A professor at University of Vermont’s Environmental Policy and Planning department recently sent out a call for papers on Conservation and Conflict Resolution. His overall research question is “Can cooperation over environmental factors such as water distribution, pollution control, (and) wildlife conservation lead to spillover cooperative behavior between erstwhile adversaries?” He believes, and I agree, […]
Filed under: observations and opinions, environmental planning on March 11th, 2008 | No Comments »
A friend of mine recently said that for him social justice was righting an injustice rather than promoting a right. However, I believe I may be the opposite.
I am taking three courses: Environmental Planning in the Architecture department at Columbia, Anthropology of Property in the CUNY GC Anthro department, and American Political Culture and National […]
Filed under: observations and opinions, goals on March 4th, 2008 | No Comments »
Just a thought about what green consumerism is, isn’t, should or shouldn’t be.
In reading about green consumerism I have found that a disagreement exists about whether it is an answer or solution to problems of sustainability.
Green consumerism is the idea that an individual should and can choose to buy products made within fda approved […]
Filed under: observations and opinions on March 1st, 2008 | No Comments »
