General Interest
eco-shopping in the Philippines
I have just moved to Manila, and went shopping for household basics in the truly enormous Trinoma mall yesterday. I searched in vain for recycled toilet paper, settling at last with one half written in Chinese and Korean script, with a picture of an earth and an explanation of how recycled paper saves trees. Sharing [...]
Faux Forum for socio/eco PhD students during the summer break
Welcome to the reawakening of the Human Ecology Forum blog!
Following advice from the recently published book ‘Doctorates down under’, a group of PhD students researching the nexus between people and environment are establishing a ‘peer support group’. The group will meet semi-regularly, both through Skype and face-to-face, to discuss their ideas and issues. Interested? contact [...]
Resilience Thinking and Mangroves in Indonesia
After returning from researching mangrove ecosystems in Simeulue Island, Aceh (next to Nias Island), Ben Brown of Mangrove Action Project stumbled upon Salt and Walker’s book “Resilience Thinking”. It resonated with his experience of working in Southeast Asia in community-based mangrove management, conservation and restoration, and in response to Salt and Walker’s challenge to readers by to explore resilience concepts in the ecosystems that they work in, Ben wrote a fascinating report on the resilience of mangrove ecosystems in Indonesia. Published by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) in English and Indonesia, but not currently availble online, we’ve posted the report on the Human Ecology Forum blog for your edification.
Data visualisation from the trenches
…the Real Costs project annotates travel agents websites with the carbon footprint for the mode of transport you select, and comparative greenhouse costs of the alternatives. Hands up who’d like to negotiate pre-installing it on, say, all campus computers?
Sharing research
Hello HEF! So far the website’s been up for a month, and we’ve had very little feedback. If anyone visits this website, please email me to let me know what you think! As per the HEF listserv email sent out, is very easy to get involved: you can send me information about your ongoing research and about yourself. I can post up nearly anything, including pdfs, slideshows, images, etc. Please take the time to share some of your work as a contribution to the wider academic community. Cheers from Ubud, Bali! – Kim
Contact
Comments and suggestions for the website are appreciated. If you want to contact the website admin directly, email Deb at deborah.cleland (at) gmail.com.
