8th Global Conference (2009)

8th Global Conference

Friday 10th July – Sunday 12th July 2009
Mansfield College, Oxford

The programme for the conference is available below. Delegates are listed according to the session in which they appear. Clicking on the Session Title will take you to the abstracts (where available) for that session. Each delegate is listed according to their affiliation.

Final Conference Programme (v.1.5b)

Friday 10th July 2009
from 12.30
Registration

13.30
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Ram Vemuri and Erika Techera

14.00
Session 1: Environmental Justice and Respect for Nature
Chair: Erika Techera

Simon Hailwood
Wilderness, Edibility and Welfare

Piers Stephens
Plumwood, Property, Selfhood and Sustainability

Elizabeth Cripps
Saving the Polar Bear, Saving the World: Can the Capabilities Approach do Justice to Humans, Animals and Ecosystems?

Harriet Nalukenge
Environmental Ethics is Key to Sustainability in a Contemporary Society

16.00
Tea

16.30
Session 2: Ecological Knowledge Case Studies
Chair: Ram Vemuri

Noomi Mozard
So You Say: Ecological Knowledge vs. Economic Need in South America

Kelly Christensen
Environmental Concern in Latin America: What Engenders Eco-Friendly Opinions and Policies?

Estelle Lela Weber
Indigenous Land Management in a Modern World

Agung Sugiri
Redressing Equity Issues in Natural Resource-rich Regions: A Theoretical Framework for Sustaining Development in East Kalimantan, Indonesia

18.30
Wine Reception

19.00
Dinner

Saturday 11th July 2009
09.00
Session 3: Environmental Education in Schools
Chair: Jo Kehoe

Paul Knights
Virtue Ethics, Biodiversity and Environmental Education

Anders Schinkel
State Neutrality and Compulsory Environmental Education

Kobedi “Dee” Pilane
Dolomite Risk Awareness Program for Learners in Schools

10.30
Coffee

11.00
Session 4: Environmental Education in the Tertiary Sector
Chair: Linda Hadfield

Judy Rogers
The Problem with Consensus: The Contested Terrain of Sustainability in a University Setting

Erika Techera
Teaching Environmental Law: Curriculum and Methodologies

Abdallah M. Hasna
Ethics of Sustainability in Engineering

Dr Babu Ram
Corporate Responsibility: Examining the role of Environmental Ethics in Business School Curriculum

13.00
Lunch

14.15
Session 5: Frameworks for Climate Change
Chair: Simon Hailwood

Jorge E. Vinuales
Distributive Justice and the Redesign of the Climate Change Regime

Bridget Lewis
Environmental Rights and Climate Change

Francine Baker
Climate Change Act 2008, the Property/Construction Industry & Environmental Justice

15.45
Tea

16.15
Session 6: The Role of Environmental Law
Chair: Lotte Isager

Brad Jessup
Investing the Law with an Environmental Ethic: Incorporating Environmental Justice into Domestic Environmental Laws

Jo Kehoe
Vegetation Management in Queensland Australia: Ddisengaging the Rural Community

Jane Verbitsky
Antarctica: Common Resource or Developer’s Dream?

Alex Geisinger
Expressive Environmental Regulation: How Law Influences Beliefs about Nature and the Need to Live Sustainably

18.15
Sessions End

Sunday 12th July 2009
09.00
Session 7: Citizen Engagement – Stakeholder Involvement
Chair: Angela MacDonald

Elisabeth Conrad
Incorporating People’s Perception into Landscape Planning: Ethical Challenges in Dealing with Diversity of Opinion within a Community

Louis Cassar
The Role of Stakeholder Engagement in Conservation: Integrating Ecological Sciences and Participatory Methods in a Mediterranean Island Context

Julie Steiner
Should Private Attorneys Handle Public Environmental Actions? A Cost Benefit Analysis of the Environmental Special Counsel Arrangement

Lotte Isager
Integrated Coastal Management – Ethical and Political Challenges to Scientists

11.00
Coffee

11.30
Session 8: Citizen Advocacy
Chair: Jane Verbitsky

Aileen Hoath
Giving Voice to Porong Mud Volcano Victims: Environmental Advocacy and Issues of Representation in Indonesia

Caroliza Tulod-Peteros
Is There a Place for Mediation and other Consensus Building Processes in Environmentally Threatened Communities in the Philippines?

Karen Bell
Environmental Justice in Cuba?

13.00
Lunch

14.15
Session 9: Sustainability in Times of Crisis
Chair: Piers Stephens

Amos Nascimento
Global Frameworks for Environmental Justice: Searching for Global Responses to Global Problems

Linda Hadfield
Crisis? Which Crisis?

Michael Arfken
The Environmental Crisis, Possessive Individualism and Modern Psychology

15.45
Tea

16.15
Thematic Reflections

Development Meeting

17.00
Conference Close