From schumcoll@gn.apc.org Mon Feb 3 12:45:25 1997 Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 19:45:06 GMT To: ppn@csf.colorado.edu From: schumcoll@gn.apc.org (Kath Dalmeny) Subject: Scholarships for US environmentalists *********** SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ECOLOGICAL STUDIES *********** The Educational Foundation of America is funding scholarships for U.S. citizens to attend courses on ecological issues at Schumacher College in southwest England. Courses are between one and five weeks in length. The scholarships are for people who can best use the knowledge they gain at Schumacher College to contribute towards a sustainable America. Among others, the scholarships will apply to residential courses on ecological economics and development issues, led by teachers such as Martin Khor, Wolfgang Sachs, Richard Douthwaite, Paul Hawken, Karl-Henrik Robert, James Robertson, Vandana Shiva, Sulak Sivaraksa and Andrew Kimbrell. Schumacher College is an international centre for ecological studies based in southwest England. Courses are one to five weeks in length, and are led by world-renowned writers and thinkers, including: Fritjof Capra, James Hillman, David Abram, Paul Hawken, Karl-Henrik Robert, Henri Bortoft, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Vandana Shiva, Richard Douthwaite, Martin Khor, James Lovelock, Brian Goodwin, Wendy Harcourt, Stanislav Grof, Rick Tarnas, Charlene Spretnak, Terry Tempest Williams, David Orr, Thomas Moore and Robert Sardello. A full programme of courses is available on request. Subject areas of courses centre around one of the following themes: ecological economics and development issues; the links between philosophy, psychology and ecology; the new understandings emerging from recent scientific discoveries. Schumacher College wishes to award the scholarships to individuals who are now or are likely to become influential in their communities. They may be working or studying in the fields of education, environmentalism, public administration, journalism/media, community work, or green business. More information on eligibility and application procedures is given at the end of this message. We would be grateful if you could pass these details on to any potential applicants you know. Schumacher College strives to achieve diverse student groups on all courses. The EFA fund will be used to support this policy, and applications are welcomed from a wide range of social, ethnic and age groups. Finally, we would very much like to hear your suggestions as to how we can best inform people active in the fields mentioned above of these scholarships. If you know of any national associations, media outlets, conferences etc. that would be an appropriate medium for publicising the scholarships, please do let us know. We want this grant to help us reach out to groups in the U.S. that would not otherwise have come into contact with our work. Our e-mail address is . ******** SCHOLARSHIPS - ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION PROCEDURE ******** Who may apply? U.S. citizens who: * are now, or are likely to become, influential in their communities. * are working or studying in the fields of: education environmentalism public administration journalism/media community work green business. How to apply: * Ensure you have read the College prospectus and current programme (available on request, contact details at the end of this message. Or send your postal address to this e-mail address, and we will forward details.) * Select the course you wish to attend from the College programme * Submit a completed application form with two supporting letters from employers, colleagues, professors or others familiar with your work Recipients of the scholarship will be asked to: * Be interviewed by a member of College staff at the end of the course * Submit a short written report within 30 days of the end of the course * Take part in a phone interview with a member of College staff three months after the end of the course to assess the benefits of the scheme Financial conditions: * The scholarship includes the cost of tuition, accommodation, food and outings but excludes travel expenses * Those who can afford it, or can raise some funding, are asked to make a contribution of at least 20% of the course fee to our scholarship fund. Those unable to make such a contribution to the course fee should include a letter with their initial application asking for a waiver of this condition. 10 scholarships are available each year in 1997, 1998 and 1999. Schumacher College strives to achieve diverse student groups on all courses. The EFA fund will be used to support this policy, and applications are welcomed from a wide range of social, ethnic and age groups. --- Schumacher College is an international centre for ecological studies and a department of The Dartington Hall Trust, a registered charity. For further details of Schumacher College and its courses, please contact: The Administrator Schumacher College The Old Postern Dartington Totnes Devon TQ9 6EA UK Tel: +44 (0)1803 865934 Fax: +44 (0)1803 866899 Email: (schumcoll@gn.apc.org) Please note: all addresses on our mailing list are treated as confidential. We undertake not to sell, rent or lend our mailing list to any other organisation. If at any time you wish to be removed from our list, please let us know. --- From 70412.3303@CompuServe.COM Sat Feb 8 21:51:44 1997 Date: 08 Feb 97 23:51:02 EST From: Robert Cohen <70412.3303@CompuServe.COM> To: Progressive Population Network Subject: Proposed legislation: $500 tax credit for dependent children Much as we ought to be balancing the budget first, President Clinton and the Republicans in Congress are now advocating a tax credit of $500 per dependent child, independent of the number of children. We probably cannot prevent the imminent enactment of this tax-giveaway bonanza. To avoid encouraging further growth in U.S. population, I propose that we conduct a lobbying campaign to limit this tax credit to two