[gep-ed] Contemplative Environmentalism: Speaker Series & Workshop
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[gep-ed] Inquiry about social media and environmental activism
Hi Gepers, I’m working with a group of students on the relationship between social media and environmental activism. We’re examining how social media is altering activist strategies. Our inquiry includes slacktivism as well as pressures from Instagram and other platforms to act digitally. Might you have suggestions of articles or books focused on social media activism? Please reply to me directly and I’ll post the results to the entire list. Thank you! Paul Paul Wapner Professor, Global Environmental Politics School of International Service American University pwap...@american.edu<mailto:pwap...@american.edu> My latest book, Is Wildness Over?<https://www.amazon.com/Wildness-Over-Where-Am-dp-1509532129/dp/1509532129/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8==1582743813> is now available from Polity<http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509532117> or Amazon<https://www.amazon.com/Wildness-Over-Where-Am-dp-1509532129/dp/1509532129/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8==1582743813>. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/137829F2-1E27-41A7-952A-1A9119ADD8F0%40american.edu.
[gep-ed] Job Position at American University: Executive Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center
The Antiracist Research and Policy Center (ARPC) at American University (AU) invites applications and nominations for a full-time Executive Director. The successful candidate will join a vibrant and collegial community of scholars, professionals, authors, advocates, activists, organizers, and creators at the University. The Executive Director will continue building a new vision for the Center, and help cohere and amplify the work of other scholars on AU’s campus, while advancing their own scholarly agenda related to antiracist, research, praxis, and/or policy. Research should include an antiracist agenda, including the study of racial inequalities and racial disparities. The director must be committed to working collaboratively with the Center faculty, fellows, and other partners on campus and in the Washington, D.C. region. Qualified candidates may be eligible for a tenured appointment in an appropriate academic unit with teaching obligations subject to negotiation. The appointment begins July 1, 2021. Apply here: https://careers.american.edu/Staff/job/Washington-Executive-Director%2C-Anti-Racist-Research-and-Policy-Center-DC-20016/676834100/ Qualifications Our ideal candidate will be an emerging or established thought leader in the field(s) of race, racism, racial inequality, colonialism, and related fields, as well as a thought leader in antiracism and related frameworks with a track record and established trajectory of high-impact scholarly, professional, and/or creative work that focuses on antiracism and equity. A focus on the specific experiences of historically marginalized racial groups in the U.S., particularly Black, Indigenous, and Latinx groups, and/or a comparative focus on racial oppression and liberatory movements within and beyond the U.S. is welcome, as are interdisciplinary approaches. Our ideal candidate will shape the Center’s strategic vision and goals while contributing to fundraising efforts for research, outreach, and events. In these and other activities, the Executive Director will be supported by a full-time Managing Director and the university’s Development Office. ARPC’s Executive Director should have a significant record related to antiracism which they will continue to pursue while leading the Center, while also working collaboratively with the AU faculty, students and staff to help define and deepen innovative, pathbreaking, and intersectional approaches to antiracism-related research and praxis, policy analysis and advocacy, and creative projects on and beyond AU’s campus. To browse the eight thematic areas in which faculty affiliates conduct antiracism work across academic disciplines, please see: https://www.american.edu/centers/antiracism/faculty-affiliates.cfm. Application Instructions Salary and benefits are competitive (for an overview of AU’s benefits for full-time faculty and staff, visit: https://www.american.edu/hr/benefits/). Please submit applications via Interfolio. Include a letter of application which addresses: 1) the candidate's leadership style, 2) the candidate’s understanding of and approach to antiracist research, praxis, and policy and 3) how the candidate's style and approach will complement and grow the existing focal areas and activities of the Center. In addition to the cover letter, all applications must include a curriculum vitae with an appended list of three references and copies of three recent publications or equivalent antiracist projects. Letters of recommendation will be requested at a later stage. Reviews of applications will begin October 30. Please direct any questions to Sara Biggs (sbi...@american.edu<mailto:sbi...@american.edu>). Paul Wapner Professor, Global Environmental Politics School of International Service American University pwap...@american.edu<mailto:pwap...@american.edu> My latest book, Is Wildness Over?<https://www.amazon.com/Wildness-Over-Where-Am-dp-1509532129/dp/1509532129/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8==1582743813> is now available from Polity<http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509532117> or Amazon<https://www.amazon.com/Wildness-Over-Where-Am-dp-1509532129/dp/1509532129/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8==1582743813>. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/DA8F7CAE-EB5E-4039-8CD2-83ED7C24A141%40american.edu.
[gep-ed] Is Wildness Over?
View this email in your browser<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__us10.campaign-2Darchive.com_-3Fe-3D-26u-3D6265bd351a329ad9d71fbad51-26id-3Db270c53201=DwMFaQ=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q=BOzhaYdtrFx6b4S5xQEOnb05jR0rDHGlFyLMspvfa48=0R781rVGdRDWsp5MjEShvhT6PCMY_nETb58ktEbYda4=WHuokwShHYS6TXVn7TtPmnGb2ol2R9Pm6gxmCybsNL8=> Excited to share my new book - [https://mcusercontent.com/6265bd351a329ad9d71fbad51/images/da59b48c-2c24-4909-a026-a780362ce1be.jpg] Climate change, mass extinction, pandemics, economic instability: Something powerful is wracking the planet. In this powerful book, environmental scholar, Paul Wapner<https://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfm>, explains the rise of global wildness. For centuries, humans have pushed unpredictability and discomfort out of their immediate lives in search of security and convenience. They have been remarkably successful. Today, many people, especially the affluent, rarely encounter wild animals, suffer exposure to the elements, or even have to tolerate the capriciousness of other people. But wildness is akin to energy: it cannot be created or destroyed. As people establish havens of stability, they do not eradicate wildness but shove it into the lives of the less fortunate and, more dramatically, catapult it up to the global level. The result is runaway and unjust climate change, unstoppable species extinction, and other challenges that worsen conditions for the poor and rip at the fabric that supports all life on Earth. Is Wildness Over?<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__politybooks.com_bookdetail_-3Fisbn-3D9781509532117-26subject-5Fid-3D9=DwMFCQ=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q=R2Hxu3hImpw2luB-RqpEJ6P0YFud3UE-5H-w4om-FCA=u9a-v1ckJ_lKda2nCMAk5C8TWE5PLYe5vwxM7VM0ZjA=m0svsxW0rJg6N96TLjPyJimRaTTSf-npkR6Rnb0JlD4=> paints a picture of the new global wildness. Analyzing the effects of disappearing species, wildfires, calving glaciers, and other environmental assaults, Wapner<https://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfm> dispels the myth that humans can protect themselves from danger and discomfort by mastering nature and exerting greater control over life. In fact, the opposite is true. As Wapner argues, these days, wellbeing rests on rewilding the world. Rewilding rejects efforts to control the atmosphere (geoengineering) or evolution (de-extinction) or other forms of planetary-wide conquest. Instead, it questions the purpose of conquest itself and the modern desire for comfort at all costs. Rewilding, as such, entails welcoming greater uncertainty, discomfort, and even a modicum of danger into our personal and collective lives. Combining philosophical reflection and policy prescription, this compact volume provides the kind of moral sensitivity and intellectual framework necessary for navigating these wild times. “If the world seems more chaotic to you, this superbly thoughtful book can help explain why, and provide some advice on surfing that new wildness. It will help you see your time through new, sharper eyes.” Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__350.org_=DwMFCQ=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q=R2Hxu3hImpw2luB-RqpEJ6P0YFud3UE-5H-w4om-FCA=u9a-v1ckJ_lKda2nCMAk5C8TWE5PLYe5vwxM7VM0ZjA=sbtdt467cZc4oQylY9QP3yceNo5C0LI4DJVf2GRdBmo=> and author of The End of Nature [https://mcusercontent.com/6265bd351a329ad9d71fbad51/images/04957b0d-df2f-42fb-838d-53da651d97bc.png] Paul Wapner<https://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfm> is Professor of Global Environmental Politics in the School of International Service (SIS) at American University<http://www.american.edu/sis>. His other publications include: Living Through the End of Nature: The Future of American Environmentalism<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.com_dp_0262014157_=DwMFaQ=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q=R2Hxu3hImpw2luB-RqpEJ6P0YFud3UE-5H-w4om-FCA=ChStt-h0_Wjv0UKotlSMKqek-OFGXrgsqeGZ_L8GuUE=QAPw7J9TIsL1C06WOo86WfAVK4oqnBvjKOkvDKngh0I=>; Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.com_Paul-2DWapner-2Ddp-2D0791427900_dp_0791427900_ref-3Dmt-5Fpaperback-3F-5Fencoding-3DUTF8-26me-3D-26qid-3D1590879819=DwMFaQ=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q=R2Hxu3hImpw2luB-RqpEJ6P0YFud3UE-5H-w4om-FCA=ChStt-h0_Wjv0UKotlSMKqek-OFGXrgsqeGZ_L8GuUE=RaWE7Dn357QiNWWUyVczhefbyVuaNG2kd-wwYvkXw_I=>; Reimagining Climate Change <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.com_Paul-2DWapner-2Ddp-2D1138304212_dp_1138304212_ref-3Dmt-5Fpaperback-3F-5Fencoding-3DUTF8-26me-3D-26qid-3D1590879882=DwMFaQ=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q=R2Hxu3hImpw2luB-RqpEJ6P0YFud3UE-5H-w4om-FCA=ChStt-h0_Wjv0UKotlSMKqek-OFGXrgsqeGZ_L8GuUE=60MNJkIRrEaHOzhjeM9jTZEmworljq_3bLMpcBhc-xw=> (co-edited with Hilal Elver); Global Env<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http
[gep-ed] Solar Energy Opportunity for Students
Hi Gepers, I’m writing with an opportunity for students to learn about solar energy and lead the clean energy revolution in an experiential way. RE-volv<https://re-volv.org/about-us/re-volv> is an organization that freely finances and installs solar panels on the roofs of nonprofits. RE-volv<https://re-volv.org/about-us/re-volv> works with teams of students across the US to identify nonprofits near campus wishing to go solar and to manage the process from inception to installation. RE-volv<https://re-volv.org/about-us/re-volv> has worked with a wide variety of colleges and universities including University of Wisconsin, Coastal Carolina University, Swarthmore College, University of California Santa Barbara, and University of Dayton. RE-volv<https://re-volv.org/about-us/re-volv> offers fellowships for students to attend training workshops and exposes students to leaders in the clean energy field. RE-volv<https://re-volv.org/about-us/re-volv> is currently looking for new university partners. If you, a colleague, or any students you know want to get involved, please encourage them to attend a special webinar, June 2, 2020 (11 am PDT). The webinar will feature clean energy leaders, current nonprofit partners, and students who have worked with RE-volv. You can register here<https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5515889625511/WN_AuSaEAl8TdmKSKBU8rQH9w> for the webinar. (I advise a team of students at American University and am planning to teach a course next academic year that involves students in RE-volv projects. I’m happy to answer any questions.) I hope to see you at the webinar. Paul Paul Wapner Professor, Global Environmental Politics School of International Service American University pwap...@american.edu<mailto:pwap...@american.edu> My latest book, Is Wildness Over?<https://www.amazon.com/Wildness-Over-Where-Am-dp-1509532129/dp/1509532129/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8==1582743813> is now available from Polity<http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509532117> or Amazon<https://www.amazon.com/Wildness-Over-Where-Am-dp-1509532129/dp/1509532129/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8==1582743813>. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/8AFA6A1E-2B16-4CD5-91B8-F862A0E6EEE1%40american.edu.
