more RE: emissions trading

[William Hipwell]

Hi again:
 
These are links from the CheatNeutral web-site that might be helpful:

Find out more:


*   The New Internationalist's offset special:
www.newint.org/issues/2006/07/01  
*   George Monbiot on offsetting:
www.monbiot.com/archives/2006/10/19/selling-indulgences
 
*   and: www.monbiot.com/archives/2006/01/17/buying-complacency
 
*   An excellent, detailed analysis of offsetting:
www.carbontradewatch.org/pubs/carbon_neutral_myths.pdf

 
Cheers, Bill

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Has anyone developed or used a good simulation to help students understand
how emissions trading (cap and trade specifically) works in general as well
as how political decisions shape market performance? I tried to do this in
lecture form this morning and failed miserably!

 

Thanks,

Michele

 



Michele M. Betsill, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Clark B350
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
USA
970-491-5270
970-491-2490 (fax)
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RE: emissions trading

[William Hipwell]

Hi Michele:
 
No simulations to offer, I am afraid, but you might find that your students
might appreciate this web-site, which offers an hilarious perspective on the
entire concept:
 
http://www.cheatneutral.com/
 
Best,
 
Bill
 
 

___
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Director of International Projects
DAI Group
Suite 300, 67A Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario  K1P 5A5
Canada
 
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School of Geography, Environment and Development Studies
Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand
 
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: GEP-Ed
Subject: emissions trading



Has anyone developed or used a good simulation to help students understand
how emissions trading (cap and trade specifically) works in general as well
as how political decisions shape market performance? I tried to do this in
lecture form this morning and failed miserably!

 

Thanks,

Michele

 



Michele M. Betsill, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Clark B350
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
USA
970-491-5270
970-491-2490 (fax)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

Solar Energy and the Middle East

[William Hipwell]

Dear Colleagues:
 
I am conducting research into alternative energy, in part for the purposes
of developing a distance-learning course and am wondering if anyone could
provide guidance in one particular area.
 
I am interested in identifying recent sources of information about the use
of solar energy in the Middle East, including such things as government
policies, applications, public perceptions, multinational corporations
active in the area and so forth.  I have been given to understand that
despite their oil wealth, most ME countries are designated as "developing"
for the purposes of Kyoto mechanisms.  Is this true?
 
Thanks for any assistance.  I will compile responses and re-release a
compendium to the list.
 
Cheers,
 
Bill

RE: [Fwd: 2nd Call for Papers with Funding Opportunities - The Potential of CSR to drive integration in an enlarged EU - Nottingham 18-19 June 2008]

[William Hipwell]

For anyone else for whom this did not pop pout of a ready list of
nouveau acronyms, CSR is "corporate social responsibility", I think.  

Sometimes a bit like "military intelligence", n'est pas?

EU is obvious I guess and they are apparently working on a treatment for
an enlarged EU, which can strike suddenly.

;)

Cheers,

Bill

 

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Schreurs
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Subject: [Fwd: 2nd Call for Papers with Funding Opportunities - The
Potential of CSR to drive integration in an enlarged EU - Nottingham
18-19 June 2008]

I thought this call for applications might be of interest to some on
these lists.

Miranda

--
*
Prof. Miranda Schreurs
Director, Environmental Policy Research Centre (FFU) Department of
Political and Social Sciences Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science
Freie Universitat Berlin Ihnestr. 22 / D - 14195 Berlin-Dahlem
phone: (+)49 - 30 - 838 56687
fax: (+)49 - 30 - 838 566 85
web: www.fu-berlin.de/ffu

RE: Global fisheries management

[William Hipwell]

It may be a little off base for your purposes, Ben, but Sam LaBudde's "Where 
have all the dolphins gone?" put out by Earth Island Institute in the early 
1990s was just superb, highlighting one of the tragic absurdities of commercial 
fisheries practices.  He won the Goldman Prize for it. 
www.goldmanprize.org/node/123

Another one was an Eye Witness special report on Paul Watson and the Sea 
Shepherd Conservation Society, showing gripping footage of the SSCS ship 
ramming a Japanese drift-net vessel.


Cheers,

Bill


*****

Dr. William Hipwell
Lecturer, Development Studies
Research Ethics Officer and Disability Liaison
Institute of Geography
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600,  Wellington 6001
Aotearoa New Zealand
Telephone: +64-4-463-6116 (office)
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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Ben Cashore
Sent: Sun 30-Mar-08 01:16
To: GEPED
Subject: Global fisheries management
 
Hi Geped,

We've added this year a section on fisheries for our class on 
"International Environmental Policy and Management" (Graeme Auld is TAing)

We're spending time on both the problem and the institutions that are 
evolving to address them.

I have two questions

1) Do you know of any videos out there that I might show in one class 
that would nicely and graphically illustrate the problems?

2) What are your recommendations for an article or book that nicely 
brings a focus to the institutions that have developed to address them?

Thanks in advance,


Ben (and Graeme)



Ben Cashore, Professor
Environmental Governance & Political Science
Director, Program on Forest Policy and Governance
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
230 Prospect Street, Room 206, New Haven, CT 06511-2104
203 432-3009 (w); 203 464-3977 (cell); 203 432-0026 (fax);
www.yale.edu/environment/cashore;  www.yale.edu/forestcertification

RE: american journalism at its finest...

[William Hipwell]

The whole thing brings tears to my eyes.

Oops...


Bill


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Well, for god's sake Stacy!  We need you to play your role 
in this proud democracy of ours!

Ronnie

On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 18:12:46 -0500
  "VanDeveer, Stacy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 7:07 PM
> Subject: WSJ: interview request
> Importance: High
> 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> So sorry for emailing all of you at once but I'm on a 
>tight deadline on a story I'm working about about the 
>history of political tears. Hillary Clinton got teary 
>today during an event this morning and I wanted to talk 
>to you about other candidates who have cried during the 
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infidelity offsetting!

