plastics in the ocean

[syma ebbin]

Dear Gep-ers,
 
A quick query as I put my syllabus together for the spring. I'm teaching a new 
course on fisheries policy and at the same time we're having an exhibit of 
scultpure by Susan Schultz (whose porcelain sculptures examine wracklines, 
pacific plastics and marine debris). I want to have my class visit the exhibit 
and then discuss impacts of marine debris/plastics on fish/fisheries.   I've 
had trouble locating a good and recent overview article on this issue. Any 
ideas or suggestions? I may also veer into the entanglement issue.  Similarly, 
I'd welcome a good reference on MarPol or other marine debris policy 
instruments (domestic or international). 
 
If anybody has any pertinent references on any of these issues I would be most 
grateful. 
Happy New Year!
cheers,
Syma 


>>(*>>>(*>>>(*> 
Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

Re: Tragedy of the celestial commons

[syma ebbin]

Dear Delyse,
 
Sorry no academic articles immediately spring to mind, but your query reminded 
me of the brilliant (kids) movie Wall-e.  Wall-e has a terrific scene where the 
spaceship blasts through the earth's outer atmosphere through a virtual 
junkyard of old satellites.
 
cheers,
Syma  
 


 
>>(*>>>(*>>>(*> 
Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

--- On Tue, 12/15/09, Springett, Delyse  wrote:


From: Springett, Delyse 
Subject: Tragedy of the celestial commons
To: "gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu" 
Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 3:44 PM


Dear Gep-ers,

I have a student who is interested in basing his Masters dissertation on the
tragedy of the celestial commons, possibly focusing on attitudes to the
celestial commons in the era of space tourism.

He has found some interesting literature (for example, Laver, 1986; Baum,
2008), but I wondered if anyone could suggest further reading in the area?

Best wishes,

Dr Delyse Springett
Massey University
New Zealand.

Re: Global-Scale Failures and Missing Institutions

[syma ebbin]

I see Scott Barrett's name on the piece and note that he was a member of the 
Scientific Steering Committee of the previously mentioned IHDP IDGEC project. 
 
syma


>>(*>>>(*>>>(*> 
Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

--- On Mon, 9/21/09, Lorraine Elliott  wrote:


From: Lorraine Elliott 
Subject: Re: Global-Scale Failures and Missing Institutions
To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 6:40 PM


But it might raise a bigger question - this multi-authored piece, judging by 
the institutional affiliations, has been written mostly by scientists and 
economists (though how so many people are able to write a piece collaboratively 
boggles the mind a little). Given the conclusions, which (as Ronnie says) are 
hardly new, does this suggest that scientists and economists aren't reading or 
engaging with the body of work produced over considerable time by IR/political 
scientists and cognate folk, individually and through larger research 
programmes (eg the ten-year IHDP IDGEC/Institutional Dimensions of Global 
Environmental Change programme). 

Lorraine

- Original Message -
From: Ronnie D Lipschutz 
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 1:38 am
Subject: Re: Global-Scale Failures and Missing Institutions
To: "Harris, Craig" , enviro...@listserv.brown.edu, 
gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu

> This is news?
> 
> 
> On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:26:00 -0400
>  "Harris, Craig"  wrote:
> >interesting piece in last week's science . . . a sociologist 
> might have added the thought that the development of 
> transnational institutions is deliberately suppressed by actors 
> of transnational capital . . . cheers,
> >craig
> >
> >
> >Science 11 September 2009:
> >Vol. 325. no. 5946, pp. 1345 - 1346
> >DOI: 10.1126/science.1175325
> >
> >Prev 
>  
> | Table of Contents 
>  | Next 
>  
> >
> >Policy Forum
> >
> >
> >Environment: 
> >
> >Looming Global-Scale Failures and Missing Institutions
> >
> >Brian Walker,1,2,* Scott Barrett,3 Stephen Polasky,4,5 Victor 
> Galaz,2 Carl Folke,2,4 Gustav Engström,4,6 Frank Ackerman,7,8 
> Ken Arrow,9 Stephen Carpenter,10 Kanchan Chopra,11 Gretchen 
> Daily,12 Paul Ehrlich,12 Terry Hughes,13 Nils Kautsky,14 Simon 
> Levin,15 Karl-Göran Mäler,2,4 Jason Shogren,16 Jeff Vincent,17 
> Tasos Xepapadeas,18 Aart de Zeeuw4,19 
> >Energy, food, and water crises; climate disruption; declining 
> fisheries; increasing ocean acidification; emerging diseases; 
> and increasing antibiotic resistance are examples of serious, 
> intertwined global-scale challenges spawned by the accelerating 
> scale of human activity. They are outpacing the development of 
> institutions to deal with them and their many interactive 
> effects. The core of the problem is inducing cooperation in 
> situations where individuals and nations will collectively gain 
> if all cooperate, but each faces the temptation to take a free 
> ride on the cooperation of others. The nation-state achieves 
> cooperation by the exercise of sovereign power within its 
> boundaries. The difficulty to date is that transnational 
> institutions provide, at best, only partial solutions, and 
> implementation of even these solutions can be undermined by 
> internation competition and recalcitrance. 
> >1 The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research 
> Organisation (CSIRO) Sustainable Ecosystems, Canberra, ACT 2601, 
> Australia.>2 Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 
> SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
> >3 Earth Institute and School of International and Public 
> Affairs, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
> >4 Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, Royal Swedish 
> Academy of Sciences, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden.
> >5 Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, St. 
> Paul, MN 55108, USA.
> >6 Department of Economics, Lund University, SE-221 80 Lund, Sweden.
> >7 Stockholm Environment Institute, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
> >8 Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
> >9 Economics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 
> 94305, USA.
> >10 Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 
> 53706, USA.
> >11 Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi 110007, India.
> >12 Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 
> 94305, USA.
> >13 Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for 
> Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, 
> Australia.>14 Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm 
> University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
> >15 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton 
> University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
> >16 Department of Economics and Finance, University of Wyoming, 
> Laramie, WY 82071, USA.
> >17 Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, 
> NC 27708, USA.
> >18 Department of I

RE: NGO readings?

