Back from the Humanities & Sustainability conference, and embroiled in getting ready for my first candidacy exam this week… My talk went well, and contributed some ideas to the end of session discussion, so that rates a smiley face 🙂 One of the themes of several talks was the importance of metaphor for communicating science and sustainability issues, which is an interest of mine.
Here’s an interesting (unrelated) link, about social networking and social activism: can one help coordinate the other? It’s a good contrast to a few of the texts on my third reading list, which I’ll be starting in on shortly…