[William Hipwell]

Hi colleagues
 
A hilarious take on the wacky world of carbon offsetting and tradable
pollution permits!
 
http://www.cheatneutral.com/ <http://www.cheatneutral.com/> 

 

Cheers,

 

Bill

 


**

Dr. William Hipwell

Lecturer, Development Studies

Institute of Geography / Te Puutahi Maatai Matawhenua 

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences / Te Kura Taatai Aro
Whenua 

Victoria University of Wellington / Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te Ika
a Maui 

PO Box 600,  Wellington 6001

Aotearoa New Zealand

Telephone:  +64-4-463-6116 (office)

   +64-21-773-408 (mobile)

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"Send lawyers, guns and money." - Warren Zevon
 

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Article on aboriginal ecotourism in Taiwan - politics and environment

[William Hipwell]

 Hi my friends and colleagues:

I hope that you will forgive what might come across as a minor act of
self-promotion, but I thought that this might be of interest to some of
you looking at the intersection between environmental politics,
aboriginality/indigeneity, and ecotourism.  I therefore provide for your
interest a link to this article about an ecotourism site established by
the Tsou aboriginal nation of Taiwan, that I have just published in the
international journal Annals of Tourism Research.  The story of the Tsou
is, I think, an important one, and I hope that I have not done it an
injustice in the telling.


http://www.sciencedirect.com.helicon.vuw.ac.nz/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_u
di=B6V7Y-4PR42CK-4&_user=1495406&_coverDate=10%2F31%2F2007&_rdoc=4&_fmt=
summary&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%235855%232007%23999659995%236
69306%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=5855&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=33&_ac
ct=C53190&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=1495406&md5=dff7a45ee4a48
54b0187e96034b876c9
<http://www.sciencedirect.com.helicon.vuw.ac.nz/science/journal/01607383
> 

or

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2007.04.002
<http://dx.doi.org.helicon.vuw.ac.nz/10.1016/j.annals.2007.04.002>  

 


Cheers,

Bill

PS: One minor typo.  The Tsou conservation ethic is called "autucu" or
"aututsu", where each u has a horizontal line through it (a unique Tsou
sound).  This special character evaded ATR so it was dropped and the
word was incorrectly rendered "atc".  This in turn escaped my notice!

BH

 



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RE: Texts on forests and desertification?

[William Hipwell]

A trifle dated now but excellent historical and geographical context:
 

Williams Michael 1989 Deforestation: Past and Present
Progress in Human Geography 13(2):176-208

 

 

Cheers,
 
Bill

 


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Sent: Tuesday, 17 July 2007 3:25 a.m.
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Subject: Texts on forests and desertification?


I'm looking for shorter texts (articles and book chapters) on forests,
desertification and land use issues to be used in GEP class.

All suggestions are appreciated -- please suggest your own texts if you
have them!

Cheers,
Henrik


Henrik Selin
Assistant Professor
Department of International Relations
Boston University
156 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: (1)-617-358-2590
Fax: (1)-617-353-9290
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RE: Policymaking

[William Hipwell]

Hi Jordi:
 
Boardman's earlier first contribution is also valuable
 
Boardman, R., ed. 1992. Canadian Environmental Policy: Ecosystems, Politics, 
and Process. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
 
Cheers,
 
Bill



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Sent: Wednesday, 14 March 2007 12:44 p.m.
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Subject: RE: Policymaking



Jordi,

 

For Canada, I think the starting point would be

 

Debora VanNijnatten & Robert Boardman (eds.), CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY: 
CONTEXT AND CASES, 2d ed. (2002).

 

Ben Cashore (at Yale) is the author of a comparative study of U.S. and Canadian 
forest policy making.  It seems not to be in print, but if you ask he may be 
able to get you a copy.

 

Geoffrey.

 



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Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:10 AM
To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Subject: Policymaking

 

Hi all:

 

I have a student who wants to undertake a comparative study on the strengths 
and weaknesses of policymaking processes in the US and Canada and their impact 
on environmental policy. I realize the topic is big, but at this time she 
essentially needs some intro texts to get started. Any references will be 
genuinely appreciated.

 

Cheers,

 

J.

 

Jordi Díez

Assistant Professor of Political Science

University of Guelph

Room 539, Mackinnon Building

Guelph ON

N1G 2W1

Tel. (519) 824-4120, Extension 58937

www.uoguelph.ca/~jdiez 

 

RE: Query on environmental food boycotts

[William Hipwell]

Hi Graeme et al.:

The voices from small South Pacific states near the blast centres were 
certainly more concerned with environmental damage than market access, and 
their concerns were explicitly included in boycott literature circulated in 
Canada at the time.

Er, am I to understand from Graemes epilogue that it's okay to drink French 
wine again?  Dang, I've been missing out on my favourite Châteauneuf du Pape!

Cheers,

Bill 

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hayes, Graeme
Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2007 12:13 p.m.
To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Subject: RE: Query on environmental food boycotts

Hi, I was also cross enough with Chirac to forego my medicinal glass of grand 
cru in late 1995 (if, er, only for a while). But the environmental aspect of 
the French nuclear testing boycott is an interesting one - I seem to recall 
that there were a number of voices in France, mostly but not exclusively on the 
Gaullist right, arguing that the boycott was about claiming geo-political 
leadership, and not about the environment at all (it was pointed out a number 
of times that Australia was further from the test zone than Peru; that global 
appeals to boycott French wine helped New World wines reach new markets; and 
there was also mention of revenge for the 1985 sabotage of the Rainbow Warrior 
in Auckland). Of course, a consumer boycott wasn't an option available within 
France, for obvious reasons. 
In fact, though it is legal to boycott consumer goods in France, I think it is 
still illegal to encourage others to do so (though the Confédération paysanne 
is currently calling for a mass boycott of all Monsanto's products, an appeal 
which is little more than symbolic, even by usual boycott standards; French 
consumers already seem to have decided that GM foods are not for them).
Otherwise, your student might look at the McLibel case, and John Vidal's 1997 
book McLibel: Burger Culture on Trial (published in the US by The New Press, 
NY) - for those unfamiliar with the case, McDs took two more or less penniless 
activists from London Greenpeace to court for distributing anti-McD leaflets 
which advised consumers to avoid the place. The decision to prosecute for 
defamation was, spectacularly, an own goal.
I guess whether any of these cases are purely environmental is as much a 
metaphysical question as a political one, though.
Best to all
Graeme
 
Dr Graeme Hayes
Joint Convenor, ECPR GPSG
Principal Lecturer in French and European Studies School of Arts & Humanities 
Nottingham Trent University Nottingham NG11 8NS UK 
http://www.greenpolitics-ecpr.org/
http://www.ntu.ac.uk/research/school_research/hum/staff/42358.html



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of William Hipwell
Sent: Wed 07/03/2007 21:36
To: Leslie Wirpsa; gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Query on environmental food boycotts



Hi Leslie:

I don't know if this would qualify, but I recall (and indeed, participated in) 
a boycott of French wine during its resumption of nuclear testing in the South 
Pacific in the mid-1990s.  The arguments against the testing were primarily 
environmental.