[syma ebbin]

You query reminds my of the old John McPhee book: Encounters with the 
Archdruid. Its not a recent pub. but does deal directly with the value of 
having "extreme" NGO positions in environmental politics.
 
cheers,
Syma


>>(*>>>(*>>>(*> 
Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

--- On Fri, 6/26/09, Harris, Craig  wrote:


From: Harris, Craig 
Subject: RE: NGO readings?
To: "Beth DeSombre" , gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Date: Friday, June 26, 2009, 3:22 PM








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eco-warriors by rik scarce (book) . . . 
articles by aaron mccright and riley dunlap on the anti climate ngo’s . . . 
especially “defeating kyoto” . . . 
mobilizing science by sabrina mccormick (book, also articles on the topic)
cheers,
craig

craig k harris
department of sociology
michigan agricultural experiment station
national food safety and toxicology center
institute for food and agriculture standards
food safety policy center
michigan state university
 


From: owner-gep...@listserve1.allegheny.edu 
[mailto:owner-gep...@listserve1.allegheny.edu] On Behalf Of Beth DeSombre
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 2:21 PM
To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Subject: NGO readings?
 
For a course I teach on environmental policy (not exclusively international -- 
it's also comparative and U.S.) I want a week on NGO groups and am looking for 
suggestions for readings. (Yes, I have the Betsill/Corell book and will 
probably be using parts of that).
 
I'm particularly looking for readings on the various types of roles that NGOs 
and activist groups can play -- from the helpful to the recalictrant -- and I'd 
love to find something that talks about the potentially advantages of extremist 
groups to change the boundaries of what might be considered acceptable. (i.e. 
the mainstream might not every agree that their tactics or even goals are 
reasonable, but by being so unreasonable they make what might have previously 
seemed a bit radical appear mainstream in comparison).
 
And I always like sources that come from different perspectives, disagree with 
each other, etc.
 
Anyone have sources to suggest?  (I'll compile a list a report.)
 
Thanks,
Beth


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National Security vs. Whales

[syma ebbin]

Dear GEPers:
I know in the past there has been interest in the issue of military uses of the 
seas and other resources. The most recent issue of the Sea Grant Law and Policy 
Journal has just come out with an article along these lines. I provide a link 
and citation below in case it is of interest.
 
best regards,
Syma Ebbin
University of Connecticut

 
http://www.olemiss.edu/orgs/SGLC/National/SGLPJ/Vol1No2/Schaffner.pdf
Sea Grant Law and Policy Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2 (December 2008) 82
National Security vs. Whales: The Navy and the Natural Resources Defense
Counsel Battle Their Way to the Supreme Court
Alicia Schaffner1

>>(*>>>(*>>>(*> 
Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

Re: Fwd: a blast from the past

[syma ebbin]

Dear Jim and other GEPers:
 
Not to knock the Johnson company, but as a teenager I was a mother's helper 
for the inventor (L. Micaleff) who invented the Fantastic (non-aerosol) spray 
pump in reaction to the perceived depletion of the ozone from cfcs (a 
connection he thought was actually unproven, or so he told me). He made 
millions, bought a house on Fire Island, NY and hired me in 1975, so these 
technologies have been on the market for a long time...
 
truly a blast from the past...here's to being a teenager on Fire Island!
 
cheers,
Syma 


>>(*>>>(*>>>(*> 
Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

--- On Tue, 4/21/09, Jim Salzman  wrote:

From: Jim Salzman 
Subject: Re: Fwd: a blast from the past
To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 5:32 PM

Prior to teaching, I was the European Environmental Manager for SC Johnson Wax. 
According to company lore, SC Johnson was the first company to stop using CFCs
in its aerosol products (Pledge, Glade, etc.) back in 1975.  There was serious
debate within the company whether or not to publicize this, since consumers
might assume a loss in efficacy.  They did decide to do so, though, well before
the US banned CFCs in 1978 or 1979 (closely followed by Sweden).  I suspect one
reason they were the leaders on this issue is the fact that they are privately
owned.

regards,   -js

<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>
Jim Salzman
Samuel Fox Mordecai Professor of Law
Nicholas Institute Professor of Environmental Policy
Duke University
P.O. Box 90360
Durham, NC 27708
 
tel. (919)613.7185
fax (919)613.7231
<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>


>>> Michael Maniates  4/21/2009 11:41 AM
>>>
Dear Charlie (and others),

Some spray cans sold in the United States continue to sport this 
claim.  I have one here in my office (shaving cream) that I picked up 
a few weeks ago for a classroom demonstration (of greenwashing, not 
shaving).  This practice, then, lives on.

Mike Maniates

At 11:04 AM 4/21/2009, Charles Chester wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Attached is a photo of a spray can with the claim across the front: 
>"Contains No Ozone-damaging CFC's." A biology professor here
at 
>Brandeis found the can in his mother's house, and passed the photo 
>on to me asking what time period such labels existed (its his own 
>photo, which he said anyone can use). I couldn't say more than
"late 
>'70s," but now I'm thinking that such claims may have lasted
up to 
>the late 1980s? Even later? Thanks for any perspectives on this (and 
>please email me, and I'll compile for the list).
>
>-Charlie
>
>Charles C. Chester, Ph.D.
>9 Lowell Street, Cambridge, MA  02138  USA
>wk 617.304.9373   fx 617.245.4613
>The 
>Conservation & Climate Change Clearinghouse (new URL)
>Brandeis - 
>Y2Y - Root
Capital
>Conservation

>Across Borders - 
>Peace
Parks
>Biodiversity Links @ 
>The Fletcher School

RE: book recommendations

[syma ebbin]

One of my students recommended Weather Makers by Tim Flannery.
 
Happy holidays
Syma


>>(*>>>(*>>>(*> 
Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

--- On Wed, 12/10/08, VanDeveer, Stacy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

From: VanDeveer, Stacy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: book recommendations
To: "Betsill,Michele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 9:47 AM

Hi --
My students were just saying last week that they were taking the
Doughman ed. book (which I used in a Freshman seminar) home for the
holidays.  So, they seemed to think that was a good one.


