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Nature and Sustainability

Nature and Sustainability
An Educational Study with Rousseau and Foucault
by Lili-Ann Wolf

The human impact on the natural world is unsustainable, and the tendency to assign education the role of remedying the problem is increasing. However, since sustainability touches fundamentals of human life on many levels, effective education becomes a challenge. This book gives a historical and philosophical view of education that deals with nature and sustainability and highlights the ethical dilemmas that arise if we expect education to be the main promoter of sustainability. Lili-Ann Wolff discusses these issues by drawing from two of the most notable scholars in the Western intellectual tradition, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Michel Foucault. Rousseau's writings offer excellent examples of the role of both ethics and education in dealing with sustainability. And Foucault sets the stage for understanding such fundamental ethical and educational issues as matters of power that act in complex networks on both individual and social levels. The book meets the needs and interests of a diverse audience from educational, environmental and philosophical disciplines, but also many other readers having an interest in contemporary discussions about education, sustainability and nature.

ICA Global Research Conference

ICA Global Research Conference
24 - 28 August, 2011
Mikkeli, Finland

The conference is open to researchers from all disciplines, as well as to practitioners from both private and public enterprises, and civil society organizations.

Participants are invited to share their research results on co-operative theory and practice, on both achievements and failures. The conference will provide a forum to exchange ideas on research needs and will be an ideal environment in which to develop collaborative partnerships.

!!! NOTE: Submission of abstracts: March 31th. 2011 !!!
Welcome to Mikkeli, Finland!

Kasvaminen maailmanlaajuiseen vastuuseen

Kasvaminen maailmanlaajuiseen vastuuseen

A report pdf in Finnish by Monica Melen-Paaso
Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture

BUP Research Seminar

Baltic University Programme HAW Hamburg is hosting in Hamburg the "BUP Research Seminar" on the 25th-26th May 2011. The aims of the Seminar are:

to identify research areas where BUP Universities have strong expertise and are able to compete in attracting EU and international funding;
to cluster the expertise in thematic areas, with a view to forming powerful and attractive Consortia to bid for project funding;
to agree on a work plan with future calls for projects, where BUP universities can take part.

Climate Change and Agricultural Production in the BSR

NJF Nordic Association of Agricultural Scientists - NJF arranged in May 2010 a symposium on climate change “Climate Change and Agricultural Production in the Baltic Sea Region - Focus on Effects, Vulnerability and Adaptation”.