EDGES at the AAG Annual Meeting in New York, Feb 24-28th
EDGES is very proud to announce that Dr. Leila Harris, Cynthia Morinville and Andrea Marston will be presenting at the AAG Annual Meeting this week in New York. The AAG AM is an interdisciplinary forum that features a wide range of topics, including Political Geography, Natural Hazards, Climate Change, Social Justice and many more. Dr. Harris […]
Upcoming Events, February and March 2012
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, February 16-20, 2012. Session 1: Friday February 17, 2012 12:00-12:45pm (lunchtime topical lecture) Topic: Water Privatization, Urbanization and Development Speaker: Karen Bakker (UBC) Sponsor: AAAS Session 2: Friday February 17, 2012 1:30-4:30pm (afternoon panel session) Topic: Links and trade-offs between water, energy and food […]
Darlene Seto on Studying Gender and Sustainability
Darlene Seto, MA from the IRES program at UBC, posted an insightful blog on the AASHE (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education) website, investigating how gender can play a role for sustainability students. Darlene looks at gender from a twofold perspective: as a concern in environment-related research and as a concern for […]
New publication now available: Leila Harris, “Salts, Soils and (un)sustainabilities?
Harris, L. (2011). “Salts, Soils and (un)sustainabilities? Analyzing Narratives of Environmental Change in Southeastern Turkey” in D. Davis and E. Burke III, Environmental Imaginaries of the Middle East, University of Ohio Press, 192-217. Book description: The landscapes of the Middle East have captured our imaginations throughout history. Images of endless golden dunes, camel caravans, isolated desert oases, […]
FIELD WORK UPDATE: Danika Kleiber’s Data collection experience in the Central Philippines
Pie Charts Are Yummy I know what you’re thinking. It’s just a freaking pie chart, why should that take so long? Well my friends this pie chart represents 600 interviews of people in 12 communities, and converting answers like “10 pieces of fish every other friday” into numeric data takes a bit of time. […]
FIELD WORK UPDATE: Cecilia Roa in Quito, Ecuador
Regional workshop on watershed management and restoration in the Andes – Quito, January 23-27 2012 FONAG, the organization that protects the watersheds that supply water for the city of Quito, hosted a workshop with the participation and coordination of the international program of the US Forest Service. The workshop focused on monitoring mechanisms of the […]