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Reminder for Call for Proposals: Environmental Justice in the Anthropocene. Symposium, 24-25 April 2017,  Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA

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Shared by Dimitris Stevis. Proposal deadline: November 1, 2016 Environmental justice is a central component of sustainability politics during the Anthropocene – the current geological age when human activity is the dominant influence on climate and environment. Every aspect of sustainability politics requires a close analysis of its equity implications, and environmental justice provides us with … Read more

Scamming in the Sharing Economy: “not your Mom’s B&B”

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Shared by Patrick Bond on our mailing list. It seems like politicians, journalists and pundits are lining up to praise the “innovative” promise of the so-called “sharing economy.” But is there something sinister lurking behind the collaborative facade that so often accompanies rosy assessments of the peer-to-peer online sector? To consider this question, we connected … Read more