[gep-ed] Open rank ES/EJ job at Wellesley

Hi folks: We are over the moon to be able to hire a new TT (or tenured) faculty member (open rank) at Wellesley -- we're specifically looking for a social scientist who focuses on issues of environmental justice. Please pass this along to anyone you know who might be interested and/or apply yours

[gep-ed] Methyl bromide critical use exemptions?

Hi folks: Another really specific thing I'm looking for (thanks to everyone who helped with other really specific things) that SHOULD exist but I haven't found: Has anyone compiled a complete (or close-to-complete) list of all the "critical use" exemptions for methyl bromide under the Montreal Pr

[gep-ed] Looking for a (specific) wily source on CFC economics

Hi Gep-Ed folks: This is a weirdly obscure request, but I have failed, and librarians have failed, to find a source that I keep seeing cited in work on ozone depletion. I'm wondering if any of you who have worked on this issue might have a copy squirreled away somewhere, or might have better idea

[gep-ed] Montreal Protocol implementation-by-regulation query

Hi folks: I have a VERY specific query about sources that might help me understand how the overall rules of the Montreal Protocol were implemented domestically (in any and all countries). I know everything I need to know about the treaty, and bits and pieces in various places about how the rules

[gep-ed] Wellesley College - Visiting Lecturer in Environmental Studies and Political Science

Hi gep-ed folks: I'll be on leave next year, and this excellent one-year visiting job at Wellesley is (mostly) to replace me -- and I'll hand over all my teaching materials for that required social science course that will be taught twice as part of the position. Please, if you have late-stage gra

[gep-ed] Wellesley looking for Center for Environment/ES Dept Coordinator

Hi GEP-ED folks: Wellesley College is hiring a new program coordinator for our Frost Center for the Environment and the ES Department. This is a long-term position that requires only a bachelors in a related field and a bit of experience, and is a fantastic opportunity. The last person in this job

[gep-ed] Interested in doing a summer book review?

Hi folks: Got some extra time this summer (or winter, if you're in the Southern Hemisphere) and need something to fill it with? How about some global environmental beach (or ski) reading? I'm looking for some people interested in doing quick turnaround book reviews for Global Environmental Polit

[gep-ed] Got a minute to do a last-minute book review?

Hi folks: Are you worried about what to do with your time once you've finished grading student essays? Looking for an escape from family holiday gatherings? Seeking an excuse to procrastinate from New Year's cleaning? Stuck in quarantine from a global pandemic? *Global Environmental Politics* ca

[gep-ed] Interested in doing a quick turnaround book review?

Hi folks: In my role as the book review editor for *Global Environmental Politics*, I'm writing to ask for volunteers for reasonably quick turnaround book reviews -- you indicate your interest, and I'll try to find a book in your area of expertise and ask if you want to review it. I'm especially

[gep-ed] Suggestions for an environmental policy "topic" for reading exercise

Hi again, folks: Here's a more nebulous request for suggestions (and a recommendation for a class exercise -- this has worked really well for me). On the first day of my Environmental Policy seminar I have students all do a reading exercise, where they all get 10-15 minutes to "read" a source (ea

[gep-ed] articles on non-state actors in developing countries?

Hi folks: I'm looking for some good articles (need to be things I can access electronically in the time of COVID, so great book chapters won't work unless you can send me a pdf) on the role of non-state actors in environmental policy, *with a focus on countries other than the rich west *(e.g. NOT

[gep-ed] Interested in reviewing books for GEP?

Hi folks: In the unlikely event that you find yourselves with extra spare time right now (if, say, all your favorite recreational activities have been cancelled and you're stuck in your home), and would like to spend some of that time doing a book review (or book review essay) for Global Environme

[gep-ed] Wellesley seeking environmental scientist for spring

Hi folks: This is a little outside of the gep-ed area, but the Wellesley ES community is a lovely one, and if you know scientists please bring this to their attention. (This would be a good opportunity for a grad student in the Boston area or someone who doesn't have a job for spring or who has re

[gep-ed] journals that do book reviews?

Hi folks: As the book review editor for a journal, and a writer of books, I feel like I should have a better handle on this, but I don't. Are there any good lists of which journals vaguely in our field (broadly defined) publish book reviews of books related to environmental politics? If anyone h

[gep-ed] Good environmental trends

Hi folks: This seems like a no brainer, but I'm having a surprisingly difficult time gathering a list of positive environmental trends (worldwide and over history). Things that have -- because of human intervention -- unquestionably improved, with some specific details to hang on them. Things like

[gep-ed] Re: index for government environmental commitment?

om/toc/jed/15/2 * http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1070496506287135 -Some commonly utilized indicators of government commitment: signatories & ratification of environmental treaties/ agreements; lands (and coastal areas) set aside as natural reserves; number and status of eNGOs...

[gep-ed] index for government environmental commitment?