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Betsill,Michele
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:30 AM
To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Subject: book recommendations

I had an interesting request from a couple of students taking my
undergrad climate change politics course. They want to buy a book for
their parents for Xmas that will help open up a conversation on climate
change. They want something that is written for the lay public and not
too "in your face". The first books that came to my mind were
Speth's
RED SKY AT MORNING and Doughman's edited volume CLIMATE CHANGE: WHAT IT
MEANS FOR US, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. Any other suggestions?

Thanks,
M


___
Michele M. Betsill
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
USA
970.491.5270

German steel production using no coal?

[syma ebbin]

Dear GEPers:
 
I am passing on a query I had from one of my students that I can't seem to find 
an answer to. He noted that our textbook states that Germany has been able to 
develop a technology to produce steel that does not use coal.  Does anyone know 
anything about this technological innovation? Why hasn't it been adopted more 
widely elsewhere?
 
Thanks for any information you can pass along.
 
best regards,
Syma Ebbin
 
University of Connecticut


>>(*>>>(*>>>(*> 
Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

RE: Global fisheries management

[syma ebbin]

Hi Ben 
  you might also want to look at the edited volume: A Sea Change, edited by 
myself (Syma Ebbin) with Alf Hakon Hoel and Are Sydnes, published by Springer 
Verlag in 2005.  We focus on the establishment of the EEZ and have a range of 
chapters focusing on different institutions in different regions of the world.
   
  cheers,
  Syma

Wil Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Ben,
   
  Jeremy’s suggestion of Juda is an excellent one in this context. Here’s a 
couple more that might be germane:
   
  ·   Jentoft, Institutions in Fisheries: What They Are, What They Do, and 
How They Change, 28 Marine Policy (2005);
  ·   Cochrane & Doulman, The Rising Tide of Fisheries Instruments and the 
Struggle to Keep Afloat, 360 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 
(2005)
   
   
  wil
   
Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief
  Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy
  1702 Arlington Blvd.
  El Cerrito, CA 94530 USA
  Ph:   650.281.9126
  Fax: 708.776.8369
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  http://www.jiwlp.com
   

   
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Cashore
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 5:17 AM
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





>>(*>>>(*>>>(*> 
Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

Fwd: Did Hillary cry her way to victory? See the animation!

[syma ebbin]

Dear all-
  Now I realize this does follow on the thread, which, it was noted by one of 
our Canadian colleagues, is probably of no or less interest to those not voting 
in US elections, but I pass it on because I think it is interesting more 
broadly to see how crying by politicians is perceived.  So apologies to all who 
are not interested in this...but I may add that the Fiore website where this 
short video is to be found, is also (usually, but not always) a good repository 
of political humor.
   
  cheers,
  Syma

Note: forwarded message attached.


>>(*>>>(*>>>(*> 
Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.
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Weepy!
http://www.markfiore.com/

You'll laugh, you'll cry . . .

-Mark













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Re: Annie Leonard's "Story of Stuff"

[syma ebbin]

Just watched it and it is great...noted that you can PURCHASE a DVD copy for 
$10 if you want more STUFF.
   
  Happy Holiday accumulations
   
  cheers,
  Syma

Michael Maniates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  Dear Colleagues,

Annie Leonard of the Environmental Grantmakers Association has just released, 
today, a remarkable video at www.storyofstuff.com 

Check it out!

Yours,
Mike Maniates

Michael Maniates
Allegheny College
My new project, slowly evolving: http://www.beyondeasy.org 


>>(*>>>(*>>>(*> 
Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

RE: "The Global Politics of Everyday Things" -- SUSHI!

[syma ebbin]

on a related note, I picked up the The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from 
Samurai to Supermarket by Trevor Corson from my local library yesterday and 
started to read it...it is probably not as relevant to the teaching of gep or 
globalization but if you're interested in sushi, food or the world of 
restaurants you might be interested in it.
   
  cheers,
  Syma

Leslie Wirpsa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  
Robert and all interested in this topic -- I highly recommend The Sushi 
Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy, by Sasha 
Issenberg. He was also intereviewed on NPR -- the interview might be good 
for use in class.

Best,

Leslie

>From: "Robert Darst" 
>Reply-To: "Robert Darst" 
>To: "GEP-Ed" 
>Subject: "The Global Politics of Everyday Things"
>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:32:24 -0400
>
>Hi all,
>
>At the suggestion of a colleague in the English Department, I foolishly 
>agreed earlier this year to develop a new course for our embryonic 
>Sustainability Studies minor, "The Global Politics of Everyday Things." The 
>basic idea is to present the students with innocuous items that they use 
>every day, and then to trace the commodity chains backwards and forwards to 
>illustrate various aspects of global politics, such as 
>human/children's/women's/labor rights, trade and outsourcing, violent 
>conflict, property rights, environmental protection, functional 
>cooperation, etc. I doubt that there is any aspect of international 
>relations that cannot be approached in this way. Now I only have to prep 
>the course, which brings me to you!
>
>Questions:
>
>(1) Have any of you ever taught a course along these lines, and if so could 
>you share your syllabus and lessons learned?
>
>(2) Do any of you know of good websites where my students (and their 
>instructor) could trace the commodity chains of multiple products?
>
>(3) Any suggestions for really surprising "everyday things"--that is, items 
>that no one would ever associate with global politics, but which in fact 
>have quite striking connections?
>
>Many thanks! I will certainly share the syllabus when I'm ready to roll.
>
>Best,
>Rob
>Associate Professor of Political Science
>Associate Director of the Honors Program
>University of Massachusetts Dartmouth





>>(*>>>(*>>>(*> 
Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

RE: Query on environmental food boycotts

[syma ebbin]

And I want to add that I just watched the documentary DVD "McLibel" on this 
case that Graeme speaks of and it is quite interesting.
  syma

"Hayes, Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  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 

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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leslie Wirpsa
Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2007 8:12 a.m.
To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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>>(*>>>(*>>>(*> 
Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

RE: Query on environmental food boycotts

[syma ebbin]

Hi Leslie-
  what about Gulf of Mexico shrimp for turtle bycatch, Swordfish, Give Bass a 
Pass (Patagonian toothfish), Dolphin-free tuna. There are lots of examples from 
the world of fisheries.
   
