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Subject: [permaculture] 14th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management -VT
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:28:53 -0500
Announcing ISSRM 2008
We are pleased to officially announce the 14th International
Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM). The web site
for the 2008 ISSRM is now “live” and can be found by logging on to
www.ISSRM2008.org. ISSRM will be held on June 10-14, 2008 at the
University of Vermont in Burlington. ISSRM is the official annual
meeting of the International Association for Society and Natural
Resources, and is the largest international gathering of academics,
researchers, graduate students, and practitioners interested in the
application of social science to natural resources and
environmental issues. The theme of the 2008 Symposium is “People
and Place: Linking Culture and Nature”, and will 1) emphasize the
human dimensions of environmental and natural resources issues, 2)
include the broad array of social science disciplines and related
fields of study, and 3) illustrate the interdisciplinary,
cooperative, and collaborative character of research and
management. The 2008 Symposium will include a Welcome Reception,
plenary sessions with keynote speakers,
concurrent sessions of
scientific papers, a poster session and reception, a Student Forum,
a Student Paper Competition, a Graduate Career Fair, and an awards
dinner.
The 2008 ISSRM will be hosted by the Rubenstein School of
Environment and Natural Resources, one of only a few such endowed
academic units in the U.S. and the flagship of the University of
Vermont’s commitment to excellence in environmental stewardship.
The Symposium will be held at the University’s new Davis Student
Center, a state-of-the-art, LEED-certified building, and on-campus
housing will be available at the new University Heights Student
Residential Learning Complex, also LEED-certified, and just a short
walk to the Davis Student Center. Blocks of rooms are also being
held at surrounding hotels. The University of Vermont campus sits
“on the hill” in Burlington, a small
city on the shores of Lake
Champlain, nestled between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the
Adirondacks of New York, and a town that is perennially noted as
one of the most “livable” in the U.S. Participants in the Symposium
will appreciate the environmental and cultural amenities of
Burlington, including a bustling downtown pedestrian mall with
restaurants and shops, an extensive bike path, a community
boathouse, a waterfront park and promenade, a fishing pier, a lake
aquarium and environmental science center, and one of the most
dramatic sunsets anywhere. Burlington is served by an international
airport (just two miles from campus), AMTRAK, and Interstate
Highway 89. The surrounding Vermont countryside offers a wealth of
opportunities to learn about the State’s longstanding and
progressive commitment to the environment, and to enjoy many forms
of outdoor recreation. We encourage participants to extend their
stay to take advantage of the “laboratory” that Vermont offers for
studying sustainability and the Symposium theme of integrating
people and the environment.
ISSRM offers many types of opportunities to participate, including
traditional paper (oral) presentations, poster presentations, and a
variety of sessions that can be organized by participants.
Abstracts for all of these forms of participation are due by
February 8, 2008. Details on abstract submission, as well as the
Symposium program, registration, housing, travel, and other matters
are included in the web site noted above. Please note that
opportunities to help sponsor selected components of the Symposium,
including the Student Forum, are available for those in a position
to help. To receive more information about any aspect of the
Symposium, please contact us at ISSRM2008@uvm.edu.
In the interest of continuing to advance ISSRM, we ask you to
forward this e-mail message to appropriate individuals and
listserves. We hope that you will consider joining us in June, 2008
for the 14th International Symposium on Society and Resource
Management.
Robert Manning
Patricia Stokowski
Morgan Grove,
Executive Committee