Action in Place: Promoting Community and Environmental Sustainability

Posted by on September 23, 2005

Action in Place: Promoting Community and Environmental Sustainability

October 6-9, 2005
Goddard College
Plainfield, Vermont

Join us to celebrate and learn from the experiences of those involved in community-based initiatives to promote environmental, economic, and community sustainability. While globalism is an undeniable force in our lives, projects rooted in specific places, cultures, and communities are pockets of hope for democratic and social action. These educational and activist projects, while often modest in their scope, are multifaceted in their approaches. Traditional boundaries between environmental, cultural, social, and economic issues and constituencies may dissolve as activists engage with the day-to-day issues that transcend these categories.

The ?Action in Place” conference brings together people who have engaged in community and place-based initiatives and those who want to examine such opportunities and issues. It includes a wide variety of perspectives from the arts and culture to the sciences, from educators and scholars to activists, as they discuss how to develop initiatives that engender an ecological ethos on the local level. It also explores how the larger environmental, peace, and social-justice movements can nurture local engagement, and how local initiatives can provide fresh insights regarding global challenges.

We invite you to participate in this showcase of place and regionally based programs of education and action promoting environmental and community sustainability. Join in the effort to advance the development and implementation of such programs.

http://www.goddard.edu/academic/actioninplace.html