IACD are delighted to remind its members of the upcoming 3-day conference on Community Development and Ecology to be held in Melbourne, Australia. Details and link for registration are below, but don't worry if you can't make it. We'll report back in our next newsletter!
People and places in a changing world
Run in conjunction with Deakin University's Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights and the Borderlands Cooperative, People and places in a changing world: How community development engages the need for change to meet ecological sustainability will run from March 26-28. Incorporating both academic papers and community workshops, the conference will look at a range of themes, including:
*Community Development & Housing: cooperative, rural and metropolitan, community activism for energy efficiency, community gardens.
*Community Development & Urban Renewal: changing/greening cities, restoring neighbourliness, green transport.
*Community Development & Food Sovereignty/Relocalisation: food and resource production (carbon neutral communities / restoring local/cooperative activities and local economies and water issues).
*Community Development & Rural /Regional Issues: carbon offset actions/reafforestation, bioregional action, green corridors, forest action, land care, water action, critiques and efficiency.
*Community Development & Globalisation: developing countries and climate change issues; rapidly developing economies, energy demands and the impact of climate change upon the poorest countries; climate change refugees, water issues, fair (and green) trade issues.
*Community Development: Responding to disasters: effective community development responses to natural and socio/ political disaster. Ensuring sustainable international aid programs. What can community development offer?
*Community Development and Building Social Movements: networking across differences, making local/global links eg zero emissions, aid development and carbon emissions, emerging climate change action groups
The keynote speaker is the anti-nuclear advocate Helen Caldicott. Other contributions come from Professor Chris Miller, Emeritus Professor Jim Ife, IACD vice-president Ingrid Burkett, Borderlands Cooperative Jacques Boulet, and Friends of the Earth Cam Walker.For more information and registration please visit: http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/cchr/eco-cd-conf08/index.php
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