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Dear Colleagues, We have two more events scheduled for this year. "Maintaining Products in Use", 20th September, Sheffield - EPSRC Network on Product Life Spans seminar series We are pleased to announce an excellent line-up of speakers for our next seminar. There will be presentations by Paul Smith (FRN) on furniture and appliance reuse, Mark Godson (ex-Mr Minit) and Emmeline Child (Emmeline 4Re) on footwear, Paul Nieuwenhuis (Cardiff University) on vehicles, Amy Twigger-Holroyd (Keep and Share) and Annie Sherburne (Kingston University) on clothing, Paul Tear (Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College) on furniture conservation. Other speakers include Brian Burns on users, Tim Cooper on policy, and Fiona Kelday on strategy. In addition to presentations, there will be a group session to discuss key issues and address challenges for repair and maintenance services. Please visit our website for further details of the seminar, including an online booking form: http://extra.shu.ac.uk/productlife/seminar_08.html. If you would like to attend the event, we would be grateful if you booked by Monday 17th September. The full programme will be available on the website shortly. "Changing the Way People Buy and Sell", 15th November, Sheffield - ESRC Forecasts and Scenarios for a More Sustainable Society seminar series The event is organized by the Centre for Sustainable Consumption in collaboration with BRASS Centre at Cardiff University and Swansea University. It will explore the potential benefits of sustainable consumption models such as green consumerism, localization, product- service systems, downsizing and 'slow consumption' for producers and consumers. Keynote speakers include Julia Hailes, author of The New Green Consumer Guide. Please reserve this date in your diary now. Bookings can be made on our website and will open at the end of September. We look forward to your participation! Kind regards, Kenisha _______________________________ Kenisha Garnett Research Co-ordinator Centre for Sustainable Consumption Sheffield Hallam University Howard Street Sheffield S1 1WB [log in to unmask] Telephone: +44 (0) 114 225 4582 Fax: +44 (0) 114 225 5036 CSC website: http://research.shu.ac.uk/csc/index.html Network website: http://extra.shu.ac.uk/productlife/ To unsubscribe from this list please go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/industrial-ecology or send the following command to [log in to unmask] leave industrial-ecology