Sustainable Materialism
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Participants discuss "What is sustainable materialism?" at the recent symposium
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Leader: Elspeth Probyn
Members: Tess Lee, Jodi Frawley, Fiona Allon, Jeffrey Neilson, David Schlosberg
Sustainable materialism refers to new approaches to the way human communities supply basic needs from the environment. The desire for environmental sustainability has spawned an interest in changing the very material relationship with 'resources' and the nonhuman realm. This symposium will address merging frameworks and practices around the flows of water, food and energy. We feature ideas from different parts of the world as well as Australian practices in developing sustainable material relationships within human and nonhuman environments. The objective of the symposium is to build sustainable and multidisciplinary research networks in this area.
Sydney Ideas - Defining Sustainable Materialism: An Environmentalism of Everyday Life
When: 29 November 2012
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Flows of food, water & energy: Sustainable materialism in practice Symposium
When: 30 November 2012
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