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Reply-To: Alison Glazebrook <[log in to unmask]> * * * * * An Important Conference Announcement * * * * Apologies for any cross-postings The Public and the Environment: Citizens, Sustainability and Science RGS-IBG, I Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR Wednesday 14 April 1999 10.00 am to 4.00 pm THE ISSUES: It is widely recognised that a constructive dialogue with the public is required to encourage more environmentally sustainable behaviour. To engage the public fully in environmental debates, issues, policy formulation and assessment requires effective dissemination of information, public understanding, and opportunities for feedback and input into policy at local and national levels. This conference brings together the work of a number of key geographers, environmentalists, and other social scientists with practitioners and policy makers to explore the ways and effectiveness with which the public is currently engaged in contemporary debates about the environment, and how they receive and understand environmental information. It is timely to consider how public involvement in the environmental debate can be both developed and sustained, given the Government's strong interest in increasing public participation. CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE: Richard Sandbrook, IIED - Conference Chair * The Government's Position on Public Participation in the Environmental Debate Senior Government representative (awaiting acceptance from the Rt. Hon. Michael Meacher) * Listening to People - Incorporating Public Perceptions into Policy Jacquie Burgess, UCL * Knowledge into Policy - the Role and Influence of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution Susan Owens, University of Cambridge * Public Participation in Local Agenda 21 Bob Evans, South Bank University * Reporting Environmental Information - The Media Angle Greg Neale, Sunday Telegraph * The Environmental NGO's Role in Promoting Environmental Understanding Tony Juniper, Friends of the Earth * Communicating Scientific Understanding of the Environment John Durant, Science Museum * Understanding Environmental Information Professor Alan Irwin, Brunel University WHO SHOULD ATTEND? - academic researchers - policy makers in environment (local and central government); - environmental educators; - broadcasters and journalists; - environmental researchers; - NGOs, charities and trusts with an interest in the environment COST? Forty pounds for academics, or non-profit making organisations, fifteen pounds for post-graduate students, all others £60. This price includes lunch. TO FIND OUT MORE For full programme and registration details, email [log in to unmask] (giving your postal address) or call Alison Glazebrook on 0171 591 3006 and full details will be sent. Organised by the Planning and Environment Research Group of the RGS-IBG as part of the RGS-IBG's 'Environment and Society Forum'. Organiser: Sue Buckingham-Hatfield, Brunel University ([log in to unmask]) Alison Glazebrook Education and Programmes Division Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers) 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR Tel. 0171 591 3006, Fax. 0171 591 3059, email: [log in to unmask] Website: www.rgs.org %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%