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, […]