resilienceSci on Twitter- resilienceSci: RT @BSRnews: To feed the world, don't grow more--use existing resources better. Great @ensia piece on #waste: http://t.co/pDaQ95JtGz by @Gl… May 25, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @MarkAndrachuk: "How many qualitative interviews is enough?" via @ECGGroup and @jenlove23 http://t.co/JWcrY5y9V2 #ecrchat #phdchat May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: Fun end to SRC Futures panel with a good discussion on ingredients & potential for a "good" #Anthropocene. May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @DianeOrihel: Reason triumphs, sometimes: #ELA Lake 227 was fertilized with #phosphorus this week, so this 44-year experiment continues!… May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @DianeOrihel: On May 7, scientists called on #DFO and #EC to reverse its decision to end world's longest #eutrophication exp't http://t.… May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: ESPA funded postdoctoral position for SRC lead project on poverty alleviation & coastal ecosystem services http://t.co/g60LUkWAV2 May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: @MichaelSchoon1 I put the "good" in quotes - but gave some criteria that could be used to define good May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @sthlmresilience: @MichaelSchoon1: indeed, that is a critical question and is being discussed during the panel May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @MichaelSchoon1: @vgalaz @sthlmresilience @FredrikMoberg @resilienceSci @gustafr good for whom? May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @sthlmresilience: So Prof Peterson says criteria for a good Anthropocene is that it is: Fair, Prosperous, Sustainable, Resilient and fun May 24, 2013
Author Archives: Garry Peterson
James C Scott on the value of an anarchist squint
Political scientist James C. Scott, author of a series of ground breaking books that explore some of political and anthropological aspects of resilience has a new book out Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and … Continue reading
Posted in Ecological Management, Ideas
Tagged Anarchism, book, James C. Scott, Two Cheers for Anarchism
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Tim Daw on ecosystem services tradeoffs
In the video below Tim Daw, from the University of East Anglia’s School of International Development and the Stockholm Resilience Centre, explains his project Participatory Modelling of Wellbeing Tradeoffs in Coastal Kenya. The project, in which I’m also participating, has … Continue reading
Posted in Ecological Management, Ecosystem services, Scenarios
Tagged ecosystem service tradeoffs, fisheries, human well being, Kenya, poverty, Tim Daw, video
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PhD studentship in Political Science at Stockholm University
Are you looking for a PhD studentship in political science, linked to the Stockholm Resilience Centre, and focusing on participation and learning in ecosystem management? Then have a look at the ad below. The student will be based at the Department … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged job, PhD position, Political Science, Stockholm Resilience Centre
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Ocean acidification and resilience: a guest post from Beatrice Crona
This is a guest post from my colleague Beatrice Crona at the Stockholm Resilience Center. During the past week I have spent my days wrapping my head around complex climate and ocean models during the Third symposium on Oceans in a … Continue reading
A history of bicycle transformation in the Netherlands
Cool video about how a movement for social-ecological transformation took advantage of a window of opportunity. Dutch cyclist organizations pushing for new cycling infrastructure in the Netherlands. Read more on the Bicycling Dutch website in this post. An interesting post compares … Continue reading
Posted in Cities, Reorganization
Tagged bicycles, infrastructure, Netherlands, social movement, transformation
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Political Ecology and Resilience
I will be participating in a public discussion Resilience and Political Ecology at Upssala University April 27th in a moderated discussion with Prof. Alf Hornborg a professor of Human Ecology at Lund University, which will be moderated by Eva Friman from … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Alf Hornborg, debate, Garry Peterson, political ecology, resilience
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Robert Harrison on Joesph Conrad
Stanford humanities professor Robert Harrison has a great online podcast, Entitled Opinons, that discusses various aspects of the Humanities. Robert Harrison is a Dante specialist, but he is also very interested in people’s relationships with the Earth. His enthralling books Gardens: … Continue reading
Montpellier Panel – Growth with Resilience: Opportunities in African Agriculture
The Montpellier Panel, a group of experts from the fields of agriculture, sustainable development, trade, policy, and global development chaired by Gordon Conway from UK’s Imperial College, have a new report ‘Growth with Resilience: Opportunities in African Agriculture’. The report looks at … Continue reading
Resilience Science on Twitter
The Resilience Science weblog is on twitter, and has been for a little while. @resilienceSci contains tweets by me plus links to resilience science posts by all contributors. If you are on twitter you can follow to get links to … Continue reading
Planet Under Pressure: Understanding the Anthropocene
The above video on the Anthropocene was created for the Planet Under Pressure global change and sustainability conference in London, UK, which starts today, March 26th, and continues to the 29th. The movie is: A 3-minute journey through the last … Continue reading
Posted in Visualization
Tagged anthropocene, conference, global change, London, planet under pressure, sustainability
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