Posts Tagged ‘networks’
Bridging the Gap: Collaborative Conservation from the Ground Up
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on August 5th, 2009
Source: Eanth-L - a list for the field of ecological/environmental anthropology.
In many places across the American West and around the world, community-based collaborative initiatives are seeking ways to bridge the gap between conservation and livelihood goals.
One of the persistent challenges is sustaining these efforts over time – keeping partners at the table, working through bureaucratic inertia, adapting to changing government policies, or securing resources.
This conference will bring together people with experience working collaboratively to achieve both conservation and livelihood goals in tribal nations, rangelands, forests, watersheds, agricultural lands, and urban areas, to develop strategies to sustain these efforts.
September 8-11, 2009
Launch of new Environment, Health and Development research network
Posted in Research by fedwards on March 23rd, 2009
A new Environment, Health and Development research network has been launched in 2009, funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council. Please see the website: http://www.uea.ac.uk/dev/ehdnet.
There will be an inaugural conference in June 2009. This will comprise an electronic conference and a symposium, where we will particularly explore the role of social science perspectives on themes linking environment, health and development, discuss different analytical approaches, and discuss ways forward for the network. The website gives details of how to join the network and how to apply for the symposium.
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Invitation to the Sustainable Cities Round Table – Sustainable Sharing
Posted in Events by fedwards on February 9th, 2009
When: 6-8pm Thursday 26 February 2009
Where: Shed 4 Dock 4 North Wharf Road, Docklands VIC 3006 AUSTRALIA. Map: 2E 7D
RSVP essential to: rsvp@ sustainablemelbourne.com by 20 Febuary 2009
What: It may seem strange that we’ve highlighted sharing as a sustainability issue. Yet as the West has become more industrialised we’ve also grown more individualised producing more products per person. At this Sustainable Cities Round Table we explore how we can learn to share again. Topics include shared spaces, such as composts and co-houses; shared products and materials, such as the renewed retro world of no longer daggy hand-me-downs, and shared services, such as permablitzes and group purchasing power.
Speakers include:
Kate Pears, My Sisters Wardrobe
Adam Grubb, Permablitz
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Welcome to the Sustainable Cities Network 2009!
Posted in Movements by fedwards on January 12th, 2009
The Sustainable Cities Network has now re-awakened for 2009 and we’re keen to foster sustainable action and solid achievements for the year to come! Posts will now be updated a few days each week and we extend our welcome for people to place news of their own urban-based sustainability initiatives, events, research and requests online. A selection of the Sustainable Cities Network material will also be collated into our email newsletter (based on the Sustainable Melbourne website) which reaches over 1,600 interested others in Melbourne and beyond! To find out how to post your content on the Sustainable Cities Network visit the ‘How to use this site‘ link.
Making Cities Work Better With DIYcity
Posted in Movements by johngeraci on November 20th, 2008
DIYcity is a newly-launched site that invites users to collaboratively figure out ways to make their cities more efficient, effective and livable with the use of web technologies.
The site is attracting urban planners, web programmers, city agency employees and more, all of whom collectively discuss issues confronting the cities they live in and devise ways to address them with open technologies common to the web.
DIYcity has local groups sprouting up in New York City, Portland, Oregon, Sao Paulo Brazil, Copenhagen, and many more. The organization plans to host meetups simultaneously in many of these cities in December, to build and launch free web applications for use by residents.
Please check out the site and get involved. Everyone interested is welcome to join and participate in the conversation getting under way there.
http://diycity.org
A more usable SustainableCitiesNet.com!
Posted in Movements by fedwards on November 12th, 2008
SustainableCitiesNet.com has a new appearance with much thanks to our fantastic web support! The site is now easier to use – be it searching for local sustainability events, models, movements, research or policy – or for uploading your own sustainability initiatives online!
