Dear AESS Colleagues,
On behalf of the AESS Program Committee and Site Arrangement Committee, we are pleased to announce the launch of the AESS 2010 Conference website, which is being hosted temporarily by Lewis and Clark College.
The theme for our 2010 AESS Conference is Many Shades of Green. The theme reflects the growing diversity of the environmental movement and the spread of “green” thinking into new and more varied venues. A bewildering profusion of green ideas are working their way through global politics and discourse as new groups enter into –– and challenge –– the traditional environmental movement. The term “green” can itself mean many things: corporations may label themselves green by adopting energy conservation, “carbon-friendly” products, and recycling/reuse strategies, while individuals and organizations may embrace widely differing green principles, ranging from eco-consumerism to eco-spirituality to eco-anarchism. Debates over technology, population, politics, equity, and regulation increasingly divide not just pro- and anti-greens, but greens themselves. We welcome proposals that engage with this proliferation of difference, contention, and innovation in green rhetoric and practice.
The AESS Program Committee is trying something new this year. We would like to provide an opportunity for AESS members to help shape the organization of the 2010 AESS Conference at Lewis and Clark. To accomplish this bottom-up approach, we are breaking up the call for sessions and presentations into a two-step process:
- Step 1: Call for session proposals (deadline Feb 1, 2010)
- Step 2: Call for presentation abstracts (deadline Mar 30, 2010)
Please visit the AESS 2010 Conference website for further information.
We strongly encourage all members of AESS, prior to the February 1 session proposal deadline, to participate in the discussion forum on session ideas (explained in detail on the conference website) to explore possibilities for sessions, including paper presentations, workshops, panel discussions, roundtable/facilitated discussions, and field trips.
We will also be announcing the conference through the listserves of professional societies, but please feel free to spread the word to colleagues and students who might be interested in becoming members of AESS and attending the 2010 conference at Lewis and Clark.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you all in Portland next June!
All the best,
Phil Camill
Chair, AESS Program Committee
Rusack Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies
Program Director, Environmental Studies
Bowdoin College, Brunswick ME
pcamill@bowdoin.edu
Jim Proctor
Chair, AESS Site Arrangements Committee
Professor and Director, Environmental Studies Program
Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR
jproctor@lclark.edu