Cheers,

Bill
**


**********

Dr. William Hipwell

Lecturer, Development Studies

Institute of Geography / Te Puutahi Maatai Matawhenua 

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences / Te Kura Taatai Aro Whenua 

Victoria University of Wellington / Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te Ika a Maui 

PO Box 600 

Wellington 6001

Aotearoa New Zealand

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Subject: Query on environmental food boycotts

I have a student researching boycotts in the food industry. Does anyone know of 
cases where a food product was boycotted for enviro reasons (compared to labor, 
human rights -- ie, Coca Cola, etc)?

Thanks!

Leslie




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RE: Query on environmental food boycotts

[William Hipwell]

Hi Leslie:

I don't know if this would qualify, but I recall (and indeed,
participated in) a boycott of French wine during its resumption of
nuclear testing in the South Pacific in the mid-1990s.  The arguments
against the testing were primarily environmental.

Cheers,

Bill

**



**

Dr. William Hipwell

Lecturer, Development Studies

Institute of Geography / Te Puutahi Maatai Matawhenua 

School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences / Te Kura Taatai Aro
Whenua 

Victoria University of Wellington / Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te Ika
a Maui 

PO Box 600 

Wellington 6001

Aotearoa New Zealand

Telephone:  +64-4-463-6116 (office)

   +64-21-773-408 (mobile)

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Wirpsa
Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2007 8:12 a.m.
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Subject: Query on environmental food boycotts

I have a student researching boycotts in the food industry. Does anyone
know of cases where a food product was boycotted for enviro reasons
(compared to labor, human rights -- ie, Coca Cola, etc)?

Thanks!

Leslie


>From: "VanDeveer, Stacy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "GEP-Ed" 
>Subject: FW: Chilean environmentalists at the OAS
>Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 14:50:08 -0500
>
>
>The human right of access to official information
>
>
>From Editor and Publisher
><http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/search/article_display.jsp?vnu
>_ content_id=1003254197> , via the Law Librarian Blog
><http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2006/12/access_to_
>g
>ovt_.html> :
>"For the first time ever, an international court has declared that
>access to government information is a human right. Ruling in a case
>brought by three Chilean environmental activists, the Inter-American
>Court of Human Rights declared that a 'right of general access' to
>government-held information is protected by Article 13 of the American
>Convention on Human Rights. Article 13 deals with 'freedom of thought
>and expression.'" The decision came in Reyes v. Chile, which hasn't yet
>been published.
>
>
>

RE: RE: "the american way of life is not up for negotiation"

[William Hipwell]

You're welcome, Dale, and many thanks for the courteous response.  The
one I went to the trouble of providing is the correct variation.  Try
Google Scholar, or an RA next time.

Bill

 

-Original Message-
From: Dale W Jamieson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, 23 February 2007 2:02 p.m.
To: William Hipwell
Cc: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Subject: Re: RE: "the american way of life is not up for negotiation"

google produces many variations of the phrase and many fairly vague
references.  i was hoping for something better.  dale

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

Contact information:
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212-998-5429 (voice) 212-995-4832 (fax)

"Knowing what we know now, that you could vote against the war and still
be elected president, I would never have pretended to support
it."--Hilary Clinton parody on Saturday Night Live

- Original Message -----
From: William Hipwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, February 22, 2007 7:54 pm
Subject: RE: "the american way of life is not up for negotiation"

> Dale:
> 
> I believe that George Bush senior's phrase was:
> 
> "The American way of life is not negotiable."
> 
> Google might provide leads...
> 
> Bill
> 
> Dr. William Hipwell
> Lecturer, Development Studies
> Institute of Geography / Te Puutahi Maatai Matawhenua School of 
> Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences / Te Kura Taatai Aro Whenua 
> Victoria University of Wellington / Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te 
> Ika a Maui Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand /
> Telephone: +64-4-463-6116 (office)
> +64-21-773408 (mobile)
> william.hipwell (Skype)
> Facsimile: +64-4-463-5186
> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Website: http://www.geo.vuw.ac.nz/staff/hipwell.html
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> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale W 
> Jamieson
> Sent: Friday, 23 February 2007 1:42 p.m.
> To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
> Subject: "the american way of life is not up for negotiation"
> 
> we all know that bush said this or something like it at the rio earth 
> summit, but does anyone have a good source for it?
> 
> thanks
> 
> dale
> 
> **
> Dale Jamieson
> Director of Environmental Studies
> Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy Affiliated Professor

> of Law New York University http://www.esig.ucar.edu/HP_dale.html
> 
> Contact information:
> Steinhardt School, HMSS
> 246 Greene Street, Suite 300
> New York NY 10003-6677
> 212-998-5429 (voice) 212-995-4832 (fax)
> 
> "Knowing what we know now, that you could vote against the war and 
> stillbe elected president, I would never have pretended to support 
> it."--Hilary Clinton parody on Saturday Night Live
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: Beth DeSombre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thursday, February 22, 2007 6:38 pm
> Subject: Re: Compendium -- where we are
> 
> > "Wright, Angus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thursday, February
> 22,
> > 2007 at 5:55 PM -0500 wrote:
> > >I am struck--and I hope I have not missed anything here--by the
> > lack of
> > >anything about agriculture and the environment. Is that a
> considered
> > >judgment or just a slip-up?
> > 
> > Well, as I indicated in the message introducing the list, it was 
> > generatedentirely from suggestions from people on this list
> responding
> > to my first call for suggestions.
> > 
> > It simply means that no one suggested it the first time around --
> 
> > precisely the reason I posted the list of suggestions I *had* 
> > received, so that people could look at what had not been
> suggested and
> 
> > speak up.
> > 
> > Beth
> > 
> > 
> 

RE: "the american way of life is not up for negotiation"

[William Hipwell]

Dale:

I believe that George Bush senior's phrase was:

"The American way of life is not negotiable."

Google might provide leads...

 Bill

Dr. William Hipwell
Lecturer, Development Studies
Institute of Geography / Te Puutahi Maatai Matawhenua
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences / Te Kura Taatai Aro
Whenua
Victoria University of Wellington / Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te Ika
a Maui
Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand /
Telephone: +64-4-463-6116 (office)
+64-21-773408 (mobile)
william.hipwell (Skype)
Facsimile: +64-4-463-5186
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Website: http://www.geo.vuw.ac.nz/staff/hipwell.html
http://www.geo.vuw.ac.nz/staff/hipwell.html>  


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale W
Jamieson
Sent: Friday, 23 February 2007 1:42 p.m.
To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Subject: "the american way of life is not up for negotiation"

we all know that bush said this or something like it at the rio earth
summit, but does anyone have a good source for it?  

thanks

dale

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

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

"Knowing what we know now, that you could vote against the war and still
be elected president, I would never have pretended to support
it."--Hilary Clinton parody on Saturday Night Live

