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From: Noel Castree [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 10 May 2007 10:52
To: Duncan Fuller; Nick Thoburn; North, Peter
Subject: FW: Capitalism, democracy and environment symposium,
Manchester, May 14th
Apologies for cross-posting:
To mark the launch of the Society-Environment Research Group at the
University of Manchester a one day symposium is being held on May 14th,
10.30-4.00. It is free and will involve well known speakers from the
academic, policy and media worlds. Please feel free to attend and to
mention this event to colleagues.
Capitalism, the Environment and Democracy
SERG Launch Symposium
10.30-4.30 14th May 2007, G21 Mansfield Cooper Building, Manchester
University
http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/research/SERG.htm
10.30 Welcome Dr. Rosaleen Duffy (Politics, Manchester University)
10.40-12.45 Session One, chair: Dr Rosaleen Duffy
10.40-12.10 Presentations
Environmental Democracy: Stranger Than Fiction
Professor Noel Castree, Geography, Manchester University
Science, policy and public participation: reflections on the whys,
whats, and wheres
Dr. David Demeritt, King's College London
My Footprint: How to be a Green Citizen in an Age of Individualism
Fred Pearce, New Scientist magazine and author of When Rivers Run Dry
12.10-12.45 discussion
12.45 - 2.00 Lunch
2.00 - 4.30 Session Two, Chair: Dr. Gavin Bridge (Geography, Manchester
University)
2.00-3.50 Presentations
Climate Change Policy: Post-Political and Post-Democratic
Professor Erik Swyngedouw, Geography, Manchester University
Edge of Disaster: Risk verses Reputation
Paul Brown, Former Environment Correspondent for The Guardian and author
of Global Warning: The Last Chance for Change
Pathways to sustainability: environment and development challenges
Professor Melissa Leach, IDS, Sussex University and and Director of the
ESRC research centre, Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways
at Sussex (STEPS).
Markets, democracy and environment
Professor John O' Neill, Philosophy, Manchester University
3.50-4.30 Discussion and Conclusion
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