  Syma




>>(*>>>(*>>>(*> 
Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

Re: Recommendations for CC Speakers?

[syma ebbin]

Hi Jane-
  I wonder if Andrew Revkin Science writer for the NYTimes would be available - 
he also has a recently published book: The North Pole Was Here - I haven't read 
the book, but have read many of his articles written for the Times and have 
comunicated with him via email on climate change issues.
   
  Sounds like a very interesting conference!
  cheers,
  Syma

"Dawson, Jane I. (Government)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi All,
   
  I’ve been asked to organize a major lecture/campus event on climate change 
next fall (Connecticut College)  – and I’m looking for recommendations on 
speakers (probably non-academic….) who can really connect with the whole 
student body.  Any suggestions?  Has anyone checked into possibilities for 
inviting in Al Gore (and what his speaking fees would be??).  The budget for 
the event is somewhere around $10,000 – which I’m guessing is totally 
inadequate for Al!  So, who would you recommend as the next best thing?
   
  Any suggestions/ideas would be much appreciated! Best, Jane




>>(*>>>(*>>>(*> 
Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

RE: decision-making in conditions of scientific uncertainty

[syma ebbin]

David,
  I haven't read it but the book on whaling and the IWC by Michael Heazle 
sounds interesting and relevant to your query: "Scientific Uncertainty and the 
Politics of Whaling"
   
  Syma
  

Pam Chasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  Dear David:

You can check out: Pamela Chasek,. "Scientific Uncertainty in
Environmental Negotiations" in Ho-Won Jeong, ed. Global Environmental
Policies. London: Palgrave, 2001.

I also put together an ISA panel on this in Toronto (I think). I think
the panel was in 1997 and you may be able to find some of those papers
available. This chapter came from my ISA paper. I probably have them
somewhere in New York but I don't have them with me in Wellington.

Pam

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Subject: decision-making in conditions of scientific uncertainty 

Dear All:

I hope everyone had 8 turnovers in their office pools. 

I am in search of the best and most recent political science-type
literature on decision-making in conditions of scientific uncertainty
(as in global warming, cloning, GMOs, etc.). Case studies, literature
reviews, theoretical analyses and other types of articles/chapters/books
are all appropriate. I have what appears to be a too short list but
don't want to miss anything. Please respond to me. Self-citations
absolutely encouraged. I will post the results to the list.


David Leonard Downie
Columbia University
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Associate Director, Graduate Program in Climate and Society
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>>(*>>>(*>>>(*> 
Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

Re: Commodity Chains?

[syma ebbin]

Hi Jane,  I assign my students a HW assignment tha includes a cinsumption log (with extrapolations from daily to yearly consumption and waster prodn rates). Part of this assignment is pasted below and may be relevant to your query.    · When folding a basket of laundry make a list of all the countries that fabricate the clothes.   · Create a list all the countries of origin for the food that you buy and consume for 1 week (eg. produce, canned goods, meats).     RESEARCH the following topics and write a report in your own words   (2-3 typed, double-spaced pages):   · Choose 1 non-US location and research the impacts that the clothing industry has on the environment in that country.  · Choose 1 non-US location and research the impacts that the export agriculture industry has on the environment in that country.  Cite your sources of information in standard formatted bibliography (MLA, APA, Chicago style, etc.)  Hope all's well -- saw your letter to the editor in the Day the other day - even had it emailed on the Groton open space Assn lsistserver!  I'll be back on campus this spring. Hope to see you soon.  cheers,  Syma"Dawson, Jane I. (Government)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I’m teaching a freshman seminar on environmental challenges in the developing world, and am trying to get students to take a closer look at the environmental impact of things all around them – gold, diamonds, minerals of all types, coffee, burgers, chocolate, etc.  I’m wondering if anyone has put together an assignment on this; I want to get them researching these commodities a bit, but need to figure out an effective way to narrow their search so that they actually get a sense of the environmental trail behind the commodities they buy.  One way would be to tie each example to a specific company or country and limit the research that way, but that would require lots of research on my part…. And I was hoping to get them going on the project this week!     So, my questions come down to – has anyone tried an assignment like this?  Any recommendations on how to structure this kind of project?  Or can you think of cases to recommend and/or readings to assist with the project?  I’ve got the wonderful NYTImes series on gold from last year, but would love ideas on other commodities/products we consume in the U.S.!       Jane
 >>(*>>>(*>>>(*> Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

responses compiled to short American history/env values references

[syma ebbin]