[gep-ed] American University Divests out of Fossil Fuels
Hi Gepers, Some good news on Earth Day: I’m proud to report that American University has divested its endowment from fossil fuels. In the shadow of COVID-19, moving toward a clean energy future can continue. https://www.theeagleonline.com/article/2020/04/breaking-au-announces-full-financial-divestment-from-fossil-fuel-stocks<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.theeagleonline.com_article_2020_04_breaking-2Dau-2Dannounces-2Dfull-2Dfinancial-2Ddivestment-2Dfrom-2Dfossil-2Dfuel-2Dstocks=DwMF-g=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q=BOzhaYdtrFx6b4S5xQEOnb05jR0rDHGlFyLMspvfa48=Ig6gaZi1XJ-6Jj8NCKotRdIKDQjCnYABATnzRphJoY4=6DyAaO8pTht9NGsA4PlBwvW7AUhAzPSZCobvUFFZy4k=> Stay safe and green, Paul Paul Wapner Professor, Global Environmental Politics School of International Service American University pwap...@american.edu<mailto:pwap...@american.edu> My latest book, Is Wildness Over?<https://www.amazon.com/Wildness-Over-Where-Am-dp-1509532129/dp/1509532129/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8==1582743813> is now available from Polity<http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509532117> or Amazon<https://www.amazon.com/Wildness-Over-Where-Am-dp-1509532129/dp/1509532129/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8==1582743813>. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/4FFDAF91-1D71-4469-BC50-60B7757EB486%40american.edu.
[gep-ed] FRIDAY Webinar: Teaching in a time of the Virus
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Re: [gep-ed] just a thought
It is so nice to see all this generosity. I’m happy to join any class as either a lecturer or as part of a Q I could speak on: --climate politics (with special emphasis on climate suffering) --environmental ethics/environmental justice --consumption --international environmental diplomacy --environmental activism --contemplative environmentalism I’m also open to stepping in (and adjusting remarks to various topics) if someone is ill, overwhelmed by childcare, or otherwise unable to carry their class. Thanks, Paul Paul Wapner Professor, Global Environmental Politics School of International Service American University pwap...@american.edu<mailto:pwap...@american.edu> My latest book, Is Wildness Over?<https://www.amazon.com/Wildness-Over-Where-Am-dp-1509532129/dp/1509532129/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8==1582743813> is now available from Polity<http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509532117> or Amazon<https://www.amazon.com/Wildness-Over-Where-Am-dp-1509532129/dp/1509532129/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8==1582743813>. -- From: Gepers on behalf of Aysem Mert Reply-To: "aysem.m...@statsvet.su.se" Date: Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 3:55 PM To: "susan.p...@sydney.edu.au" , "peter.jacq...@ucf.edu" , "hamish.vander...@mcgill.ca" , "maria.ivan...@umb.edu" Cc: Gepers Subject: RE: [gep-ed] just a thought Hi, I would be happy to talk about - democracy in the Anthropocene - transnational environmental governance (public-private partnerships, orchestration, politics of participation in UN-civil society relations) - a discourse historical /post-structuralist approach to global environmental politics and sustainability governance - climate related emotions (anxiety, loss, grief, hope, etc). Some of these would be longer than others, but I am happy to discuss it with course responsible teachers. All the best, Aysem --- Ayşem Mert Associate Senior Lecturer in Environmental Politics Department of Political Science Stockholm University Universitetsvägen 10 F, Room F 732 www.statsvet.su.se/mert<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.statsvet.su.se_mert=DwMFaQ=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q=BOzhaYdtrFx6b4S5xQEOnb05jR0rDHGlFyLMspvfa48=Z7qvR_crEWubDKLa70FVJBFHvQTjz46_s2V4_euwPyE=geuK-9XySovT8BDb1_dGJZv9lFEpYKbQNGKFfZVXGNY=> @ayshemm<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_ayshemm=DwMFaQ=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q=BOzhaYdtrFx6b4S5xQEOnb05jR0rDHGlFyLMspvfa48=Z7qvR_crEWubDKLa70FVJBFHvQTjz46_s2V4_euwPyE=Z157UwK-zPwZqDkXca3dXVDasNoRQsaZmvWinL5mOQU=> Recent publications Mert, A. (2020) “Democracy in the Anthropocene,” in Routledge Handbook of Global Sustainability Governance, A. Kalfagianni, D. Fuchs & A. Hayden (eds), Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 282-295. Mert, A. (2019) “Democracy in the Anthropocene: A new scale,” in E. Lövbrand and F. Biermann (eds) Anthropocene Encounters: New Directions in Green Political Thinking, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 107-122. Mert, A. (2019) “The trees in Gezi Park: Environmental policy as the focus of democratic protests,”<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.tandfonline.com_doi_full_10.1080_1523908X.2016.1202106=DwMFaQ=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q=BOzhaYdtrFx6b4S5xQEOnb05jR0rDHGlFyLMspvfa48=Z7qvR_crEWubDKLa70FVJBFHvQTjz46_s2V4_euwPyE=TZcVtDfaoiJF4avetS1Z4IV0cDKKxVNAU73ABYLyuYc=> Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 21 (5): 593-607. Mert, A. (2019) “Participation(s) in Transnational Environmental Governance: Green values versus instrumental use,” Environmental Values, 28 (1): 101-121. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Original message From: Susan Park Date: 19/03/2020 22:30 (GMT+01:00) To: peter.jacq...@ucf.edu, hamish.vander...@mcgill.ca, maria.ivan...@umb.edu Cc: GEPED Subject: RE: [gep-ed] just a thought Happy also to contribute! Can speak to the multilateral development banks and environmental impacts, the role of international grievance mechanisms and protecting environmental rights, and accountability and global environmental governance. Best, Susan Susan Park Professor of Global Governance Department of Government and International Relations University of Sydney Social Sciences Building A02 Sydney NSW 2006 Australia E: susan.p...@sydney.edu.au<mailto:susan.p...@sydney.edu.au> Tw: @spark_syd W: www.susanmpark.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.susanmpark.com_=DwMFaQ=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q=BOzhaYdtrFx6b4S5xQEOnb05jR0rDHGlFyLMspvfa48=Z7qvR_crEWubDKLa70FVJBFHvQTjz46_s2V4_euwPyE=21hVjxqp4amYz1R_QM47RQpA95LffnEImdZ7m7xOKMg=> TUM-IAS Hans Fischer Senior Fellow Institute for Advanced Study Technical University of Munich Lichtenbergstraße 2 a 85748 Garching, Munich Germany New books: International Organisations and Global Problems: Theories and Explanations (Cambridge, 2018). Global Environmental Go
Re: [gep-ed] Course assistance?
