Author Archives: Tim Waring
Social–Ecological Systems Motifs
Örjan Bodin and Maria Tengö recently published a paper on social–ecological systems research in Madagascar using exciting new way to quantify such systems. Social–ecological systems (SES) research often suffers from a lack of a clear means of organizing SES data … Continue reading
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Tagged ecological networks, ecological units, measurement tools, methods, networks, science, SES
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Do Markets Crowd out Morals?
An important conversation with good commentary and reflection. http://www.bostonreview.net/BR37.3/ndf_sandel_markets_morals.php
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Maine Policy Review special issue on the Sustainability Solutions Initiative
The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center has just released a special issue focused on the Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI). The issue highlights a lot of great work that is going on in the SSI, but dispenses with jargon to expose … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, margaret chase smith, research, science, ssi, umaine
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Consilience Conference
I attended the Consilience Conference in Saint Louis. It was productive and decently diverse. I hope that it becomes an annual event. Here is David Sloan Wilson’s presentation from the Consilience Conference. He was able to pack more into this … Continue reading
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David Sloan Wilson on Using Evolution to Improve the Quality of Life
David Sloan Wilson visited the Sustainability Solutions Initiative at the University of Maine to discuss his work on using Evolution to Improve the Quality of Life. His recent research, outreach, development and writing on the Binghamton Neighborhood Project provides a … Continue reading
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ACE Lab: Applied Cultural Evolution Laboratory 