- Original Message -
From: Beth DeSombre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, February 22, 2007 6:38 pm
Subject: Re: Compendium -- where we are

> "Wright, Angus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thursday, February 22, 
> 2007 at 5:55 PM -0500 wrote:
> >I am struck--and I hope I have not missed anything here--by the
> lack of
> >anything about agriculture and the environment. Is that a considered 
> >judgment or just a slip-up?
> 
> Well, as I indicated in the message introducing the list, it was 
> generatedentirely from suggestions from people on this list responding

> to my first call for suggestions.
> 
> It simply means that no one suggested it the first time around -- 
> precisely the reason I posted the list of suggestions I *had* 
> received, so that people could look at what had not been suggested and

> speak up.
> 
> Beth
> 
> 

Re travel grant and/or research grant opportunities for master's students: Topic - elephant-human conflicts in Sri Lanka

[William Hipwell]

 
Hi colleagues:

 I have lost the original request, but regarding the recent query about
funding for the study of human-elephant conflicts in Sri Lanka, my
colleague Mike offers the following:

Cheers,

Bill

-Original Message-
From: Michael Gavin 
Sent: Friday, 26 January 2007 10:49 a.m.
To: William Hipwell
Subject: RE: Do you know of any travel grant and/or research grant
opportunities for master's students: Topic - elephant-human conflicts in
Sri Lanka

Hi Bill, 

They could try the Conservation, Food and Health Foundation if they can
link it to capacity building in Sri Lanka.  Link:
http://www.grantsmanagement.com/cfhguide.html

Cheers,
Mike
__


Dr. William Hipwell
Lecturer, Development Studies
Research Ethics Officer, Awhina (Maaori Support) and Disability Liaison
Institute of Geography / Te Puutahi Maatai Matawhenua
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences / Te Kura Taatai Aro
Whenua
Victoria University of Wellington / Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te Ika
a Maui
Wellington, New Zealand / Aotearoa
Telephone:   +64-4-463-6116 (office)
+64-21-773408 (mobile)
Facsimile: +64-4-463-5186
E-mail:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Website:   http://www.geo.vuw.ac.nz/staff/hipwell.html 

RE: Introduction

[William Hipwell]

Hi Priya:

And if you are ever in windy Wellington, drop by the VUW Shool of Geography, 
Environment and Earth Sciences and say "hello"!  I'm in office #CO210

Cheers,

Bill

Dr. William Hipwell
Lecturer, Development Studies
Research Ethics Officer, Awhina (Maaori Support) and Disability Liaison
Institute of Geography / Te Puutahi Maatai Matawhenua
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences / Te Kura Taatai Aro Whenua
Victoria University of Wellington / Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te Ika a Maui
Wellington, New Zealand / Aotearoa
Telephone:  +64-4-463-6116 (office)
+64-21-773408 (mobile)
Facsimile:  +64-4-463-5186
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Website:http://www.geo.vuw.ac.nz/staff/hipwell.html 



-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Wil Burns
Sent: Fri 19/01/2007 6:58 PM
To: 'Priya Kurian'; gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Subject: RE: Introduction
 
Welcome to our little patch of cyberspace, Priya. If you don't know him, you
should meet my friend Al Gillespie at the law school there. wil

 

Dr. Wil Burns

Senior Fellow, International Environmental Law

Santa Clara University School of Law

500 El Camino Real, Loyola 101

Santa Clara, CA 95053 USA

Phone: 408.551.3000 x6139

Mobile: 650.281.9126

Fax: 408.554.2745

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

SSRN Author Page:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=240348

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Priya Kurian
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 8:49 PM
To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Subject: Introduction

 

Dear gep-ed colleagues

 

I am new to the gep-ed list and would like to introduce myself. I teach
environmental politics & policy at the University of Waikato in New Zealand.
My research interests are in the overlapping areas of environmental
politics, Third World/development studies, and science and technology
politics, with a particular focus on race, gender and culture.

I have written a book on gender and the environment, which examined the
World Bank's environmental policies, including a case study of the Narmada
project in India, and have also written on environmental impact assessment.
More recently, I have written on the intersecting discourses of genetic
engineering and immigration in New Zealand, and on corporate social
responsibility as greenwashing; as well as co-edited a book on women,
culture and development.

I look forward to the discussions on gep-ed.

Best wishes

Priya 

 

Dr. Priya Kurian

Department of Political Science and Public Policy

The University of Waikato

Hamilton 3240

NEW ZEALAND

Phone: (64-7) 838-4466 ext. 6109

Fax: (64-7) 838-4203

Member of the organising Committee for Conserv-Vision, the next 50 years: An
international conference for conservation and appreciation of natural and
historic resources, 4 to 7 July 2007, Hamilton, New Zealand
<http://www.waikato.ac.nz/wfass/Conserv-Vision/>
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/wfass/Conserv-Vision/

 

An Antipodean Note!

[William Hipwell]

Thanks for the good wishes Wil, but I would like to point out that for those of 
us teaching in the antipodes, spring is just rolling in, and the second 
semester started way back in the middle of winter: early July!

Cheers,

Bill



Bill Hipwell
Development Studies
Victoria University of Wellington
Aotearoa New Zealand



-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Wil Burns
Sent: Thu 31/08/2006 12:18
To: 'Michael Maniates'; gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Subject: RE: Montreal and Kyoto Compared
 
Thanks, Michael, for translating what a law person was trying to say into
coherent political science/IR nomenclature :-) Cas would probably at least
be pleased to know, as we all hope, that someone's at least reading our
stuff.


And happy beginning of the semester to everyone in academia! wil

 

Dr. Wil Burns

Senior Fellow, International Environmental Law

Santa Clara University Law School

500 El Camino Real, Loyola 101

Santa Clara, CA 95053 USA

Phone: 408.551.3000 x6139

Mobile: 650.281.9126

Fax: 408.554.2745

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Maniates
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:21 AM
To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Subject: RE: Montreal and Kyoto Compared

 

Just a quick piggy-backing onto Wil's comment: This is a great piece for
demonstrating the limited utility of the "nation state" as the unit of
analysis ("the U.S. does this" or "wants that," Sunstein often writes).  In
this case, such an approach hides more than it reveals, both by ignoring the
struggle among critical actors within the U.S. and the nature of
transnational alliances that amplify or distort intra-national struggle.
For this reason alone, I'll be using it in class next time out.  MM

At 01:55 PM 8/30/2006, you wrote:



Well, some parts of this aren't even based on "outdated" assumptions; for
example, even the IPCC First Assessment Report didn't characterize a 2.5C
increase in temperature as "moderate," (not even the Toronto conferees in
1988 said that) and only in the world of economists e.g. Sunstein can we
conduct the kind of mortality valuations in developing countries that tilt
the cost-benefit analysis in favor of the no-action alternative. But, I
agree, it's a superb piece to use in classes, though the one thing it fails
to do is explain the political implications of the disproportionate impacts
that Kyoto would have in certain sectors that are particularly capable of
defending their interests. This may explain more of the story than a
straight CBA. Wil

Dr. Wil Burns
Senior Fellow, International Environmental Law
Santa Clara University Law School
500 El Camino Real, Loyola 101
Santa Clara, CA 95053 USA
Phone: 408.551.3000 x6139
Mobile: 650.281.9126
Fax: 408.554.2745
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[ 
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Craig
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 9:52 AM
To: GEP-Ed
Subject: Re: Montreal and Kyoto Compared

Willett-- Great comment! Right on.

