those whose teaching emphasizing the
institutional dimensions of environmental problems.

This game was created by a dozen student programmers and artists under my
direction over a three year period.  This is a role-player game in which
the player returns to his/her village in Central America and must figure
out what is causing the destruction of local forests.  It focuses
substantively on common-pool resource regimes, state-society relations, and
multilevel governance.  Play time is approximately one hour.

See the play the game link at rulechangers.org

We hope you enjoy it!

Paul

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Harvey Mudd College
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[gep-ed] What are institutions, anyway?

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear GEP colleagues,

Several years in the making, I am pleased to announce the official launch
of The Social Rules Project, an initiative designed to make the concept of
institutions more intuitive for students and the general public.  This was
created with help from over 100 students at six universities in southern
California, and I would be delighted if you find it to be of value in your
teaching.

At rulechangers.org, you will find a 10-minute animated film, an
educational videogame on managing the commons (to be available Feb 1),
institutional landscapes, a Facebook discussion group, a teaching guide,
and a sample chapter from my new book, Who Rules the Earth? How Social
Rules Shape Our Planet and Our Lives, published by Oxford University
Press.  The latter has a shipping date of mid-February.

With best wishes for the new year!

Paul

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Harvey Mudd College
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[gep-ed] roundtable proposal - digital and social media in the classroom and beyond

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear GEPers,

If anyone is interested in participating in this proposed ISA
roundtable, please send me a note by 5/22 with a brief description of
your relevant experience and the kinds of themes you might discuss.

Many thanks,
Paul Steinberg


Using Digital and Social Media in the Classroom and Beyond

This roundtable will explore the promise and perils of using new media
(digital media productions, Facebook, twitter, wikis, website
production, etc.) to share research ideas and to promote new forms of
learning in higher education and within society at large.

Many academics are wary of the new media revolution, and for good
reason.  One the one hand, digital and online technologies offer new
possibilities for bringing scholarly ideas to life, for reaching
broader audiences, and for promoting creativity and collaboration in
the classroom.  On the other hand, these new technologies involve
learning curves, make new demands on a scholar's time, and raise
important questions about the norms, practices, and boundaries of
scholarship.  Participants will share lessons learned from their
experiences using new media, offering practical advice that will serve
as a launching point for an open discussion with attendees.


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Professor of Political Science  Environmental Policy
Harvey Mudd College
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[gep-ed] reminder - Clay Morgan retirement, well wishes

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear GEPers,

Monday is the final day for submitting personal sentiments to go in
the card (small bound book) to Clay Morgan upon his retirement from
MIT Press, unless you would like to add handwritten comments at the
ISA ESS section meeting.  I'll leave blank pages in the book for that
purpose.  To my knowledge Clay will not be attending the reception, so
the book will be sent to him.  The link is below.

https://docs.google.com/a/g.hmc.edu/document/d/1JBw4PaVZMeOz-D7umjoE91npiXN5-8-j-ll2Ub9FIPc/edit

Thank you in advance for helping to celebrate Clay's many
contributions to our community.

With best wishes,

Paul

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Harvey Mudd College
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Re: [gep-ed] environmental ngo members by country and year

[Paul Steinberg]

Ron,

You might consider self-reported membership in environmental groups in
the World Values Survey during that period.  See for example figure 2
(p. 351) here: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9dvpf05KeEYdGtSOFozaFdrU0U/edit?usp=sharing

Though it requires the usual caveats regarding survey data, this
approach circumvents some of the methodolgical (and cultural) biases
associated with metrics like Greenpeace membership per country.

Cheers,
Paul

On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Ronald Mitchell rmitc...@uoregon.edu wrote:
 Can anyone point me to a dataset that has numbers of people who are members
 of environmental NGOs by country and year from 1980-2010 (or some portion of
 that request?

 Thanks,

 Ron





 Ronald Mitchell, Professor

 Department of Political Science and Program in Environmental Studies

 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284

 rmitc...@uoregon.edu

 http://rmitchel.uoregon.edu/

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Re: [gep-ed] effects on human health

[Paul Steinberg]

 Rado,

By coincidence I was just digging around in the literature on this topic.
Three references are below.  To provide a snippet: Landigran and colleagues
conclude that the percentage of illness among US children attributable to
environmental toxic substances is as follows.  100% for lead poisoning,
30% for asthma (range, 10-35%), 5% for cancer (range, 2-10%), and 10% for
neurobehavioral disorders (range, 5-20%). Total annual costs are estimated
to be $54.9 billion (range $48.8-64.8 billion).

