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.
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. 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. Research units A-Z. 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. 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. 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. 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. Das EWI nimmt seine Arbeit auf. Im Januar findet die erste Energiewirtschaftliche Arbeitstagung des EWI auf Burg Wahn statt. Dr. Im Zuge der ersten „Energie-Enquete“ der Bundesregierung nimmt das EWI erstmalig eine Sektorenanalyse vor und prognostiziert die Entwicklung von Energieverbrauch, Energieproduktion und Energieinfrastruktur anhand eigens ermittelter Daten.
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. The Center currently supports studies in several directions: Tallinn University. Eesti keeles A A A Sisukaart Siseveeb E-post E-pood ASIO ÕIS TÕIS. 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)
ETH - Institute for Environmental Decisions IED. Center for Culture, History, and Environment @ UW - Madison. Stony Brook University BA in Environmental Humanities. 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. Environmental Humanities Initiative. Environmental Humanities « A Transatlantic Research Network. Mellon Grant Will Fuel U.Va.'s Humanities Faculty, Teaching and Research. October 11, 2011 — The College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia will enhance the humanities through key initiatives – including up to 10 new interdisciplinary faculty positions and graduate student fellowships – thanks to a $2.9 million, five-year grant from the Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation. The Mellon grant will bolster and expand U.Va.'s strengths in the humanities by funding an innovative model of hiring, teaching and evaluation that encourages collaboration across multiple fields, based on the recognition that the study of cultures in a global context must traverse traditional disciplines and geographic boundaries. "We're grateful to the Mellon Foundation for its generous support of this important initiative," said Meredith Jung-En Woo, Buckner W. Clay Dean of Arts & Sciences. The Emerging Field of Environmental Humanities - Princeton Environmental Institute.
Growing up on a farm in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey and witnessing the dramatic loss of farmland to housing developments and shopping malls ignited visiting professor Ken Hiltner's early and life-long interest in the environment which he later married with his passion for English literature. "My initial interest in the environment comes from growing up on my family's farm in southern New Jersey where I gained an appreciation for open-space," said Hiltner. "Sadly, the landscape of today's Mt. Laurel bears little resemblance to what I knew and loved as a child. " Ken Hiltner, Currie C and Thomas A. This past fall, Hiltner joined Princeton University for the 2012-13 academic year as the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) Currie C. and Thomas A. Ken Hiltner. Sociedad Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Historia Ambiental.
Environmental Humanities Project. Takes flight with environmental humanities, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. By Rebecca Kendall Originally posted in UCLA Today "We’re constantly being bombarded by problems that we face and sometimes we can get completely overwhelmed. [But] we should always feel like a hummingbird. I may feel insignificant, but I don’t want to be like the other animals watching the planet go down the drain. I’ll be a hummingbird, I’ll do the best I can. "(watch video) ~2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Matthai The late Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Matthai eloquently emphasized that every individual can do something, no matter how small, to combat a large, pressing issue, no matter how insurmountable it seems.
Environments And Societies. Institut écologie et environnement. _______________________ Communiqués de presse Tous les communiqués de presse... ANR - Huit ans de recherche en environnement - Dernières découvertes et innovations / Paris, 11 décembre 2012.