New features include:
- a better appearance – our banner has no distortion, we have more pictures of beautiful sustainable cities and the posts are easier to read and comment on;
- more succinct categories and pages – less tags with more clarity of topic, each category now comes with an explanation of what they mean; and
- added “register” and “log in” links at the top of the screen to allow you to register or sign in more quickly to post your environmental initiatives online!
SustainableCitiesNet strongly encourages people and organisations in cities around the world to post their urban sustainable initiatives directly online. In spirit with our goal “to deliver information, to connect people and projects, to accelerate the city’s sustainable transformation” please post your sustainable initiatives today!
Another sustainable city website – introducing Moraga, California
Posted in Sustainable Cities by fedwards on September 16th, 2008
I’ve recently added the link to the Sustainable Moraga website (under Americas on the right-hand side bar) to the list of Sustainable Cities. This website is like many others around the world who are aspiring to make sustainable changes at a city-level. Read more about Sustainable Moraga and its goals from the abstract below from their website.
“Sustainable Moraga is a local, grassroots citizens’ group founded in 2005 to help Moraga become a more sustainable community. We believe that all of us—local residents, businesses and town government—can take proactive, meaningful steps to minimize our footprint on the planet. Through awareness, education and action, Sustainable Moraga helps people and organizations in Moraga become “conscious consumers†actively preserving our environment and making Moraga a better place to live.
We are motivated by a concern for the human impact of such issues as global warming, air and water pollution, energy costs, fossil fuel depletion, waste creation and disposal, harmful pesticides and other hazardous chemicals and products. Locally, we are not immune to these problems and their negative role in cancer, asthma, plant and animal survival, temperature variation, growing season changes, terrorism and foreign resource reliance.“
Launch of e-publication “Cultivating the Web”
Posted in Uncategorized by fedwards on August 29th, 2008
Eat Well Guide’s first publication, “Cultivating the Web: High Tech Tools for the Sustainable Food Movement” has just been launched and is available for free download at www.eatwellguide.org.
“Cultivating the Web” highlights how new media is supporting the agrarian revival and also includes a comprehensive list of web resources for all sorts of good food fighters, from farmers to foodies to activists. This book is the first of its kind for our movement, and includes contributions from Joan Gussow, Marion Nestle, Bill McKibben, Tom Philpott, Bonnie Powell, Kerry Trueman, Anya Fernald and Fritz Haeg.
You can also learn more on the Green Fork Blog, http://blog.eatwellguide.org/.
Event – World Alliance for Decentralised Energy, Canada – deadline for directory 15 August
Posted in Events, Research by wynne.ma on August 13th, 2008
The message below is from WADE (World Alliance for Decentralised Energy) Canada Announcements. For more information regarding events, please visit www.ceri.ca/
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).
Call for abstracts: Global Health & Development Conference – 15 August
Posted in Movements, Research by fedwards on August 6th, 2008
Unite For Sight 6th Annual Global Health & Development Conference: “Achieving Global Goals Through Innovation”
URL: http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference
When: April 18-19, 2009
Where: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
What: Join 2,500 conference participants for a stimulating international conference
As Featured On CNN: The Unite For Sight Conference Is What CNN Calls “A Meeting Of Minds”
NOW OPEN: Registration and Abstract Submission http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference
First abstract deadline is August 15 (oral presentation deadline and early bird poster presentation deadline).
200 Speakers, Including Keynote Addresses by Dr. Jeffrey Sachs and Dr. Sonia Sachs
Register For Conference: REGISTER BY JULY 31 TO SECURE LOWEST RATE. Rate escalates each month.
Who is eligible to submit an abstract? Anyone may submit an abstract. Abstract submitters range from students to professionals.
Who should attend? Anyone interested in international health, public health, international development, medicine, nonprofits, eye care, philanthropy, microfinance, social entrepreneurship, bioethics, economics, anthropology, health policy, advocacy, environmental health, service-learning, medical education, and public service.
Keynote Addresses
- Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon
- Sonia Sachs, MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Villages