Environmental Studies Association of Canada
(ESAC)< http://esac.ca/2011/11/call-for-papers-esac-conference-2012/>
2012 Conference< http://esac.ca/2011/11/call-for-papers-esac-conference-2012/>
University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario
May 30 – June 2, 2012
Environmental Knowledge: People and Change
The Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC) is pleased to invite you
to participate in its annual conference at the University of Waterloo as part
of the Congress of the Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences 2012.
As Canada’s leading association of interdisciplinary researchers and
practitioners involved in a diversity of environmental fields, ESAC facilitates
networking and dialogue across environment-related fields and practices. The
2012 ESAC conference provides a unique opportunity for delegates to take part
in a lively exchange of ideas relating to sustainability among a broad range of
students, academic researchers, members of NGOs, community groups, and the
public and private sector academics, practitioners, policy makers, and
activists.
We are pleased to announce a partnership with the Canadian Network for
Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM)< http://www.eecom.org/> . EECOM
is Canada’s only national, bilingual, charitable network for environmental
learning. EECOM works strategically and collaboratively to advance
environmental to ensure Canadians are environmentally literate, engaged in
environmental stewardship and contributing to a healthy, sustainable future.
As ESAC and EECOM collaborate with each other, the 2012 conference provides a
unique opportunity for delegates to take part in a lively exchange of ideas
relating to the environment among students, researchers, members of NGOs,
community groups, the public and private sector, academics, practitioners,
policy makers, and activists. All are encouraged to submit papers, panels or
posters on a broad range of issues and case studies, including:
* Knowledge and Environment; Environmental Education; Sustainable
Livelihoods; Climate Change; Community Resilience and Sustainability; Politics
of Environmental Knowledge; Indigenous Peoples and Environment; Sustainable
Development; Environmental Policy; Sustainable Food Systems; Gender and
Environment; Environmental Education; Marketing Sustainability; Resource
Management; Sustainable Consumption / Production; Environmental and Ecological
Economics.
* Making Ourselves Useful (sub-theme) – academia and environmental
knowledge; interdisciplinarity and environmental study; critical case studies
in academic environmental programming.
This year’s conference theme, “Environmental Knowledge: People and Change”, is
reflected in the synergy of events at this year’s conference.
May 30: ESAC Opening Plenary and Program, Keynote Speaker in partnership with
Alternatives Magazine< http://www.alternativesjournal.ca/> and the Perimeter
Institute < http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/> (To be confirmed): Bill
McKibben< http://www.billmckibben.com/> of 350.org< http://www.350.org/> .
Making Ourselves Useful: Environmental Scholarship in an Unsustainable World
hosted by ESAC and organized by Douglas MacDonald (UoT) and Tim Leduc (York).
We hope to organize one or more panels to complement the conference on
environmental scholarship. Papers on any aspect of that subject are invited.
May 31: Making Ourselves Useful, ESAC/EECOM Poster Competition and Wine and
Cheese event
June 1: ESAC/EECOM joint programming
June 2: Joint ESAC/EECOM fieldtrips
The deadline for submissions is January 20, 2012.
Submissions should be made by email to
esaceecom@gmail.com<mailto:esaceecom@gmail.com> (see detailed instructions
below)
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