Human
Ecology
Review
Official Journal of
SHE
Announcements
Job/Intern Postings
Seeking a Summer Human Ecology Instructor
The Organization and Management
Department at Antioch University New England is seeking to hire a Human
Ecology Instructor for the summer session of the Green MBA program.
Instructors should be interested in designing a new course, teaching, and
evaluating students. The Human Ecology course is the third environmental
studies course for the Green MBA students and is a two credit course.
This course integrates key concepts from ecological and organizational
thinking to examine the interdependence of human and natural systems. The
primary focus is on how we apply these concepts to understand and create
sustainable models and professional practice that support organizational,
community and natural environments.
The course will be offered July 15-17 (8am-noon) and July 18 (8am-4pm) at
Antioch University New England, Keene, NH.
Instructors should have an advanced degree, masters level minimum.
Instructors should be skilled at blending environmental and organizational
sustainability. Interested Individuals should contact Polly Chandler,
Program Director ,Green MBA
603-283-2424
Pauline_chandler@antiochne.edu
For details on the Green MBA click
here.
Additional Conferences/Events/
Special Offers
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Announcement and Call for Proposals
The conveners of Performing the World, the conference/festival of the growing international performance movement, are excited to announce that the fifth Performing the World will be held in New York City from October 2-5, 2008. The event will showcase innovative practice and scholarship and provide a rich context for learning and performing together.
A New Location, A New Kind of Conference
Performing the World ’08 (PTW ’08) builds on the momentum of 2007’s PTW 4, which brought together 300 practitioners, scholars and community activists—educators, youth workers, researchers, psychologists and therapists, health and helping professionals, business people, artists and activists from 27 countries. PTW ’08 is bringing the international performance movement to the streets of New York—and introducing the performance movement to the communities of New York City.
For the first time, the All Stars Project, an organization recognized for its highly successful performance-based outside-of-school developmental programs for young people and its Castillo Theatre, joins the East Side Institute as a co-sponsor of the conference. PTW ’08 will be based out of the All Stars’ performance and development center on 42nd Street near Times Square, and will be hosted by young people from around the city. Workshops and performances will take place there and at theatres, schools and other venues throughout Manhattan and other boroughs. New Yorkers from virtually every neighborhood will open up their homes to out-of-towners, not only to save on hotel costs, but also to incorporate the diversity of family and neighborhood into the experience of the weekend and to build person-to-person ties between ordinary New Yorkers and performance activists and scholars from around the world.
Proposals
PTW ’08 invites proposals from all who are involved in performance work that is related to cultural, economic or psychological development, community-building, social justice, citizenry, individual and social transformation, social entrepreneurship, etc. We are looking for a variety of presentation types, including workshops, conversations, demonstrations, discussions and panels. We encourage a playfulness and experimentation for all presentations, especially with regard to theory and data.
This year’s theme, “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow,” encourages participants to attend to history and process—their own and that of the performance movement. We are particularly interested in examinations/explorations of the shift from a cognitive to a performative approach to understanding, interacting with and (re)creating the world as embodied in the work of the participants and/or those they with whom they work/play/ study. Also of interest is the performance movement’s interaction with and impact on the “big issues” facing the world— poverty, war and peace, sustainability, democracy, globalization, cultural diversity and creativity, the list could go on. The second day of PTW ‘08 will be devoted to “An International Celebration of Youth” and we encourage those interested to submit proposals relative to youth, youth performance and youth development for that day.
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Registration Fee:
Before August 1: $195 (US)
After August 1: $225 (US)
Instructions and forms for submitting proposals, due April 1, 2008, can be viewed and downloaded at www.performingtheworld.org. Proposals should be e-mailed to Lois Holzman at ptw@eastsideinstitute.org. The subject headline should be PTW Proposal.
If you can’t e-mail, then mail or fax to:
Lois Holzman, Director
East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy
920 Broadway, 14th Floor
New York, New York 10010
U.S.A.
Fax: 212-941-0511
Tel: 212-941-8906
PTW ‘08 is sponsored by the All Stars Project, Inc. (www.allstars.org)
and
the East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy (www.eastsideinstitute.org)
Second Annual Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder: Intergenerational Poetry, Essay and Photography Contest
Contact: Shakeba Carter-Jenkins, (202) 564-4355 / carter-jenkins.shakeba@epa.gov
(Washington, D.C. - March 18, 2008) The U.S. EPA Aging Initiative, in partnership with Generations United and the Rachel Carson Council Inc., are inviting submissions for its Second Annual Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder Intergenerational Poetry, Essay and Photography Contest.