Hi Katey (and others), Apologies for self-promotion but you might consider using a reader that Simon Nicholson and I published a few years ago, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS: FROM PERSON TO PLANET (Routledge). We carefully curated and edited some of the 'greatest hits' in global environmental affairs and organized the volume precisely for courses seeking an overview. It includes sections describing the scope of global environmental dangers, causes of environmental harm, and the role of states, markets, and civil society in perpetuating and responding to environmental challenges. It also includes sections on strategic thinking and the role of imagination to help students figure out meaningful ways to get involved. Chapter authors include: Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Robert Bullard, Wendell Berry, Sunita Narain, Jennifer Clapp, Peter Dauvergne, and many more. Finally, the book has various exercises for students. For some reason, the volume is on sale at Amazon for $20 (paperback). You can check it out at: https://www.amazon.com/Global-Environmental-Politics-Person-Planet/dp/1612056490 Thanks, Paul Paul Wapner Professor, Global Environmental Politics School of International Service American University pwap...@american.edu -- On 9/13/19, 12:36 PM, "gep-ed@googlegroups.com on behalf of katey Gordon" wrote: Greetings. My name is Katey Foster and it’s been nearly 15 years since I last posted. I was an adjunct lecturer in Global Environmental Policy, Environmental Ethics, and Green Political Theory at Juniata College in PA after finishing my MA in International Environmental Policy from Keele University, Staffordshire, England. It’s been a long hiatus and I am so excited to be considering a 200-level Environmental Policy and Globalization course at Champlain College this coming Spring. I have been a bit out of the loop over the years and am looking forward to the challenge of designing a syllabus for this course and I’m asking for your help! I would love any recommendations for texts to consider, class exercises etc. Really anything you have time and passion to share, I’ll be delighted to pour over. When I was at Juniata College, someone on Gep-ed shared a student-led simulation of a UN water trade negotiation which I used with great success. Students became stake holders (countries, npos, utilities) and negotiated their way through a water trade of sorts. I love offering hands-on/experiential learning opportunities…I’m also interested in any articles or journals I can be looking at in preparation for teaching this course. Any thoughts, ideas, readings, movies/documentaries you might direct me to would be so appreciated. I’m sure I’ll be back with more questions as I go. I thank you for your time and any offerings you may have here. It feels so great to be getting back to this important work. All the best, Katey Foster Burlington, VT -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_msgid_gep-2Ded_875EB0F1-2DBB09-2D42DD-2DB221-2DB09A1F7E267E-2540gmail.com=DwIFaQ=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q=BOzhaYdtrFx6b4S5xQEOnb05jR0rDHGlFyLMspvfa48=nuwdpaS913F2AwGc7ojlDwvHZUOseUXVNo2F9Ih26d0=J85G8MgUAaynbw_XNQbanpW9h6JgglPje1CiAkuFEc8= . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/6D014C39-27AB-43E9-A011-4B7556964831%40american.edu.
Re: [gep-ed] Good environmental trends
Hi Beth, Perhaps the challenge of finding such a list rests on interpretation. Many thinkers see good news everywhere, especially with environmental trends. Folks like Bjorn Lomborg, Johan Norberg, Ronald Bailey, Deirdre McCloskey, and Anders Bolling are always presenting ‘facts’ that demonstrate environmental improvement. Their work is controversial but persuasive to many. It is part of a broader orientation that tends to be optimistic about humanity’s fate, seeing ‘progress’ everywhere. I would put people like Steven Pinker, Hans Rosling, and the infamous Juliann Simon in this category. The New York Times Book Review recently had a piece on Pinker and Rosling https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/02/07/pinker-rosling-progress-accentuate-positive/. Aside from thinkers, there are a number of outfits that present ‘good’ environmental news, such as https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/category/news/environment/, although I am unsure if they track broad trends. All the best, Paul Paul Wapner Professor, Global Environmental Politics School of International Service American University pwap...@american.edu<mailto:pwap...@american.edu> -- From: Gepers on behalf of "william.hipw...@gmail.com" Reply-To: "william.hipw...@gmail.com" Date: Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 3:14 PM To: Beth DeSombre , Gepers Subject: RE: [gep-ed] Good environmental trends Hi Beth, I have seen, at some point in the past ten years, some sort of good news list. I cannot remember the source though I suspect it came over the Canadian Association of Geographers discussion list (you could post a query here: cagl...@lists.uvic.ca<mailto:cagl...@lists.uvic.ca> . However, like one of your suggestions (better access to clean water), I remember finding at the time that the list only hailed purely anthropocentric improvements. As far as the state of the non-human world is concerned, I have the overwhelming sense that things are, across the board, going from bad to worse. I’d be happy to be proven wrong and look forward to your sharing your findings. Cheers, Bill From: gep-ed@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Beth DeSombre Sent: April 6, 2019 11:31 AM To: GEP-Ed List Subject: [gep-ed] Good environmental trends Hi folks: This seems like a no brainer, but I'm having a surprisingly difficult time gathering a list of positive environmental trends (worldwide and over history). Things that have -- because of human intervention -- unquestionably improved, with some specific details to hang on them. Things like improved access to clean water, better air quality (of various types) in many parts of the world, etc. I'd like to not reinvent the wheel -- I could easily come up with a list of things I think are better now environmentally than 50 (or 25) years ago and go fetch the details of each, but I'm certain that one or more sources has already outlined them, with specifics attached. Can someone point me towards such lists/overviews/compilations? (Happy to share suggestions with the group afterwards). Thanks, Beth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_optout=DwMFaQ=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q=BOzhaYdtrFx6b4S5xQEOnb05jR0rDHGlFyLMspvfa48=4WAElHRedlbXlxltWAHLZWS2iW0rH7h_NbEDzZYWf-A=IX0wyV-Ki-AxccsE91l2fc_ZnHCezrPrIyptx2uY9_Q=>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_optout=DwMFaQ=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q=BOzhaYdtrFx6b4S5xQEOnb05jR0rDHGlFyLMspvfa48=4WAElHRedlbXlxltWAHLZWS2iW0rH7h_NbEDzZYWf-A=IX0wyV-Ki-AxccsE91l2fc_ZnHCezrPrIyptx2uY9_Q=>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[gep-ed] Position at World Resources Institute
Hi Colleagues, World Resources Institute, a Washington DC-based research and advocacy NGO, is looking for a Global Director of Governance. It may be of interest to some on this list. Here’s a job description: https://jobs.jobvite.com/wri/job/ou0c9fwz<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__jobs.jobvite.com_wri_job_ou0c9fwz=DwMGaQ=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q=BOzhaYdtrFx6b4S5xQEOnb05jR0rDHGlFyLMspvfa48=v09UXThIfxEYHba7SAMU-Y-SQsczct9DKgR1pG8TYl8=j_vVwdySNaIdJ_i8GZbYIpaYPHg0WuO9tIPbuTsW-fw=>. Best wishes, Paul -- Paul Wapner Professor, Global Environmental Politics School of International Service American University -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[gep-ed] Rewilding
Three visions for healing the American land. Washington, DC: Island Press/Shearwater Books. Wuerthner, George, Eileen Crist, and Tom Butler, eds. 2015. Protecting the wild: Parks and wilderness, the foundation for conservation. -- Paul Wapner Professor, Global Environmental Politics School of International Service American University -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[gep-ed] literature on 'rewilding'
Hi Gepers, I’m completing a short book titled, Is Wildness Over? The last chapter examines the concept of ‘rewilding.’ Authors use the phrase in different ways. I’d be grateful for any suggested literature focusing on the term. Please reply off-line (directly to me). Thanks so much. Paul -- Paul Wapner Professor, Global Environmental Politics School of International Service American University -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[gep-ed] solar energy opportunity for students
Dear Colleagues, Here’s a chance for undergraduates to gain hands-on experience with solar energy. RE-volv<http://www.re-volv.org/> is an organization that finances and installs solar energy systems on the roofs of nonprofits. Each year, RE-volv runs a Solar Ambassador Program<http://re-volv.org/apply-solar-ambassador> in which students plan and implement a solar project for a nonprofit organization near campus (e.g., church, synagogue, food coop, social services organization). Students work in teams of 4-7 people and, under RE-volv’s guidance, steward a project from inception to installation. RE-volv is now accepting applications for teams whose projects will begin in the Fall semester 2017 (application deadline: February 17, 2017). Accepted teams will work on their projects throughout the academic year (2017-2018). In addition to taking tangible action on climate change, students will gain in-depth knowledge of solar energy policy and organizational management, community relations, and crowdfunding skills. RE-volv provides funding to bring Solar Ambassador team leaders to San Francisco in late August for training and runs an ongoing webinar for all teams throughout the year to guide projects and have teams share their experiences. Click here<http://re-volv.org/apply-solar-ambassador> for more information. Our current cohort of Solar Ambassadors<http://re-volv.org/content/solar-ambassadors-0> includes teams from Swarthmore College, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Dayton, University of Connecticut, University of New England, Coastal Carolina University, and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. RE-volv is looking for new teams to join the 2017-2018 cohort. Could you please forward this email students and others in your department? Applications close on February 17, 2017. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me (see signature, below). Thank you so much! Paul Wapner Paul Wapner Professor, Global Environmental Politics School of International Service American University 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington DC 20016 pwap...@american.edu<mailto:pwap...@american.edu> 202-885-1647 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[gep-ed] Position: Dean of Global Sustainability U South Florida
