From slayman@2nature.org Fri Jun 12 14:29:37 1998 Received: from 2nature.org (2nature.org [204.164.18.10]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with SMTP id OAA28114 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 14:29:35 -0600 (MDT) Received: by 2nature.org(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.1 (569.2 2-6-1998)) id 85256621.00713FD3 ; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 16:36:59 -0400 X-Lotus-FromDomain: SECOND NATURE From: "Stephen Layman" To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu Message-ID: <85256621.0071363E.00@2nature.org> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 16:36:54 -0400 Subject: Resources to support sustainability education Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline ** apologies for cross-postings ** Dear Colleague, A new, free-access website (www.2nature.org) -- maintained by a nonprofit organization called Second Nature -- helps education professionals link the interdisciplinary principles of environmental sustainability to their teaching and campus operations, through online resources such as: Vision :: information about "Education for Sustainability" (EFS) and its relationship to higher education; Courses :: interdisciplinary syllabi and reading lists, with instructor comments; Bulletin Board :: online message board for you and your colleagues to discuss sustainability education; EFS Profiles :: case studies of EFS activities at various schools; Methods :: innovative teaching techniques and real-world applications; Biblio :: bibliographic references for books, articles, videos and other materials; EFS Essays :: topical essays authored by leaders in the field; and Calendar of EFS Events :: upcoming sustainability activities. The website's content can only grow through your efforts. Through (www.2nature.org), you can exchange innovative curriculum with your colleagues, dialogue with professionals from around the world about sustainability education, and highlight your own activities. Second Nature is a Boston-based, national nonprofit organization working to help higher education prepare future professionals for the increasingly complex environmental and social challenges we face. The organization offers colleges and universities a range of programs, training sessions, one-on-one consulting and resources to make the integration of environmental sustainability thinking "second nature" to higher education. Please visit (www.2nature.org) and become part of the online learning community! ----------------------- Steve Layman Bolton Starfish Program Manager Second Nature, Inc. 44 Bromfield Street, Fifth Floor Boston, MA 02108-4909 USA tel: 617-292-7771 ext. 124 fax: 617-292-0150 e-mail: sbolton@2nature.org http://www.2nature.org From DHHA@MVS.CC.ROCHESTER.EDU Sun Jun 14 04:19:37 1998 Received: from db1.cc.rochester.edu (db1.cc.rochester.edu [128.151.233.1]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id EAA07960 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 04:19:35 -0600 (MDT) Received: from UORMVS.BITNET (MAILER@UORMVS) by DBV (PMDF V5.0-6 #15773) id <01IY7T44C6WW99IZKL@DBV> for MEDSOC@CSF.COLORADO.EDU; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 06:17:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 06:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Dean Harper Subject: Book Raffle To: MEDSOC@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Message-id: <01IY7T44D9HU99IZKL@DBV> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT The NINTH ANNUAL BOOK RAFFLE, which benefits the Leo G. Reeder Award for Distinguished Contribution to Medical Sociology and the Roberta G Simmons Award for the Outstanding Dissertation, will be conducted at ASA meetings in August in San Francisco. Don't wait! Buy your tickets now. Only $2 per Chance 3 chances for $5 The drawing will be held at the Medical Sociology Business Meeting. You can get your tickets by sending a check (made payable to 'Medical Sociology Section--ASA') to Dean Harper Sociology University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627 or to the officers of the section: Catherine Riessman (Chair) Sociology Boston University 264 Bay State Road Bostom MA 02215 David R Williams (Secretary-Treasurer) Inst for Social Research University of Michigan PO box 1248 Ann Arbor, MI 48106 Eric Wright (Newsletter Editor) Sociology Indiana University Indianapolis IN 46202 ************************************************************** Members of the section can also help by sending to Dean Harper any recent books they don't want (they don't have to be on medical sociology), or perhaps older classics that they don't want, which will be added to the prizes. **************************************************************