Dear Marmam folks,
I would like to invite you to consider presenting at the
upcoming conference of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences.
The call for abstracts is now open, and more information is given below.
Initial program information (accepted workshops, symposia, panels, and
roundtable discussions) will be posted soon. There is already accepted marine mammal
content in the program, with more expected, and we would be delighted to foster
greater involvement of the marine mammal science and conservation community.
Please let me know if you have any questions and apologies
for cross-postings.
Sincerely,
Rich Wallace
Program Chair, AESS
and
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Ursinus College
Collegeville, PA
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Association
for Environmental Studies and Sciences
2011 Conference
"Confronting Complexity"
June
23-26, 2011, Burlington, Vermont
Hosted by the University of Vermont

Call for Abstracts is Now Open!!!
The Deadline for Submitting Abstracts is March 15, 2011
For more information on the
conference or to submit an abstract,
visit the AESS
2011 Conference Website (www.aess.info/2011)
Registration for AESS 2011
– including all workshops and field trips – opens on February 15!
Symposium, Panel Session, and
Other Program Information Coming Soon to the AESS 2011 Website.
AESS 2011 is delighted
to feature
plenary addresses
by
Dr. Heidi Cullen
CEO and Director of Communications, Climate Central
and
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (invited)
Also on the AESS 2011
Conference agenda:
Exciting
Vermont Field Trips
A
Scrumptious “Taste of Vermont” Banquet
Live Musical Entertainment
Featured Films
Student Mixers
More on the Conference Theme:
AESS recognizes and embraces complexity as the hallmark of our
field. Social, physical, biological and ideological factors in environmental
problems are intricately linked, and environmental problems are so tightly
interconnected that addressing one invariably affects others. This limits
our predictive capacity and challenges the assumptions embedded in our models
of natural and social phenomena. Engaging in dialogues about complexity
presents challenges in both classroom and public sphere. Confronting complexity
is critical to our ability to develop effective responses, thus this theme for
the AESS 2011 annual meeting.
About the Conference Host:
The University of Vermont, the state’s land grant
institution, is one of the top green universities in the United States.
It offers numerous environmental majors and is home to 10,000 undergraduates,
1,500 graduate students, and 1,300 faculty. Located in Burlington,
Vermont, the campus and green conference venue are perched on a hill and look
west across Lake Champlain to the Adirondacks and east to the Green
Mountains. Downtown is a short shuttle ride or walk from campus with easy
access to shops and restaurants. Burlington is the largest metropolitan
area in Vermont and has received high ratings for livability, sustainability,
and cultural engagement.
To
learn more about AESS or to become an AESS member, click here!
If you
have questions, please e-mail:
AESS
Program Committee Chair Rich Wallace at rwallace@ursinus.edu
or
AESS
2011 Site Host Stephanie Kaza at Stephanie.Kaza@uvm.edu