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In defense of Octavia Butler’s Earthseed Destiny
If you’ve read Octavia Butler’s books the Parable of the Sower and the Parable of the Talents then you know what Earthseed is, and what the “Destiny” idea is. The protagonist lays it out: the “Destiny of Earthseed is [for … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural evolution, evolution, Octavia Butler, science, science-fiction, space, sustainability
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Growing an applied science of cultural evolution for a sustainable future
Last week, Dr. Tim Waring helped lead an international workshop on growing an applied science of cultural evolution for a sustainable future. The workshop was the culminating event of an applied working group project, funded by the Cultural Evolution Society … Continue reading
Evolutionary Approaches to Sustainability
Evolutionary Approaches to Sustainability and Social-Ecological Systems a catalyst workshop Schoodic Education and Research Center, Winter Harbor, ME May 10th, 11th, & 12th, 2013 Human behaviors and social systems constitute a unique and important evolutionary domain. Human societies drive the … Continue reading
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Adaptation to Abrupt Climate Change Graduate Program! (A2C2 – IGERT)
I’m excited to be a part of a new PhD research scholarship at UMaine; the Adaptation to Abrupt Climate Change Graduate Program! (A2C2 – IGERT). I will be looking for students interested in social and cultural adaptation as part of … Continue reading
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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ACE Lab: Applied Cultural Evolution Laboratory 