I found this paper absolutely fascinating.

The reason is that it clearly articulates  the kind of  thinking that 
actually drove US policy.It was and is  politically salient, while being

scientifically and economically narrow and outdated to the point of seeming 
almost bogus.  Amazing.

The article seems a relic from the past.  Yet it's forthcoming this year in 
a legitimate journal.  So much for Harvard's review process.

I also learned about the "Joint Center".   AEI and Brookings  working 
arm-in-arm to promote this kind of work.  AEI I understand. But Brookings! 
I'd thought better of them.  Scary!

Paul
Paul Craig


- Original Message - 
From: "willett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "GEP-Ed" 
Cc: "Wil Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "NICHOLAS WATTS" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: Montreal and Kyoto Compared


>
> Ok, an interesting comparison of national benefits from national  versus 
> global implementation.  But otherwise, wow, a bizarre  article.  Perhaps 
> an example of how you cannot do good political  science if you base it on 
> lousy climatology, old economic analysis,  and pretend that there's no 
> such thing as technical innovation and  change.   If Nordhaus and Boyer's 
> estimates of the damages from  climate change were remotely close to 
> correct, we wouldn't really be  worried about this problem.   Yes, George 
> Bush believes (or some of  his advisors/donors believe) that the US would 
> be economicaly damaged  by reductions in CO2.  But he also believes that 
> evolution is  unproven and seems to have difficulty distinguishing the 
> interests of  the United States from the interests of the United States' 
> fossil  fuel industry.   The countries that are "foolishly" complying with

> Kyoto are developing the technology of the 21st century.   E.g. try 
> Googling:  Siemens Wind Power, 

RE: succint reading on biodiversity?

[William Hipwell]

This jumps to mind.  Emphasis on succinct!


Ehrenfeld, David. 1986. Thirty Million Cheers for Biodiversity. New
Scientist, June 12, 1986, 40-43  

Cheers,

Bill Hipwell


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of C. Epstein
Sent: Monday, 31 July 2006 2:16 p.m.
To: GEP-Ed
Subject: succint reading on biodiversity?

Dear All,

can any one think of a succint, to the point, and shortish reading on
biodiversity, that would present both the scientific issue and the
existing policy arrangements/conventions?

It seems suprisingly difficult to find anything that does that simply.
 This is for my undergrad course on 'Environmental POlitics and Policy'
at Sydney University

Thanks
charlotte

RE: Globalization and the Environment

[William Hipwell]

I 
have just received word that the reference I gave is out of date.  The full 
reference is now
 
Murray, Warwick E (2006) Geographies 
of Globalisation, Routledge, London. 392pp. 


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jordi 
DiezSent: Wednesday, 12 April 2006 5:08 a.m.To: 
gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.eduSubject: Globalization and the 
Environment

Dear Colleagues:
 
I am currently working in the design of a 
course on globalization and the environment in developing 
countries and I though I'd ask the list if you knew of any academic 
literature on the subject. (I want to make sure I do not miss anything 
important.) In very general terms, I would like to know what has been 
written on the types of environmental challenges the so-called process of 
globaization has brought to countries in the South. I would be indebted for any 
references you might be able to privide me.
 
Thanks in advance,
 
J.
 
Jordi DíezAssistant Professor of Political 
ScienceUniversity of GuelphRoom 643, Mackinnon BuildingGuelph ON N1G 
2W1Tel. (519) 824-4120, Extension 58937www.uoguelph.ca/~jdiez

RE: Globalization and the Environment

[William Hipwell]

Jordi:
 
This 
book, to be released shortly, might prove to 
be appropriate.
 
Murray W E (2005) Geographies 
of Globalisation, Routledge, London. 256pp., in press 
 
Cheers,
 
Bill


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jordi 
DiezSent: Wednesday, 12 April 2006 5:08 a.m.To: 
gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.eduSubject: Globalization and the 
Environment

Dear Colleagues:
 
I am currently working in the design of a 
course on globalization and the environment in developing 
countries and I though I'd ask the list if you knew of any academic 
literature on the subject. (I want to make sure I do not miss anything 
important.) In very general terms, I would like to know what has been 
written on the types of environmental challenges the so-called process of 
globaization has brought to countries in the South. I would be indebted for any 
references you might be able to privide me.
 
Thanks in advance,
 
J.
 
Jordi DíezAssistant Professor of Political 
ScienceUniversity of GuelphRoom 643, Mackinnon BuildingGuelph ON N1G 
2W1Tel. (519) 824-4120, Extension 58937www.uoguelph.ca/~jdiez

RE: Easy to read climate book?

[William Hipwell]

Sorry folks, but I couldn't resist:

When I read the subject line of this message, my first thught was:
"Are you looking for a birthday present for George W.?"

;)

Bill
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Henrik Selin
Sent: Fri 4/7/2006 9:08 AM
To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Subject: Easy to read climate book?
 
A student asked me the following question: I would like to purchase a 
book that explains the specific effects of global warming (for 
instance, case studies on species). I am hoping to find a book that 
is easily read and includes photographs, something that I will be 
able to share with friends and family and use as a sort of coffee 
table book to explain global warming effects to people who don't 
understand the science of it.

Any ideas and suggestions?

Henrik

research ethics cartoons

[William Hipwell]

Hi 
folks:
 
I 
know it's a tall order, but...
 
Since 
we are now obviously morphing into an academic cartoon exchange (just kidding), 
I am looking for suggestions of cartoons poking light fun at research ethics, or 
poking fun at research itself.
 
Bonus 
if the cartoons are related to environment, aboriginal peoples, and/or social 
science.
 
Any 
takers?
 
Thanks a million.
 