Hi gep-ed-ers I'd love suggestions for an index that gets at country-level commitment about the environment across a wide variety of countries (in my case, I'm looking at countries with major seaports, across all continents). Everyone these days is using the EPI

[gep-ed] Environmental Studies at Wellesley summer school - REDUX

Hi folks: If you have environment-interested students who might want to be in the Boston area this summer, let me recommend Wellesley's (co-ed) summer school. One of our selling points is that all our summer courses are taught by full-time Wellesley faculty members. This summer in session I (June

[gep-ed] URGENT: ISA JSS Climate Transitions -- need discussant

Hi folks: If you're going to ISA and work on climate issues (and are available *Wednesday in the D panel slot*), can I ask for your help? The Junior Scholar symposium panel on Climate Transitions has lost both its discussants -- this is a part of ISA that is supposed to give EXTRA feedback to jun

[gep-ed] Seeking a one-course social scientist for fall at Wellesley

Hi folks: While I'm on leave in the fall, we're looking for someone to teach our core ES social science course (cross-listed with Political Science), called *Social Causes and Consequences of Environmental Problems*. It's about what social science tells us (at the macro and micro level) about why

[gep-ed] Send your students to Wellesley Summer School

Hi folks: If you have environment-interested students who might want to be in the Boston area this summer, let me recommend Wellesley's (co-ed) summer school. One of our selling points is that all our summer courses are taught by full-time Wellesley faculty members. This summer in session I (June

[gep-ed] ESS Speed Mentoring at ISA: Wednesday 8:15 a.m.

Hi folks: If you're going to ISA, please check out the Environmental Studies Speed Mentoring opportunity in the very first panel slot (Wednesday, 815-10:00 in Plaza B). We think we have something to offer to people at almost every stage of an academic career -- come with questions, or come to lis

[gep-ed] Re: Different types of reasons for saving the environment?

,” in Antipode 28(2) (1996), pp. 160-174. Alasdair Cochrane, “Holistic Entities” and “Deep Ecology,” in Environmental Ethics/Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, http://www.iep.utm.edu/envi-eth/#SH1c Thanks to all who made suggestions. Beth On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 9:40 AM, Beth DeSombre wrote:

[gep-ed] Different types of reasons for saving the environment?

Hi folks: I'm re-doing my Environmental Policy seminar syllabus for the spring, and want to have an initial week on different types of reasons for protecting the environment/addressing environmental problems. My hope is to have a different reading for each of a variety of (different types of) rea

[gep-ed] Anyone up for writing a book review quickly?

Hi folks: I'm the book review editor for Global Environmental Politics. I'm facing an unanticipated shortage of reviews for an upcoming issue. If you'd be interested in writing a review by the end of the month (I can get a book to you *quickly*), let me know -- and what your areas of interest are

[gep-ed] Responses to Neil deGrasse Tyson?

Hi folks: If you saw Tyson's tweet yesterday about creating the country of "rationalia" (where "all policy shall be based on the weight of evidence")-- there have been a few interesting responses designed to poke at the problems with his logic, like this one from vox: http://www.vox.com/2016/6/30

[gep-ed] Calls to Action

I asked the list a group just over a week ago for suggestions for inspiring here's why we need to do something to save the planet" calls to action, and these are the suggestions I received -- Land Rights Now call to action is pretty powerful: http://www.landrightsnow.org/en/home/ Paul Harris' _Wh

[gep-ed] Your favorite calls to action?

Hi Gep-ed-ers: I'm looking for suggestions for your favorite, inspiring "here's why we need to do something to save the planet" readings. (Less about what specifically we should be doing and more about the big picture of how urgent or important it.) Happy to collate and send the full list back to

[gep-ed] "greenness" of cities

Hi folks: I tried posting this to the AESS list (apologies to those on both lists), but the suggestions I've received from there haven't been the sort of thing I was looking for, so I thought I'd try here. Anyone have suggestions for how to measure environmental public opinion in cities? (Are th

[gep-ed] Quick suggestions for energy/electricity readings?

Hi gep-ed folks: I teach the capstone course for Wellesley's ES major; each year we take on a campus project and the syllabus for that course is designed around that project. This spring (soon!) we'll be looking at electricity and thermal (heating and cooling) energy generation and use on campus,

[gep-ed] standard operating procedures and environmental effects?

Hi folks: I'm trying to find a literature on business standard operating procedures, or routine operations, and their effects on the environment (for good or for bad). I'm interested in the idea that routines that were established for one purpose end up having negative environmental effects and/or

[gep-ed] Quick turnaround book review essay volunteers needed for GEP

Hi folks: I've been trying to find appropriate authors for the following book review essays (a review of three or so books that reviews the books collectively, in the context of the broader literature on their topic) and haven't found 'em yet, so I'm asking for volunteers. A review essay is approx

[gep-ed] Seeking ridiculous LCAs

Hi folks: [This message was cross-posted in AESS; apologies for those who get it twice] At points I've come across some politically motivated (or politically convenient) life-cycle assessments; one I remember in particular -- which was in popular media like the NYTimes Magazine or Wired or someth

