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The following links are meant to provide our membership and those visiting our site with the opportunity to explore human ecology and related disciplines more fully. If you know of any additional links that should appear among those in this list please Email the Society for Human Ecology at humanecology@coa.edu with the appropriate web address and you own contact information. Enjoy!
CONFERENCES
The world is experiencing rapid urbanization, industrialization and globalization. The pace, depth, and magnitude of these changes, have exerted severe ecological stresses on humankind living conditions and life support ecosystems across all scales - from local to regional, and global scales. Water shortages, desertification, soil degradation, greenhouse gas emissions, elevated sediment and nutrient fluxes to the coastal seas and other environmental problems are increasingly becoming the common side effects of those human activities. Sustainability can only be assured with an ecological understanding of the complex interactions between environmental, economic, political, and social/cultural factors and with careful planning and management grounded in ecological principles. Ecological complexity and sustainability are becoming a core concept and instrument for improving our common future.
This Eco Summit will focus on integrative aspects of all ecological science and its application under the general theme of "Ecological Complexity and Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities for 21st-Century's Ecology". The aim of this Eco Summit is to encourage a greater integration of both the natural and social sciences with the policy and decision-making community to develop a better understanding of the complex nature of ecological systems. This understanding will provide the basis for sustainable solutions to environmental problems.
We expect this meeting to attract the broadest representations of ecological organizations, ecologists and practitioners on ecological sustainability issues from all over the world. We intend to show the unification and determination of our ecological community as a whole to maximize our commitment to use ecological knowledge and understanding to meet the challenges raised from the Earth Summit (1992), the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002), and the United Nations 2005 Millennium Review Summit.
Our scientific program will feature: plenary sessions, symposia, contributed oral and poster sessions, and special evening sessions. A variety of scientific field trips will also be planned.
We will have 14 world known plenary speakers and more than 10 Elsevier ecology journals plan to publish special issues from this conference. The language of the conference is English.
BOOKS
Universal Design Handbook, Wolfgang Preiser
and Elaine Ostroff, Eds.
Human Ecology
- Basic Concepts for Sustainable Development,
Gerald G. Marten
The Drama of the Commons, National Research Council
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