Dear GEPers:     Many thanks to all who sent me very helpful ideas, citations and digital reprints  in reply to my query sent out to the GEP listserve in August. Before next Fall semester, when I have more time I will certainly investigate these more closely and most likely use some of them. Apologies if I have overlooked anyone’s responses.   Cheers,  Syma     A bit late but here is a compilation of replies to query restated below:  “I'm frantically putting together my syllabus together for an undergraduate Environmental and Resource Policy course which starts (gasp) Thursday, and  I'm looking to include a reading that provides a brief overview of American Environmental History or alternatively a History of American Environmental Policy. The env  policy books I'm using in the course fix the 1970s as a starting point for their analyses and I'd like to go back at least 70 years  to a century (or more) before that.  Does anyone have any suggestions on an article or book chapter (something shorter than a book) that might be appropriate? Also if anyone has a good short reference (preferably an article or chapter) that addresses the role of values in env policy and the role of media in env policy I'd most interested in hearing about it.”     I actually ended up using a chapter by Clayton Koppes “ Efficiency, Equity, Esthetics: Shifting Themes in American Conservation” from “The End of the Earth” ed by Donald Worster (1988). As well as some of the historical background in Carolyn Merchant’s “The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History”
 (2002), coupled with a movie: “The Wilderness Idea”     A summary of replies and references recd:  Do Global Attitudes and Behaviors Support Sustainable Development?  By ANTHONY A. LEISEROWITZ, ROBERT W. KATES, AND THOMAS M. PARRIS  in the November 2005 issue of Environment.Volume 47, Number 9, pages 22–38. http://www.heldref.org/env.php.     SUSTAINABILITY VALUES, ATTITUDES,AND BEHAVIORS: A Review of Multinational and Global Trends, Anthony A. Leiserowitz, RobertW. Kates,  and Thomas M. Parris. First published online as a Review in Advance on August 15, 2006  Annu. Rev. Environ. Resourc. 2006.31. Downloaded from arjournals.annualreviews.org  by University of Oregon on 08/30/06. Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour. 2006.
 31:5.1–5.32  2006 by Annual Reviews.      The Making of Global Environmental Norms: Endangered Species Protection*  Charlotte Epstein, Global Environmental Politics 6:2, May 2006     I would put in a second for Pete Andrews book; Lawrence Rothenberg, in Environmental Choices, Ch. 3, pp.38-61 also provides a good history going back to
 around 1870. Jeremy     I think that you could use the introductory chapter of Vig and Kraft (they've revised their last edition - I reviewed the 2000 version for the JIWLP but I think they published a new one). I always find that a good one. Also, perhaps a bit older but George Hoberg's Pluralism by Design is also a good study of American environmental policy.     You might try some of the writings of Lynton Caldwell.  His will be the opposite – mostly prior to 1975.  He was deeply involved in the creation of the EPA, NEPA, and the like.     American Environmentalism: Readings In Conservation History (Paperback)   by Roderick F Nash      My favorite book for this is Richard N.L. Andrews, Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves: A History of American Environmental Policy.  It's an entire book, but there are
 probably a couple chapters that would work individually depending on what era you want.  (Or perhaps he has more of an article version of it that someone knows about?     There's a brief chapter on air pollution control in the UK and US before 1945 in the excellent book Don't Breathe the Air:  Air Pollution and US Environmental Politics 1945-1970 by Scott Hamilton Dewey.     A strong history is provided by several chapters in Merchant's
 Earthcare.  Merchant makes reference to the Muir/Pinchot false dichotomy that plagues most histories and then provides a solid and (somewhat) diverse US Environmental History.       The initial  chapters of Samuel Hays's Beauty, Health, and Permanence.  This book takes up environmentalism after 1955, but he does talk about the transition from conservation to environmentalism (in chapter 2) and he's attentive to the question of values.  The other small book you might consider is Hal Rothman's, The Greening of a Nation?  This book also   looks at postwar environmentalism -- it's much shorter than Hays's and is intended for undergraduate audiences -- but it might have an introduction that talks about the early part of the twentieth century or does an overview from the late nineteenth century on.   >>(*>>>(*>>>(*> Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

short reading on the history of American Environmental Policy

[syma ebbin]

Hi,  I'm frantically putting together my syllabus together for an undergraduate Environmental and Resource Policy course which starts (gasp) Thursday, and I'm looking to include a reading that provides a brief overview of American Environmental History or alternatively a History of American Environmental Policy. The env  policy books I'm using in the course fix the 1970s as a starting point for their analyses and I'd like to go back at least 70 years to a century (or more) before that.  Does anyone have any suggestions on an article or book chapter (something shorter than a book) that might be appropriate?      Also if anyone has a good short reference (preferably an article or chapter) that addresses the role of values in env policy and the role of media in env policy I'd most interested in hearing about it.     many thanks,  Syma>>(*>>>(*>>>(*> Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

Re: Food issues

[syma ebbin]

What a great course idea!!  I have to second the book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. I think it would be great paired with the movie Supersize Me (although its not directly global)...     I also recommend Sidney Mintz's Sweetness and Power (about sugar prodn and trade), Vandana Shiva's Stolen Harvest (she is a great speaker as well), and perhaps Mark Kurlansky's books Salt and  Cod. Selections from Confronting Consumption (Princen, Maniates, Conca) might work.       Although I don't know of any specific books or articles, I think that a case study on vanilla bean production in Madagascar and perhaps chocolate/cacao prodn in Cote d'Ivoire might also be interesting.  (This may be primarily because I like to EAT these things...).  Shrimp aquaculture is another great case study. The Coastal Resource
 Center out of Univ of Rhode Island has a good mongraph on this - but there are a lot of articles floating around on this topic.  Good luck!  cheers,  SymaLeslie Wirpsa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  Hello to you all. I know this is quarter and semester crunch time, but I have a request.     I am working on a syllabus for my "Global Connections" course at the International Studies program at DePaul University.     I want to teach about local/global changes and dynamics (environmental, economic, political, social, cultural)
 through the prism of food. Historically grounded. GMO debates, Green Revolution etc included.     This is a non-majors' course. I am trying to get my head around key literature and compelling cases (introduction of perch in lakes in Tanzania to create an export market to Europe, for example), plus good documentaries (not too long) related to the global food system/famine/malnutrition and inequality/over consumption/ impact of export oriented strategies on local economies/energy and transport "food miles" etc.     Any and all suggestions would be appreciated. Ideas about multi-media/genre sources (documentaries, radio pieces, novels) in addition to books and articles would be appreciated.     Thanks!     Leslie Wirpsa  Ciriacy Wantrup Post Doctoral Fellow  in Natural Resource Studies  University of California, Berkeley            >>(*>>>(*>>>(*> Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

Re: climate change & enviro justice ??

