Humanities for the Environment. Posted: May 06, 2013 Energiewende is the name given to Germany’s move into a renewable and clean energy economy. This has meant a shift away from fossil fuels and nuclear power, and an embracing of wind, solar and geothermal energies. The next official goal is to reach 35% renewable energy by 2020. The final defined goal, however, is to reach 80% renewable energy by 2050, a goal that many are hoping is surpassed–according to Osha Gray Davidson, many Germans she spoke with during a three-week trip across the country believed 100% renewable energy could be reached by 2050. So, how much progress has Germany made? The Reichstag, Germany’s parliament building, serves as a powerful symbol of this movement. To find out more about Germany’s push for cleaner energy, “Clean Break” is available on Inside Climate News . 2004: early print use of term. Centre for World Environmental History.
The Centre for World Environmental History (CWEH) was launched in May 2002 under the aegis of the School of African and Asian Studies at the University of Sussex. It was funded for an initial three year period by the Research and Development Fund of the University. CWEH has now raised funds from the Leverhulme Trust, the AHRC and the British Academy for independent projects. The creation of CWEH initative was a response to specialist courses and research conducted by Sussex faculty for over nine years in tropical and 'Southern' environmental history at, what was then, AFRAS and elsewhere in the University and within the Institute of Development Studies.
Sussex University has a long research tradition focussed on environment and development problems in the tropics as well as a close relationship with the Institute of Development Studies (IDS). IDS, located on the Sussex campus, is Britain's leading organisation carrying out research on social and economic processes and problems. CEHP. About the Centre Welcome to the Centre for Environmental History and Policy (CEHP) website. We were originally established in 1999 and the Centre has always been strongly inter-disciplinary in outlook and research, looking to combine the best research in the Humanities and the Sciences to further advance our knowledge and understanding of the environment. By learning from the past we can inform future policy decisions. The management board of the Centre comprises internationally-recognised scholars from the School of Arts and Humanities and the School of Natural Sciences. The Centre is fundamentally interdisciplinary in both concept and practice.
Its research involves input from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, including History, Politics, the Environmental Sciences, and Law. What is Environmental History? Environmental History provides an indispensable long-term perspective on change. Bath Spa University - Schools - Humanities and Cultural Industries - Research - Writing and the Environment.
Sustainability - Projects - Trinity Long Room Hub. Achieving a sustainable relationship with the natural world, from understanding and moderating human impact on climate, to promoting the responsible use of finite and renewable natural resources, is now recognised as one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Failure to meet this challenge will have very real consequences for the quality of life of future generations. Several initiatives hosted by, or affiliated with, the Trinity Long Room Hub relate to the broad concerns of sustainability, and have an important role to play in informing our attempts at achieving a sustainable relationship with the natural world. The Irish Environmental History Network (IEHN) The work of environmental historians, historical geographers, environmental archaeologists, palaeoecologists and scholars from numerous disciplines has shown that humanity's relationship with its environment has always been a fraught one.
Follow the link to visit the Irish Environmental History Network website. Prof. The Lancaster Environment Centre at Lancaster University. Thinking of studying at Lancaster? We have an extensive range of highly rated undergraduate programmes in ... International Opportunities for collaboration include postgraduate and staff training, summer schools, exchange programmes, business and enterprise, and research. Learn more Undergraduate LEC offers a range of degrees in which you can study global issues through different subjects, from Ecology to Earth Science and Human Geography. More ... Postgraduate Postgraduate students are taught by and work with world-class scientists in a wide range of environmentally related disciplines.
More ... Research Our community of world-class researchers not only highlight the nature and scale of the world’s major environmental challenges, but also provide the underlying knowledge to help find effective, sustainable solutions. More ... Business More ... Research units A-Z :: SUERC. SUERC, The Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, is a collaborative facility operated jointly by the University of Glasgow and Edinburgh University. We also host five Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Facilities that are available to UK scientists through competitive application to the relevant Steering Committees. The SUERC Accelerator Mass Spectrometer Laboratory is recognised by NERC as a suitable facility to undertake NERC-funded science. SUERC’s mission is to perform, stimulate and support high quality basic, applied and strategic research, within the Scottish University community and beyond, in the Earth, Environmental and Biomedical Sciences through development and maintenance of high-end analytical facilities, inter-disciplinary exchange and collaborative interaction.
KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory. KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory (EHL) is a new initiative at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment. The EHL, based on a private donation in 2011, was launched at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment in 2012. The environmental humanities is currently one of the most dynamic fields in the human sciences. Their dynamism and energy are derived from the increasing demand on human and social knowledge to meet global challenges. The environmental humanities are characterised by a hybrid nature, combining skills, methods, and theories from several humanities disciplines – historical, aesthetic, visual, anthropological, etc. – with problems and issues of high relevance for society and informed by science and technology. The work in the EHL follows organically from previous work conducted in the Division on environment, energy, media, and technologies. Read more about research and education at the lab.
Find our contact details here. Umeå Studies in Science, Technology and Environment - Org.umu.se - Umeå University, Sweden. USSTE is an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental research group at Umeå University, formally designated as a strong field of research within the Faculty of Arts. Our work can broadly be termed as a combination of Environmental Humanities - which includes disciplines like ethnology, philosophy, history, history of science and ideas, literature, environmental archaeology, geography, environmental history, culture and media studies, museology, religious studies, and theology - and Science and Technology Studies (STS) and research on sustainable development.
USSTE strongly promotes collaboration with other faculties and other strong fields of research. For example, USSTE is part of the field of research “Sustainable development of forests”, conducted jointly by Umeå University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Umeå and Uppsala. USSTE also runs a seminar series with broad international and interdisciplinary participation.
GHEA: Global Human Ecodynamics Alliance. Centre for the Humanities - Humanities. The Centre for the Humanities (CfH) is the platform where pioneering, innovative research is connected to greater socio-political relevance of the humanities. CfH makes this connection by focusing on the social status and the public perception of the humanities today.
Read More >> Themes CfH 2013: Treaty of Utrecht Chair Designing the three commemorative conferences for the 300th anniversary of the Treaty of Utrecht next year has mobilized the best intellectual and human resources of the CfH team. The assumptions that support our 2013 programme are clear: we have a duty to remember, but our yearning is to transform the legacy of the past into something empowering and inspiring for the present. April 15 -17, 2013 "In The Time Of Not Yet" Edward Said Memorial ConferenceRead more here June 21-22, 2013 The Colonial Legacy Conference Treaty of Utrecht: 1713-1863-2013Read more here September 19-20, 2013 Conference 'The Idea of the University and the Future of Knowledge. Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society - LMU Munich.
Institute for Social-Ecological Research in Frankfurt Main. CGL - Startseite des Zentrums für Gartenkunst und Landschaftsarchitektur. Our Research - Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie. Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universität zu Köln :: Kultur und Geschichte. Das Energiewirtschaftliche Institut an der Universität Köln wird gegründet. Zum Direktor wird Theodor Wessels berufen, Professor für Wirtschaftliche Staatswissenschaften und Mitglied im oppositionellen „Freiburger Kreis“ um Erwin von Beckerath. Seine Gründung verdankt das EWI maßgeblich den hartnäckigen Bestrebungen von Fritz Burgbacher, damals Vorstandsmitglied der Rheinische Energie AG (Rhenag). Die Kriegs- und Nachkriegsjahre verhindern jedoch wissenschaftliche Fortschritte.
Die Universität zu Köln führt schon kurze Zeit nach der deutschen Kapitulation den Lehrbetrieb fort. Rund 1.450 Studenten immatrikulieren sich. Die kriegsbedingte Zerstörung hat jedoch auch hier Auswirkungen: Um die chemischen und physikalischen Institute wieder mit Gas versorgen zu können, wird rund ein Drittel der Studenten zu Reparaturarbeiten an den Leitungen herangezogen. Das EWI nimmt seine Arbeit auf. Im Januar findet die erste Energiewirtschaftliche Arbeitstagung des EWI auf Burg Wahn statt. Dr. Prof. Zentrum für Umweltgeschichte. European University at St Petersburg - Center for Environmental and Technological History.
