globalization, the radical intensification of flows of capital,
people, services, expertise, goods, texts, images, and technologies around the world
and across national and regional borders.
Hull et al.: Youth, Risk, and Equity
Sunday, March 21, 2010
I need to digest this.
"The
modern cultural ethos-which some have called cosmopolitanism-
does not acknowledge living well in a particular
place as a condition of what philosophers have always
considered to be the good life. Instead, the modern ethos
privileges mobility, acquisitiveness, and status as the essentials
of a happy life.. The difference between a happy life and a good life
is the difference between lives governed principally by ethical
deliberation and lives governed principally by pleasureseeking.
I According to Wendell Berry, in the modern era
people [began] to live lives of a purely theoretical
reality, day-dreams based on the economics of
success. It was as if they had risen off the earth
into the purely hypothetical air of their ambition
and greed. They were rushing around in the clouds,
"getting somewhere," while their native ground,
the only meaningful destination, if not the only
possible one, lay far below them, abandoned and
forgotten, colonized by machines. (1989, p. 66)"
Sense of Place Among Rural Youth in Appalachia
Craig B. Howley, Hobart L. Harmon, and Gregory D. Leopold
modern cultural ethos-which some have called cosmopolitanism-
does not acknowledge living well in a particular
place as a condition of what philosophers have always
considered to be the good life. Instead, the modern ethos
privileges mobility, acquisitiveness, and status as the essentials
of a happy life.. The difference between a happy life and a good life
is the difference between lives governed principally by ethical
deliberation and lives governed principally by pleasureseeking.
I According to Wendell Berry, in the modern era
people [began] to live lives of a purely theoretical
reality, day-dreams based on the economics of
success. It was as if they had risen off the earth
into the purely hypothetical air of their ambition
and greed. They were rushing around in the clouds,
"getting somewhere," while their native ground,
the only meaningful destination, if not the only
possible one, lay far below them, abandoned and
forgotten, colonized by machines. (1989, p. 66)"
Sense of Place Among Rural Youth in Appalachia
Craig B. Howley, Hobart L. Harmon, and Gregory D. Leopold
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Another awesome-sounding conference for people wanting to merge the social scienes with ecology!
SAVE THESE DATES! >> April 20-23, 2011 - 1st announcement
XVIIIth International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology
Human Responsibility & Environmental Change: Planning, Process, and Policy
MonteLago Village Resort - Lake Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - April 20-23, 2011
http://www.montelagovillage.com
Take part in a diverse international and interdisciplinary gathering in the beautiful landscape of southern Nevada, a retreat-like setting, and a short drive away from the excitement of Las Vegas.
First Call for Participation will be sent out within two weeks.
Suggestions from all areas of human ecology - theory, education, research and practice - are welcomed.
Program suggestions can be mailed to Conference Committee via email to:
shelasvegas2011@gmail.com
XVIIIth International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology
Human Responsibility & Environmental Change: Planning, Process, and Policy
MonteLago Village Resort - Lake Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - April 20-23, 2011
http://www.montelagovillage.com
Take part in a diverse international and interdisciplinary gathering in the beautiful landscape of southern Nevada, a retreat-like setting, and a short drive away from the excitement of Las Vegas.
First Call for Participation will be sent out within two weeks.
Suggestions from all areas of human ecology - theory, education, research and practice - are welcomed.
Program suggestions can be mailed to Conference Committee via email to:
shelasvegas2011@gmail.com
Monday, March 8, 2010
Quote of the Day
I feel a little lame that lately I've been posting things other people said, but some people are just more eloquent than me.
"One person can make a difference and every person should try"
~JFK
"One person can make a difference and every person should try"
~JFK
Monday, March 1, 2010
Quote of the Day
The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life. –-Jane Addams
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Quote of the Day
“Stop philosophizing about what a good man is and be one,” writes stoic Marcus Aurelius.
Friday, February 26, 2010
note to self: Check out Office of Livable Communities
February 05, 2010
Sustainable Communities Initiative
From the Obama administration:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 4, 2010
THURSDAY: Top Obama Administration Officials to Promote Sustainable
Communities, Environmental Justice at Smart Growth Conference
WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun
Donovan and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will visit Seattle on
Thursday, February 4, to address the 9th Annual New Partners for Smart
Growth Conference. They will be joined by Environmental Protection Agency
Assistant Administrator Mathy Stanislaus.
Speaking before an audience of more than 1,500 key planners, public health
professionals, developers, government staff and elected officials
Secretaries Donovan and LaHood and Assistant Administrator Stanislaus will
discuss the ways their agencies are working together through the Obama
Administration’s Partnership for Sustainable Communities to improve access
to affordable housing, provide better transportation options, and protect
public health and the environment.
