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Ecology & Society papers that best connect different author groups

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Garry Peterson

As part of a project I am working on, I did a quick network analysis of co-authorship structure among papers in Ecology and Society. Based on this preliminary analysis, the papers below are the papers that most connect different research … Continue reading →

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Ecology and Society’s most ‘typical’ paper

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Garry Peterson

The journal Ecology and Society publishes a lot of work related to resilience and social-ecological systems.  As part of a project I am working on, I did a quick network analysis of co-authorship structure among papers in E&S, and based … Continue reading →

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Digging the Anthropocene

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Garry Peterson

Human material use has rapidly and massively increased over the past century.  This is nicely illustrated in a 2009 paper by Krausmann and others at the Institute of Social Ecology in Vienna. The use of material has exploded: overall use of … Continue reading →

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James C Scott on the value of an anarchist squint

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Garry Peterson

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 →

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Tim Daw on ecosystem services tradeoffs

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Garry Peterson

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 →

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Planet Under Pressure: Understanding the Anthropocene

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Garry Peterson

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 →

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Paul Gilding talks about Limits to Growth

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Garry Peterson

The 40th anniversary of Limits to Growth is a good time to share Paul Gilding‘s TED talk – the Earth is Full. Paul Gilding is an australian environmentalist and entrepeneur who recently wrote the Great Disruption, a good book based … Continue reading →

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Forty years of Limits to Growth

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Garry Peterson

The first presentation of the influential environmentalist book Limits to Growth was on March 1 in 1972 at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, four decades ago. The study was both hugely influential and hugely controversial, and the authors were quite … Continue reading →

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Declining child mortality – fast and slow

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Garry Peterson

From the Economist: THE frequent death of children before their fifth birthday is both a disaster for their parents and one of the most reliable indicators of country-wide poverty. …  One of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals requires that by … Continue reading →

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Development with Fossil or Solar Energy?

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Garry Peterson

The price of solar power has been rapidly decling over the past several decades (~ 7%/year decline in US$/watt or a cost halving every 10 years ).  This drop , combined with peristently high oil prices is producing some interesting … Continue reading →

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