The RCE Hamburg and Region is part of a global network of Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (RCEs) coordinated by the United Nations University. The aims of the 3rd European Fair on Education for Sustainable Development are threefold:
i. to provide European organisations with an opportunity to display and present their works (i.e. policies research, activities, practical projects) as they relate to education for, with and about the environment with a focus on renewable energy and climate issues;

ii. to foster the exchange of information, ideas and experiences acquired in the execution of projects, from successful initiatives and good practice;

iii. to discuss methodological approaches and projects which aim to integrate the topic of renewable energy and climate change in the curriculum of schools and universities;

iv. to introduce the European RCEs and discuss their activities in the field of renewable energy and climate change, as well as explore possibilities for cooperation. Last but not least, a further aim of the event will be to link and network people and organisations working in the field so that they can use renewable energy as one of the tools towards tackling the challenges of climate change.

Please visit European Fair for further details.

The 2008 event attracted more than 1300 delegates and 30 exhibitors, and Green Cities 09 is shaping up to be bigger and better. Be part of Australia’s leading green building conference. Showcase your sustainability products, services and solutions at THE sustainability event of the year!

For further details visit the Green Building Council of Australia website.

Call for Papers
The Centre for Maritime Research (MARE) at the University of Amsterdam announces its fifth biennial conference, People and the Sea V: living with uncertainty and adapting to change’. Since its inception in 2001, the international MARE People and the Sea conference has established itself as one of the leading interdisciplinary forums for debate and learning in the realm of maritime and coastal research and policy. The 2009 conference is the fifth in the series and builds on previous conference outcomes that have clearly placed the capabilities of social sciences on the agenda of wider maritime interests. This conference bridges several debates on coastal change and questions how people, around the globe, are tackling the challenge of living with uncertain futures and adapting, or not, to a myriad of changes.

Five conference themes address the challenges of uncertainty over coastal change across different, but strongly connected sectors.
1. Transformations in fisheries and aquaculture
2. Transformations in coastal and deltaic landscapes
3. Governing under conditions of uncertainty
4. Culture and imaginations of coasts under change
5. Whose needs count in adapting to change?

There will be keynote addresses by:
Professor Fikret Berkes (Canada Research Chair, University of Manitoba)
Professor Alpina Begossi (State University of Campinas, Brazil)
Professor Edmund Penning Rowsell (Middlesex University, UK)

Panels will be 1.5 hours in length and should contain 3-4 paper presentations. All panel proposals and paper abstracts must be submitted electronically along with the conference pre-registration form available at www.marecentre.nl. The deadline for panel proposal and abstract submission is 31 January 2009. The conference committee will communicate its decision with regard to the various submissions by 6 March 2009. Where permitted, all presented papers will be included in the conference proceedings. We will also invite selected authors of full papers to publish in a special issue of the Journal of Maritime Studies (MAST).

The conference fee is €345,-. Up to twenty graduate students who have been accepted for paper presentations will be given a reduced fee of €175. We strive to provide support to participants from developing countries. Please contact Bas Bolman for details on this. This year, we will also be giving awards for the best paper, best student paper and a special recognition award for best ‘popularizer’ of the sea.

Cancellation policy: Once your abstract has been accepted for our conference we expect that you will attend the conference. We therefore request that you register and pay the conference fees before 31 March, 2009. Failure to do so will normally result in removal of your paper from the programme. Refunds are allowed only in exceptional cases. In case you want to withdraw your paper from our conference, we ask you to inform us promptly.

For more information about the conference see www.marecentre.nl. All queries may be directed to Bas Bolman (conference @marecentre.nl).

For more information on how to get involved visit the Earth2100.

In an unprecedented television and internet event, ABC News is inviting you to help answer perhaps the most important question of our time- what will our world look like in one hundred years if we don’t act now to save our troubled planet? In an upcoming 2-hour special,Earth 2100, the world’s brightest minds will take us on a journey through the next century to reveal how the “perfect storm” of climate change, resource depletion, and population growth could destabilize our world - and they’ll tell us what we can do to change course.

We have launched an interactive website inviting people across the globe to create short video reports depicting the future. Using predictions from top experts, we will post detailed scenarios from the years 2015, 2050 and 2100 – and we’re asking you to imagine your future world!

We will choose submissions to include in an evolving web-based story, and will also select some of the most compelling videos to appear in our prime time ABC News broadcast: Earth 2100, airing in early 2009. This is a unique chance to join others around the world in shedding light on issues facing our future.

This is a reminder that the RSVP deadline for the next Sustainable Cities Round Table on “Waste Not Want Not” are due this Friday, 19 September. Please remember to RSVP for this event so you don’t miss out! RSVP to rsvp@sustainablemelbourne.com. Find more details about the event below! It’s going to be fun!

What: The Sustainable Cities Round Table - Waste Not Want Not
When: 6:30 – 8:30pm, Wednesday 24 September
Where: Carrillo Gantner theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, the University of Melbourne
RSVP: by 19 Sept to rsvp@sustainablemelbourne.com

This Sustainable Cities Round Table will examine the concept of waste – wasted resources, the reuse of waste, the revaluing of waste, waste campaigns and how redesign and absorption within a closed system can transform waste into a resource to create more sustainable cities. The evening will feature a series of short presentations, musical interludes, networking opportunities and more!