[syma ebbin]

Stacy,  here is some info I copied from a recent posting on the Arcticinfo listserver.  Hope it is of some use. I've seen the short movie and it is quite good, but I'm not sure how to access it for students.  Syma     Resources Available on Arctic ChangeThe New York TimesFor further information, please contact:Andy Revkin, The New York TimesE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]-The New York Times recently co-produced a documentary with Discovery,"Arctic Rush," and posted a three-part series on the trajectory andconsequences of arctic change entitled "The Big Melt." The articles arearchived at:http://www.nytimes.com/earthTo maximize the value of all of this work, particularly in the runup tothe International Polar Year, the paper is planning to develop a webportal archiving its arctic coverage and multimedia packages, includingsome archival stories dating back to the 1850s. A goal is to establishweb destinations for both college-level and secondary courses focusingon the science and significance of high-latitude climate change. Aprototype arctic web page is in design stages. Other similar pages canbe explored at http://www.nytimes.com/college andhttp://www.nytimes.com/learning.Also, Andy Revkin, the environment reporter for The New York Times andlead writer of "The Big Melt", has begun doing iSight iChat
 interactive'visits' with undergraduate and graduate classes around the country todiscuss the series and his three recent visits to the far north: theNorth Pole, North Slope, and Greenland. The interchanges allow studentsto hear a brisk lecture from Revkin and then do a Q&A session. Sessionsare easy to arrange on any campus with a Mac, an I-Sight camera/mic, AOLinstant messaging AIM software, and a digital projector. For furtherinformation and to participate in an interactive visit, contact AndyRevkin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).Finally, for institutions doing polar-related outreach to the middleschool or high school level, Revkin has written a book on the once andfuture arctic, to be published this April, called "The North Pole WasHere: Puzzles an!
 d Perils
 at the Top of the World." It follows his tripto the sea ice with the NSF-funded team running the North PoleEnvironmental Observatory. Details on the book are available at:http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/titledetail.cfm?titleNumber=561115"VanDeveer, Stacy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Can anyone suggest a good website, online video, or other such resource to add visualization and/or spice up an undergraduate seminar on climate change and justice issues (they are reading good stuff by Dale Jamieson and Paul Baer).     --Stacy               Stacy D. VanDeveer2003-2006 Ronald H. O'Neal Assoc. Professor University of New HampshireDept. of Political ScienceHorton SSCDurham, NH 03824 USA   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 tel: fax: mobile: (+1) 603-862-0167(+1) 603-862-0178(+1) 781-799-1782
    Add me to your address book...Want a signature like this? >>(*>>>(*>>>(*> Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

Re: environmental jokes

[syma ebbin]

The Mark Fiore website (http://www.markfiore.com/)   has some good environmental cartoons (animated). Of course they have serious political overtones and so you may not find them appropriate.     I thought the climatemash.org site that someone had previously listed on this listserve (was it Rob?) - was terrific!     cheers,  Symaphaas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  Does anyone know of any good environmental jokes, or sites that carry such things?  I want to lighten up my class so the students don't get too bummed out.     Peter M. HaasProfessor & Gra!
 duate
 Program DirectorDepartment of Political Science216 Thompson HallUniversity of MassachusettsAmherst, Massachusetts 01003USAph 1 413 545 6174fax 1 413 545 3349  >>(*>>>(*>>>(*> Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

Re: Scintillating Environment Speakers?

[syma ebbin]

Two of the best speakers I have ever heard speak are:  Terry Tempest Williams   and  Jane Goodall     good luck  SymaBeth DeSombre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  Our campus environmental group is looking for suggestions for a keynotespeaker for our Earth Week celebration. Last year they got Bill McKibbenwho was fantastic -- engaging, accessible, willing to adapt his topic towhat the students were interested in, etc.They're looking for someone else who would be really good. They canaccess a reasonably large pot of money, so while they probably couldn'tbring someone in internationally, they can pay travel and an honorarium. Any suggestions of environmental speakers on your campus that have givenreally great
 lectures?Beth  >>(*>>>(*>>>(*> Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

Re: question about the Stockholm declaration,

[syma ebbin]

Hi All,  Just wanted to add in the marine context - which is what we have here where I live, the cooling waters from the Millstone Nuclear Power Plant in Waterford CT flow into Long Island Sound. Fish congregate in these warmer waters, and will miss environmental cues to migrate south. WHen the prey species in this temperature-bounded aquarium are all eaten, it may be too cold to migrate to warmer waters and the fish die.     SymaJudith Halstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  Most any low-level environmental studies or environmental science text will havea description of thermal pollution.Now that I am at work, I'll add a quote from Miller's ES text to my own commentsbelow:"Heat adsorbed by water used to cool industrial and power plants can lower waterquality. The resulting r!
 ise in
 water temperature, called thermal pollution,lowers dissolved oxygen and makes aquatic organisms more vulnerable to disease,parasites, and toxic chemicals." (Miller, Environmental Science, 2001)I'd be happy to explain to individuals why plants must emit some heat (howcooling towers address this problem, how this relates to your electricitybills,or the solubility of gases in liquids further if anyone wants)."Judith A. Halstead" wrote:> ALL power plants take in cool water and emit warm water. Thermal> pollution is when this warm water is returned to a local water body.> This is a necessary consequence of thermodynamics (ask me more if you> want to). Cooling towers were invented to avoid dumping this warm water> back into the river the cool water came from.>> The problem with warm water is that it wildly changes the ecology of the> system since oxygen is less soluble in warm water than i!
 n cool
 water.> This is very, very important, especially for sport fish like salmon or> trout but also for the ecosystem generally.>> Judy (former long term Environmental Studies Director)> --> Judith Ann Halstead> Professor of Chemistry> Skidmore College> Saratoga Springs, NY 12866>> phaas wrote:> >> > I believe "thermal pollution" was the diplomatic term used for outflow from> > nuclear power plants.> >> > - Original Message -> > From: "Jeremy Firestone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 5:12 PM> > Subject: FW: question about the Stockholm declaration,> >> > >> > > Anne's answer is in line with the first attempt by the Joint Group of> > > Experts on the Scientific Assessment of Marine Environmental
 Protection> > > (GESAMP) to define the term "marine pollution." GESAMP considered only> > > eight specific categories of pollutants, including thermal energy, as> > > falling within the ambit of marine pollution. I believe it might have> > > done> > > this as early as 1969, thus before Stockholm.> > >> > > Jeremy> > >> > > **> > > Jeremy Firestone, J.D., Ph.D.> > > Assistant Professor> > > Graduate College of Marine Studies> > > University of Delaware> > > 212 Robinson Hall> > > Newark, DE 19716> > > Tel: 302 831-0228> > > Fax: 302 831-6838> > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Internet: www.ocean.udel.edu/cms/jfirestone> > >> > >> > >> > &g!
 t;
 -Original Message-> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gabriela> > > Kütting> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 4:22 PM> > > To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu> > > Subject: question about the Stockholm declaration,> > >> > > My PhD student Anne Egelston, who was a permit engineer in a prior life,> > > says: "the answer to the question is a concern about thermal pollution.> > > Dumping hot water discharges into a cold lake, for example, changes the> > > fishing patterns. Fish flock to warm waters and flee from cold ...We had> > > to> > > cool down the plant water before releasing it into the lake because it> > > caused all the fish to migrate to the outlet. The fishers loved it and> > > the>
 > > conservationists didn't."> > >> > > Gabriela> > >> > >> > > Department of Political Science> > > Rutgers-Newark> > > Hill Hall> > > 360 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd> > > Newark> > > NJ 07102> > > USA> > > Telephone 973 353 5361 or 5105> > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> --> Judith Ann Halstead> Professor of Chemistry> Skidmore College> Saratoga Springs, NY 12866>> email [EMAIL PROTECTED]> phone =518-580-5126> fax =518-580-5126> Chemistry Administrative Assistant = Cheryl Towers 580-5120--Judith Ann HalsteadProfessor of ChemistrySkidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, NY 12866email=
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]phone= 518-580-5126fax = 518-580-5139Chemistry Administrative Coordinator = Cheryl Towers 580-5120  >>(*>>>(*>>>(*> Syma A. Ebbin, PhD.