Quick Leonard Kieffer, a retained executive search firm in Chicago, is currently leading the University of South Florida's search for a Dean for their Patel College of Global Sustainability. Ideal candidates for this role will likely come from a university background, preferably with leadership experience in a center or department of Sustainability or related disciplines, or from sustainability-related foundations, government entities, or similar institutions, and will have the following qualifications: • An earned PhD in any area related to global sustainability; • Experience in a global setting; • Five years of senior leadership experience in an academic, government or private sector institution with responsibilities related to global sustainability; • Demonstrated success leading a business or a multidimensional institute, or a multidisciplinary academic team; • Demonstrated success raising funds. Any suggestions regarding potential candidates whom you might know in your professional network would be deeply appreciated. If you might have an interest in your own candidacy, that's a conversation we would welcome as well. To provide additional information, I'd be happy to email a position description upon request (see my contact info below). Joe Johnston Principal Quick Leonard Kieffer 555 W. Jackson Blvd, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL, 60661 Office: (312) 604-7046 | Mobile: (312) 933-2271 jjohns...@qlksearch.com<mailto:jjohns...@qlksearch.com> Paul Wapner Professor, Global Environmental Politics School of International Service American University 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington DC 20016 pwap...@american.edu<mailto:pwap...@american.edu> 202-885-1647 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[gep-ed] solar energy opportunity for students
Dear Colleagues, I wanted to share an exciting opportunity for undergraduates looking for hands-on experience with clean energy solutions. I serve on the board of a charitable organization called RE-volv<http://www.re-volv.org/>, which finances and installs solar projects for nonprofit groups. RE-volv's Solar Ambassador Program<http://re-volv.org/apply-solar-ambassador> offers college students the chance to plan and implement a solar project. Over the course of one academic year, Solar Ambassadors work in teams to identify a nonprofit or co-op near their campus that wants to go solar. The team works with RE-volv to set-up the project and run a crowdfunding campaign to underwrite the solar energy system. RE-volv will provide funding to bring Solar Ambassador team leaders to San Francisco to receive in-depth training in solar energy policy and organizational management so groups can successfully advance their project. Additionally, students will participate in an ongoing webinar series with leaders in the environmental and renewable energy fields to provide a solid foundation to pursue careers in sustainability. A more in-depth description of the program can be found here<http://re-volv.org/apply-solar-ambassador>. Our current cohort of Solar Ambassadors<http://re-volv.org/content/solar-ambassadors-0> includes teams from Swarthmore College, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Dayton, University of Connecticut, University of New England, Coastal Carolina University, and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. RE-volv is looking for new teams to join the 2017-2018 cohort. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to develop project management, outreach, and communication skills while tangibly taking action on climate change through solar energy. It would be wonderful if you could pass this along to your students and others in your department. Applications close on February 17, 2017. If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email me (see signature, below). Thank you for reading, and I look forward to being in touch. Best, Paul Paul Wapner Professor, Global Environmental Politics School of International Service American University 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington DC 20016 pwap...@american.edu<mailto:pwap...@american.edu> 202-885-1647 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[gep-ed] international climate policy
Hi Gepers,Quite awhile ago, I asked for articles or book chapters to explain the evolution of international climate policy. I received great responses. Here they are. Thanks. Radoslav S. Dimitrov, “Inside UN Climate Change Negotiations,” Review of Policy Research vol. 27, no. 6 (November 2010), pp. 795-821. Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveer, “Global Climate Change Governance: The Long Road to Paris, in Norman Vig and Michael Kraft, eds., Environmental Policy: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century (9th Edition), Sage. Pam Chasek, David Downie, and Janet Brown, Global Environmental Politics, Westview 2013, pp. 151-169.. Max Boykoff (readings from his course, 'Climate Politics and Policy' At: http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/students/envs_3521_summer/schedule.html Michele Betsill, “International Climate Change Policy,” in Regina Axelrod, Stacy VanDeVeer, and David Downie, eds., The Global Environment: Institutions, Law, and Policy, (4th edition), forthcoming. Jennifer Alan produced videos of the history of the climate change process as told by those who lived it. See: http://www.iisd.ca/paris-knowledge-bridge/ Professor Paul WapnerGlobal Environmental Politics ProgramSchool of International ServiceAmerican University4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington DC 20016(202) 885-1647http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfm -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[gep-ed] article suggestions for intl climate governance
Hi Gepers,I'm looking for an article that summarizes the evolution of climate negotiations for a general undergraduate course on global environmental politics. Ideally, it would be mostly empirical. I've been using Michele's excellent piece: Michele Betsill, “International Climate Change Policy: Toward the Multilevel Governance of Global Warming” in Regina Axelrod et al. (eds.) The Global Environment: Institutions, Law, and Policy, (3rd ed.) (CQ Press, 2011) pp. 111-131, but I'm hoping folks can suggest a more up-to-date article/book chapter.Please respond offline and I'll post results. Thanks, Paul Professor Paul WapnerGlobal Environmental Politics ProgramSchool of International ServiceAmerican University4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington DC 20016(202) 885-1647http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfm -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [gep-ed] Compilation of enviro activism assignments
Hi Gepers,I also missed the initial call. At the risk of self-promotion, one can find a host exercises in, Global Environmental Politics: From Person to Planet, a new reader edited by Simon Nicholson and me. Each section ends with class exercises aimed at experiential learning. Most exercises can be done in class (and in large as well as small courses). The book is a kind of a 'greatest hits' within the general field of Global Environmental Politics. I'm pasting the Table of Contents below but you can also check it out (and read much of the manuscript) here.TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: Living in an Environmental Age PART I: STATE OF THE PLANETSection 1: Species Unbound: Humanity’s Environmental Impact Introduction1. Enter the Anthropocene, Elizabeth Kolbert 2. State of the Species, Charles C. Mann 3. Humanity’s Potential, Alex SteffenSection 1 Exercise: “The Time Machine”Section 2: Four Planetary Challenges: Climate, Extinction, Water, and FoodIntroduction4. Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math, Bill McKibben 5. End of the Wild, Stephen M. Meyer 6. Where Has All the Water Gone? Maude Barlow 7. The Global Food Crisis, Lester BrownSection 2 Exercise: “Fries with That? Tracing Personal Consumption”Section 3: Causes of Environmental HarmIntroduction8. Too Many Americans? Thomas Friedman 9. A Finite Earth? Bill McKibben 10. Consequences of Consumerism, Erik Assadourian 11. Use Energy, Get Rich, and Save the Planet, John TierneySection 3 Exercise: “Where do Babies Come From? The Causes of Population Growth” PART II: STATES, MARKETS, AND SOCIETY: GEOPOLITICAL RESPONSES TO UNSUSTAINABILITY Section 4: International State System Introduction 12. Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 13. Brief History of International Environmental Cooperation, Jennifer Clapp and Peter Dauvergne 14. What’s Wrong with Climate Politics? Paul Harris 15. State Sovereignty Endangers the Planet, Richard FalkSection 4 Exercise: “Talking with the United Nations” Section 5: EconomyIntroduction16. The Promise of Corporate Environmentalism, Peter Dauvergne and Jane Lister 17. Environmental Economics 101: Overcoming Market Failures, Paul Krugman 18. Capitalism vs. Climate, Naomi KleinSection 5 Exercise: “What’s for Dinner?” Section 6: Civil Society Introduction 19. The Power of Environmental Activism, Paul Hawken 20. Forcing Cultural Change, Paul Wapner 21. The Wrong Kind of Green, Johann HariSection 6 Exercise: “Unpacking the NGO World and Taking Action” Section 7: Race, Class, and Geopolitical DifferenceIntroduction22. The Delusion of Sustainable Growth, Herman E. Daly 23. Who is an Economy For? Rethinking GDP, Jonathan Rowe 24. One Atmosphere, Two Worlds, Peter Singer 25. Environmental Colonialism: The Perverse Politics of Climate Change, Anil Agarwal and Sunita Narain 26. Environmental Racism and the Environmental Justice Movement, Robert BullardSection 7 Exercise: “A Toxic Thank You” PART III: FROM PERSON TO PLANET: INTO A LIVABLE FUTURE Section 8: Thinking StrategicallyIntroduction27. Leverage Points Toward a Sustainable World, Donella H. Meadows 28. Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World? Michael F. Maniates 29. The Poverty of Lifestyle Change, Paul Wapner and John Willoughby 30. Why Bother? Michael PollanSection 8 Exercise: “Two Minutes to Sustainability: Moving Governments, the Economy, and Public” Section 9: Political ImaginationIntroduction 31. Island Civilization: 1,000 Years into the Future, Roderick Frazier Nash 32. A is for Acid Rain, B is for Bee, Joanne Harris 33. The Future is Local, Wendell Berry 34. Technological Salvation, Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus 35. Geoengineering: Reformatting the Planet for Climate Protection? Simon Nicholson 36. Humility in a Climate Age, Paul Wapner 37. How to be Hopeful, Barbara KingsolverSection 9 Exercise: “Calling All Earthlings: Self and Planetary Stewardship”Professor Paul WapnerGlobal Environmental Politics ProgramSchool of International ServiceAmerican University4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington DC 20016(202) 885-1647http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfm-howard.david.silver...@gmail.com wrote: -To: jg3...@nyu.eduFrom: Howard Silverman <how...@solvingforpattern.org>Sent by: howard.david.silver...@gmail.comDate: 08/10/2016 12:35PMCc: gep-ed@googlegroups.comSubject: Re: [gep-ed] Compilation of enviro activism assignmentsHi all,I missed Jessica’s original call. An exercise that i like (with “design thinking” students) is role-playing the evaluators, rather than the activists. Basically like this:— Ask the students, working in small groups, to scan a list of celebrated projects (such as the latest list of semifinalists from the Bucky
