http://www.social-ecology.org Popular Education for a Free Society Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:09:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en January 9th - 16th, 2010 -- New York City -- $300 (scholarships available) The Institute for Social Ecology presents an 8-day intensive introduction to the philosophy and politics of Social Ecology. This 8-day intensive will offer students an introduction to the dialectical philosophy and politics of Social Ecology. Using the lens ... http://www.social-ecology.org/learn/january-seminar For Z Magazine, September 2009 The summer and fall of 2009 will surely be noted in the annals of environmental history. This period could be remembered as the time when the world’s elites slowly began to crawl toward a meaningful solution to the threat of accelerating global climate disruptions. But if ... http://www.social-ecology.org/2009/08/toward-climate-justice-can-we-turn-back-from-the-abyss/ Several new and/or previously unavailable pieces, primarily from social ecologist Brian Tokar,  have been added to our Article Archive on our website. Brian Tokar's articles: http://www.social-ecology.org/author/brian-tokar/ We'd also like to take this opportunity to invite alumni of the ISE's programming to send us an update as to where you are and what ... http://www.social-ecology.org/2009/08/alumni-updates/ - From C. Armiger, P. Palmiotto, J. Estes, eds., Banking on Biodiversity: The ecological and socio-economic dimensions of sustainable agriculture, Keene, NH: Antioch University Center for Tropical Ecology and Conservation (in press) The previous panelists have offered thoughtful perspectives on how US agricultural policies profoundly alter the lives of people around ... http://www.social-ecology.org/2009/05/toward-food-sovereignty-in-vermont-and-northern-new-england/ Lectures, readings, and workshops upcoming The Institute for Social Ecology is is proud to announce the release of Beverly Naidus' latest title, "Arts for Change." Additionally, the ISE would like to call attention to several lectures, readings, and workshops featuring Beverly that are set for May and June of 2009. (Please ... http://www.social-ecology.org/2009/04/ises-beverly-naidus-publishes-arts-for-change/ (This interview was originally posted at http://www.ecoclub.com/news/101/interview.html) ECOCLUB.com: What is Social Ecology and in what key ways does it differ from the mainstream environmentalism of the big US & International NGOS? Brian Tokar: Social ecology offers a coherent radical critique of current social, political, and environmental ... http://www.social-ecology.org/2009/04/ecoclub-interviews-brian-tokar/ Previously unavailable works by social ecologists Peter Staudenmaier, Ben Grosscup, and Karl Hardy covering a broad range of topics can now be accessed in the Institute for Social Ecology’s website Article Archive. Staudenmaier’s pieces include his critical historical essays on anthroposophy, his participation in Left debates over Kosovo, and his involvement ... http://www.social-ecology.org/2009/03/new-additions-to-the-article-archive/ As an aware consumer imploring American farmers to “put away that DDT now,” singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell sang back in the 1970’s, “give me spots on the apples, but leave me the birds and the bees…please.” Once upon a time, when I was an activist and small organic farmer, organic ... http://www.social-ecology.org/2009/03/are-the-best-organic-standards-the-toughest-organic-standards-why-the-activists-got-it-wrong/ The Institute for Social Ecology is proud to unveil its newly re-designed website! Check back often for regularly updated content in the form of articles, essays, events, and multimedia content. Please let us know (email info [at] social-ecology [dot] org) if you come across any broken links or other kinks ... http://www.social-ecology.org/2009/02/welcome-to-the-new-ise-website/ In June, 1910, Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy, began a speaking tour of Norway with a lecture to a large and attentive audience in Oslo.  The lecture series was titled “The Mission of National Souls in Relation to Nordic-Germanic Mythology.”  In the Oslo lectures Steiner presented his theory of ... http://www.social-ecology.org/2009/01/anthroposophy-and-ecofascism-2/