[gep-ed] Environmental Politics and Governance (EPG) Online Seminar

2020-08-03 Thread Aseem Prakash
Dear colleagues, We would like to invite you to participate in a new webinar on environmental politics and governance, called EPG Online. Building on the success of the annual EPG conference (https://depts.washington.edu/envirpol/?page_id=1542), EPG Online will be an online seminar series

[gep-ed] New Book, *Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador*

2020-08-03 Thread Thea Riofrancos
Hi All, I'm writing to share that my book, *Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador*, is now available to order on Duke University Press' website. *Here's the link: *https://www.dukeupress.edu/resource-radicals *And here's a summary:* In 2007, the left came to

Re: [gep-ed] Capitalism and Climate reading for first-year, first-semester undergrads?

2020-08-03 Thread Thea Riofrancos
Hi Michael, I highly recommend *The Human Planet* for this purpose; I assigned it to freshmen and sophomores and it worked very well: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/298/298037/the-human-planet/9780241280881.html Yours, Thea -- Thea Riofrancos Assistant Professor Department of Political Science

[gep-ed] Capitalism and Climate reading for first-year, first-semester undergrads?

2020-08-03 Thread Maniates, Michael Fields
Dear gep-ed'ers, A quick request, if you don't mind. I'm on the hunt for a tight reading, accessible to first-semester, first-year college undergraduates, that wrestles with "capitalism and the climate crisis." I've found lots of material that argues for the power of innovation, fueled by

[gep-ed] Pedagogy for sustainability

2020-08-03 Thread Jennifer Allan
Hello everyone, I write with an ask - and the usual offer to send around the suggestions. I'm working on a chapter loosely titled "Teaching in a time of environmental crises" for an upcoming Oxford Handbook on pedagogy. Any suggestions you have of writing or projects related to pedagogy and

[gep-ed] AASHE Schedule of Events for August

2020-08-03 Thread Daita Serghi
Dear Colleagues, The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) offers various online events . Please check out our regular schedule of Wednesday webinars as well as online