Left Green Perspectives (1986-1998)
Left Green Perspectives was published by Murray Bookchin and Janet Biehl between 1986 and 1998. Our archive begins on page 3 below with a complete table of contents.
Society and Nature (1992-1995)
Between 1992 and 1995, the Institute supported the publication of 7 issues of the journal Society and Nature, which was edited by ISE alumnus Pavlos Stavropoulos in Colorado, along with Takis Fotopolous in the U.K. and several colleagues in Greece, who published a Greek-language edition. In 1995, the journal changed its name to Democracy and Nature and, over time, its focus shifted away from social ecology. Archives, including the full text of many articles, can be found at www.democracynature.org. Takis Fotopoulos continues to publish the International Journal of Inclusive Democracy, which he founded in 2004.
Workshop details: ISE at the US Social Forum
Here are full descriptions of the ISE’s offerings at the US Social Forum: False Solutions and Real Solutions to Climate Change Thurs. Jun 24 2010 – 1-5 pm Cobo Hall: D3-22 Cosponsored with the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities Collaborating Organizations: Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, Biofuelwatch, Rising Tide, Institute for Policy Studies (with ETC […]
ISE at the US Social Forum in Detroit, June 22-26
The Institute for Social Ecology is participating in 4 sessions at the upcoming US Social Forum. Please join us! False Solutions and Real Solutions to Climate Change Thurs. Jun 24 2010 – 1-5 pm Cobo Hall: D3-22 Co-sponsored with the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities From Climate Crisis to Collective Commons: Renewable Energy from Below […]
8-Day Social Ecology Intensive
January 9th – 16th, 2010 — New York City — $300 (scholarships available) The Institute for Social Ecology presented an 8-day intensive introduction to the philosophy and politics of Social Ecology. This 8-day intensive offered students an introduction to the dialectical philosophy and politics of Social Ecology. Using the lens of Social Ecology, students participated […]
Review: Hungry For Profit
Magdoff, Fred, Bellamy, John, Foster, and Buttel, Frederick H., eds. Hungry for Profit: The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food, and the Environment. New York: Monthly Review Press, 2000. Reviewed by Erin Royster From biotechnology to farm workers movements to the origins of capitalism, Hungry for Profit covers a variety of topics relevant to today’s food […]
The Emergence of Compulsory Schooling and Anarchist Resistance
by Matt Hern The history of the development of Western schooling is a complex and meandering thing, but I think it is worth looking at in a very abbreviated form here. A little insight into the logics and basis for contemporary compulsory schooling might be useful to social ecologists.
Harbinger Vol. 3 No. 1 — Buttercups and Sunflowers: On the Evolution of First and Second Nature
by Sonja Schmitz One remarkable feature of social ecology is that Murray Bookchin’s vision of an ecological society goes beyond the development of eco-technologies and organic agriculture, but expands into the philosophical realm through dialectical naturalism. Murray recognizes the importance of healing the seemingly disparate relationship between nature and culture (first and second nature) by reminding […]
Harbinger Vol. 3 No. 1 — Education & Community Action: A History of the Institute for Social Ecology’s Programs
by Michael Caplan Emerging from the proletarian socialist movements of the Old Left, infusing a distinctly libertarian ecological outlook in the rise of the New Left, social theorist and activist Murray Bookchin started to lay the foundations of a remarkable revolutionary body of work which he soon called social ecology. His pioneering book, Our Synthetic […]
Harbinger Vol. 3 No. 1 — Radical Alternatives: An Interview with Ingrid Young
By Michael Caplan In the past few years, Norway and surrounding Scandinavian countries have proven to be a hotbed of activism inspired by the works of social ecology. Study groups, publishing projects, protests, conferences and seminars, anti-racist and ecological activism, and political organizational building are all common activities of the 4-year-old group Democratic Alternative (DA). […]
