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Strawberries and Asparagus is a spring harvest celebration that incorporates renewable energy, live music and green living.
The 4th Annual Strawberries and Asparagus Festival will be happening on June 12th 2010 in Toronto. The event will include free food, festival fun, live music, solar stage, solar cooking, green gardening and the very excellent Inorganic Market. Kids activities all day. Yoga and Zen Zone. Read more »
Call for Papers: Submission Deadline is October 30, 2009
Proposals for oral presentations (15 or 30 minutes) or posters/informational displays are invited for the first symposium of the Canadian Institute for Sustainable Biodiversity. “Living Plants, Liveable Communities: Exploring Sustainable Horticulture for the 21st Century” will be held February 17-19, 2010 at RBG Centre, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington, Ontario, Canada. We are hoping to foster a dialogue among professionals, scholars and the public as to just what sustainable horticulture is and can do for Canadian society. We welcome contributions that address current problems and possible solutions dealing in areas such as:
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
Interested individuals are invited to submit an abstract (max. 300 words) with title, contact information and a brief biography in MS-Word format by October 30, 2009. Please note: Electronic submission only! Submit abstracts to: qyee@rbg.ca Successful applicants will be notified by December1, 2009.
For more information and regular updates visit the event web page at: http://www.rbg.ca/cisb/cisbsymposium2010.html
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Seventh Annual Conference for Social Research in Organic Agriculture
in conjunction with:
The 29th Annual Organic Agriculture Conference and The Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada
at the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Friday, January 29, 2010
As people search for alternatives to the threat of economic, environmental and, consequently, social collapse, what role will organic agriculture play in the search for sustainable solutions? How will it contribute to such issues as food security, energy consumption and water accessibility? Can it support community development in the face of global alienation? Will it evolve to meet these growing challenges or become part of the problems we face?
This interdisciplinary conference will focus on the theme of Organic Connections / Sustainable Solutions, both in Canada and around the world. It will provide a forum for exchanging theoretical reflections, critical analyses and case studies from such disciplines as food studies, adult education, sociology, women’s studies, geography, environmental studies, political science, rural studies and philosophy. The overall goals of the conference are to:
1. broaden our understanding of the complex, interconnected problems we face
2. compare the philosophies of current and alternative systems
3. examine the relationship between organic agriculture and sustainable solutions from a variety of economic, environmental, cultural and social perspectives
4. highlight any incompatibilities between organic agriculture and sustainable solutions
5. explore the links between organic agriculture, sustainable solutions and issues such as food security, peak oil or the privatization of water
6. present case studies that demonstrate how organic agriculture can contribute to viable solutions to current problems
7. propose public policy around organic agriculture and sustainable solutions.
All proposals for papers must include a 250-word abstract and be received by Friday November 6, 2009. Notification of acceptance will be given by Friday November 27, 2009 and the full text of the paper must be submitted no later than Friday January 22, 2010.
Abstracts should be submitted to:
Dr. Veronika Mogyorody
Sociology/Anthropology
University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4
OR
Dr. Jennifer Sumner
Adult Education and Community Development
OISE/University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario M5V 1E6
Information on past conferences is available at: http://www.organicagcentre.ca/ResearchDatabase/res_social_science.asp
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