Re: Africa, local governance and sustainable development?

[syma ebbin]

Dear Bram,
Jesse Ribot has written a lot of these issues in the African context. You might want to view his 2002  WRI paper "Democratic Decentralization of Natural Resources: Institutionaling Popular Participation".
Hope this helps
SymaBram Büscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear all,In december I will go to Ghana to assist the University of Cape Coast's Centre for Development Studies in developing a module on 'governance and local level development' within a broader Masters on 'governance and sustainable development'. Specifically geared towards environment / conservation, the course should cover issues around decentralization (institutional, legal, policy, different forms of governance e.g community based natural resource management), stakeholders and structures (incl. assemblies), process dynamics, expected (policy) outcomes (e.g. water, health, access, MDG issues), challenges/ constraints at the local level, resources (financial, material, human) of local governance, and power relations local <-> national <-> international. I would very much appreciate suggestions for references / texts on these (broad) issues, esp!
 ecially
 in the West African / Ghanaian context.Thanks,Bram 
Bram Büscher - Ph.D. researcher & project officerVrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Affiliated to the University of PretoriaResident in South Africa January 2005 – January 2006 :334 Farendenstreet, Arcadia, Pretoria, 0083, South AfricaTel. (+27) (0)73 – 310 4911 (Mob) / (+27) (0)12 344 2678 (home)Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] nl 

Fwd: FW: new book on fisheries co-management

[syma ebbin]

I thought this new book might be of interest to some of you.
cheers,
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I just wanted to let people in the group
know that our new book on fisheries co-management, published by CAB
International, will be available in November. 

 

The
book is already listed on CABI's Web site: http://www.cabi-publishing.org/bookshop/BookDisplay.asp?SubjectArea=&Subject=&PID=1913

 

Could you please post the notice and
website. 

 

Thank you.

 

Bob





Robert S. Pomeroy, PhD

University of
Connecticut-Avery Point

Agricultural and Resource
Economics/CT Sea Grant

380 Marine Science
Building

1080 Shennecossett Road

Groton, Connecticut 06355 USA

Tel: 860-405-9215

Fax: 860-405-9109

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Special Issue on Consumption in Industrial Ecology Journal

[syma ebbin]

 
Dear GEPers,
I thought some of you might be interested in the information below in the special issue on consumption in the journal of Industrial Ecology.
cheers,
Syma
Public release date: 21-Jul-2005[

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 | Close Window ]Contact: Reid Lifset[EMAIL PROTECTED]203-432-6949Yale University 
Special issue of Yale journal analyzes environmental impact of consumption

New Haven, Conn. -- The environmental impact of what we buy and use is increasingly drawing the attention of business, governments, and consumers. The connection between consumption and environmental impact is analyzed in new and important ways in a special issue of Yale's Journal of Industrial Ecology. 
Articles in the special issue analyze the environmental impact of consumption and U.S. house size, diet change, work time reduction, time use, product life spans and the quality of life. Articles also examine consumption at the household, city and national levels. 
"This special issue demonstrates the power of industrial ecology," says Reid Lifset, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Industrial Ecology. "Techniques that lie at the core of this field, such as materials flow analysis, life-cycle assessment, and input-output analysis, help us to understand much better the pivotal role consumption plays in shaping the quality of our environment." 
This special issue includes evaluation of water use in China, energy use in Sweden, the "export" of environmental impacts via Dutch consumption, and risks from exposure to scented consumer products. Articles consider the strategies advocacy groups use to influence global production and consumption, and explore the role of the "rebound effect"--the possibility that reduced purchase of one set of products can, by saving the consumer money, lead to increased consumption of other goods and services with their attendant environmental effects. 
The research represents a broadening of the scope of environmental concern that has traditionally focused on the impact of production-related activities such as emissions from factory smokestacks. It brings systematic analysis of the role of consumption in environmental management to a new and higher level. Questions addressed include: how big is the footprint of households taken as a whole, and which activities are the most damaging. 
"The research in this special issue is a striking advance," said Gus Speth, dean of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. "It takes the understanding of consumption and the environment well beyond the platitudes and bromides that have dominated previous discussions by exploring the role of consumption in a systematic and quantitative way." 
Industrial ecology is a rapidly growing field that examines local, regional, and global uses and flows of materials and energy in products, processes, industrial sectors, and economies. The Journal of Industrial Ecology is an international, peer-reviewed quarterly on industry and the environment, owned by Yale University, published by The MIT Press and headquartered at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. 

