o2 alta: 2009

26.3.09

International Conference on Ecology and Professional Helping

Building Bridges, Crossing Boundaries:
Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Person, Planet and Professional Helping
May 7-9, 2009
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
There is vibrant hope and a growing global dialogue for creatively engaging the challenges and opportunities we now face regarding the evidence of serious ecological decline.

Share research and effective practices and strategies
Enable inspiring and creative dialogues
Foster new partnerships

This interdisciplinary conference will be of interest to professionals and practitioners such as social workers, teachers, psychologists, environmentalists, nurses, social service deliverers, environmental educators, activists, and mental health professionals.

Keynote Speakers

• David Orr on ecological literacy.
• Joanna Macy on ecological issues and social empowerment.
• Nettie Wiebe on environmental ethics

link:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/oikos/ecoconference

20.2.09

Conference: The Next U.S. Administration: Policy Directions & Implications for Canada-U.S. Relations

This conference draws together a group of highly qualified academic specialists in economics, political science, history and environmental studies together with several government officials and members of the business community to examine the current policy challenges in the Canada-United States relationship.

A good deal of the deliberation of the challenges facing the two countries, both of which are undergoing significant political and economic changes in the course of 2008, has been overly general and speculative in nature. Using solid, well-researched scholarly papers prepared in advance, this conference will facilitate a more informed, concrete discussion around these pressing policy issues.

Hosted by the Institute for United States Policy Research/School of Policy Studies, University of Calgary and the Canada Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and with the support of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

For the conference program and registration information, please visit: www.usinstitute.ucalgary.ca or call 403-220-6836.

o2 background

o2 alta is part of the o2 Global Network, an international network for people interested in sustainable design. The network is made up of the o2 Global Network foundation, regional hubs, local groups, liaisons and individuals (called o2's). It has currently more than 70 country contacts. o2 ("Oxygen") was founded in 1988 in Milan by Niels Peter Flint, Thierry Kazazian, Jorgi Scheicher, Jeremy Quinn and others. o2 Groups in Denmark, France and the United Kingdom followed. Six years later (5 July 1994) Iris de Graaf and Willem Hanhart founded the o2 Global Network foundation, or in short, the o2 Global Network. o2GN, as it became to be known, was set up as an independent organization. Its first home page appeared in November that year, and by August 1995 the network had hosted its first web broadcast, live from Rotterdam.

For nearly two decades o2 has pioneered solutions to a central problem of the made environment: how to foster sustainability while having a good quality of life. The people in this forum have been wrestling with the problems of a throw-away culture, formulating non-polluting production methods, sourcing nontoxic, sustainably managed materials, innovative sustainable product services, sustainable lifestyles, behavior and consumption, and crucially, passing on the knowledge.

The basic idea of the o2 Global Network is "global thinking and local action". Global information and knowledge is exchanged and discussed. Local groups, mostly non-governmental organizations, or o2 individuals organize lectures, projects, workshops and distribute newsletters to promote, educate and implement design for sustainability with all of its facets in mind.

The network involves people with a background in engineering, design, industrial design, architecture, graphic design, arts, fashion, innovation, as well as people from academies, universities, public authorities, companies or knowledge centers.

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o2 alta

26.3.09

International Conference on Ecology and Professional Helping

20.2.09

Conference: The Next U.S. Administration: Policy Directions & Implications for Canada-U.S. Relations

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