Speakers are:

• Wendy Jones, Keep Australia Beautiful - Tidying our towns
• Richard Thomas, Wormlovers - An Australian Vermiculture enterprise
• Ellen Regos, Metropolitan Waste Management Group - Waste Wise Melbourne Network
• Edward Meysztowicz, Branin - From bakery waste to resource
• Dr Ruth Lane, RMIT University - The reuse of second hand goods in Melbourne households
• Darlene Gaylor, Envirogrind Recycling - Bringing waste to a grinding halt
• Jeff Moon, Phoenix Fridge project - A community approach to recycling
• Amelia de Bie, I op therefore I am - Shopping your way to sustainability
• Penny Algar, Artist - Artists working with recycled or found materials
• Jonathan Crocket, Executive Consultant, GHD – Urine separating – dry toilets.

The Sustainable Cities Round Tables are a regular series of events that showcase local environmental initiatives and encourage networking for people working in urban sustainability issues across the government, academic, industry and community sectors. To view footage of previous events visit Sustainable Melbourne and click on “Sustainable Cities Round Tables” at the top of the screen.

Please forward this invitation to others who may be interested in attending.

Best,
Ferne

Ferne Edwards
Sustainable Cities Research Officer Victorian Eco-Innovation Laboratory (VEIL)
Australian Centre for Science, Innovation and Society (ACSIS)
Email: fedwards@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: (03)8344 9268

When: 6:30 – 8:30pm, Wednesday 24 September
Where: Carrillo Gantner theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, the University of Melbourne, Swanston St
Contact: RSVP ESSENTIAL to rsvp@sustainablemelbourne.com by 19 September

Confirmed speakers so far include:
Richard Thomas, Wormlovers - An Australian Vermiculture enterprise
Edward Meysztowicz, Branin - From bakery waste into resource
Amelia de Bie, I op therefore I am - Shopping your way to sustainability
Penny Algar, Artist - Artists working with recycled or found materials
Darlene Gaylor, Envirogrind Recycling - Bringing waste to a grinding halt
Jeff Moon, Phoenix Fridge project - A community approach to recycling
Wendy Jones, Keep Australia Beautiful - Tidying our towns and championing waste heroes!

The Sustainable Cities Round Tables are a regular series of events that showcase local environmental initiatives and encourage networking for people working in urban sustainability issues across the government, academic, industry and community sectors. To view footage of previous events visit www.sustainablemelbourne.com and click on “Sustainable Cities Round Tables” at the top of the screen.

Please forward this invitation to others who may be interested in attending.

Best,
Ferne

Ferne Edwards
Sustainable Cities Research Officer, Victorian Eco-Innovation Laboratory (VEIL)
Email: fedwards@unimelb.edu.au Phone: (03) 8344 9268

Built Environment Meets Parliament 2008

Showcasing leading industry and professional practice in the built environment

Join the Green Building Council of Australia, Planning Institute of Australia, Australian Institute of Architects, Property Council of Australia, and the Association of Consulting Engineers Australia for Built Environment Meets Parliament “BEMP” 2008 at Parliament House, Canberra.

Taking place from 1-2 September 2008, this is your opportunity to discuss policy priorities for the built environment, including:

• Infrastructure;
• Climate Change;
• Red Tape Reduction;
• Housing Affordability; and
• Innovation

Hear from confirmed keynote speakers such as The Hon. Tanya Pilbersek and The Hon. Peter Garrett and be inspired.

Network with speakers, BEMP (Built Environment Meets Parliament) representatives and fellow delegates at the welcome cocktails and the Gala dinner - which will also feature the presentation of the Australia Award for Urban Design.

Register now online at www.bemp.com.au .

Australia’s Strategic Futures

What are the key drivers that will shape Australia’s strategic environment in the first half of the twenty-first centry? How will these drivers impact on the framework within whihc Australia’s future military capabilities and force structures are developed? This conference brings together a range of experts from academia, government, and the private sector to analyse these key questions. Inspired by the scenario building and futures analysis of the US National Intelligence Council and the UK’s Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre, the conference will discuss a range of global and regional issues and themes that will influence Australia’s strategic environment over the next two three decades and how important these might shape Australia’s capability development.

Date: 1-2 October 2008,
Time: 8.45am - 5.00pm
Location: Adelaide Town Hall, King William Street, Adelaide.

Speakers include: Professor Hugh White, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU; Dr Paul Monk, Director AUSTHINK; Mr Rory Medcalf, Lowy Institute for International Policy; Professor Mark Phythian, University of Leicester.

For information about the conference, including the program, maps to the venue, registration form, and abstracts as they become available, see our website http://fiap.flinders.edu.au/ASF.html.

If you have any enquiries please contact Mary Lyons:
Phone: 8201 5115 or
Email: mary.lyons @flinders.edu.au

2008 Decentralised Energy Conference, September 15-16, Calgary Telus Convention Centre

Please visit our conference website for the latest speaker confirmations including:

• Gary Holden; President and Chief Executive Officer
• ENMAX Corporation
• Dr. Mark Jaccard; Professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management
• Simon Fraser University
• François Nguyen; Senior Policy Advisor
• International Energy Agency
• Joe Van Belleghem; Co-developer
• Dockside Green

There are still some Sponsorship Opportunities for this event. For further details, please contact Deanne Landry at +1 403 289 2344 or Anouk Kendall at +1 514 409 0433.

The conference registration page can be accessed via http://www.ceri.ca/.

The 2008 Canadian Clean Energy Business Directory
URL: http://localpower.org/can_survey1/

DEADLINE APPROACHING – August 15, 2008
The inaugural edition of this Directory will be launched at the conference on Monday, September 15. This Directory has been created to recognise the value of small to medium sized enterprises (SME) in this rapidly emerging industry. To check if you have already entered your company in this directory, go to the survey website http://localpower.org/can_survey1/ and use the search function to find your company name.

If you have any comments or questions regarding WADE (World Alliance for Decentralised Energy) Canada and its current programs and initiatives do not hesitate to contact Anouk Kendall -Country Manager, WADE Canada (akendall @localpower.org).