Dear Gep-ed Friends and Colleagues, Please find below a panel some of us (Tom Princen, Jack Manno, Matthias Finger, Andrea Finger, among others) are proposing. If this looks relevant to your interests and research, please do send me a paper proposal for the panel by this Thursday, May 26th. I apologize for the late notice and look forward to your response. All the best, Pam
Humanity has currently extracted about half of the Earth's oil resources (and less than half of the Earth's gas and coal resources) with already dramatic consequences on the global climate, the regional and local environment and, especially, on local and powerless peoples and other species. Most discussions of climate change revolve around the management (adaptation and mitigation) of the result of extractive processes on the planet, but few examine the source(s) of the increasing devastation of Earth for humans and other species. This panel will explore the multitude of calls from various movements of peoples to change the political-economic system beyond extractive industries toward one that incorporates nature. It will explore the ethical, political, economic, institutional, and ecological justifications and outcomes of such systemic change. Panelists will examine global case studies of networks and movements and theoretical and practical applications of Leave-it-in-the-ground proposals and their viability. -- Pamela L. Martin, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Politics Coastal Carolina University P.O. Box 261954 Conway, SC 29528-6054 843-349-2966 [email protected] [email protected]