Center for Environmental and Technological History About CETH The Center for Environmental and Technological History (CETH) of the European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP) is affiliated with its Department of History. CETH is a research center that aims to help young college and university teachers of history in North-Western Russia who wish to develop new curricula in environmental history and the history of technology. The director of the Center is Dr. Julia Lajus. The Center currently supports studies in several directions: History and sociology of environmental knowledge and attitudesSocial and cultural history of recreationEnvironmental and technological history of waterworks (irrigation, canal building etc.)Urban environmental history (urban waste, water treatment etc.)Technology in Russian modernizationMarine environmental historyEnvironmental history of the Russian NorthThe use of GIS in environmental history studiesOral history of Soviet science and technology projects Students.
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Environmental Humanities. Ecological Humanities - About Us. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) News & Events September 10th, 2013 RIHN Annual Report, 2012 (English and Japanese Version: PDF) This report describes activities of RIHN and its reserchers by fiscal year. August 7th, 2013 RIHN News Number 8 is released (English: PDF) April 12th, 2013 RIHN Prospectus, 2013 (Japanese & English Version: PDF) This publication gives an overview of RIHN's philosophy, its organization, and the research activities in the various projects. April 1st, 2013 RIHN Leaflet, 2013 (Japanese & English Version: PDF) Covering RHIN's outline and research activities. ...and more About RIHN was established in 2001 by the Government of Japan to promote 'integrated cooperative research toward the solution of global environmental problems' and to create the field of global environmental studies.
>> Message from Director-General and Features of RIHN>> Philosophy and Structure>> Research Facilities>> Organization>> Communication. ETH - Institute for Environmental Decisions IED. CHE | Center for Culture, History, and Environment @ UW - Madison. Stony Brook University BA in Environmental Humanities. The Environmental Humanities major, leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree, draws together a range of disciplines to explore human understanding and interpretation of nature. The curriculum integrates disciplines from social sciences and the humanities including: writing, literature, philosophy, history, anthropology, archaeology, and art and architectural history. The major prepares students to lead efforts to revitalize public understanding of the natural world through nature education, museum work, community organizing, literacy education, advocacy, business, writing and the arts.
They may also choose to pursue advanced degrees in literature, journalism, education, social work, the arts, the social sciences and law. The major builds on the interdisciplinary core curriculum offered at Stony Brook University's Sustainability Program. Students will enroll in major-specific courses in their junior and senior year.
Requirements (Click on the course number for a full description) A. B. C. D. University of Florida Environmental Humanities Initiative. As teachers and scholars in the humanities, we believe it is our responsibility to bring the perspectives and tools of our academic training to bear on environmental problems and possibilities. The humanities alone cannot grasp or solve the serious environmental crises that face us, but these crises cannot be fully understood or addressed without the unique resources provided by humanistic scholarship. We seek both to bring the perspectives and insights of the humanities into environmental studies and to bring environmental perspectives into teaching and research in the humanities.
We believe, further, that environmental crises will not be resolved solely by technological fixes. In order to address the environmental challenges ahead of us, we need a cultural shift in how we consider relations between humans and nonhuman nature. Links | Environmental Humanities Initiative. Environmental Humanities « A Transatlantic Research Network. Mellon Grant Will Fuel U.Va.'s Humanities Faculty, Teaching and Research. The Emerging Field of Environmental Humanities - Princeton Environmental Institute. Sociedad Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Historia Ambiental. Environmental Humanities Project | Stanford University. Takes flight with environmental humanities, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. Environments And Societies. Institut écologie et environnement. ANR - Huit ans de recherche en environnement - Dernières découvertes et innovations / Paris, 11 décembre 2012.