children per family. I would welcome your reaction to this proposal and your opinion as to whether we can marshal support for such a lobbying effort. I've been told that Negative Population Growth has been promoting a similar approach for some years. Up to now I've had difficulty finding like-minded people to embrace this proposal, even among people already concerned about U.S. population pressures. Some months ago I sent faxes conveying my proposal (to limit any tax credits for dependent children to two per family) to about 50 or 60 people in the Congress, but there was no significant response from them. A lot of the unresponsiveness of those congressmen and senators was probably attributable to their typical tendency to interact only with their own constituents. Another likely problem is that, from a politician's standpoint, my formulation of this proposal may have come over as having negative political ramifications. In any event, if we want to wage a lobbying campaign for this proposal now, we would need to put together some convincing wording that would help sway laypeople (i.e., those presently complacent about population pressures) toward backing this proposal. We would also need to identify and approach potential allies in this effort. In principle, it ought to be a lot easier politically to limit this tax credit (a luxury which parents haven't yet received, hence to which they are not yet accustomed), to two dependent children per family than it would be to (as we should) cut back the present tax deduction for dependent children to two per family. In my opinion, this issue provides an excellent opportunity for us to inform the American people and to get them thinking constructively about the U.S. population problem. I'd like to see us develop a potentially winning strategy and tactics, although I think we face an upward political battle over this issue. We may not win the battle, but it will probably be worthwhile to wage it to begin awakening the American public and the Congress to the serious need to stabilize U.S. population growth and consumption. Robert Cohen r.cohen@ieee.org From SUC94001@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Mon Feb 10 14:26:30 1997 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 97 16:20:57 EST From: SUC94001@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Subject: Information about sterilization in US To: ppn@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Hello Everybody! I need information regarding sterilization (past and present, if any, voluntary/compulsory) program in US. In an essay by Huxley, he wrote that sterilization program was in effect in several states in US, that essay was written in 1920s. Could anyone kindly tell me where I can have more information regarding sterilization program in US? Thanks. Subi. suc94001@uconnvm.uconn.edu From dbarrett@gibbs.oit.unc.edu Mon Feb 10 16:44:37 1997 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 18:44:32 -0500 From: Deborah A Barrett To: SUC94001@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Subject: Re: Information about sterilization in US In-Reply-To: <970210.162626.EST.SUC94001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu> Dear Subi, Eugenic-based sterilization policies were enacted in more than a few US states! By 1937, compulsory sterilization laws had adopted legislation in 31 of the 48 US states (Eugenic News 1937:94; cf. Landman 1932). The first was Indiana in 1907; then Washington, California and Connecticut in 1909; Nevada, Iowa, and New Jersey in 1911; and New York in 1912). See: Landman, J. H. 1932. Human Sterilization: The History of the Sexual Sterilization Movement. New York: The Macmillan Company. American Eugenics Society. 1916-1953. Eugenical News. Vols. 1-38. New York: American Eugenics Society. Hope this helps. Let me know if you need more leads. Debbie On Mon, 10 Feb 1997 SUC94001@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU wrote: > Date: Mon, 10 Feb 97 16:20:57 EST > From: SUC94001@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU > To: PROGRESSIVE POPULATION NETWORK > Subject: Information about sterilization in US > > Hello Everybody! > I need information regarding sterilization (past and present, if > any, voluntary/compulsory) program in US. In an essay by Huxley, he wrote that > sterilization program was in effect in several states in US, that essay was > written in 1920s. Could anyone kindly tell me where I can have more information > regarding sterilization program in US? > Thanks. > Subi. > suc94001@uconnvm.uconn.edu > From dfstabinsky@ucdavis.edu Mon Feb 10 21:58:28 1997 id UAA03359; Mon, 10 Feb 1997 20:58:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 20:58:19 -0800 (PST) From: Doreen Stabinsky To: SUC94001@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Subject: Re: Information about sterilization in US In-Reply-To: <970210.162626.EST.SUC94001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu> Try Backdoor to Eugenics by Troy Duster and Exploding the Gene Myth by Ruth Hubbard and Elijah Wald. Doreen Stabinsky Department of Environmental Studies CSU -- Sacramento Sacramento, Ca 95819 On Mon, 10 Feb 1997 SUC94001@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU wrote: > Hello Everybody! > I need information regarding sterilization (past and present, if > any, voluntary/compulsory) program in US. In an essay by Huxley, he wrote that > sterilization program was in effect in several states in US, that essay was > written in 1920s. Could anyone kindly tell me where I can have more information > regarding sterilization program in US? > Thanks. > Subi. > suc94001@uconnvm.uconn.edu > From DUDLEY@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU Mon Feb 17 16:44:42 1997 Date: Mon, 17 Feb 97 17:43:55 CST From: "Dudley L. Poston, Jr." Subject: Population Workshop in Beijing, 10-11-1997 To: Progressive Population Network POPULATION WORKSHOP IN BEIJING, 10-11-1997 Research Committee 41 (Sociology of Population) of the International Sociological Association