[gep-ed] Still time to join Contemplative Environmental Practice Workshop (July 27 - August 2)
Hi Gepers, ,Looking to add a deep, rejuvenating experience to your summer and enhance your environmental teaching? Please join us for the 5th Annual Summer Workshop, "Contemplative Environmental Practice." Below are the details. I'm happy answering any questions (pwap...@american.edu). SUMMER WORKSHOP 2016Contemplative Environmental PracticeRetreat for Professors and Activists Wednesday, July 27 – Tuesday, August 2, 2016 Lama FoundationSan Cristobal, New MexicoThis workshop brings together professors and activists to develop more skillful ways of confronting environmental challenges. Specifically, it explores the role of contemplative practice in our pedagogical and activist efforts. Through daily meditation, journal writing, nature walks, and other reflective exercises as well as scholarly discussion, we will probe the depths of the environmental crisis and develop resources to teach and work on behalf of global sustainability. For those looking to learn about contemplative practices and how they can enhance environmental teaching or for those wanting to engage more fully with environmental issues, this workshop is for you! Environmental dilemmas challenge our hearts as well as our heads and our ability to teach with an honest assessment of the environmental future. This workshop provides resources for rising to the challenge by integrating our contemplative and professional lives in the service of more skillful pedagogy and environmental engagement. Part workshop, part retreat, "Contemplative Environmental Practice" offers the chance to retool in the midst of stunning beauty and a supportive community. Faculty: *Paul Wapner, Professor of Global Environmental Politics, American University *Kritee (Kanko), Scientist, Activist, Zen Teacher, Environmental Defense Fund*Jeff Warren, Author and Meditation Instructor For more information: http://www.american.edu/sis/gep/Contemplative-Environmental-Practice-Workshop.cfmCost: $980 (includes accommodations, all meals, and workshop fee; $810 for graduate students)Sponsored by: Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, & Global Environmental Politics Program, American UniversityProfessor Paul WapnerGlobal Environmental Politics ProgramSchool of International ServiceAmerican University4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington DC 20016(202) 885-1647http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfm -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[gep-ed] summer environmental/contemplative workshop
Looking to enhance your teaching, research, and engagement with environmental issues?SUMMER WORKSHOP 2016Contemplative Environmental PracticeRetreat for Professors and Activists Wednesday, July 27 – Tuesday, August 2, 2016 Lama FoundationSan Cristobal, New MexicoThis workshop brings together professors and activists to develop more skillful ways of confronting environmental challenges. Specifically, it explores the role of contemplative practice in our pedagogical and activist efforts. Through daily meditation, journal writing, nature walks, and other reflective exercises as well as scholarly discussion, we will probe the depths of the environmental crisis and develop resources to work and teach on behalf of global sustainability. Environmental issues are not simply political, technological, or economic dilemmas but also existential challenges that require us to reflect upon the meaning of our individual and collective lives. Furthermore, the scale and pace of environmental degradation call on us to enhance our skills as educators, activists, and ordinary citizens like never before. This workshop offers the opportunity to deepen such efforts by facilitating meaningful dialogue between activists and professors, probing the interface between our personal and professional lives, and introducing contemplative practices tailored specifically for use in the classroom and in political organizing. Part seminar and part retreat, the workshop provides the chance to step back from our frenetic lives and, in the midst of stunning beauty and a supportive community, integrate our deepest spiritual yearnings with our professional and personal commitments to protect the earth. Faculty: *Paul Wapner, Professor of Global Environmental Politics, American University *Kritee (Kanko), Scientist, Activist, Zen Teacher, Environmental Defense Fund*Jeff Warren, Author and Meditation Instructor For more information: http://www.american.edu/sis/gep/Contemplative-Environmental-Practice-Workshop.cfmQuestions: pwapner@american.eduCost: $980 (includes accommodations, all meals, and workshop fee; $810 for graduate students)Sponsored by: Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, & Global Environmental Politics Program, American UniversityProfessor Paul WapnerGlobal Environmental Politics ProgramSchool of International ServiceAmerican University4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington DC 20016(202) 885-1647http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfm -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[gep-ed] Summer Environmental/Contemplative Workshop
Looking for a chance to enhance your teaching, research, and engagement with environmental issues? SUMMER WORKSHOP 2016Contemplative Environmental PracticeRetreat for Professors and Activists Wednesday, July 27 – Tuesday, August 2, 2016 Lama FoundationSan Cristobal, New MexicoThis workshop brings together professors and activists to develop more skillful ways of confronting environmental challenges. Specifically, it explores the role of contemplative practice in our pedagogical and activist efforts. Through daily meditation, journal writing, nature walks, and other reflective exercises as well as scholarly discussion, we will probe the depths of the environmental crisis and develop resources to work and teach on behalf of global sustainability. Environmental issues are not simply political, technological, or economic dilemmas but also existential challenges that require us to reflect upon the meaning of our individual and collective lives. Furthermore, the scale and pace of environmental degradation call on us to enhance our skills as educators, activists, and ordinary citizens like never before. This workshop offers the opportunity to deepen such efforts by facilitating meaningful dialogue between activists and professors, probing the interface between our personal and professional lives, and introducing contemplative practices tailored specifically for use in the classroom and in political organizing. Part seminar and part retreat, the workshop provides the chance to step back from our frenetic lives and, in the midst of stunning beauty and a supportive community, integrate our deepest spiritual yearnings with our professional and personal commitments to protect the earth. Faculty: *Paul Wapner, Professor of Global Environmental Politics, American University *Kritee (Kanko), Scientist, Activist, Zen Teacher, Environmental Defense Fund*Jeff Warren, Author and Meditation Instructor For more information: http://www.american.edu/sis/gep/Contemplative-Environmental-Practice-Workshop.cfmQuestions: pwap...@american.eduCost: $980 (includes accommodations, all meals, and workshop fee; $810 for graduate students)Sponsored by: Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, & Global Environmental Politics Program, American UniversityProfessor Paul WapnerGlobal Environmental Politics ProgramSchool of International ServiceAmerican University4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington DC 20016(202) 885-1647 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[gep-ed] Summer Workshop
Hi Gepers, I realize that a link in previous mailings failed to work. Please share this corrected version. Thanks, Paul SUMMER WORKSHOP 2016Contemplative Environmental PracticeRetreat for Professors and Activists Wednesday, July 27 – Tuesday, August 2, 2016 Lama FoundationSan Cristobal, New MexicoThis workshop brings together professors and activists to develop more skillful ways of confronting environmental challenges. Specifically, it explores the role of contemplative practice in our pedagogical and activist efforts. Through daily meditation, journal writing, nature walks, and other reflective exercises as well as scholarly discussion, we will probe the depths of the environmental crisis and develop resources to work and teach on behalf of global sustainability. Environmental issues are not simply political, technological, or economic dilemmas but also existential challenges that require us to reflect upon the meaning of our individual and collective lives. Furthermore, the scale and pace of environmental degradation call on us to enhance our skills as educators, activists, and ordinary citizens like never before. This workshop offers the opportunity to deepen such efforts by facilitating meaningful dialogue between activists and professors, probing the interface between our personal and professional lives, and introducing contemplative practices tailored specifically for use in the classroom and in political organizing. Part seminar and part retreat, the workshop provides the chance to step back from our frenetic lives and, in the midst of stunning beauty and a supportive community, integrate our deepest spiritual yearnings with our professional and personal commitments to protect the earth. Faculty: *Paul Wapner, Professor of Global Environmental Politics, American University *Kritee (Kanko), Scientist, Activist, Zen Teacher, Environmental Defense Fund*Jeff Warren, Author and Meditation Instructor For more information: http://www.american.edu/sis/gep/Contemplative-Environmental-Practice-Workshop.cfmCost: $980 (includes accommodations, all meals, and workshop fee; $810 for graduate students)Sponsored by: Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, & Global Environmental Politics Program, American UniversityProfessor Paul WapnerGlobal Environmental Politics ProgramSchool of International ServiceAmerican University4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington DC 20016(202) 885-1647http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfm -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[gep-ed] distant learning PhD or D.Engineering programs?
