Dear Sandra,
I would like to propose Alvin Chun as a speaker for the conference. He
is a captain in the EPA-US and I was privileged to meet with him while
he was on a speaking trip here in South Australia.
Alvin specialises in risk communication and is a dedicated, intelligent,
compassionate and competent individual, with superlative presentation
and workshop skills.
I have asked his permission to put forward his name (having emailed to
him the details of the conference as posted by you) and received the
following response.
"How nice of you to think of me as a speaker for the Wisconsin State
Women's Studies Conference. I would be honored to be recommended by
you. If the Conference is interested, I hope they can pay my travel
expenses;otherwise, I may not be able to go since it is outside of our
Region. Right now my calendar is free for October and I'll pencil it
in. Please let me know if there's anything you need from me."
Also in his email to me was the following paragraph about something he's
working on at present; it might give you some idea of his thinking.
"I still think of the two invigorating meetings I had in your office
with you and Anne. I wish we had more time to continue the discussions.
One concept that I'm beginning to focus on in our trainings is the
concept of capturing group discussion about what people like and don't
like about a specific point or experience and using that to begin
formulating new policies which a group or organization can concretely
adopt and put into practice. I just introduced that concept in our
office's cultural diversity workgroup (of which I have served as their
meeting facilitator) because they were frustrated with the apparent or
perceived lack of management support for cultural diversity. From
listening to their frustrations, it became apparent to me that the
discussions with managers and staff about their likes/dislikes about
cultural diversity were not being captured and used as a basis for new
behaviors and attitudes in the office. Because of this void, a new
vision for cultural diversity in the office, would find little chance of
evolving, and frustrations would escalate and probably reach a cynical
state. The same analogy applies to our discussion about public
involvement." [Our agency here in South Australia is the Urban Projects
Authority, responsible for managing the State Government's Land Bank and
for urban development - which often involves decontaminating land,
working and communicating with diverse communities (including indigenous
Australians), ensuring that social planning is an integral part of any
development and so on.]
Because I am such a great distance (even with the wonders of the
Internet), I suggest that you communicate directly with Alvin if you're
interested in further information about him in relation to his potential
as a speaker. His email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Of
course, if you want further details and would rather get them from me
initially, please don't hesitate to ask.)
I hope this email isn't too "waffly" - I'm actually at home with the
'flu! I'd dearly love to be able to attend the conference myself, but
that won't be possible. Regardless, all the best with it.
Nicola Stratford
South Australia
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>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jan 23 20:32:19 1997
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 13:55:49 +0930
From: Nicola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization: SAUPA
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Apologies!
Sorry, everyone! I think I just sent an email that
should have gone straight to Sandra Krajewski!
The 'flu will do that do you.
Nicola Stratford
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jan 24 08:37:18 1997
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 07:32:17 -0800
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Lori Utley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Speaker on Environmental Racism
Hi Stefanie, Paul and others-
Re: Other books related to Tree Planting/Treepeople:
The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono (Chelsea, Vermont: Chelsea Green
Publishing, 1985)
Shading Our Cities, edited by Gary moll and Sara Ebenreck (Washington, D.C.:
Island Press, 1989)
*The Attentive Heart by Stephanie Kaza (Ballantive Books, 1993)
*this book is a wonderfully written book examining our relationship with
Trees, the author's personal stories about Trees- it is a different approach
to detailing the destruction of Trees...
Hope this helps!
-Lori
At 01:00 AM 1/1/70 +0100, you wrote:
>Re "A Patch of Eden" and urban gardens. I'm interested in treepeople --
>folks who develop imaginative approaches to tree planting worldwide. Would
>appreciate a ref for this book, and others that might relate. I could
>reciprocate with some things I've written on the subject.
>
>Cheers.
>
>
>At 09:01 23-01-97 +1300, you wrote:
>>This didn't make it to the list the first time around--some noise in
>>cyberspace!
>>
>>Stefanie
>>
>>------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
>>
>>Thanks for sending me information on the conference.
>>
>>I think another terrific couple of speakers would be Vernice Miller of NRDC
>>and Patricia Hynes whose most recent book is "A Patch of Eden" on urban
>>gardens. Both would be terrific on this topic.
>>
>>************************************
>>Stefanie S. Rixecker
>>Department of Resource Management
>>Lincoln University, Canterbury
>>Aotearoa New Zealand
>>E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>************************************
>>
>Paul Spencer Sochaczewski
>Chemin de Couvaloup
>1271 Givrins
>Switzerland
>Tel: +41 22 369-2227
>Fax: +41 22 366-3818
>E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
