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The University of Waterloo is currently in the stages of searching for a new Dean for the Faculty of Environment. Qualified Members of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada are highly encouraged to apply. For more information, please download and read the pdf.
Dean Faculty of Environment (camera-ready version)
For more information, contact:
Janet Wright & Associates Inc.
174 Bedford Road
Toronto, ON M5R 2K9
uwenvt@jwasearch.com
AASHE, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, is pleased to invite participation in a two-day workshop for faculty leaders of all disciplines who wish to develop curriculum change programs around sustainability on their campuses.
Through an intensive two days of presentations, exercises, discussions, reflection, and planning, participants will become familiar with the philosophy of change in higher education developed through the Ponderosa Project at Northern Arizona University and adapted at Emory in the Piedmont Project. Participants will also experience of range of workshop strategies, hear local experts, enjoy outdoor place-based activities, and dialogue with faculty from around the country as they gain help in adapting this model to their own campus. In a supportive and stimulating environment, workshop members will reflect on their own roles in the transformation of higher education. Readings and materials will also be provided.
These highly successful workshops are led by Geoffrey Chase of San Diego State University and Peggy Barlett of Emory University. Peggy and Geoff are editors of Sustainability on Campus: Stories and Strategies for Change”, published by MIT Press in 2004. Peggy and Geoff have many years of experience leading these kinds of workshops and have helped more than 200 faculty on several campuses revise courses in a wide array of disciplines.
Workshop tuition is $420 for AASHE members and $485 for non-members. Tuition covers snacks and lunches on both days of the workshop, handouts, materials, and an evening reception on the first day of the workshop.
Applications are due March 19, 2010 and are available at: http://www.aashe.org/profdev/curriculum.php
*INNOVATION IN EDUCATION*
Due February 16, 2010
Alternatives Journal is looking for articles for the next annual
Education issue, and we invite you to submit story ideas that explore
every angle of environmental education.
How has environmental education changed in today’s increasingly
accessible world? What should be a part of every person’s educational
background, but currently isn’t? How do applied skills such as farming,
gardening, and building complement more theoretical environmental
learning methods? Story ideas for Alternatives’ Education issue could
answer these questions, or they could involve a critique of the current
education system in Canada, and propose ways to improve it.
However, we’re also looking for stories that involve a looser definition
of education. Some other article possibilities could be:
* Alternative methods in environmental learning, such as innovative
field courses and internships, creative examples of applied research, or
any other unconventional education based programs
* Grassroots and community based education/learning initiatives that
tackle local environmental issues, in Canada and beyond.
* Examples of new and creative ways of communicating environmental ideas.
* The strengths and/or weaknesses of unpaid internships in the
environmental and organic farm sector.
* The challenge of creating a curriculum that addresses both theory and
expands learning beyond the classroom.
Alternatives combines the learned rigour of an academic journal with the
breezy style of a magazine. We publish the best environmental writing in
the country – writing that is engaging, thought-provoking and insightful.
Before responding to this call for submissions, please read several back
issues of the magazine so that you understand the nature of our
publication. We also suggest you go through the detailed submission
procedures on our website to understand the types and lengths of
articles we accept.
Queries should explain, in LESS THAN 300 words, the content and scope of
your article, and should convey your intended approach, tone and style.
Please include a list of people you will interview, potential images or
sources for images and the number of words you propose to write. We
would also like to receive a very short bio. And if you have not written
for Alternatives before, please include other examples of your writing.
Articles range from about 500 to 2000 words in length.
Keep in mind that our lead time is several months. Articles should not
be so time-bound that they will seem dated once published.
Alternatives has a limited budget of about 10 cents per word for several
articles. This stipend is available to professional and amateur writers
and students only. Please indicate your interest in this funding in your
submission.
Send submissions electronically to Fraser Los (fraser @
alternativesjournal.ca) by February 16, 2010.
