Note the deadline for session proposals has been extended to February 22, 2106.
“Just Sustainability: Hope for the Commons” – August 7-9, 2016 at Seattle University
The Seattle University Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability (CEJS) invites papers for its second biennial conference “Just Sustainability: Hope for the Commons” to be held in Seattle on August 7-9, 2016. Attendees will have a unique opportunity to connect with researchers, businesses, and communities that are bringing EJS issues to the fore of public discourse. Authors will have the opportunity to publish papers in a special issue of the journal Interdisciplinary Environmental Review. The conference goals are to:
- Emphasize EJS research in a wide variety of disciplines
- Build an EJS network of Jesuit institutions
- Inspire EJS work through the arts
- Highlight work being done by nonprofit and government agencies
- Foster interdisciplinary conversations, research, and teaching
We invite papers related to environmental justice and sustainability from all fields of discourse, including but not limited to environmental studies, theology, business, philosophy, engineering, education, law, international development, anthropology, religious studies, geography and the natural sciences. We welcome papers that focus on:
- Social sustainability(e.g. low-income housing, indigenous rights, urban farming, intergenerational equity, climate refugees, etc.);
- The business case for sustainability(e.g. campus sustainability, supply chain management, responsible investment strategies, etc.); and/or
- Environmental sustainability(e.g. climate change, natural resources management, pollution control, biodiversity, etc.).
We have extended the deadline for our Call for Papers until February 22, 2016. Selected papers will appear in a special issue of the journal Interdisciplinary Environmental Review. More information at www.js2016.org.