Bill


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William 
HipwellSent: Friday, 10 March 2006 1:42 p.m.To: VanDeveer, 
Stacy; Leslie Wirpsa; gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.eduCc: Jessica 
ShadianSubject: RE: cold war and indigenous and environmental 
movements

Hi Leslie:I do not have anything recent, 
but in case you have not seen them, you might want to look at :Gedicks, 
Al. 1994. The New Resource Wars: Native and Environmental Struggles against 
Multinational Corporations. Montréal: Black Rose.(which includes Latin 
American cases)Howitt, Richard, John Connell, and Philip Hirsch, eds. 
1996. Resources, Nations and Indigenous Peoples: Case Studies from Australasia, 
Melanesia, and Southeast Asia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.(which 
deals with the regions noted in the title)Clay, J. W. 1994. Resource 
Wars: Nation and State Conflicts in the Twentieth Century. In Who Pays the 
Price? The Sociocultural Context of Environmental Crisis, ed. B. R. Johnston. 
Washington: Island Press.In all of these you can infer the Cold War 
connection though it is not, to my recollection, explicitly 
discussed.Cheers,Bill
Dr. William HipwellLecturer, Development StudiesResearch Ethics 
Officer, Awhina (Maaori Support) LiaisonInstitute of Geography / Te Puutahi 
Maatai MatawhenuaSchool of Earth Sciences / Te Kura Taatai Aro 
WhenuaVictoria University of Wellington / Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te 
Ika a MauiWellington, New Zealand / 
AotearoaTelephone:   +64-4-463-6116 
(office)+64-21-773408 
(mobile)Facsimile: +64-4-463-5186E-mail:  
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Website:   
http://www.geo.vuw.ac.nz/staff/hipwell.html -Original 
Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
On Behalf Of VanDeveer, StacySent: Friday, 10 March 2006 10:29 a.m.To: 
Leslie Wirpsa; gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.eduCc: Jessica 
ShadianSubject: RE: cold war and indigenous and environmental 
movementsI'd suggest a look into Franke Wilmer's book on Indigenous 
issues/rights in international politics...-Original 
Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
On Behalf Of Leslie WirpsaSent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 4:21 PMTo: 
gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.eduCc: Jessica ShadianSubject: cold war and 
indigenous and environmental movementsDoes anyone have good cites 
regarding how the end of the Cold War and the new political spaces/attitudes it 
created might have contributed to waves of indigenous rights/new grassroots 
claims over resources/environmental resurgence, especially in Latin America? It 
was very important in the Arctic, but I haven't seen that link much in other 
regional literature.- Original Message -From: "Michael Maniates" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: 
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 5:31 
AMSubject: Fwd: death of environmentalism> Thought this would 
be of interest to some members of the list.  
Yours,MMDate: 
Wed, 8 Mar 2006 11:41:01 -0500>>Reply-To: Richard Wilk 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>Sender: Global Consumer Culture & 
Environment 
List>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>From: 
Richard Wilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>Organization: Indiana 
University>>Subject: death of 
environmentalism>>Due to the support of the 
Environment and Technology Section (of the>>American Sociological 
Association) and Sage Publications, the fullcontent>>of the Death 
of Environmentalism Symposium which appears in the 
March2006>>issue of Organization and Environment will be freely 
downloadable forthe>>next month. Those who are interested can 
access this material at>>.>>Maurie>>Maurie 
Cohen>>Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science New Jersey 
Institute>>of Technology University Heights Newark, NJ 07102 
USATelephone: 973.596.5281>>Fax: 
973.642.4689>>E-mail: 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Editor of new e-Journal: 
Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy>>(http://ejournal.nbii.org)>

RE: cold war and indigenous and environmental movements

[William Hipwell]

Hi Leslie:I do not have anything recent, 
but in case you have not seen them, you might want to look at :Gedicks, 
Al. 1994. The New Resource Wars: Native and Environmental Struggles against 
Multinational Corporations. Montréal: Black Rose.(which includes Latin 
American cases)Howitt, Richard, John Connell, and Philip Hirsch, eds. 
1996. Resources, Nations and Indigenous Peoples: Case Studies from Australasia, 
Melanesia, and Southeast Asia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.(which 
deals with the regions noted in the title)Clay, J. W. 1994. Resource 
Wars: Nation and State Conflicts in the Twentieth Century. In Who Pays the 
Price? The Sociocultural Context of Environmental Crisis, ed. B. R. Johnston. 
Washington: Island Press.In all of these you can infer the Cold War 
connection though it is not, to my recollection, explicitly 
discussed.Cheers,Bill
Dr. William HipwellLecturer, Development StudiesResearch Ethics 
Officer, Awhina (Maaori Support) LiaisonInstitute of Geography / Te Puutahi 
Maatai MatawhenuaSchool of Earth Sciences / Te Kura Taatai Aro 
WhenuaVictoria University of Wellington / Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te 
Ika a MauiWellington, New Zealand / 
AotearoaTelephone:   +64-4-463-6116 
(office)+64-21-773408 
(mobile)Facsimile: +64-4-463-5186E-mail:  
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Website:   
http://www.geo.vuw.ac.nz/staff/hipwell.html -Original Message-From: 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
On Behalf Of VanDeveer, StacySent: Friday, 10 March 2006 10:29 a.m.To: 
Leslie Wirpsa; gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.eduCc: Jessica 
ShadianSubject: RE: cold war and indigenous and environmental 
movementsI'd suggest a look into Franke Wilmer's book on Indigenous 
issues/rights in international politics...-Original 
Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
On Behalf Of Leslie WirpsaSent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 4:21 PMTo: 
gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.eduCc: Jessica ShadianSubject: cold war and 
indigenous and environmental movementsDoes anyone have good cites 
regarding how the end of the Cold War and the new political spaces/attitudes it 
created might have contributed to waves of indigenous rights/new grassroots 
claims over resources/environmental resurgence, especially in Latin America? It 
was very important in the Arctic, but I haven't seen that link much in other 
regional literature.- Original Message -From: "Michael Maniates" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: 
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 5:31 
AMSubject: Fwd: death of environmentalism> Thought this would 
be of interest to some members of the list.  
Yours,MMDate: 
Wed, 8 Mar 2006 11:41:01 -0500>>Reply-To: Richard Wilk 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>Sender: Global Consumer Culture & 
Environment 
List>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>From: 
Richard Wilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>Organization: Indiana 
University>>Subject: death of 
environmentalism>>Due to the support of the 
Environment and Technology Section (of the>>American Sociological 
Association) and Sage Publications, the fullcontent>>of the Death 
of Environmentalism Symposium which appears in the 
March2006>>issue of Organization and Environment will be freely 
downloadable forthe>>next month. Those who are interested can 
access this material at>>.>>Maurie>>Maurie 
Cohen>>Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science New Jersey 
Institute>>of Technology University Heights Newark, NJ 07102 
USATelephone: 973.596.5281>>Fax: 
973.642.4689>>E-mail: 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Editor of new e-Journal: 
Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy>>(http://ejournal.nbii.org)>

RE: tape record prof to show s/he is too radical and win money

[William Hipwell]

We are still looking for a peaceful solution.

