[gep-ed] Environmental Politics and Governance (EPG) Online Seminar

[Aseem Prakash]

Dear colleagues,

We would like to invite you to participate in a new webinar on environmental 
politics and governance, called EPG Online. Building on the success of the 
annual EPG conference (https://depts.washington.edu/envirpol/?page_id=1542), 
EPG Online will be an online seminar series dedicated to showcasing the latest 
research on the political, institutional, and societal dimensions of 
environmental challenges from a variety of disciplines.

It remains unlikely that there will be a return to the usual speaker series and 
conferences this year. Thus, we hope that EPG Online can serve as a great 
meeting place for those interested in environmental politics and governance to 
share cutting edge research and keep in touch with and meet colleagues 
virtually.

If you are interested in presenting a paper this year, please complete this 
form and upload your paper here: https://forms.gle/LstSAzg4ZV7xFvLH8
All submissions received before 24th August will receive full consideration for 
presentation this year.

If you simply wish to attend you can sign up to our mailing list here: 
https://forms.gle/Xxbckc3DYu2EefE67

Submissions from researchers at all career stages are welcome. We are committed 
to fostering diversity within the field of environmental politics and 
governance, and so particularly welcome submissions by individuals from 
under-represented groups and locations.

Please circulate widely to other people who are interested in environmental 
politics and governance! You can also follow us on twitter @OnlineEpg

Wishing you well in these tough times and hope to see you soon, even if 
virtually.

Liam


Liam F. Beiser-McGrath
Organiser, EPG Online
http://www.liambeisermcgrath.com


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[gep-ed] New Book, *Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador*

[Thea Riofrancos]

Hi All,

I'm writing to share that my book, *Resource Radicals: From
Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador*, is now available to
order on Duke University Press' website.

*Here's the link: *https://www.dukeupress.edu/resource-radicals

*And here's a summary:* In 2007, the left came to power in Ecuador. In the
years that followed, the “twenty-first-century socialist” government and a
coalition of grassroots activists came to blows over the extraction of
natural resources. Each side declared the other a perversion of leftism and
the principles of socioeconomic equality, popular empowerment, and
anti-imperialism. In *Resource Radicals*, Thea Riofrancos unpacks the
conflict between these two leftisms: on the one hand, the administration's
resource nationalism and focus on economic development; and on the other,
the anti-extractivism of grassroots activists who condemned the
government's disregard for nature and indigenous communities. In this
archival and ethnographic study, Riofrancos expands the study of resource
politics by decentering state resource policy and locating it in a field of
political struggle populated by actors with conflicting visions of resource
extraction. She demonstrates how Ecuador's commodity-dependent economy and
history of indigenous uprisings offer a unique opportunity to understand
development, democracy, and the ecological foundations of global capitalism.

Yours warmly,
Thea

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Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Providence College

http://www.theariofrancos.com/

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Re: [gep-ed] Capitalism and Climate reading for first-year, first-semester undergrads?

[Thea Riofrancos]

Hi Michael,

I highly recommend *The Human Planet* for this purpose; I assigned it to
freshmen and sophomores and it worked very well:
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/298/298037/the-human-planet/9780241280881.html

Yours,
Thea

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On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 9:48 AM Maniates, Michael Fields <
michael.mania...@yale-nus.edu.sg> wrote:

> Dear gep-ed’ers,
>
>
>
> A quick request, if you don’t mind.
>
>
>
> I’m on the hunt for a tight reading, accessible to first-semester,
> first-year college undergraduates, that wrestles with “capitalism and the
> climate crisis.”  I’ve found lots of material that argues for the power of
> innovation, fueled by the quest for profits in environments where prices
> tell the truth (more or less).  Certain varieties of capitalism/markets =
> good, in other words.  And I’ve laid my hands on some scathing critiques of
> capitalism that argue for forms of eco-socialism to save the planet.
> Capitalism in all forms is the problem, in other words.  Most of these,
> however, are too polemical for my purposes.  I’m looking for something that
> unpacks both arguments (and others) and, in the process, comes to its own
> conclusions.
>
>
>
> Too much to ask for in tight, accessible form?  Maybe.  But if anything
> immediately comes to mind, shoot me a note.  Per our gep-ed practices,
>  send ideas only to me, and I’ll share what I gather in a summary email.
>
>
>
> A final note on context:  I’d be using the essay for discussion in a small
> seminars after a week of exploring “the market” as an overarching social
> institution.  The entire freshman class is enrolled, and they’d be parsing
> the essay in groups of 15 – 18, led by an instructor in the social
> sciences.
>
>
>
> Many thanks, and best wishes to you all during these difficult times.
>
>
>
> Yours,
>
> Michael
>
>
>
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[gep-ed] Capitalism and Climate reading for first-year, first-semester undergrads?

