@InstSocEcology: Follow the ISE on Twitter!
That’s right, the Institute for Social Ecology is now tweeting! You can find us at: http://www.twitter.com/InstSocEcology Follow us and please feel free to suggest worthwhile feeds for us to follow.
Social Ecologist Profile: Erin Lingo of Prescott, Arizona USA
Please introduce yourself (What kind of work you do, Where you live, etc.) I live in Prescott, AZ, and am the coordinator of the Prescott College CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and the Prescott Farmers Market. My passion is food and all things related: nutrition, cooking, food justice, sustainable agriculture, farmworker rights, and local food systems. I am a graduate student in the […]
Arizona’s Long Dark Night Continues
We republish [originally published by the Huffington Post] this piece by Randall Amster [Facebook page, Wikipedia page, Twitter: @randallamster] who is the Chair of the Master’s of Arts program at Prescott College and a friend and ally of the ISE. Randall’s work appears regularly on the Huffington Post and Truthout website as well as various […]
Social Ecologist Profile: Bruce Norman of Quebec, Canada
[This post inaugurates what we plan to be a regular series of profiles of social ecologists. Special thanks to Bruce, who utilizes a pseudonym in honor of Norman Bethune, a Canadian physician who served in the Spanish Civil War.] Please introduce yourself (What kind of work you do, Where you live, etc.) I am a freelance […]
Announcing the Purple Thistle Institute
Passing along the exciting news of the launch of the Purple Thistle Institute from Matt Hern, an associate of the ISE who has lectured and published widely on alternative education topics: WHAT IS IT? The PTI will be something like an alternative university, or maybe better: an alternative‐to‐ university. The idea is to bring together […]
New installation “Reframing Eden” by Beverly Naidus
Passing along this announcement of a new installation by Beverly Naidus, an associate of the ISE: “REFRAMING EDEN” an audience-participatory installation at VALISE gallery, VASHON, WA, Jan 2011 During the month of January 2011, VALISE gallery is pleased to host the work of two Vashon artists, Beverly Naidus (a member of the VALISE collective) and […]
Environmental Anarchism in Vermont
Check out this article (attributed to “WeiLai”) posted to Infoshop.org – it references the work of Murray Bookchin as well as the ISE (albeit tangentially) as well as the Global Justice Ecology Project. Here’s the first two paragraphs: To fully understand the context of global environmental problems, one must assess the role that humans have […]
Video: Grace Gershuny speaks at Rutgers University
ISE Board Member Grace Gershuny recently spoke on a variety of food and (organic) agriculture-related topics at Rutgers University. Click the link below to access the video. (It’s recommended that viewers download an updated free version of Microsoft Silverlight.) http://symp.primetechrepair.com/Gershuny/GraceGershuny/player.htm
2010 books featuring social ecology authors
Toward Climate Justice Perspectives on the Climate Crisis & Social Change By Brian Tokar From Communalism Press, Porsgrunn, Norway The emerging global movement for climate justice highlights the social justice and human rights dimensions of global climate disruptions, while challenging corporate-driven false solutions, and using creative direct action to press for real, systemic changes. Brian […]
Communalism (2009-2010)
Social ecologists in Norway and Sweden have been publishing Communalism as an online webzine for many years, and published two outstanding print issues in 2009 and 2010. Their website at communalism.net is currently being redesigned, and more information about these journals will be available shortly.