- Paul

 Annette Prüss et al. (2002) Estimating the Burden of Disease from Water,
Sanitation, and Hygiene at a Global Level, Environmental Health
Perspectives 110 (5): 527-42.



Mokdad et al. (2004) Actual Causes of Death in the United States 2000,
JAMA. 291(10):1238-1245.


Philip J. Landrigan et al. (2002) Environmental Pollutants and Disease in
American Children: Estimates of Morbidity, Mortality, and Costs for Lead
Poisoning, Asthma, Cancer, and Developmental Disabilities, Environmental
Health Perspectives 110(7): 721–28.

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On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Radoslav Dimitrov radoslav.dimit...@uwo.ca
 wrote:

 Any simple, straightforward reading on how (chemical) pollution affects
 people? Something that will shock students into the realization that 'the
 environment' is about people and not just about cute, furry animals.

 Rado

 Radoslav S. Dimitrov, Ph.D.
 Associate Professor
 Department of Political Science
 University of Western Ontario
 Social Science Centre
 London, Ontario
 Canada N6A 5C2
 Tel. +1(519) 661-2111 ext. 85023
 Fax +1(519) 661-3904
 Email: rdimi...@uwo.ca

[gep-ed] Law of the Sea responses

[Paul Steinberg]

Thank you to those who provided quick and clear insights into the UNCLOS
question concerning the regulatory distinction between territorial seas and
EEZs.  The collected responses below would make for a nice lecture on the
topic!



Paul



--


Paul Harris:



It's even simpler than that: territorial waters are no different than lakes
(e.g., the Great Lakes); they are part of a state's territory, with all the
sovereign rights that come with that.  In contrast, the EEZ is an area
where the associated state has more rights than other states, but not
exclusive rights (unless of course the state happens to be China; it
insists that the US cannot fly spy planes in its EEZ, which is silly, and
it claims the whole South China Sea as its own TERRITORY; again, silly, but
it's hard to ignore given China's growing strength).

 --



Hans Bruyninckx:



The main difference is that the EEZ is part of the international waters and
thus does not fall under national law. The 12 mile zone is part of the
national territory and this falls under the jurisdiction of the state. A
good example to illustrate the difference is that a state has to claim an
EEZ (it is not automatic! Peru was the first state to do so), since this
falls under international law, this also creates obligations under
international law: one of those is that the state is obliged to protect the
marine environment in the EEZ. This is not the case in the territorial
waters where the state has the sovereign right to protect or not



--



Wil Burns:



Here’s some of the distinctions:



1.  Within the territorial zone, vessels are subject to the rules of
innocent passage, which includes all of the restrictions under Article 19,
so while a vessel traversing in an EEZ can, for example, take on aircraft
or other weapons, or can conduct military exercises, it can’t do so in the
territorial seas;



2. Submarines in the territorial sea need to surface and fly the flag, not
so in the EEZs;



3. Coastal states can carve out sea lands in the territorial seas;



4. Territorial seas and all the rights of sovereignty that flow from this
inure to a coastal State simply on the basis of geography; by distinction,
States need to declare an EEZ to benefit from UNCLOs specific legal
protections. Some States haven’t, e.g. the UK, which relies on Continental
Shelf Rights under the Geneva Convention on the Continental Shelf 1958;



5. Part V of UNCLOS places restrictions on coastal States vis-à-vis the
EEZs which don’t apply to territorial seas, e.g. erection of installations
and structures that may interfere with transit through recognized
international sea lanes.



 --



Jeremy Firestone:



TS is sovereign territory—EEZ just have sov rights.  There is a difference
between what other states can do as far as navigation—can’t enter airspace
or navigate submerged in a submarine, e.g., in TS. Above water, nav has to
be “innocent passage” in TS; freedom of the seas applies in EEZ. There are
also differences regarding sharing of surplus natural resources (e.g.,
fish) between EEZ and TS.  There are greater ability to enforce sanitary,
customs, etc in TS than EEZ.  Coastal State is also a term of art which
refers to a state where a ship, e.g, navigates into its EEZ or TS but
doesn’t land in its ports (that would be a port state).



--



Peter J. Jacques:



The difference is that the coastal state has fiduciary responsibility for
the EEZ.   Peter Sand’s piece details this well: (2004) Sovereignty
Bounded: Public Trusteeship for Common Pool Resources?. Global
Environmental Politics (4) , 47–71.  For a summary some of this is
discussed in my piece for the ISA-Blackwell compendium: International
Regulation of Ocean Pollution and Ocean Fisheries



--



Dimitris Stevis



Territorial waters extends 12 miles outwards of the coast (which is often
not as clearly defined as one may think). Within TW countries have complete
jurisdiction with the exception of innocent passage (i.e., other countries'
vessels, including military ones, can navigate though it without stopping
or engaging in any activities violating the coastal country's laws). If the
distance is less than 24 miles between coasts then you have ways to delimit
provided that the countries at add are willing to use them.