[Maniates, Michael Fields]

Dear gep-ed'ers,

A quick request, if you don't mind.

I'm on the hunt for a tight reading, accessible to first-semester, first-year 
college undergraduates, that wrestles with "capitalism and the climate crisis." 
 I've found lots of material that argues for the power of innovation, fueled by 
the quest for profits in environments where prices tell the truth (more or 
less).  Certain varieties of capitalism/markets = good, in other words.  And 
I've laid my hands on some scathing critiques of capitalism that argue for 
forms of eco-socialism to save the planet.  Capitalism in all forms is the 
problem, in other words.  Most of these, however, are too polemical for my 
purposes.  I'm looking for something that unpacks both arguments (and others) 
and, in the process, comes to its own conclusions.

Too much to ask for in tight, accessible form?  Maybe.  But if anything 
immediately comes to mind, shoot me a note.  Per our gep-ed practices,  send 
ideas only to me, and I'll share what I gather in a summary email.

A final note on context:  I'd be using the essay for discussion in a small 
seminars after a week of exploring "the market" as an overarching social 
institution.  The entire freshman class is enrolled, and they'd be parsing the 
essay in groups of 15 - 18, led by an instructor in the social sciences.

Many thanks, and best wishes to you all during these difficult times.

Yours,
Michael

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[gep-ed] Pedagogy for sustainability

[Jennifer Allan]

Hello everyone,

I write with an ask - and the usual offer to send around the suggestions.
I'm working on a chapter loosely titled "Teaching in a time of
environmental crises" for an upcoming Oxford Handbook on pedagogy.

Any suggestions you have of writing or projects related to pedagogy and
sustainability would be greatly appreciated.

Very best,
Jen

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[gep-ed] AASHE Schedule of Events for August

[Daita Serghi]

Dear Colleagues,

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education 
(AASHE) offers various online events . Please 
check out our regular schedule of Wednesday webinars 
 as well as online workshops 

 that may be of interest to you and your colleagues.

Discussion Series
Racial Equity, Social Justice & Sustainability 

August 4, 11 & 18, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
Join one of three sessions held throughout August on how higher education is 
advancing racial equity, social justice and their intersection with 
sustainability. A recap webinar will be offered August 25. Learn more and 
register. 

August Workshop
Coping with Climate Anxiety in the Classroom and for Yourself: a Workshop for 
College & University Faculty 

August 6, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
During the past few months, a series of workshops were offered for faculty to 
address their own emotions so that we can create and hold space in our 
classrooms for students to integrate and process hard realities about climate 
change impacts. Join this wrap-up session to discuss how we can help each other 
prepare for a fall semester in which we will address climate anxiety, Covid-19, 
systemic racism as current trauma in the sociocultural field that informs our 
work. Learn more and register. 


August Webinars
AASHE webinars  are free for 
everyone and video recordings and presentation materials are available for 
members in the webinar archive  at 
any time. Not a member?  Join AASHE today 
! This year we are collaborating with the 
Sustainability Curriculum Consortium to offer a series of webinars on 
sustainability in the curriculum 
.

Restoring College Sports Amid COVID-19: Leveraging Climate Action 

TODAY August 3 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT 
This webinar will feature several high profile collegiate Athletic Directors 
that have created sustainability assets in their Athletics programs with the 
help of campus sustainability staff. Learn more and register. 


#MakeClimateaClass: Resources for Online Education on Climate Solutions and 
Justice 
August 12 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT 
This webinar shows how to engage hundreds of your students in climate solutions 
conversation on state and local action to "Solve Climate By 2030”. Learn more 
and register. 

Arrive as Intern, Depart Further on the Path to Sustainabilista 

August 19 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT 
This webinar shares an approach to developing sustainability office interns to 
be effective change agents and leaders for sustainability. Learn more and 
register. 

Racial Equity, Social Justice & Sustainability 
 Recap Webinar
Save the date August 25 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT. Learn more 
.

Sustainability Education in the Food-Energy-Water-Nexus 

August 26 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT 
This webinar is an introduction to the National Collaborative for Research on 
Food, Energy, and Water Education and points of engagement for the community. 
Learn more and register. 



Daita

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Daita Serghi, PhD
Education Programs Manager
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
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