An important conversation with good commentary and reflection.
http://www.bostonreview.net/BR37.3/ndf_sandel_markets_morals.php
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 the broader relevance of the central concepts and methods of the SSI mission.
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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 presentation than during his UMaine visit.
See more from the Consilience Conference at This View of Life.
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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 model for an evolutionary approach to sustainability science.
David Sloan Wilson on Using Evolution to Improve the Quality of Life
SSI Seminar at the University of Maine
March 29th, 2012
Other SSI videos from the Mitchell Center are hosted on Vimeo.
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ACE Lab: Applied Cultural Evolution Laboratory 