“EPA, HUD and DOT are working together to rebuild our foundations for
prosperity, a process that starts with rethinking the ways our communities
grow,” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “The interagency Partnership
for Sustainable Communities is working to give our communities what they
need to grow and thrive with economic resilience and environmental
sustainability.”
“I am proud to announce HUD’s brand new Office of Sustainable Housing and
Communities today,” said Donovan. “Working with our partners at DOT and EPA,
this new office will help us streamline our efforts to create stronger, more
sustainable communities by connecting housing to jobs, fostering local
innovation and building a clean energy economy.”
“Our Partnership really is a new way of doing business in Washington, to
help our nation meet 21st century challenges,” said LaHood. “Working
together, we’re creating jobs to revitalize our economy, while helping state
and local transportation agencies to build the capacity they need to promote
livable, walkable, sustainable communities.”
The President proposed $527 million in his budget for an ambitious new
livability initiative at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Its Office
of Livable Communities will be a focal point for initiatives such
as expanding transit in low-income neighborhoods. It will fund a grant
program to help state and local transportation agencies provide more
transportation choices that spur economic development.
The New Partners for Smart Growth Conference, taking place Feb. 4-6, is the
premier national smart growth conference, bringing together experts from a
wide range of disciplines to discuss transportation, housing and urban
development, public health, equitable development, environmental protection,
and other topics. The partnership agencies are working together more closely
than ever before to meet the president’s challenge to coordinate federal
policies, programs, and resources to help urban, suburban, and rural areas
build more sustainable communities.
The New Partners for Smart Growth Conference is managed by the Local
Government Commission, in partnership with EPA, DOT, and other public and
private sponsors.
More about the Partnership for Sustainable Communities:
http:/www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/partnership
More on EPA’s Smart Growth Program:
http:www.epa.gov/smartgrowth
More information on HUD’s Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities:
www.hud.gov/sustainability
Sustainable Communities Initiative
From the Obama administration:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 4, 2010
THURSDAY: Top Obama Administration Officials to Promote Sustainable
Communities, Environmental Justice at Smart Growth Conference
WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun
Donovan and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will visit Seattle on
Thursday, February 4, to address the 9th Annual New Partners for Smart
Growth Conference. They will be joined by Environmental Protection Agency
Assistant Administrator Mathy Stanislaus.
Speaking before an audience of more than 1,500 key planners, public health
professionals, developers, government staff and elected officials
Secretaries Donovan and LaHood and Assistant Administrator Stanislaus will
discuss the ways their agencies are working together through the Obama
Administration’s Partnership for Sustainable Communities to improve access
to affordable housing, provide better transportation options, and protect
public health and the environment.
“EPA, HUD and DOT are working together to rebuild our foundations for
prosperity, a process that starts with rethinking the ways our communities
grow,” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “The interagency Partnership
for Sustainable Communities is working to give our communities what they
need to grow and thrive with economic resilience and environmental
sustainability.”
“I am proud to announce HUD’s brand new Office of Sustainable Housing and
Communities today,” said Donovan. “Working with our partners at DOT and EPA,
this new office will help us streamline our efforts to create stronger, more
sustainable communities by connecting housing to jobs, fostering local
innovation and building a clean energy economy.”
“Our Partnership really is a new way of doing business in Washington, to
help our nation meet 21st century challenges,” said LaHood. “Working
together, we’re creating jobs to revitalize our economy, while helping state
and local transportation agencies to build the capacity they need to promote
livable, walkable, sustainable communities.”
The President proposed $527 million in his budget for an ambitious new
livability initiative at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Its Office
of Livable Communities will be a focal point for initiatives such
as expanding transit in low-income neighborhoods. It will fund a grant
program to help state and local transportation agencies provide more
transportation choices that spur economic development.
The New Partners for Smart Growth Conference, taking place Feb. 4-6, is the
premier national smart growth conference, bringing together experts from a
wide range of disciplines to discuss transportation, housing and urban
development, public health, equitable development, environmental protection,
and other topics. The partnership agencies are working together more closely
than ever before to meet the president’s challenge to coordinate federal
policies, programs, and resources to help urban, suburban, and rural areas
build more sustainable communities.
The New Partners for Smart Growth Conference is managed by the Local
Government Commission, in partnership with EPA, DOT, and other public and
private sponsors.
More about the Partnership for Sustainable Communities:
http:/www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/partnership
More on EPA’s Smart Growth Program:
http:www.epa.gov/smartgrowth
More information on HUD’s Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities:
www.hud.gov/sustainability
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