[Sci-tech-public] Disruptive Environments Conference April 10-11, 2008

[Rebecca Jane Woods]

*Disruptive Environments: Academics, Activists, and Journalists in 
Conversation*

We are pleased to announce that registration opens on *February 20^th * 
for *Disruptive Environments. This* two day conference seeks to provide 
a forum for conversation among journalists, activists, and scholars from 
the sciences, humanities, and social sciences on interrelated 
environmental topics, including climate change, environmental justice & 
health, and ecological restoration & remediation.

By encouraging such conversations, the conference seeks: (1) to use the 
resulting range of perspectives to develop better tools to conceptualize 
environmental issues; (2) to examine the interrelationships among 
environmental issues which are often managed and regarded as separate 
problems; (3) to allow individuals working on such seemingly disparate 
environmental issues as climate change, endocrine disruption, and 
environmental restoration to consider possible linkages among them; and 
(4) to inspire novel forms of action and collaboration among groups of 
actors who are often positioned in very different ways within public 
environmental debates.

Conceived by graduate students and faculty in MIT's Doctoral Program in 
History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society (HASTS), 
this conference aims to engage MIT faculty and students, colleagues from 
other Boston-based institutions and beyond, and members of the general 
public. Disruptive Environments brings together a range of prominent 
journalists, activists, and scholars, including: Andrew Revkin (New York 
Times), Kerry Emanuel (MIT), Naomi Oreskes (UC San Diego), Theo Colborn 
(author “Our Stolen Future”), Devra Davis (director, Center for 
Environmental Oncology) and Brian Donahue (Brandeis).

Disruptive Environments will be held at the MIT Museum April 10-11. Full 
details about the conference schedule and panelists can be found at the 
conference website:

http://scripts.mit.edu/~disrupt-enviro/conference/ 
<http://scripts.mit.edu/%7Edisrupt-enviro/conference/>

There will be no charge for attending Disruptive Environments, but 
because space is limited, we ask that all who plan to attend please 
register. Please note that conference registration will begin *February 
20*. For more information, please visit our website or contact 
disruptive-enviro at mit.edu