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Ecological Sociology: August 2012
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Theorizing the relationship between the natural and the social. Tuesday, August 28, 2012. Muse is a popular rock band from the UK. They're putting out a new concept album called "The Second Law", referring to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, or Entropy. As a sociologist, it's interesting to me how an idea as abstract and scientific as the Second Law of Thermodynamics can make it's way into popular culture; and how it becomes politicized. Links to this post. Sunday, August 12, 2012. The article itself is...
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Ecological Sociology: A Short History of Progress: Book Review
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Theorizing the relationship between the natural and the social. Monday, August 26, 2013. A Short History of Progress: Book Review. A Short History of Progress. By Ronald Wright (2004 Caroll and Graf). A Short History of Progress. The Importance of Stable Climate. Our Ancestors Wipe Out the Neanderthals and Mammoths. According to Wright, the first of these “progress traps” was the invention of weapons (for hunting) by early. Turning Iraq Into a Desert. Wright makes a good case for similar environmental de...
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Ecological Sociology: December 2012
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Theorizing the relationship between the natural and the social. Saturday, December 22, 2012. Quilley: A New Great Transformation. Stephen Quilley, using primarily the work of Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation. At the University of Waterloo, a good source of research. In this ares. [Check out " Pathways to System Change. As an example of their excellent work.] Following Polanyi, Quilley proposes that:. To foster recursive and circular economic flows within communities and places. What I liked best a...
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Ecological Sociology: September 2012
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Theorizing the relationship between the natural and the social. Monday, September 24, 2012. In this video, filmed at a Transition Towns 2011 conference, "Mike from Forrest Row" explains that collapse is a necessary and unavoidable stage that systems go through, and is the immediate cause of systemic change. It is possible and necessary to prepare materially and psychologically for collapse and the for the profound changes that will result. Links to this post. Tuesday, September 11, 2012. On the mountains...
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Ecological Sociology: April 2013
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Theorizing the relationship between the natural and the social. Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Ivan Illich: Energy and Equity. I just discovered (through Resilience.org) Ivan Illich's masterpiece, 'Energy and Equity', first published in 1973 (84 pages). It should be required reading for anyone interested in sociology of the environment. Http:/ www.ecotopia.com/webpress/energyEquity/node1.html. Even if nonpolluting power were feasible and abundant, the use of energy on a massive scale acts on society like a drug...
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Ecological Sociology: Stanford: Climate Change Ten Times Faster than Previous 65 Million Years
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Theorizing the relationship between the natural and the social. Saturday, August 3, 2013. Stanford: Climate Change Ten Times Faster than Previous 65 Million Years. Climate change on pace to occur 10 times faster than any change recorded in past 65 million years, Stanford scientists say. Not only is the planet undergoing one of the largest climate changes in the past 65 million years,. Stanford climate scientists Noah Diffenbaugh and Chris Field report. Courtesy of Stanford University. The planet is under...
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The Urban Complex: Modeling Urban Complexity: August 2010
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Monday, August 2, 2010. Unfinished London: A story of London's unfinished Northern Heights tube plan. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). About The Urban Complex. This blog is designed to further the discussion on the physical and social structure of cities, how they change over time, and methods for modeling urban areas. Michael Widener's Graduate Student Webpage. GIS and Agent-Based Modelling. New Paper: Generating and Analyzing Spatial Social Networks. Sociology and Complexity Science blog.
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