Bill

PS: Say, even though I'm not at UCLA, d you suppose the above comment would get 
me an honourary mention on their shameful list?  All professors in the United 
States should be very, very afraid of what is happening to politics there.  
Dark shades of 1930s Berlin...
BH





-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of watershed remote
Sent: Fri 20/01/2006 19:12
To: 'GEP-Ed'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Ecopolitics; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: tape record prof to show s/he is too radical and win money
 
Dear all:
FYI below -- it was filed under "education" (insert sarcasm here).
 http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/01/19/ucla.radicals.reut/index.html
All the best,
BILL

Dr. William James Smith, Jr.
Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Adjunct Assistant Professor
The University of Iowa, Department of Geography


  Expose 'radical' UCLA teacher, get $100

Thursday, January 19, 2006; Posted: 11:13 p.m. EST (04:13 GMT)

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- An alumni group dedicated to 
"exposing the most radical professors" at the University of California 
at Los Angeles is offering to pay students $100 to record classroom 
lectures of suspect faculty.

The Web site of the Bruin Alumni Association also includes a "Dirty 
Thirty" list of professors considered by the group to be the most 
extreme left-wing members of the UCLA faculty, as well as profiles on 
their political activities and writings.

UCLA Chancellor Albert Carnesale on Thursday denounced the campaign as 
"reprehensible," and school officials warned that selling or 
distributing recordings of classroom lectures without an instructor's 
consent violates university policy.

News of the campaign prompted former Republican congressman James Rogan, 
who helped lead impeachment proceedings against former President Bill 
Clinton in the U.S. House of Representatives, to resign from the group's 
advisory board.

"I am uncomfortable to say the least with this tactic," Rogan, now a 
lawyer in private practice in California, said in an e-mail resignation 
made public by the Los Angeles Times. "It places students in jeopardy of 
violating myriad regulations and laws."

At least two other members of the group's advisory board, which consists 
of more than 20 individuals, also have quit over the group's efforts to 
have students record their professors.

The group, which is not affiliated with UCLA or its official alumni 
association, is the creation of Andrew Jones, a 2003 UCLA graduate who 
said he runs the organization mostly on his own with $22,000 in private 
donations.

Jones told Reuters that he is out to "restore an atmosphere of 
respectful political discourse on campus" and says his efforts are aimed 
at academics who proselytize students from either side of the 
ideological spectrum, conservative or liberal.

"We are concerned solely with indoctrination, one-sided presentation of 
ideological controversies and unprofessional classroom behavior," Jones 
said on his Web site.

Jones' site describes his campaign as "dedicated to exposing UCLA's most 
radical professors" and his list of the university's "worst of the 
worst" singles out only professors he says hold left-wing views.

Jones said he would accept recordings only from students whose 
professors consented in writing to have their lectures taped. And 
students would be paid $100 only if they furnished complete recordings 
of every class session, as well as detailed lecture notes and all other 
teaching materials from the class.

Jones, who also is offering to pay $50 for only notes and materials, 
said so far one student has signed up to participate and two others have 
expressed interest.

UCLA spokesman Phil Hampton said the university planned to send Jones a 
letter warning him that faculty hold copyrights to all their course 
materials and that his campaign encouraged students to violate school 
policy.

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People versus Conservation??

[William Hipwell]

 
Hi folks:

I am wondering if anyone could recommend a balanced, first-year-level,
journal article dealing with the issue of people-versus-conservation.  I
am looking for something that pays a little more heed to the
conservationist/environmentalist perspective rather than a simplisitic
"people are being forced off their land to make way for neo-colonial,
western-backed conservation parks" discussion.  While I can see that
this position has some merit I nonetheless want students to understand
both sides (inasmuch as there are actually sides, or only two) of this
debate.

Cheers,

Bill


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If you are interested in international coverage of the subject (with a
bottom-up focus in different parts of the world), may I suggest our
book:

Environmental Justice: Discourses in International Political Economy. 
2002. John Byrne, Cecilia Martinez and Leigh Glover, eds. Volume 8 in
the Energy and Environmental Policy series.  New Brunswick, NJ and
London: 
Transaction Publishers.

It has been used to good effect at Yale and elsewhere.

Regards, John Byrne
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On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Armin Rosencranz wrote:

> I'll be teaching the above-titled enviro justice course beginning next

> month, for the first time in five years.  My emphasis will be on local

> community mobilization rather than litigation. Students will volunteer

> for 30 hours at local community EJ groups.
>
> I'm using Luke Cole's FROM THE GROUND UP as a core text, but am 
> searching for other teaching materials, esp. recent community efforts 
> to resist polluting facilities. I'd welcome all suggestions.
>
> armin rosencranz
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Re: venues with an emphasis on publishing scholarship from developing countries

[William Hipwell]

The only two that pop to mind are Third World Resurgence and
Cultural Survival Quarterly, though I second Raul's sentiments,
and do not actually know about their scholarly reputation, indexing
status etc.
Bill

At 05:06 AM 09/06/2005, Simone Pulver wrote:
Dear Colleagues-
Can anyone recommend any journals, magazines, etc. with a
environment/development or global environmental governance focus that
place a particular emphasis on publishing work by scholars from
developing countries?
All suggestions are appreciated.
Best, Simone Pulver


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re: Strange request... my thanks and detailed response

[William Hipwell]

Dear Colleagues:
 
First of all, though I hope to get back to some of you individually, I
want to thank everyone for the overwhelming response to my little
query.  It has been a very helpful and at times really entertaining
discussion.  Sorry to tease, but on reading Adil's first posting I
must confess I felt a great sense of relief when I got far enough through
his message to realize that no, there have not actually been any
Tiger/Human conflicts in Indiana!  And I chuckled out loud when I
learned from Marcus that in Berlin, “bores remain almost unchallenged and
procreate at will”!  An intolerable situation, certainly! 
However, as much as I love dogs, it was the image of an unruly gang of
irate kangaroos drowning someone's poor pooch that really made the tears
of mirth start to flow.
 
Joking aside, for everyone's information, the paper I am thinking about
will, from a Deleuzian perspective, focus on "attempts" by
non-humans to reclaim physical territory of which they have been
deprived.  I cannot really say more right now, since your responses
have set my mind off in some exciting and unanticipated directions.
 
