[gep-ed] Does the Environmental Movement Need New Messengers?

2017-05-01 Thread Aseem Prakash
Social movements sometimes have unofficial messengers or mascots that epitomize the movement's ideals (in businesses, these are called "brand ambassadors"). Stakeholders begin to judge the movement based on the attributes of these mascots. What if the lifestyles or behaviors of these

[gep-ed] University of Waterloo tenure-track faculty position: Canada Research Chair in low-carbon transitions

2017-05-01 Thread Sarah Burch
Dear colleagues, The Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo (Canada) is hiring a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (tenure-track faculty position) in ‘economic and business approaches to low carbon transitions'. It’s an exciting time at UW - our Faculty is growing and we have a great