Carson is considered to be the founder of the contemporary environmental movement through her landmark book, Silent Spring. Its publication is credited with reversing the nation's pesticide policy.
Using the title of another of Carson's books, "The Sense of Wonder," the contest is seeking submissions from intergenerational teams "that best express the "Sense of Wonder" that you feel when observing the sea, the night sky, forests, birds, wildlife, and all that is beautiful to your eyes."
"Through this contest, we are inspiring the youngest and oldest among us to appreciate wonders and beauty of the natural world," said EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson.
"We experience a sense of wonder at every point in our lives, whether as children or older adults. The contest's intergenerational message exemplifies a long history of environmental work bridging the generations which goes back to the first Earth Day," said Donna Butts, executive director of Generations United. "We are delighted to again co-sponsor this important contest."
The contest's intergenerational approach reflects Carson's desire to have adults share with children a sense of wonder about nature and help them discover its joys. Entries must be intergenerational involving a team of persons related or unrelated and describe the intergenerational project and how this project brought the team in touch with the natural world.
The deadline for entries is Monday, June 16, 2008. A panel of expert judges will select finalists. The winners in each category will then be determined by the public, who will have an opportunity to vote on-line in July and August for their favorite submission in each category: photography, essay, and poetry. Winners will be announced on the EPA Aging Initiative Web site in October during Children's Health month.
Carson wrote that she would endow every child with "a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life." However, "if a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in."
The contest seeks to spur and instill that same sense of wonder among all generations.
Entries are due June 16, 2008
Please send your poetry or essay entry to:
US EPA
Attn: Kathy Sykes, OCHPEE,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Room 2512 AR N,
Washington, DC 20460or electronically to aging.info@epa.gov with Rachel Carson Contest in the Subject box of the email
If you have further questions please contact Kathy Sykes at (202) 564-3651.
Please send your photo entry electronically to:
Generations United
gu@gu.org with Rachel Carson Contest in the subject box of the email
For more information Click here
Fifth
Environmental Writers' Conference and Workshop
in honor of Rachel Carson
Boothbay Harbor, Maine
This interdisciplinary event will be a blend of scholarly and creative presentations, readings, informal discussions and workshops. In addition, participants will be able to enjoy a wide variety of guided outdoor activities in one of the North Atlantic coastline’s most breathtakingly beautiful locations where the forest truly does meet the sea.
Writers, scholars, educators and artists - as well as those who are interested in learning more about the natural environment - are welcome to attend. This is the event that would be perfect for family and friends!
The 2008 Conference/Workshop will be held once again at The Spruce Point Inn, one of New England‘s premier, designated green resorts, located directly on the waterfront and within walking distance of downtown, Boothbay Harbor. Special rates will be available for participants at the Inn, and additional lodging will be available at nearby hotels, inns and campsites.
Registration is limited to 100 participants and will include all scheduled conference and workshop sessions, three breakfasts, two box lunches, a reception at the Spruce Point Inn, and the Keynote Dinner. Accommodations are not included in the registration fee. The program schedule will feature nationally known speakers and writers, and Conference participants can expect to enjoy workshops and presentations sponsored by cooperating organizations, including the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and the Boothbay Region Land Trust and the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.
Boothbay Harbor, Maine, is a busy resort area with activities for every member of the family. Often referred to as the boating capital of New England, Boothbay Harbor is the largest boating harbor north of Boston. The Downtown area offers a wide variety of restaurants, art galleries, antique shops and water activities including kayaking and boating as well as puffin, seal and whale watching. Planned afternoon activities will include hikes along the Rachel Carson Greenway, a guided tour of the Burnt Island Lighthouse, tide pool explorations and a variety of other outdoor activities.
Deadline for Submissions has been extended until March 1st
Please Visit: http://www.new-cue.org/
Book Offer for SHE Members
If you are interested in purchasing a copy of:
Rethinking Environmental History:
World-System History and Global Environmental Change
Edited by:
Alf Hornborg
J. R. McNeill
Joan Martinez-Alier
The publisher (AltaMira Press) is willing to give SHE members a 20% discount on the purchase of the book. Please contact the publisher via their website:
Copyright 2001, The Society for Human Ecology
The Society for Human Ecology (SHE) is an
international interdisciplinary professional society that promotes
the use of an ecological perspective in both research and
application. The Society holds regular conferences, conducts workshops and symposia, and
co-sponsors a variety of related activities to further integrate work among professionals in fields
pertaining to human ecology.
For membership information
contact:
Barbara Carter
College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Bar Harbor,
ME 04609, USA.
or use the online contact form