*QUERY CHECK LIST*
Please ensure that you include:
1. Your name
2. Your phone, address and email
3. One paragraph bio
4. Query (300 words max)
5. Proposed length of article
6. Do you request a stipend?
7. List of people you will interview
8. Ideas for images to accompany your article
9. Sample of your writing if you have not written for Alternatives before
Alternatives Journal is looking for articles for the next annual Education issue, and you are invited to submit story ideas that explore every angle of environmental education. How has environmental education changed in today’s increasingly accessible world? What should be a part of every person’s educational background, but currently isn’t? How do applied skills such as farming, gardening, and building complement more theoretical environmental learning methods? Story ideas for this issue could answer these questions, or they could involve a critique of the current education system in Canada, and propose ways to improve it. The deadline for submissions is February 15, 2010. Visit http://www.alternativesjournal.ca for more information.
ALTERNATIVES JOURNAL – CALL FOR QUERIES
*Innovation in Education*
Submissions due February 15, 2010
Alternatives Journal is looking for articles for the next annual
Education issue, and we invite you to submit story ideas that explore
every angle of environmental education.
How has environmental education changed in today’s increasingly
accessible world? What should be a part of every person’s educational
background, but currently isn’t? How do applied skills such as farming,
gardening, and building complement more theoretical environmental
learning methods? Story ideas for Alternatives’ Education issue could
answer these questions, or they could involve a critique of the current
education system in Canada, and propose ways to improve it.
However, we’re also looking for stories that involve a looser definition
of education. Some other article possibilities could be:
* Alternative methods in environmental learning, such as innovative
field courses and internships, creative examples of applied research, or
any other unconventional education based programs
* Grassroots and community based education/learning initiatives that
tackle local environmental issues, in Canada and beyond.
* Examples of new and creative ways of communicating environmental ideas.
* The strengths and/or weaknesses of unpaid internships in the
environmental and organic farm sector.
* The challenge of creating a curriculum that addresses both theory and
expands learning beyond the classroom.
Alternatives combines the learned rigour of an academic journal with the
breezy style of a magazine. We aim to publish the best environmental
writing in the country – writing that is engaging, thought-provoking and
insightful.
Before responding to this call for submissions, please read several back
issues of the magazine so that you understand the nature of our
publication. We also suggest you go through the detailed submission
procedures on our website to understand the types and lengths of
articles we accept.
Queries should explain, in LESS THAN 300 words, the content and scope of
your article, and should convey your intended approach, tone and style.
Please include a list of people you will interview, potential images or
sources for images and the number of words you propose to write. We
would also like to receive a very short bio. And if you have not written
for Alternatives before, please include other examples of your writing.
Articles range from about 500 to 2000 words in length.
Keep in mind that our lead time is several months. Articles should not
be so time-bound that they will seem dated once published.
Alternatives has a limited budget of about 10 cents per word for several
articles. This stipend is available to professional and amateur writers
and students only. Please indicate your interest in this funding in your
submission.
Send submissions electronically to Fraser Los (fraser @
alternativesjournal.ca) by July February 15, 2010.
*QUERY CHECK LIST*
Please ensure that you include:
1. Your name
2. Your phone, address and email
3. One paragraph bio
4. Query (300 words max)
5. Proposed length of article
6. Do you request a stipend?
7. List of people you will interview
8. Ideas for images to accompany your article
9. Sample of your writing if you have not written for Alternatives before
The Canadian Journal of Environmental Education
Call for Book Reviews, Volume 15
http://cjee.gavan.ca/volume-15/call-for-reviewers-volume-15/
Please refer to the link above for the updated book list, reviewer
requirements and request form to complete a review.
Books currently available for review:
Gaylie, Veronica (2009). The learning garden: ecology, teaching, and
transformation. New York: Peter Lang. 216 pp.
Hellum, Andreas. K. (2008). Listening to trees. Edmonton: NeWest Press. 119 pp.
Henley, Thom, & Peavy, Kenny (2006). As if the earth matters:
recommitting to environmental education. Phuket: Limmark Advertising
and Printing. 256 pp.
Jardine, David W., Clifford, Patricia, & Friesen, Sharon (Eds.).
(2008). Back to the basics of teaching and learning (2nd ed.). New
York: Routledge. 249 pp.
