Young Reporters for the Environment Programme is an enviro-journalism programme for young people aged 11-25 years. Run in over 40 countries the programme aims to empower young people to make their voices heard and take a stand on environmental issues they feel strongly about. The programme gives young people a platform to influence others by articulating these environmental issues through the …
Cornell University seeks Post-Doctoral Social Science Research Associate for one year position
Cornell University is hiring a post-doctoral social science researcher as part of their National Science Foundation-funded project on social and ecological impacts of digital agricultural innovation. The project is a collaboration between faculty in the Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the College of Computer and Information Science. It is a one-year full time research position that is renewable for a second year based on meeting mutually agreed-upon objectives. Key InformationPOSITION: Post-Doctoral Social Science Research Associate, Social and Ecological Impacts of Digital Agriculture STARTING DATE: Sept 1, 2021 LOCATION: Department …
PERC member publication: Where We Swim
PERC is thrilled to announce the publication of Where We Swim, a collection of essays by member Ingrid Horrocks. Where We Swim examines relationships, our ecological crises, and the responsibilities we have to collectively care. Fellow PERC member Laura Jean McKay explains… “Ingrid is writing literally in this book: about the physical, cultural, emotional and environmental impact of human immersion in water. …
Rapua te Kura Huna: Opening Our Environmental Archives
PERC member Philip Steer, along with Margaret Forster co-organised Rapua te Kura Huna: Opening Our Environmental Archives, a workshop of interdisciplinary and cross-cultural dialogue around archives of environmental knowledge from the period of colonisation. This event brought together ten researchers from across the humanities at the National Library of New Zealand on 12 February 2021.
PERC in 2020
Despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 crisis 2020 has been another successful year for PERC, with more national and international activities and publications. In conjunction with the Sociology of Development and Change (SDC) group at Wageningen University, we ran our third nearly carbon neutral online conference Extraction. This conference bought together over 80 presenters across 18 panels and featured …
CFP: Sustainability special issue
PERC members and contributors may be interested in contributing to a planned special issue of the journal Sustainability “Understanding the Society-Environmental Policy-Practice Nexus and its Implications for Sustainability Transformations Under Uncertain Futures”. From the abstract: A rapidly expanding body of literature has explored various aspects of sustainability transformations, ranging from technical, governance, practice, to justice and personal contexts. However, how …
Microbeads are banned, but plastic-filled products are everywhere
PERC co-director Trisia Farrelly is calling for greater awareness of and restrictions on plastics in consumer products like cosmetics. Despite 2018 regulations on microbeads, plastic products filled products continue to be sold. Farrelly explains to Stuff that some forms of plastic, such as acrylates copolymer and its variations, fall outside the current legislation. Acrylates copolymer is a microplastic that poses a …
Publication: Islands of Opportunity
Pacific Island countries and territories only contribute 13% of the “mismanaged plastic in the world’s oceans”, yet oceanic currents deposit much of this mismanaged plastic on Pacific shores. PERC co-director Trisia Farrelly has contributed to the authorship of the report Islands of Opportunity: Toward a Global Agreement on Plastic Pollution for Pacific Island Countries and Territories, which argues that existing …
Upcoming event: Burning vs Zero Waste
**POSTPONED** New Date TBC Te Papa, Mahuki Level 2 Waste – is burning the best way to deal with it? Zero-waste expert Paul Connett discusses the downsides of incineration, and explores sustainable alternatives. A Q&A follows. In this talk Dr. Connett, a retired professor of chemistry and author of the book The Zero Waste Solution, will explain why neither incineration nor …
Zero waste around the world
**POSTPONED** Talk by Emeritus Professor Paul Connett New Date TBC Ground Floor, Palmerston North City Library In this talk Dr. Connett, a retired professor of chemistry and author of the book The Zero Waste Solution, will explain why neither incineration nor related thermal technologies are an appropriate or safe solution for waste management in NZ. Connett will explain why such techniques …