Hi Gepers,A former student of mine is seeking a low residency PhD or D.Engineering program focused on environmental/energy studies. For complicated reasons, he is unable to spend more than one year in residency and thus is looking for some type of online doctoral program. Are there any out there? His specific interest lies in energy efficiency. Ideally, he would like to focus on, in his words, "the energy and economic performance of net zero energy retrofits in low-income housing (abstract here)." He already has a Masters degree and has worked for a number of years. Please send any thoughts directly to me and I'll share info with the whole list. Thanks, Paul Professor Paul WapnerGlobal Environmental Politics ProgramSchool of International ServiceAmerican University4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington DC 20016(202) 885-1647http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfm -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[gep-ed] New book for Fall courses -- Global Environmental Politics: From Person to Planet
Dear Gepers, I'm excited to introduceGlobal Environmental Politics: From Person to Planet, edited bySimon Nicholsonand me,Paul Wapner. The book is a reader designed to be used across a wide array of environmental studies courses. Tightly organized with original editorial introductions and interactive student exercises, you may find it perfect for your fall classes. Please see the Table of Contents below. I encourage you topreorder yourcomplimentary exam copytoday from the publisher. Here is a link to the relevant page on Paradigm’s website:http://www.paradigmpublishers.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=393777.(To order ahead for your fall courses—please ask your bookstore buyer to order the text directly from Paradigm’s Boulder officesby being in touch with Annie Daniel atann...@paradigmpublishers.com) Simon and I are both excited by this publication and would be happy to answer any questions you might have. Our contact details appear below. We hope you will find this new reader, featuring carefully edited selections from some of the most penetrating and compelling writers in our field, an appealing new alternative! Global Environmental Politics: From Person to Planet TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: Living in an Environmental Age PART I:STATE OF THE PLANETSection 1:Species Unbound: Humanity’s Environmental Impact Introduction1.Enter the Anthropocene,Elizabeth Kolbert 2.State of the Species,Charles C.Mann 3.Humanity’s Potential,Alex Steffen Section 1 Exercise: “The Time Machine” Section 2:Four Planetary Challenges: Climate, Extinction, Water, and Food Introduction4.Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math,Bill McKibben 5.End of the Wild,Stephen M. Meyer 6.Where Has All the Water Gone?Maude Barlow 7.The Global Food Crisis,Lester Brown Section 2 Exercise: “Fries with That? Tracing Personal Consumption” Section 3:Causes of Environmental Harm Introduction8.Too Many Americans?Thomas Friedman 9.A Finite Earth?Bill McKibben 10.Consequences of Consumerism,Erik Assadourian 11.Use Energy, Get Rich, and Save the Planet,John Tierney Section 3 Exercise: “Where do Babies Come From? The Causes of Population Growth” PART II:STATES, MARKETS, AND SOCIETY: GEOPOLITICAL RESPONSES TO UNSUSTAINABILITY Section 4:International State System Introduction 12.Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 13.Brief History of International Environmental Cooperation,Jennifer Clapp and Peter Dauvergne 14.What’s Wrong with Climate Politics?Paul Harris 15.State Sovereignty Endangers the Planet,Richard Falk Section 4 Exercise: “Talking with the United Nations” Section 5:Economy Introduction16.The Promise of Corporate Environmentalism,Peter Dauvergne and Jane Lister 17.Environmental Economics 101: Overcoming Market Failures,Paul Krugman 18.Capitalism vs. Climate,Naomi Klein Section 5 Exercise: “What’s for Dinner?” Section 6:Civil Society Introduction 19.The Power of Environmental Activism,Paul Hawken 20.Forcing Cultural Change,Paul Wapner 21.The Wrong Kind of Green,Johann Hari Section 6 Exercise: “Unpacking the NGO World and Taking Action” Section 7:Race, Class, and Geopolitical Difference Introduction22.The Delusion of Sustainable Growth,Herman E. Daly 23.Who is an Economy For? Rethinking GDP,Jonathan Rowe 24.One Atmosphere, Two Worlds,Peter Singer 25.Environmental Colonialism: The Perverse Politics of Climate Change,Anil Agarwal and Sunita Narain 26.Environmental Racism and the Environmental Justice Movement,Robert Bullard Section 7 Exercise: “A Toxic Thank You” PART III:FROM PERSON TO PLANET: INTO A LIVABLE FUTURE Section 8:Thinking Strategically Introduction27.Leverage Points Toward a Sustainable World,Donella H. Meadows 28.Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World?Michael F. Maniates 29.The Poverty of Lifestyle Change,Paul Wapner and John Willoughby 30.Why Bother?Michael Pollan Section 8 Exercise: “Two Minutes to Sustainability: Moving Governments, the Economy, and Public” Section 9:Political Imagination Introduction 31.Island Civilization: 1,000 Years into the Future,Roderick Frazier Nash 32.A is for Acid Rain, B is for Bee,Joanne Harris 33.The Future is Local,Wendell Berry 34.Technological Salvation,Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus 35.Geoengineering: Reformatting the Planet for Climate Protection?Simon Nicholson 36.Humility in a Climate Age,Paul Wapner 37.How to be Hopeful,Barbara Kingsolver Section 9 Exercise: “Calling All Earthlings: Self and Planetary Stewardship” Sincerely, Paul WapnerProfessor, Global Environmental Politics ProgramSchool of International ServiceAmerican University4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington DC 20016(202) 885-1647http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfmSimon Nicholson Assistant Professor of International Relations(Incoming) Director of the Global Environmental Politics ProgramSchool of International Service American University4400 Massachusetts Avenue NWWashington DC 20016Office phone:202-885-1614 Faculty homepage:www.american.edu/sis/faculty/snichols.cfmGlobal Environmental
[gep-ed] future of environmentalism now
Hi Gepers,Thanks to all who responded to my query regarding the course, "Future of Environmentalism." I received terrific suggestions (and now feel that I should cancel the course and spend the rest of my days reading). I'm attaching a list of all suggestions. Reading it, you'll see how wonderfully forward-looking Gepers are. Toward a greener, just future,PaulProfessor Paul WapnerGlobal Environmental Politics ProgramSchool of International ServiceAmerican University4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington DC 20016(202) 885-1647http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfm -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups gep-ed group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Summary Results Listserv Query.docx Description: Binary data
[gep-ed] Future of Environmentalism
Hi Gep-ers, This spring I'm offering a Masters level course titled, "Future of Environmentalism." It will focus on critical questions facing the environmental movement--e.g., issues of strategy, philosophy, and political change. I'm intending to use books such as: Bill McKibben, Oil and Honey; David Abram, Becoming Animal; William McDonough and Michael Braungart, The Upcycle; and Worldwatch, State of the World 2013. I'm looking for additional material, especially cutting edge work that struggles to envision environmentalism's future. I'd appreciate any ideas--articles, websites, book chapters, books. Please send responses directly to me. I will compile them and post them to the listserv. Thanks! Paul Professor Paul WapnerGlobal Environmental Politics ProgramSchool of International ServiceAmerican University4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington DC 20016(202) 885-1647http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfm -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups gep-ed group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[gep-ed] Summer Environmental Teaching Workshop
This summer energize your teaching about environmental affairs! CONTEMPLATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: Pedagogy For Self and PlanetA workshop/retreat for professors July 28 - August 3, 2013Lama Foundation, San Cristobal, New MexicoWORKSHOP OVERVIEW:* How can higher education best address global environmental challenges?* How can we most meaningfully teach and research about environmental issues?* How can we cultivate our inner lives through active engagement with environmental challenges?This workshop explores the contribution of contemplative practices to scholarly inquiry and teaching in environmental studies. Through discussions with distinguished scholars, focused conversations among colleagues, artistic exercises, and regular contemplative practice (e.g. meditation, journaling, and nature walks), participants will investigate ways to deepen their teaching, research, and lives at this historic moment of environmental intensification.Part workshop and part retreat, this 6-day summer institute provides an opportunity to step back from the frenetic pace of our lives, and cultivate our inner resources and nurture the resiliency we need as teachers committed to education on a fragile and wild planet.The Summer Institute is co-sponsored by the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society and is supported by the Global Environmental Politics (GEP) Program in the School of International Service at American University, Washington DC.LEARN MORE APPLY:http://www.american.edu/sis/gep/Contemplative-Environmental-Studies-Workshop.cfmSETTINGThe Institute will take place at the Lama Foundation in the mountains of northern New Mexico. Lama is a beautiful, off-grid community committed to sustainable and mindful living. It sits on100 acres surrounded by National Forest land and draws its power from the sun, water from a spring, and much of its food in the summer directly from the garden. At 8500 feet, it provides an ideal setting for reflection and engagement with contemplative environmental issues.FACULTY* Daniel Barbezat, Professor of Economics, Amherst College, and Director of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.* Matthew Jelacic, Assistant Professor of Environmental Design, University of Colorado Boulder.* Nicole Salimbene, visual artist whose work explores themes of sustainability, political voice, and devotion, and leader of workshops that use art to deepen political and vocational engagement.* Paul Wapner, Professor of Global Environmental Politics in the School of International Service at American University and author of Living Through the End of Nature and Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics.* Jeff Warren, meditation instructor, journalist, and author of TheHead Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness.COST:$950 (includes all meals, workshop fee, and workshop materials)QUESTIONS?Visit the CES website: http://www.american.edu/sis/gep/Contemplative-Environmental-Studies-Workshop.cfmor email Paul Wapner at pwapner@american. eduProfessor Paul WapnerGlobal Environmental Politics ProgramSchool of International ServiceAmerican University4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington DC 20016(202) 885-1647http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfm -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups gep-ed group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[gep-ed] Summer Teaching Workshop
CONTEMPLATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: PEDAGOGY FOR SELF AND PLANETJuly 28-August 3, Lama Foundation, New MexicoThis summer energize your teaching of Global Environmental Politics. As professors,we strive to find empowering ways to teach students about environmental issues. Our efforts are often mixed due to our own struggles to understand the complexity of what is happening, and an inability to instill a sense of the profundity of environmental harm.This summer spend a week exploring how we can become better teachers and more responsible researchers, and find personal ways of coming to terms with environmental dangers. Join a small group of academics in the mountains of New Mexico investigating “Contemplative Environmental Studies: Pedagogy for Self and Planet” (July 28-August 3).The workshop invites participants to explore the role of contemplative practices in teaching environmental studies. It assumes that there is a connection between one’s inner life and environmental efforts, and uses experiential exercises such as art, meditation, nature walks, and journaling to investigate the interface. Led by academics in various disciplines as well as an artist and meditation instructor, this workshop is for all who seek a more intimate relationship with their teaching and research, and who want to explore how personal growth is related to environmental teaching and engagement.For more information visit: http://www.american.edu/sis/gep/Contemplative-Environmental-Studies-Workshop.cfmThe workshop is open to professors and advanced graduate students. Professor Paul WapnerGlobal Environmental Politics ProgramSchool of International ServiceAmerican University4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington DC 20016(202) 885-1647http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfm -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups gep-ed group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[gep-ed] Welcoming Adaptation
Dear Colleagues,Thank you to all who responded to my query about looking for promising possibilities amid the horrors of climate change. The following is a list of suggestions. Paul Wapner Paul G. Harris,What's Wrong with Climate Politics and How to Fix It,(forthcoming, Polity, 2013) Allen Thompson and Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, eds.,Ethical Adaptation to Climate Change: Human Virtues of the Future, MIT 2012. Joanna Macy,Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy, New World Publishers 2012 German Adivsory Council on Global Change (WBGU),"New Social Contract for Sustainability," http://www.wbgu.de/en/home/ Mark Pelling, Adaptation to climate change,Routledge. Or anything from http://cdkn.org John Urry, Climate Change and Society,Polity 2011. Mike Hulme, Why we Disagree about Climate Change. Paul Gilding, The Great Disruption,Bloomsbury 2011. Susanne Moser and Maxwell Boykoff, eds.,Successful Adaptation to Climate Change: Linking Science and Policyin a Rapidly Changing World, Routledge 2013.http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415525008/ "Energiewende" (energy transition) recent STS inflectedwork of David Hess at Vanderbilt University John Dryzek, Richard Norgaard, and David Schlosberg, The Climate Challenged Society (forthcoming 2013) Peter Newell Matthew Paterson: Climate Capitalism. Cambridge 2010 L.S.Stavrianos, The Promise of the Coming Dark Age, San Francisco: W. H. Freeman Co., 1976 Jodi A. Hilty, Charles C. Chester, And Molly S. Cross, eds.,Climate and Conversation: Landscape and Seascape Science, Planning, And Action, Island Press. http://islandpress.org/ip/books/book/islandpress/C/bo8451899.html Biro, Andrew. (2012). "The Good Life in the Greenhouse? Autonomy, Democracy and Citizenship in a Warmer World." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Portland, OR. (conference version available at:http://acadiau.academia.edu/AndrewBiro/Papers). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups gep-ed group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[gep-ed] Summer Environmental Workshop: Contemplative Environmental Studies: Pedagogy for Self and Planet
Dear Colleague, Higher Education is struggling to find ways to study and teach environmental affairs with a sense of purpose, hope, and personal engagement. Please join us this summer for a workshop aimed at deepening our experience of environmental education, enhancing pedagogical skills, and tapping into our unique personal gifts as educators to address environmental challenges. <i...@contemplativemind.org><car...@contemplativemind.ccsend.com> Click here CONTEMPLATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Pedagogy For Self and Planet A workshop/retreat for professors July 28 - August 3, 2013 Lama Foundation, San Cristobal, New Mexico $950(includes all meals, workshop fee, and workshop materials) How can higher education best address global environmental challenges? How can we most meaningfully teach and research about environmental issues? How can we cultivate our inner lives through active engagement with environmental challenges? This workshop explores the contribution of contemplative practices to scholarly inquiry and teaching in environmental studies. Through discussions with distinguished scholars, focused conversations among colleagues, artistic exercises, and regular contemplative practice (meditation, yoga, journaling, and nature walks), participants will investigate ways to deepen their teaching, research, and lives at this historic moment of environmental intensification. Part workshop and part retreat, this 6-day summer institute provides an opportunity to step back from the frenetic pace of our lives, and cultivate our inner resources and nurture the resiliency we need as teachers committed to education on a fragile and wild planet. The Summer Institute is co-sponsored by the Center for Contemplative Mind in Societyandis supported by theGlobal Environmental Politics (GEP) Programin the School of International Service at American University, Washington DC. Setting The Institute will take place at theLama Foundationin the mountains of northern New Mexico. Lama is a beautiful, off-grid community committed to sustainable and mindful living. It sits on 100 acres surrounded by National Forest land and draws its power from the sun, water from a spring, and much of its food in the summer directly from the garden. Lama's funky, solar-powered, eco-laboratory has been a locus of inner and outer work since Ram Dass wroteBe Here Nowunder its tall ponderosa pines back in 1971. At 8500 feet, it provides an ideal setting for reflection and engagement with contemplative environmental issues. Agenda Each day will include sessions that explore the contemplative nature of environmental affairs, such as the role of compassion, silence, direct experience, and engaged social action in responding to environmental dangers. Each day will also include substantial contemplative practice time. As a group, we will engage in meditation, yoga, art exercises, journaling, nature walks, and community tuning. There will also be opportunities for participants to partake of other contemplative activities hosted by the Lama community, and to use free time to deepen one's personal practice (or simply relax). The Institute will weave these activities together through a focus on contemplative environmental pedagogy. It aims to cultivate ways of best educating college and university students in a time of monumental environmental intensification. Faculty Daniel Barbezat, Professor of Economics, Amherst College, and Director of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. Matthew Jelacicis an assistant professor of environmental design and adjunct assistant professor of engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. His work focuses on sustainable shelter and planning solutions for developing communities and emergency situations. Michelle McCauleyis Professor of Psychology at Middlebury College. Her work focuses on the relation between environmental action and psychological well-being. Nicole Salimbene, visual artist whose work explores themes of sustainability, intimacy, political voice, and devotion, and leader of workshops that use art to deepen political and vocational engagement. Paul Wapner, professor of Global Environmental Politics in the School of International Service at American University and author ofLiving Through the End of NatureandEnvironmental Activism and World Civic Politics. Jeff Warren,meditation instructor, journalist, and author ofThe Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness. Questions?Visit the CES website or email Paul Wapner atpwap...@american.edu. Learn
[gep-ed] welcoming adaptation
Hi Gep-eds,Are any of you familiar with works that try to see climate change not only as an impending catastrophe but also as an opportunity to transform society? I am thinking along the lines of books like, "Ethical Adaptation to Climate Change: Human Virtues of the Future" (eds. Allen Thompson and Jeremy Bendik-Keymer) or "Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy" (Joanna Macy), that try to see how humans can grow by confronting climate change. Are there opportunities to be seized with climate change?Please email me any suggestions offline, and I will then post any suggestions to the listserv.Thank you!PaulProfessor Paul WapnerGlobal Environmental Politics ProgramSchool of International ServiceAmerican University4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington DC 20016(202) 885-1647http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfm -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups gep-ed group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[gep-ed] Now in Paperback: Living through the End of Nature
Hi Everyone,A moment of self-promotion: I'm happy to say that my book, "Living through the End of Nature: The Future of American Environmentalism" (MIT), is now available in paperback (and cheap!).http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/living-through-end-naturehttp://www.amazon.com/Living-Through-End-Nature-Environmentalism/dp/0262518791/ref=la_B003869OCI_1_1_title_2_pap?ie=UTF8qid=1361309722sr=1-1Here's a brief description:Environmentalists have always worked to protect the wildness of nature but now must find a new direction. We have so tamed, colonized, and contaminated the natural world that safeguarding it from humans is no longer an option. Humanity's imprint is now everywhere and all efforts to "preserve" nature require extensive human intervention. At the same time, we are repeatedly told that there is no such thing as nature itself—only our own conceptions of it. One person's endangered species is another's dinner or source of income. Living Through the End of Natureprobes the meaning of environmentalism in a postnature age.Wapner argues that the end of nature represents not environmentalism's death knell but an opportunity to build a more effective political movement. He outlines the polarized positions of environmentalists, who strive to live in harmony with nature, and their opponents, who seek mastery over nature. Wapner argues that, without nature, neither of these two outlooks—the "dream of naturalism" or the "dream of mastery"—can be sustained today. Neither is appropriate for addressing such problems as biodiversity loss and climate change; we can neither go back to a preindustrial Elysium nor forward to a technological utopia. Instead, he proposes a third way that takes seriously the breached boundary between humans and nature and charts a co-evolutionary path in which environmentalists exploit the tension between naturalism and mastery to build a more sustainable, ecologically vibrant, and socially just world.Professor Paul WapnerGlobal Environmental Politics ProgramSchool of International ServiceAmerican University4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington DC 20016(202) 885-1647http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfm -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups gep-ed group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [gep-ed] The purpose of college teaching and how to achieve it