Kagawa, Fumiyo, & Selby, David (Eds.). (2010). Education and climate
change: living and learning in interesting times. New York: Routledge.
259 pp.
Lee, John Chi-Kin, & Williams, Michael (Eds.). (2009). Schooling for
sustainable development in Chinese communities: experience with
younger children. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. 300 pp.
Neilson, Alison L. (2008). Disrupting privilege, identity, and
meaning: a reflective dance of environmental education. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. 191 pp.
Rickinson, Mark, Lundholm, Cecilia, & Hopwood, Nick (2010).
Environmental learning: insights from research into the student
experience. New York: Springer. 147 pp.
Slovic, Scott (2008). Going away to think: engagement, retreat, and
ecocritical responsibility. Reno: University of Las Vegas Press. 245
pp.
Stibbe, Arran (Ed.). (2009). The Handbook of sustainability literacy:
skills for a changing world. Dartington: Green Books Ltd. 220 pp.
AASHE, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, is pleased to invite participation in a two-day workshop for faculty leaders of all disciplines who wish to develop curriculum change programs around sustainability on their campuses.
Through an intensive two days of presentations, exercises, discussions, reflection, and planning, participants will become familiar with the philosophy of change in higher education developed through the Ponderosa Project at Northern Arizona University and adapted at Emory in the Piedmont Project. Participants will also experience of range of workshop strategies, hear local experts, enjoy outdoor place-based activities, and dialogue with faculty from around the country as they gain help in adapting this model to their own campus. In a supportive and stimulating environment, workshop members will reflect on their own roles in the transformation of higher education. Readings and materials will also be provided.
These highly successful workshops are led by Geoffrey Chase of San Diego State University and Peggy Barlett of Emory University. Peggy and Geoff are editors of Sustainability on Campus: Stories and Strategies for Change”, published by MIT Press in 2004. Peggy and Geoff have many years of experience leading these kinds of workshops and have helped more than 200 faculty on several campuses revise courses in a wide array of disciplines.
Workshop tuition is $420 for AASHE members and $485 for non-members. Tuition covers snacks and lunches on both days of the workshop, handouts, materials, and an evening reception on the first day of the workshop.
Applications should be sent to Andrea Webster at andrea@aashe.org by October 30, 2009 and are available at: http://www.aashe.org/profdev/curriculum.php
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Andrea Webster
Publications & Education Coordinator, AASHE
AASHE Bulletin Editor
Lexington, KY
o: 859.258.2551
c: 859.940.3956
Sustainability Across the Curriculum Leadership Workshop
June 11-12 (Thurs. – Fri.) 2009
San Diego State University
AASHE, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, is pleased to invite participation in a two-day workshop for faculty leaders of all disciplines who wish to develop curriculum change programs around sustainability on their campuses.
Through an intensive two days of presentations, exercises, discussions, reflection, and planning, participants will become familiar with the philosophy of change in higher education developed through the Ponderosa Project at Northern Arizona University and adapted at Emory in the Piedmont Project. Participants will also experience of range of workshop strategies, hear local experts, enjoy outdoor place-based activities, and dialogue with faculty from around the country as they gain help in adapting this model to their own campus. In a supportive and stimulating environment, workshop members will reflect on their own roles in the transformation of higher education. Readings and materials will also be provided.
These highly successful workshops are led by Geoffrey Chase of San Diego State University and Peggy Barlett of Emory University. Peggy and Geoff are editors of Sustainability on Campus: Stories and Strategies for Change, published by MIT Press in 2004. Peggy and Geoff have many years of experience leading these kinds of workshops and have helped more than 200 faculty around the country take steps toward curriculum innovation in their universities and colleges.
Workshop tuition is $420 for AASHE members and $485 for non-members. Tuition covers snacks and lunches on both days of the workshop, handouts, materials, and an evening reception on the first day of the workshop.
Applications are due by March 20 and are available at: http://www.aashe.org/profdev/curriculum.php
Best regards,
Dustin Ford
Membership Intern
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
859.258.2551
859.258.2264 (fax)
213 1/2 N. Limestone
Lexington, KY 40507
dustin@aashe.org
www.aashe.org