EEZ extends outwards of the coast (or 188 miles out of TW) and in that zone
the coastal country has economic jurisdiction. Other countries' vessels can
stop, engage in certain activities etc.. However, there are still important
issues here involving anadromous and straddling fisheries, environmental
uses etc. Moreover, some countries like Brazil oppose military uses by
others, like placing listening devices, engaging in military practices or
hanging out in ways that seem threatening. Similarly, if there is less than
400 miles between coasts there are ways to solve the problem, if countries
are willing to use them.



The ICJ has played an important role in creating law with respect to TWs
and EEZ.

[gep-ed] UNCLOS question

[Paul Steinberg]

Could anyone provide a clear explanation of the difference between
territorial waters and the EEZ under the Law of the Sea?  Beyond the
obvious geographic distinction (nautical miles from baseline shore), I'm
having a tough time discerning how the coastal state's rights and
responsibilities differ between the two.

(My apologies for the ignorant question.  A couple hours of internet
searches and a query to an expert didn't get me there, and I figure there
must be a straightforward answer.)

Best wishes,
Paul

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[gep-ed] Comparative Environmental Politics

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear GEPers,

Stacy and I are pleased to announce the publication of the book COMPARATIVE 
ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS: THEORY, PRACTICE, AND PROSPECTS.  

A sample chapter and table of contents can be downloaded from the MIT Press 
website at the link below.  The book is designed for classroom adoption, 
seeking to more systematically connect comparative politics and global 
environmental politics.  We would be delighted if you were to take a look and 
consider the role of comparative perspectives within your teaching and research.

http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2tid=12786

Best wishes,
Paul

Paul F. Steinberg
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Environmental Policy
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[gep-ed] results - green urban leaders

[Paul Steinberg]

Thanks to the many respondents who produced the marvelous list of 
recommendations below.

- Paul

--

Birch, E.L. And S.M. Wacher (2008) Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability 
in the Twenty-First Century.

Slavin, M. (2011). Sustainability in America's Cities: Creating the Green 
Metropolis. Island Press.

Routledge's Sustainable Urban Development Reader

Duerksen, C. and C. Snyder. 2005. Nature-friendly communities: Habitat 
protection and land-use planning. Island Press: Washington, DC. 

Beatley, T. 2011. Biophilic cities: Integrating nature into urban design and 
planning. Island Press: Washington, DC.

Matthew Hoffman, Climate Governance at the Crossroads

Kent Portney (2003) Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously

Mega, Voula P. 2010. Sustainable cities for the third millennium: the odyssey 
of urban excellence. Brussels: Springer. 

Wong, Tai-Chee and Yuen, Belinda (Eds.) 2011. Eco-city planning. Policies, 
practice, and design. Springer

Worldwatch Institute. 2007. 2007 State of the World. Our Urban Future. A 
Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress toward a Sustainable Society. New York, 
London: W.W. Norton  Company.

Jeremy Rifkin's latest book The Third Industrial Revolution mentions a few-- 
San Antonio, TX, Rome, Monaco.

Laura Lawson, 2005 City Bountiful: A Century of Community Gardening in 
American 

Richard Walker, 2008 Country in the City: The Greening of the San Franciso Bay 
Area

--


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Environmental Policy
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Department of Humanities, Social Sciences,  the Arts
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[gep-ed] urban environmental innovation?

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear GEPers,

Can anyone recommend a book with case studies highlighting cities or other 
local governance units that are noteworthy innovators in environmental policy?  

I'm eager to avoid a wild goose chase looking at 1,001 cases, so I am hoping 
that there is a credible, research-based source with lots of examples brought 
together in one volume.  I am especially interested in examples from US cities, 
but welcome any and all.

Many thanks in advance for any leads.

Paul

Paul F. Steinberg
Associate Professor of Political Science 
Environmental Policy
http://www.hmc.edu/steinberg

Department of Humanities, Social Sciences,  the Arts
301 East Platt Boulevard
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA 91711
tel. 909-607-3840

[gep-ed] climate science by nation

[Paul Steinberg]

Would anyone have handy data or a reference that compares the contributions of 
different countries to climate change research?  This could be money spent on 
climate change science, number of publications by national origin of authors, 
or something along these lines.  I am doing a short piece for a public radio 
program (in a few hours...) and I would like to point to the disparity between 
US action and US research in this area.