The Heart of Higher Education:A Call to Renewal is an excellent text. I would also recommend Parker Palmer's, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life. This past July, we held a workshop titled, Contemplative Environmental Studies: Pedagogy for Self and Planet, in New Mexico that focused on how to deepen the teaching experience. Twenty-five professors came together to reflect on why and how we teach environmental challenges, and explored the place of contemplative practices as forms of inquiry and pedagogy. We'll be offering the workshop again next summer at the Lama Foundation. Check out: http://www.american.edu/sis/gep/Contemplative-Environmental-Studies-Workshop.cfm Best, Paul Professor Paul Wapner Global Environmental Politics Program School of International Service American University 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington DC 20016 (202) 885-1647 From: Elizabeth Allison elizabeth.alli...@aya.yale.edu To: Lisa Dilling lisa.dill...@colorado.edu, lit...@u.washington.edu Cc: GEP List gep-ed@googlegroups.com Date: 08/07/2012 12:56 AM Subject:Re: [gep-ed] The purpose of college teaching and how to achieve it Sent by:gep-ed@googlegroups.com Arthur Zajonc and Parker Palmer: The Heart of Higher Education:A Call to Renewal takes an inspiring, values-based approach to the purpose of higher ed. Elizabeth Allison CIIS --- On Mon, 8/6/12, Karen T Litfin lit...@u.washington.edu wrote: From: Karen T Litfin lit...@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [gep-ed] The purpose of college teaching and how to achieve it To: Lisa Dilling lisa.dill...@colorado.edu Cc: GEP List gep-ed@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, August 6, 2012, 4:48 PM Hi Lisa, Highly recommended and also relevant to global environmental politics: Chris Uhl, Teaching As If Life Matters (Johns Hopkins, 2011). Chris teaches Environmental Studies at Penn State. http://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/ecom/MasterServlet/SearchHandler http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Life-Matters-Promise-Education/dp/1421400391/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1344286075sr=8-1keywords=uhl+teaching Enjoy! Karen Litfin University of Washington On Mon, 6 Aug 2012, Lisa Dilling wrote: Hi everyone,I am interested in finding books that have been inspirational to others about what the goals of college-level teaching are, and how to best achieve those goals. There has been a lot of debate recently on whether universities are serving undergraduates well (e.g. Academically Adrift), whether to emphasize content or critical thinking skills, whether we should be entertainers or demand rigor, and how to best judge educational outcomes. What I am looking for here is books from writers who lay out the case for what inspires them to teach at the college level, and how to view our role as professors, written from more of the personal and experiential side rather than only laying out research findings. Thanks in advance for any good reading suggestions! If you send them directly to me I can compile a list and resend. best, Lisa --Lisa Dilling, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies Center for Science and Technology Policy Research/CIRES University of Colorado 1333 Grandview Ave, Campus Box 488 Boulder, Colorado 80309-0488 Phone: (303) 735-3678; Fax: 303-735-1576 Email: ldill...@colorado.edu webpage: http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/about_us/meet_us/lisa_dilling/
[gep-ed] Job: Colorado School of Mines
Assistant Professor ? Energy and Policy Studies Colorado School of Mines - Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies The Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies at the Colorado School of Mines (Mines) invites applications for an anticipated tenure-track Hennebach Assistant Professor in energy and policy studies with an intent to hire for fall 2012. Mines is a leading institution for education and research in engineering and applied sciences related to earth, energy, and the environment. Located outside Denver in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Mines offers competitive pay and benefits packages and unique opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and research. The Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies (LAIS) is a collegial and interdisciplinary department that teaches a mix of required and elective courses for Mines undergraduates, offers a thriving Master?s program that draws graduate students from around the world, and hosts numerous active research programs in the social sciences and humanities ( http://www.mines.edu/academic/lais/). Learn more at: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=43969 Professor Paul Wapner Global Environmental Politics Program School of International Service American University 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington DC 20016 (202) 885-1647
[gep-ed] Spirituality and Environment: Summer Institute (July 1-7)
This summer we're hosting a special workshop for professors focused on contemplation and environmental affairs. Please join us for a week in the mountains of New Mexico to explore the relationship between one's deepest experiences of the self and one's engagement with global environmental protection. The aim is to develop understandings and practices relevant for teaching, researching and acting in relation to environmental challenges. Here is a brief description of the program. Please consider participating, sharing this information with others and checking out the website: http://bit.ly/szz3yv SUMMER INSTITUTE CONTEMPLATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: PEDAGOGY FOR SELF AND PLANET (a workshop/retreat for professors) July 1-7, 2012 Lama Foundation San Cristobal, New Mexico Cost: $850 Includes: All meals, workshop fee and workshop materials Environmental challenges call into question not simply our technological, economic, and political capabilities, but also our fundamental understandings of who we are as a species, and how we fit into the more-than-human world. This Summer Institute aims to develop tools for teaching, researching and engaging environmental dilemmas with this broader sensibility in mind. It focuses on the interface between environmental challenges and contemplative practices with the understanding that the latter can provide access to inner resources for understanding and responding meaningfully to environmental issues. Through discussions with distinguished scholars, focused conversations among colleagues, artistic exercises, and regular contemplative practices (meditation, yoga, journaling, nature walks, etc.), participants will collectively deepen higher education?s orientation to Environmental Studies. Part workshop and part retreat, the Institute seeks to widen our own capabilities as university and college teachers committed to education on a fragile and wild planet. The Institute will take place at the Lama Foundation in the mountains of northern New Mexico (http://lamafoundation.org). Lama is a beautiful, off-grid community committed to sustainable and mindful living. It sits on 100 acres surrounded by National Forest land and draws its power from the sun, water from a spring, and much of its food in the summer directly from the garden. At 8500 feet, Lama provides an ideal setting for reflection and engagement with contemplative environmental issues. Faculty *David Abram, author of Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology, and The Spell of the Sensuous; *Nicole Salimbene, visual artist whose work explores intimacy and sustainability; *Paul Wapner, professor of Global Environmental Politics at American University, and author of, Living Through the End of Nature, and Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics; *Jeff Warren, interspecies consciousness theorist and author of Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness. Further Information: http://bit.ly/szz3yv Paul Wapner at: pwap...@american.edu or Joe Brodnik at: j...@lamafoundation.org Professor Paul Wapner Global Environmental Politics Program School of International Service American University 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington DC 20016 (202) 885-1647 image/gif
[gep-ed] Activist Testimonial Literature
I'm grateful to those who provided suggestions for statements by activists that reflect the more-than-political struggles we all go through. Most of the statements are exceptional. Below and attached is a list of suggestions. Abbey, Edward The Monkey Wrench Gang Best, Steven Nocella, Anthony (eds)-Igniting a Revolution: Voices in Defense of the Earth -- a collection of essays from various deep ecologists and self-labeled eco-terrorists as to why they do what they do. Carson, Rachel Lear, Linda (Introduction)-Lost Woods: The Discovered Writings of Rachel Carson Cone, Marla Silent Snow Francis, John. 2008. Planetwalker. Washington, DC: National Geographic Press. Hill, Julia Butterfly- memoir The Legacy of Luna (2000) Hayes, Tyrone- 2007 lecture from the department of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley entitled 'from Silent Spring to Silent Night' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4lijvIjpRw Jones, Van Shirley Sherrod and Me http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/opinion/25jones.html Kelly, Petra E. Thinking Green! Essays on Environmentalism, Feminism, and Nonviolence. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1994. Kingsnorth, Paul- Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist www.opendemocracy.net/paul-kingsnorth/confessions-of-recovering-environmentalist Maathai, Wangari- interview: http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/plantingthefuture/ Manes, Christopher- Green Rage: Radical Environmentalism and the Unmaking of Civilization -- an interesting look into some of the philosophical underpinnings of the ELF types, the arguments that persuaded them. Parkin, Sara. The Life and Death of Petra Kelly. London: Pandora, 1994. Rosebraugh, Craig-Burning Rage of a Dying Planet: Speaking for the Earth Liberation Front (member of the ELF, though he claimed he wasn't) -- more first-hand experience, as the FBI raided his house several times. Rothenberg, D. Ulvaeus, M- eds., The New Earth Reader (1999) Sanders, Scott Russell- A Conservationist Manifesto Shiva, Vandana ? interview: http://www.scottlondon.com/interviews/shiva.html Singer, Peter- How Are We to Live? (1995) Steingraber, Sandra- Living Downstream (1997) Taylor, Bron Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future , Civil Earth Religion versus Religious Nationalism, the Social Science Research Council's Immanent Frame, 30 July 2010. http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2010/07/30/civil-earth-religion/ Toward a Natural Religion, St. Petersburg Times, 3 December 2009, War of the Worldviews: Why Avatar Lost, Religion Dispatches, 11 March 2010. Walker, Melissa, ed. 1994. Reading the environment. New York: W. W. Norton. Williams, Terry Tempest, Refuge Zakin,Susan- Coyotes and Town Dogs testimonials.docx Description: Binary data
[gep-ed] personal testimonials by environmental activists?
Hi Gepers, I'm teaching a course titled, Contemplation and Political Change, which focuses on the internal and external challenges of environmental activism. Can folks recommend good readings that describe the personal struggles of environmental activists in language that engaged students can relate to? I am specifically interested in reflective pieces in which activists discuss their own psychological, philosophical and spiritual journeys along with their political engagements. Feel free to write me directly, and I'll post results to the list later. Thanks! Paul Paul Wapner Associate Professor Director, Global Environmental Politics Program School of International Service American University 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington DC 20016 (202) 885-1647
