The Ecological Integration of Humanity
by Jesse Benn 1. The scientific and biological consideration and organization of independent sub-systems of the ecology, connected together in sequence and in conjunction with the greater whole, are and will be increasingly necessary in order to correct for environmental damage and to control the complex demands of the human and urban metropolitan populations. Sustaining […]
Social Ecologist Profile: Grace Gershuny of Barnet, VT USA
Please introduce yourself (What kind of work you do, Where you live, etc.) I live in Barnet, VT – just south of St. Johnsbury, where I’ve lived (with a small lapse) since 1984 in a house that I built with my then husband. We ran a small market garden for 8 years, and I still […]
A New Politics
by Bob Spivey, ISE Board Member and SEEDS co-founder Recently I heard reports of Egyptians ordering pizzas for protestors in Wisconsin. Truly we are living in extraordinary times. If the resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism had posed a challenge to the rational, universalist basis of the liberal democratic project, the protests sweeping the Middle East and […]
New Page: ISE Intensives
We’ve updated the website to include information about the 2010 ISE Intensive that was held in New York City. You can check out the page which includes links to the Intensive Schedule as well as the Readings that were used in the seminars here. Alternatively, you can find a link “ISE Intensives” within the “Education” […]
Kropotkin and Bookchin discussed on “Libertarian Tradition” podcast
Murray Bookchin is discussed as part of a “Libertarian Tradition” podcast episode entitled “The Anarchism of Peter Kropotkin.” Interestingly, the “Libertarian Tradition” podcast is hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, a think tank which (in its own words) was “…founded in 1982 as the research and educational center of classical liberalism, libertarian political theory, […]
Social Ecologist Profile: Peter Staudenmaier of Missoula, MT USA
Please introduce yourself (What kind of work you do, Where you live, etc.) I’ve been active in social ecology circles and affiliated with the ISE since the late 1980s. At the moment I live in Missoula, Montana, where I teach history at the University of Montana and spend a lot of time in the mountains. [Editor’s note: […]
Alston to participate in “Forum on Police Violence, Incarceration and Alternatives”
Here’s the info for this event which is scheduled to include ISE Associate Ashanti Alston: Forum on Police Violence, Incarceration and Alternatives March 18 at 7pm Ottawa University Morriset Building Room 205 Opening Panel: Ashanti Alston Bridget Tolley Julie Matson Jaggi Singh In this opening panel the panelists will speak about their various experiences with and […]
Grosscup challenges Sen. Kerry (D-MA) over war funding
On February 19 ISE Board member Ben Grosscup joined a reported crowd of over 250 at a “town-hall-style” meeting with Senator John Kerry. The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported on the event where Ben challenged Sen. Kerry about his support for war funding in Afghanistan during a question and answer period. Here’s Ben’s question posed to […]
Tokar book tour for “Toward Climate Justice” & “Agriculture and Food in Crisis”
ISE Director Brian Tokar is doing a book tour in support of his recent titles Toward Climate Justice: Perspectives on the Climate Crisis and Social Change (Communalism Press), and Agriculture and Food in Crisis: Conflict, Crisis, and Renewal (co-edited with Fred Magdoff), from Monthly Review Press: March 6. Amherst, Massachusetts @ Food for Thought Books March […]
Social Ecologist Profile: Beverly Naidus of Vashon Island, WA USA
Beverly Naidus is an internationally recognized artist on the faculty at UW-Tacoma where she teaches courses in art for social change and healing. Interdisciplinary to her core, she works in many mediums, allowing the content to determine the form. Themes in her work include the ecological crisis, fear of difference, unemployment, nuclear nightmares and her dreams […]
