Reshaping Nature: Old Limits, New Possibilities
The German Sociological Society’s Section on Environmental Sociology and the
Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology at the Helmholtz‐Centre for
Environmental Research – UFZ are pleased to announce the Second German
Environmental Sociology Summit in Leipzig (Germany) from November 5‐7, 2009.
The organizers of the Second German Environmental Sociology Summit invite papers that
focus on the following subjects: new governance and policy prospects for adapting to
climate change; the limits and possibilities of sustainably restoring and revitalizing
industrially altered landscapes; new forms of sustainability, be it on the local,
regional (e.g., consumption), or on the global (e.g., emissions trading) level; and
education and learning to meet the challenges of sustainable development.
Presentations that focus on the viability (incl. economic, aesthetic, or practical facets)
of adaptive technologies involving alternate energy sources (wind, waves, solar
power, and alternate fuels) are also especially welcome. Nevertheless the conference
will not restrict papers to these subjects and is open to other original proposals.
Abstracts of no more than 300 words are due April 15, 2009 via email to Johanna
Hilsberg at: Johanna.hilsberg@ufz.de. For further information contact Matthias Gross,
Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research – UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany, Phone: 49
(341) 235 1746; Fax: 49 (341) 235 1836.

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