FYI...
Stefanie Rixecker
ECOFEM Coordinator
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Dear friend,
Below you will find information on the Institute for Social Ecology's
upcoming 1999 program. Please pass along this post to others you think
would be interested in the Institutes programs.
Thank you!
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Social ecology integrates the study of human and natural ecosystems
through understanding the interrelationships of culture and nature. It
advances a critical, holistic worldview and suggests that creative human
enterprise can construct an alternative future, reharmonizing peoples
relationship to the natural world by reharmonizing their relationship with
each other. This interdisciplinary approach draws on studies in the
natural sciences, feminism, anthropology and philosophy to provide a
coherent radical critique of current anti-ecological trends, and to offer
a reconstructive, communitarian and ethical approach to social life. In
response to the challenge of creating an ecological society, social
ecology provides a critical analysis and suggests a process for building
sustainable community structures through the integration of theory and
practice. Using Central Vermont as a laboratory, the Institute explores
bioregional solutions to global problems.
The Institute for Social Ecology was established in 1974 at Goddard
College and incorporated in 1981 as an independent institution of higher
education for the purposes of research, education and outreach in the
field of social ecology. The Institutes educational programs have served
more than 3,000 students worldwide. The ISE offers workshops, conferences,
and colloquia, as well as its Summer Semester and B.A./M.A. program.
The 1999 Summer Semester will consist of two distinct programs: Planning,
Design, and Construction for Sustainable Communities, which will explore
ecological approaches to architecture, land use planning, and building;
and Ecology and Community, a program composed of practica, seminars,
lectures and workshops which will focus on issues in social ecology
including: green politics, ecofeminism, community development, sustainable
international development, health care, ecological activism, the impacts
of globalization, indigenous rights, cultural politics, bio- diversity,
genetic engineering, environmental racism and environmental justice.
The Ecology and Community Program also serves as the starting point for
those pursuing degrees through the Goddard/I.S.E. B.A./M.A. Program in
Social Ecology, a unique approach to education which combines intensive
residential work with off-campus study.
Our educational programs have provided for serious dialogue between
various tendencies in the ecology movement and a meeting ground for
activists from around the world. Recent programs have included students
from Ethiopia, Cameroon, the Sudan, New Zealand, Australia, Uruguay,
Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Austria, Germany, Guatemala, Puerto Rico,
Scotland, England, Greece, Sweden, Norway, Iran, Nepal, Japan, Bhutan,
Korea, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia.
For more information on the Institute for Social Ecology's 1999 summer
program, please visit http://ise.rootmedia.org/, or email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker
Division of Environmental Management & Design
Lincoln University, Canterbury
PO Box 84
Aotearoa New Zealand
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fax: 64-03-325-3841
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