Thanks for any leads!

Paul  

Paul F. Steinberg
Associate Professor of Political Science 
Environmental Policy
http://www.hmc.edu/steinberg

Department of Humanities, Social Sciences,  the Arts
301 East Platt Boulevard
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA 91711
tel. 909-607-3840


- Original Message -
From: DG Webster d.g.webs...@dartmouth.edu
To: Gep-Ed (gep-ed@googlegroups.com) gep-ed@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 1:22:54 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: [gep-ed] Fwd: ISA 2012 panel/paper/poster proposals

Hello again, 

I'm happy to see several panels forming up. In hopes of facilitating further, 
I've created a simple web-site that 1) has useful information about the ISA 
2012 deadlines and San Diego, 2) includes a Panel planning page where people 
can post calls for panels, sign up for panels, etc. and 3) also features a few 
pages for some of the panel ideas already sent out to the list where people can 
comment and attach files. If you'd like me to create a page for your panel 
proposal, just e-mail me a short description or I'll be checking posts on the 
site periodically. This is an experiment of sorts, if it proves to be useful, 
great, if not, no worries. If you'd like to send feedback either way, feel 
free. 

You'll need this link to access the site: 
http://sites.google.com/site/isaess2012/home . It is open to anyone with the 
link but should not be available via search engines which provides some 
privacy. 

Best, 
D.G. Webster 


-- Forwarded message -- 
From: DG Webster  d.g.webs...@dartmouth.edu  
Date: Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:45 AM 
Subject: ISA 2012 panel/paper/poster proposals 
To: Gep-Ed ( gep-ed@googlegroups.com )  gep-ed@googlegroups.com  


Hi Folks, 

Here's some pertinent information for those of you who plan to submit panels, 
posters, and papers for ISA 2012 in San Diego. The big deadline is June 1, 
details on other deadlines can be found below. I've also pasted in the intro to 
the call for papers for next year, in case anyone wants to submit for a 
cross-over panel with the conference theme: Power Principles and Participation 
in the Global Information Age. Suggestions for other cross-over panels (with 
other ISA sections) are welcome as well. Below that is a list of possible panel 
topics that came up at the ESS meeting in Montreal in March. I strongly 
recommend organizing panel submissions, not just because it will make my job 
easier but also because panels organized by participants work quite well and 
because organizing panels can be a great way to network within the community. 
Lastly, please do remember to include accurate keywords in all your submissions 
to ensure that your paper/panel comes up when I'm searching for proposals on a 
particular topic. 

Best, 
D.G. Webster 
Vice-Chair 
Environmental Studies Section 
International Studies Association 

The 2012 ISA Conference will be in San Diego from 1-4 April 2012. The deadline 
for the submission of panels is 1 June 2011. 

a. If you are interested in proposing an innovative panel, the deadline is 16 
May 2011. 

b. If you are interested in proposing a working group, the deadline is 15 June 
2011. 

c. For more information, go to www.isanet.org 
Power, Principles and Participation in the Global Information Age 
Canadian communication theorist Marshall McLuhan famously said, “The medium is 
the 
message,” and coined the term “global village.” McLuhan died in 1980, but his 
insights are even more relevant today. The information environment is 
drastically different from that of even a decade ago, as new forms of 
information flows come into existence almost annually. Facebook now has over 
500 million users, and Twitter, a service barely in existence three years ago, 
counts over 175 million users. These tools are not only for finding long-lost 
school friends or sharing pictures of loved ones: they often are used for 
political purposes. For instance, both text messages and tweets served as vital 
communication tools during the 2010 post-election protests in Iran. Indeed, 
Reuters reported that United States government went so far as to ask Twitter to 
postpone maintenance and maintain service during this time. Humanitarian groups 
also use these communications technologies to bring attention to events 
worldwide: in the wake of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, the Red Cross collected $30 
million in SMSbased donations from US phone users. And the 2010 elections 
witnessed US political candidates (and their staffs) tweeting and facebooking 
like 

[gep-ed] great intro to interdiscipilnary study?

[Paul Steinberg]

Can anyone recommend outstanding reading, suitable for undergraduates, that 
introduces the why and how of interdisciplinary studies?  This need not be on 
the environment per se, but if so all the better.

I will compile responses and send them to the list within a week.

Many thanks in advance,

Paul

Paul F. Steinberg
Associate Professor of Political Science 
Environmental Policy
http://www.hmc.edu/steinberg

Department of Humanities, Social Sciences,  the Arts
301 East Platt Boulevard
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA 91711
tel. 909-607-3840