is holding an inter- session conference prior to the next meeting of the ISA in Montreal in July-August of 1998. This inter-session conference will be held in Beijing in October 1997. The International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) is holding its XXIIIrd General Population Conference in Beijing, China, from October 12th to October 17th. Research Committee 41 of the ISA is holding a pre- IUSSP one-day workshop in Beijing on October 11th. Demographers and sociologists are invited to submit papers to present at this one-day conference. The "ISA Research Committee 41 Workshop on Population" will start at about 9:00 AM on October 11th, and will conclude in the mid- to late-afternoon. The program will consist mainly of paper presentations, organized around several demographic themes. The session themes will depend on the topics of the papers submitted for presentation. If you want to present a paper at the "ISA Research Committee 41 Workshop on Population" in Beijing on October 11, 1997, please send, or FAX, a title and a brief abstract to Dudley Poston, Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA; FAX: 409-862-4057, by August 15, 1997. You do not need to be a member of the ISA Research Committee 41 to participate in the "ISA Research Committee 41 Workshop on Population" in Beijing on October 11, 1997. Moreover, you do not have to be a member of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) to attend and participate in their XXIIIrd General Population Conference in Beijing. The "ISA Research Committee 41 Workshop on Population" will be held in conjunction with the IUSSP and will use the IUSSP facilities in Beijing. All presentations and discussions at the Workshop on Population will be in English. We have no plans for simultaneous translation into other languages. Plan to attend our Workshop in Beijing on October 11, 1997, and send soon to Dudley Poston a title and brief abstract. As already noted, the IUSSP XXIIIrd General Population Conference in Beijing will be on 13-17 October 1997. The IUSSP program consists of two plenary sessions at the Opening and Closing of the Conference, 30 formal sessions, and 37 informal sessions. Also, a number of poster sessions and other types of meetings are being planned. The IUSSP Conference will take place at the Beijing International Convention Center; the official languages of the IUSSP Conference are English and French (simultaneous interpretation will be provided for the plenaries and for most of the formal sessions). Hotel accommodations are presently being negotiated by the IUSSP with the Chinese National Organizing Committee. Here are approximate room rates (in US$) for three of the hotels on the list: Continental Grand (4 star), $100/night Catic (3 star), $85/night Labor Building (2 star), $45/night. Plan to arrive in Beijing on no later than October 10th. Attend and participate in our "ISA Research Committee 41 Workshop on Population" on the 11th. Then attend and participate in the IUSSP Conference on the 12th to the 17th. Also plan to find time to visit, among other places, The Great Wall, Tien An Men Square, The Imperial Palace, the Mao Zedong Memorial Hall and Mausoleum (and view Mao's body), the Qing Tombs, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven, and the largest MacDonald's Restaurant in the world. See you in Beijing in October 1997! From afreeman@datexinc.com Tue Feb 18 11:49:36 1997 From: Andrea Freeman To: ppn@csf.colorado.edu Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 13:32:05 +0000 Subject: WorldWID Fellows Program: Special Notice Dear PPN subscribers, I would like to supplement an announcement which I posted previously to this e-list regarding the Worldwide Women in Development Fellows Program. News of the Fellowship has been extremely well received, both by applicants and USAID missions (and USAID-funded programs abroad) alike. In fact, many missions have expressed interested in hosting and working with Fellows. Following is a list of some of the more specific requests for Fellows that we have received from USAID field missions. These potential placements IN NO WAY limit the candidacy of those applicants whose areas of interest and specialization lie outside these requests. We do realize that this second announcement arrives with very short notice, as the application deadline is March 1, 1997. However, we just wanted to encourage potential applicants to seriously consider this Fellowship opportunity, particularly if their areas of expertise coincide with the following list of requests and possibilities. Should you have any questions regarding WorldWID and the placements, please contact : Dr. Virginia Seitz, WorldWID Office of International Studies and Programs P.O. Box 113225 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 Tel: (352) 392-7074, Fax: (352) 392-8379 E-mail: wrldwid@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu Or visit our web site at http://www.datexinc.com/worldwid ===== ===== ===== ===== Special Recruitment for WorldWID Fellowship Program: The Worldwide Women in Development Fellowship Program is requesting applications from mid-career professionals who are U.S. citizens and have institutional support for their application to our program. We are especially interested in applicants who have qualifications appropriate for the following possible field assignments. PLEASE remember that there will also be additional opportunities for placements, and that all negotiations with USAID and USAID-funded programs on placements are made by the WorldWID Program Staff. What follows is a list of requests and possibilities to date. PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR NEXT APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 1, 1997. BRAZIL: The are two possibilities in Brazil. The first would require a person with experience in the Amazon region in forestry, agroforestry, natural resource management, and community participation. The second would require a person with expertise in a field associated with USAID's energy program in Brazil. Portuguese required for both. CAMBODIA: The are two possibilities in Cambodia. A person with experience in rural development and agriculture, with experience in Asia or rice production a plus. The second possibility in natural resource management with emphasis on water resources. French speaker preferred. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Possible placement in community development and/or natural resource management. Spanish required. EGYPT: Person with experience in formal and/or nonformal education to work on girls' education objective. Knowledge of social and cultural dimensions of working in the Middle East a plus. Arabic speaker preferred. EL SALVADOR: Person with skills and experience in the areas of legal rights, human rights and women's political participation. Spanish required. HONDURAS: Person with skills and experience in natural resource management and community development to work in promoting poor urban families' access to waste treatment systems and environmental and health education. Spanish required. INDIA: Placement request for a person with skills and experience related to at least one of these areas: improving women's access to credit; girls education; and violence against women. Knowledge of India society and culture a plus. MALI: A person with a social science degree and experience in health education and/or knowledge of AIDS. Goal is to work with NGOs in helping women facing AIDS. Familiarity with West African cultures and societies a plus. French desirable. ROMANIA: Person with skills in communications, health, or related social science field. To develop a communications campaign around the issues of women's reproductive rights. Working knowledge of French desirable. Fluency in Romanian highly desirable. === ==== ===== Thanks for posting. We look forward to hearing from you. Regards, Andrea K. Freeman Program Assistant WorldWID From blaine@questtek.com Thu Feb 20 00:15:02 1997 Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 01:17:10 -0600 From: Blaine Adams Reply-To: blaine@questtek.com To: ppn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: need some held finding some theoritical information I am in serious need of a little help finding some information on Arsene Dumont's theory about population and fertility. I am also interested in the writings of Ludwig Brentano on the subject or anyone else who has written any theory based on A. Dumont thinking.I have been looking through everything I can in the library at my school with no luckand time is running out. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ---------------------- Blaine Adams blaine@questtek.com ---------------------- From jeff@cnie.org Fri Feb 21 14:24:30 1997 Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 16:24:06 -0500 To: jeff@cnie.org From: jeff@cnie.org (Comm. for the NIE) Subject: Directory of Environmental Programs Please reply to staff@cnie.org -------------NOW AVAILABLE---------------- DIRECTORY OF HIGHER EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS http://www.cnie.org The Committee for the National Insitute for the Environment announces our new Directory of Higher Education Environmental Programs (DHEEP) located on the World Wide Web at . The Directory contains detailed information on undergraduate and graduate interdisciplinary programs, including the full spectrum of environmental disciplines. We are in the process of collecting information for the Directory and want to make sure that your institution is included. Administrators, faculty and staff can submit information through a Survey Form at . The form is designed to collect information about program objectives, information on the process of establishing the program, special opportunites for students, employment statistics and contact names for colleagues and prospective students. The Directory was designed with several audiences. DHEEP will assist students seeking interdisciplinary programs, faculty and administrators working to improve or establish degree-granting programs and employers looking for graduates with appropriate academic backgrounds. The Directory is suitable for degree-granting programs only; it is not suitable for certificate programs or for programs that offer a minor with an environmental focus. We are focusing on degree-granting programs in an effort to simplify the information available in the Directory. The Directory is a free resource for those who seek environmental education information. We are asking the programs that submit information to consider making a $100 tax-deductible donation to help defray program operating costs. DHEEP is a project of the Committee for the National Institute for the Environment. The Committee is a national non-profit organization with a mission to improve the scientific basis for making decisions on environmental issues through the creation of a National Institute for the Environment, a non-regulatory science institution. Please contact Alison Lee at (202) 530-5810 or staff@cnie.org for more information. ********************************************** Committee for the National Institute for the Environment Improving the Scientific Basis for Environmental Decisions Alison Lee Project Associate 1725 K Street, NW Suite 212 PHONE 202-530-5810 Washington, DC 20006 FAX 202-628-4311 staff@cnie.org http://www.cnie.org ********************************************** From bfeldman@ucdavis.edu Sun Feb 23 22:25:23 1997 id VAA00258; Sun, 23 Feb 1997 21:25:19 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 21:25:19 -0800 (PST) To: PPN@csf.colorado.edu From: Ben Feldman Subject: Taxes I am searching for information about how current tax breaks for dependant children increase population. Thanks Dear Miss Manners: Please list some tactful ways of removing a man's saliva from your face. Gentle Reader: Please list some decent ways of acquiring a man's saliva on your face Ben Feldman Davis High CA http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6183