TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY:
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH GROUP
ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
MAY 31 – JUNE 2, 2000
TUFTS UNIVERSITY
BOSTON/MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, USA
The central theme of the conference will be the rapidly emerging agenda of social and environmental justice within sustainability discourses.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Dr. Daniel Faber, Northeastern University, Boston
"The Struggle for Ecological Democracy: Environmental Justice Movements in the United States" (Editor, 1998, The Guildford Press, New York)
Veronica Eady, Esq., Director of Environmental Justice and Brownfields Program
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
CONFERENCE FEES:
The residential conference fee is $360 and the non-residential conference fee is $230. There is a day rate of $88. For resident participants, the fee includes: Single room accommodation in the residence halls (arrival Tuesday, May 30th, departure on Saturday June 3rd); breakfast, lunch and dinner in the campus dining hall; meal service commencing with Wednesday breakfast and ending with Saturday breakfast; welcome reception on Tuesday evening; refreshment breaks Wednesday - Friday; field trips on Friday afternoon; use of the library and all athletic facilities including the fitness center; on-campus parking. For non-residents, and day visitors, the fee includes all of the above except accommodation.
TO REGISTER CONTACT:
RGS-IBG Conference
Tufts University Conference Bureau
Medford, MA 02155 USA
Phone: (617) 627-3568. Fax: (617) 627-3856
E-mail: conferences@infonet.tufts.edu
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS:
Dr. Julian Agyeman
Department of Urban and Environmental Policy
Tufts University
E-mail: julian.agyeman@tufts.edu