[gep-ed] Call for GEP Book Reviewers

Hi folks: As many of you know, I'm the book review editor for Global Environmental Politics. The review process begins with me choosing books for review and then seeking reviewers; if you're interested in being contacted generally for possible reviewing opportunities, please send me a quick email

[gep-ed] Wellesley College looking for one-course environmental economist for spring

Hi folks: Wellesley College will be looking to hire someone on a one-course basis to teach our course in Environmental Economics (in the economics department) in the spring semester. Because it is per-course hire, it would need to be someone already in the Boston area or who has other reasons for

[gep-ed] Quick turnaround book reviews for Global Environmental Politics

Hi folks: As many of you know, I'm the book review editor for the journal Global Environmental Politics. For most reviews I go out and ask specific people to review books I know they have an expertise that relates to, but every once in awhile when there are books I would like to have reviewed that

[gep-ed] syllabi, readings on waste?

I'm creating (somewhat suddenly) a new course on waste -- what we dispose of and why and how (including, of course, instances of reuse or recycling) and with what environmental consequences. Although parts of it will focus locally, I want to also look at the big picture and some global/transnation

Re: [gep-ed] seeking definitions of sustainability

"Ronnie D Lipschutz" writes: >If you look over the courses linked to our Sustainability >Engineering and Ecological Design curriculum >(http://seed.soe.ucsc.edu/), you may find some useful >material. I try not to get too bogged down in >definitionalism, since that can go on forever... Our wh

[gep-ed] seeking definitions of sustainability

For a new "introduction to sustainability" course I'm involved in, we're seeking definitions of sustainability (which can include sustainable development). On the first day of class (soon!) we want to look at the range of different ways people define the term, which means we're seeking as wide a va

[gep-ed] Short turnaround book review opportunities

Hi Folks: I'm the book review editor for Global Environmental Politics. Most reviews I commission individually (and if you'd like to be on the list of people I might contact, please send me an email with your basic info and areas of expertise/interest). But periodically when I have books I haven't

Re: [gep-ed] Second Call: 2012 Sprout Award - Encourage your publisher to su

[From: Jˆrg Balsiger <[ mailto:joerg.balsi...@env.ethz.c ]joerg.balsi...@env.ethz.ch>] > >If you have published a book on climate change that fits the bill for the >Sprout award (details below), please encourage your publisher to nominate >it for this prestigious award. I'm puzzled -- has the foc

[gep-ed] Seeking GEP Book Reviewers

Hi folks: I'm the book review editor for the journal Global Environmental Politics. If you've recently published a book, make sure your press sends it to me (address on the GEP website: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/page/editorial/glep)! I'm issuing my periodic call for folks interested in revi

[gep-ed] Song for the Anniversary of the BP oil spill

me to study the things I study in my academic life. Here is the song (in honor of the anniversary of the BP well blowout): http://earthday.sonicbids.com/BandDetails.aspx?b=28427&bn=Beth+DeSombre It actually starts about two generations earlier, and addresses the variety of environmental challeng

[gep-ed] One more Q on certification/labeling of food

Hi again folks: I now have fantastic and multi-faceted critiques of certification and labeling processes, especially relating to food. But I feel the need to balance all of those with an overview of why we might think this certification or labeling stuff might work, be useful, etc, or a clear(ish

[gep-ed] Summary of suggestions for certification/labeling of food

Thanks, everyone, for great suggestions. gep-ed really is a great resource. Among other things, I've learned that this field is dominated my one particular part of the alphabet. Beth Auld, G. (January 01, 2010). Assessing Certification as Governance: Effects and Broader Consequences for Coffee

[gep-ed] adv/disadv of certification/labeling for food?

Hi folks: I know I owe you (I'll post soon) a summary of responses to my previous request, but here's another: For a new course related to food sustainability, we have a section on the various certifications, labels, etc. one could append to food (organic, fair trade, humane, MSC certified, etc.)

[gep-ed] Best very recent article on current international climate architecture?

Hi folks: For my international environmental law course (starting soon!) I want a very current reading that gives the lay of the land of the current state of international climate change politics -- the reading from course books on that subject is outdated, so I want to also include something that

[gep-ed] Looking for some good book reviewers

Hi folks: I'm the book review editor for the journal Global Environmental Politics. Most book reviews I commission by asking particular people to review specific books I know they have the expertise to review. But in order to expand the usual suspects, I also sometimes put out a call for reviewer

[gep-ed] Job posting: env politics at Davidson

Davidson College has a job of relevance to some of us (our or graduate students). Please pass the word -- Davidson is a great place to work, and the political science department there is especially collegial. Beth Elizabeth R. DeSombre Wellesley College -- [Marker]View Posting Summary -

[gep-ed] Conference greening and the role of conferences

I appreciate Mike's effort to keep the list clear of extraneous traffic and relevant to those who are on it, but I actually think that this discussion is precisely the sort of thing that it's useful to have a collective discussion about rather than individual messages to the people on the "greening