Now, a few words of clarification and summary of the interesting points
many of you have raised, along with my own contribution to the debate(s)
my query has catalysed on the list.
 
It was very, very sloppy of me to use the word “nature” the way I
did.  I used it in its colloquial sense to mean “that part of the
biosphere that has not been brought completely under control of, or
destroyed by, Industria (industrial civilization)”.  I should have
said “non-human animals (or life-forms) strike back”, not “nature strikes
back”, and in any case used the _expression_ with my tongue firmly in cheek
and the Star Wars theme playing in my head.  Non-human animals as
“freedom fighters”?  Only in my and Gary Larson's dreams…
 
Actually, this is the first time in my life that anyone has levelled the
“anthropocentric” epithet at me.  I am, if anything, an ecocentrist,
and yes, I believe that humans have the potential (and the historical
precedents) to play functional, contributory roles in the ecosystems that
sustain them.  There is also little doubt that inequitable power
relationships have strongly contributed to undermining the possibility of
such a harmonious relationship, especially in the margins.
 
Honestly, though, to say, as Adil does, that “Few species are as
marginalized as the poor of the world” is really quite astonishingly
unsupportable.  There is, I think you will all readily agree, no
greater marginalization than extinction.  There are now 6.3 billion
of us and, say, a few hundred surviving Siberian Tigers (to take a
“large, fluffy” example), and it certainly does not do the tigers or any
of the other thousands of endangered or red-listed species any good to
conflate them with humanity.  They are different from industrial
humans, and are undoubtedly severely threatened by Industria (or by rural
peasants for that matter).  No, we are most of us not environmental
philosophers, though given our collective area of interest and the “Ph.”
trailing after many of our names, perhaps we should be.  What I
think we can agree on is this.  Empathy (and the “survival
instinct”) requires us to admit that no animal “wants” its species to be
diminished in total population.  That is, no animal would want its
species to be brought closer to extinction.  Whether non-humans are
considered large, fluffy, sexy, or whatever, it is a matter of simple
equity and humility (and perhaps, for the anthropocentrists, ultimately
self-preservation) that humans not further decrease the diversity and
abundance of non-human nature.
 
As far as “our” and “their” territory go, numerous examples show us that
human beings and other animals are not necessarily territorially
exclusive.  However, sometimes they are, because (and I'm with
Rafael on this) often humans are often simply too greedy or selfish or
ignorant to share (as Susi so aptly suggests, the phrases we most
commonly use to disguise this inability to share are “problem animals”
and “animal problems”).  Certain non-human beings simply cannot
tolerate (survive) a certain level or type of human activity (I am
thinking of industrial (de)forestry, agricultural or (sub)urban
development/sprawl as these things are now practised).  Human
activity can sometimes drive non-humans out of their (everyone’s)
territory.  As the places to which non-humans can go to escape human
interference diminish, so do the aggregate populations of certain
non-human species.  Alternately, human-animal conflicts arise and,
for example, cougars begin to snack on urban joggers (never, ever
wear a Walkman when walking alone in the forest!).  This is, to
contradict Cronon, the importance of “wilderness”.
 
I am all for approaches to protecting non-humans from the depredations of
Industria, or capitalism, or what have you, in ways that do not “kick in
the gut” the marginalized or dispossessed of the world

Strange request for leads

[William Hipwell]

Dear Colleagues:

All right, I realize that  this is a little bizarre, but I would like to 
ask all of you for leads in a little research endeavour.  I am looking for 
documented cases (preferably from newspapers) of wild animals (either 
singly or -- preferably -- in groups), attacking humans or human 
settlements.  I am particularly interested in cases where the animals 
appear to be defending their habitat, trying to (re-) occupy traditional 
territories, or trying to drive off human settlers or destroy crops.


I'd really appreciate any references that might support a "nature strikes 
back" thesis I am playing with.


Cheers,

Bill

PS My apologies to anyone on both of the lists to which I am sending this.


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Re: Environment & Development

[William Hipwell]

Tough one, but Plundering Paradise would be on my list.
Bill Hipwell

At 10:13 AM 26/02/2005, Dale W Jamieson wrote:
if you were to do one class on
environment and development, what would 
you read?
thanks in advance.
dale
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notice."--Will Durant
 

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Kyungpook National University
1370, Sankyuk-dong, Buk-ku
Daegu, 702-701, South Korea
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 +82 (53)
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Re: Fw: Sci-Fi and the Environment

[William Hipwell]

Colleagues:
I'll second the nomination for Oryx and Crake; it deals with
global environmental issues (e.g. the consequences of climate change),
medicine, disease, and the issue of losing control of technology, as well
as GMOs.
To that I would add (sorry of it has been mentioned) Earth, by
David Brin, which still lives in my imagination more than 15 years after
I read it.
Finally, a classic from the late forties is Earth Abides by George
R. Stewart.  It was re-released in 1986.  In this story, a
geographer (!) travels through the United States after a disease has
wiped out almost the entire population.  A fascinating perspective
on how the Earth might bounce back once humanity has passed.
Happy reading.
Cheers,
Bill
P.S.  The response to this thread confirms for me what I have long
suspected: scholars are starving for enjoyable reading
material!
At 21:55 17/11/2004, John M. Meyer wrote:
One more possibility might be a
new novel by Margaret Atwood, *Oryx and
Crake*.  I'm only about 1/2 way through it, but it's v. good so
far.  It's
about a genetically engineered future seemingly gone wrong...
John
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Kate, et al.
Here's an interesting recent paper you might find
germane also:
http://www.pik-potsdam.de/pik_web/publications/pik_reports/reports/pr.92/pr92.pdf

DOUBLE IMPACT
THE CLIMATE BLOCKBUSTER
'THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW'
AND ITS IMPACT ON THE
GERMAN CINEMA PUBLIC
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, No.
92.
Not what usually comes out of the PIK shop : wil
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Re: Technology and nature... Anyone?

[Dr. William Hipwell]

Adil:
I would recommend two books by William Leiss that explicitly address the
technology/nature interface:
The Domination of Nature,
http://www.leiss.ca/books/80
and Under Technology's Thumb
http://www.leiss.ca/books/53
A very useful starting point in this investigation would be The
Technological Society by Jacques Ellul (1964), in which this French
sociologist carefully demonstrates why technology is out of control, and
how society increasingly must adapt to technology rather than the other
way around.
Of course, Donna Harraway's Simians, Cyborgs and Women is a
classic postmodernist take on how nature and culture are merging (which
is at the heart of the techno/nature discussion, n'est-ce pas?). 

Please keep us posted!
Cheers,
Bill Hipwell
At 02:16 PM 27/08/2004, Adil Najam wrote:
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