Good. Working in the policy and regulatory world, I can assure you that the lack of "definitionalism" is driving us batty (a formal term).
Len From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Zachary Smith Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 10:31 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [gep-ed] seeking definitions of sustainability Peter its a small world. Heather Farley and I are also doing a book for Routledge Publishers, Sustainability: If it's everything, is it nothing? As the title implies we take a very critical look at what has become a much too popular and overused term. Zach On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Peter Jacques <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi Beth and GEP-eders, I will offer a sample of my upcoming book (six pages of discussion leading to a definition of first principles that is taken from the middle of the larger introduction). I am grateful for any comments from the list as well on the proposition I am making about sustainability. Sustainability The Basics will be available by Routledge, probably mid- 2012 as a textbook, about $20 for paperback. Peter P.S.-I love the book you and Sam recently wrote ("Fish"), terrific. Peter J. Jacques, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Political Science University of Central Florida P.O. Box 161356 4000 Central Florida Blvd. Orlando, FL 32816-1356 Phone: (407) 823-2608<tel:%28407%29%20823-2608> Fax: (407) 823-0051<tel:%28407%29%20823-0051> Peter J. Jacques, Ph.D. View my CV, articles, teaching documents, etc... here: http://ucf.academia.edu/PeterJacques From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Beth DeSombre Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 6:14 AM To: GEP-Ed List Subject: [gep-ed] seeking definitions of sustainability For a new "introduction to sustainability" course I'm involved in, we're seeking definitions of sustainability (which can include sustainable development). On the first day of class (soon!) we want to look at the range of different ways people define the term, which means we're seeking as wide a variety of definitions as possible. (This is course co-taught with a business school and an engineering school, so we're going for breadth.) If you have/use/are aware of interesting/useful/problematic defintions of sustainability and can pass them on to me, I'd be extremely grateful. You don't have to *like* the definitions you send -- this is just starting material for a broader exercise. Thanks, Beth Elizabeth R. DeSombre Director, Environmental Studies Program Wellesley College -- Zachary A. Smith, Ph.D. Regents' Professor Natural Resources and Environmental Policy President, Society for Human Ecology Box 15036 Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 86011 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> web page: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~zas/<http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/%7Ezas/> fax 928-523-6777 phone 928-523-7020 "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts" Albert Einstein CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files for previous e-mail messages attached to it may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you must not read this transmission and that any disclosure, copying, printing, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone or return e-mail and delete the original transmission and its attachments without reading or saving in any manner. Thank you