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Edgar Hertwich, professor in the Department of Energy and Process Engineering and Program Leader of the Industrial Ecology Programme at the Norwegian University of Science & Technology in Trondheim, Norway, served as the guest editor for the special issue. Support for the special issue was provided by the Garfield Foundation and the United Nations Environment Programme, Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics. 
Citation: Journal of Industrial Ecology: Vol. 9, 1-2 (Winter-Spring 2005) Full text available free and on line at: ( http://mitpress.mit.edu/jie/consumption ). 

Re: Public opinion and climate change

[syma ebbin]

Hi Henrik,
I'd recommend Environmental Values in American Culture by Willett Kempton, James Boster and Jennifer Hartley, MIT Press 1997.
 
Best regards,
SymaHenrik Selin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello,I have a student who wants to write a paper on US public opinion on climate change but has a hard time finding material on this. There is a fair bit of material on public opinion and environmental issues in general, but these seem to be less material specifically on climate change.Does anyone know about any books, articles, reports etc on public opinion and climate change?Is there an easy way to get access to different opinion polls on climate change to see how opinions have (or have not) changed over time?Thanks,Henrik

Fwd: Re: request on scientists communicating to the public

[syma ebbin]

Dear Susi,
You might also fine "Environmental Values in American Culture" by Willett Kempton, James Boster and Jennifer Hartley, 1997, MIT Press, to be of some use.   It has a chapter of case studies on influential specialists.
 
SymaNote: forwarded message attached.--- Begin Message ---

Susi,
I am teaching a course that required a search for similar
materials.  Though I was far from satisfied with the results of my
search (esp. for articles on political engagement by scientists), I would
suggest the references below.
Paul
Katharine S. Miller, Wanted: 'Civic Scientists' to Educate the Public,
Press and Policy Makers, Stanford Report, February 20, 2001.
William G. Wells, Jr., Working with Congress: A Practical Guide for
Scientists and Engineers, 2nd Edition, AAAS, 1996.
Jan D'Arcy, Technically Speaking: A Guide for Communicating Complex
Information, Batelle Press, 1998.
Henry N. Pollack, Uncertain Science...Uncertain World, Cambridge
University Press, 2003.  Chapters 2 & 4.
Paul Slovic, Beyond Numbers: A Broader Perspective on Risk Perception and
Risk Communication, pp. 48-65 in Deborah G. Mayo and Rachelle D.
Hollander, Acceptable Evidence: Science and Values in Risk Management,
Oxford University Press, 1991.
Gerd Gigerenzer and Adrian Edwards (2003) Simple Tools for Understanding
Risks: From Innumeracy to Insight, British Medical Journal
327:741-744.
Harvey Brooks (1984) The Resolution of Technically Intensive Public
Policy Disputes, Science, Technology, & Human Values 9
(1):39-50.
At 12:21 PM 2/10/2005 -0700, Susi Moser wrote:
Dear gep-ed'ers 
I have a question regarding the state of the literature and some good
references on a topic I m currently interested in. What has been written,
studied, previously said about scientists own perceptions and attitudes
toward communicating environmental problems to the public? Issues and
questions of interest here include:
<>- scientists opinions of the public s scientific literacy and
interestedness in science 
- scientists beliefs of the public s access to the professional research
literature and their use of that
- scientists opinions of whether or not the public cares about research
or environmental issues (e.g., if public doesn t change it s behavior
after hearing a scientist s talk, do scientists then believe that the
public must not care about the issue they talked about?)
- scientists incentives (or lack thereof) to speak out in public (all
audiences, incl. policy-makers), do public ed and outreach
- scientists opinions on whose job it is to disseminate research and do
outreach
- physical scientists opinions of social scientists (e.g., do physical
scientists believe that it s the social scientists job, i.e., social
scientists as journalists or extension agents while the physical
scientists do the real work &)
- requirements and accountability of scientists to do public
outreach/ed
This is fairly urgent so if you could send me your insights and ideas by
next Monday I d much appreciate it. Am happy to send the collection back
to the hole group, so no need to fill everyone s inboxes up twice.
<>Thanks for all your good ideas as usual! 
Susi
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Re: MA PROGRAMS in Green buildings and environmental decisionmaking?

[syma ebbin]

Dear Bill,
I was at the POlicy Sciences Annual Institute this past October and Toddi Steelman of North Carolina State University described a new graduate program  they are creating - as an IGERT (integrated graduate education, research and training), which focuses on just these things.  You might look at their website for more info or contact Toddi Steelman directly.
 
Syma watershed remote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Related to this topic, are there programs anyone would suggest for grad school that especially focus on green building, and also make the wider connections to conservation planning and sustainable discourse? I suppose you could make the base an architecture program and cross-over as necessary, but maybe there are more effective approaches? This seems an especially popular subtopic of conservation for my undergraduates.Thanks for your thoughts!BILL

Re: commodity chains & consumer goods

[syma ebbin]

Dear Stacy,
You might also look at UNEP Environment and Trade #15: "Global Product Chains: Northern Consumers, Southern Producers and Sustainability by Konrad von Moltke et al.
 
It has detailed case studies of semi conductors in the Philippines, cotton production in Pakistan, copper in Zambia and ecotourism in COsta Rica.
 
I'm also interested in this topic re: pacific salmon. I'll be interested to see what other GEPers recommend.
 
best regards,
Syma Ebbinstacy vandeveer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Colleagues,First, I am looking for suggestions for a short piece (an article, chapter, or part thereof) that outlines what we mean by "commodity chains" and why one might be interested in the environmental and human/labor rights issues surrounding these.Second, if folks have suggestions of material on commodity chains and consumer goods (chocolate, coffee, bananas, flowers, coltan for cell phones, etc.), I would love to have those. (not diamonds, I have loads of that material!)--StacyStacy D. VanDeveer2003-06 Ronald H. O'Neal ProfessorDepartment of Political ScienceUniversity of New HampshireDurham, NH 03824T: 603-862-0167F: 603-862-0178E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]