Sessions, papers, and posters with an environmental justice theme: SS 12 – Our Living Environment: Causes and Strategies for Alleviating Impacts of Environmental Change on Minority Communities https://eco.confex.com/eco/2017/webprogram/Session13172.html OOS 1 – Biodiversity and Human Diversity for Ecosystem Health and Sustainability in a World of Change https://eco.confex.com/eco/2017/webprogram/Session12801.html IGN 2 – Sustainable Development Goals: Can Ecologists Help Them Transform our World? https://eco.confex.com/eco/2017/webprogram/Session13121.html…
Read MoreCongratulations to Chair-Elect Charlie Nilon! Charlie has been named recipient of the 2014 – Commitment to Human Diversity in Ecology Award. This ESA award recognizes long-standing contributions of an individual towards increasing the diversity of future ecologists through mentoring, teaching or outreach. ESA honors Charles Nilon, with the University of Missouri-Columbia, for his leadership in developing diversity-enhancing programs within the…
Read MoreBelow is a list of events at the 98th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America that involve environmental justice… Environmental Justice section events: ESA Applied Ecology, Agroecology, Urban Ecosystems, Human Ecology, and Environmental Justice Joint Mixer Tuesday, August 6, 2013: 6:30 PM-8:00 PM 200D, Minneapolis Convention Center ESA Environmental Justice Business Meeting Wednesday, August 7, 2013: 11:30 AM-1:15…
Read More“Fostering Community-Ecologist Partnerships for Environmental Justice” Friday, August 9 ● 12 – 5 pm (lunch available at 11:30 am) University of Minnesota Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center, 2001 Plymouth Ave. North, Minneapolis, MN Do you work with a community-based organization focusing on environmental justice issues in the Minneapolis, MN area? Would you like to share the story of one of…
During the ESA annual meeting in Minneapolis, this workshop will enable ESA to move forward with a scientists’ speakers bureau for Earth stewardship outreach in faith communities. An excellent line-up of speakers includes: Matthew Anderson, Executive Director of Audubon MN, former Executive Director of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment; Nalini Nadkarni, University of Utah; Dorothy Boorse, Gordon College; Doug Boucher, Union…
Information about the 2012 ESA speakers bureau workshop can be found here.