From CNW: The Energy Futures Lab (EFL) announces the Energy Futures Lab Fellows - 40 influencers from industry, NGOs, government, academia, and First Nations communities across Alberta, who will work together over the next three years to help accelerate the transition to a sustainable, resilient energy...
Energy and Experience: An Essay in Nafthology (MCM Prime, 2015) By Antti Salminen & Tere Vadén Foreword by Jeff Diamanti Free download of PDF @ http://www.mcmprime.com/books/energy-and-experience-an-essay-in-nafthology Paperback available soon from Amazon.com If there is reason to believe that material circumstances such as the ownership of the means of production, geography, or levels...
ON ENERGY Banff Research in Culture 2016 / The Banff Centre May 30 to June 24, 2016 Application Deadline: December 16, 2015 Application information can be found at: https://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/banff-research-culture-energy Faculty: Ackroyd and Harvey; Keller Easterling, Matthew Huber, Imre Szeman Program Director: Jeff Diamanti Our lives revolve around energy. From driving our cars—or bikes—to work, to eating food and...
Consulate General of France in Vancouver Thursday, 29 October 2015 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (MDT) Edmonton, AB In partnership with the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary, the Consulate General of France in Vancouver will co-organize this free public conference on October, 29th 2015...
The Edmonton Journal recently posted a breakdown of the 4 main parties in Canada's policies on energy and environment just in time for the October 19th federal election. Here's what they identified as key platforms: The Conservatives have: – Approved the Enbridge Northern Gateway oilsands pipeline that would run from...
Recent years have seen the rise of the “Energy Humanities,” which consider cultures in terms of the energy sources that make them possible, energy sources that tend to be invisible to those inhabiting a given culture. In Oil Culture, for example, Ross Barrett and Daniel Worden...
The Oilsands Student Delegation is now accepting applications for their 2015 trip to Fort McMurray. The OSD is a non-partisan, bias-balanced opportunity to explore the complex issues and stakeholder groups that surround oil sands development in Northern Alberta. Students of all backgrounds and faculties are welcome...
Time: 4:00 - 5:30pm / Thursday October 8, 2015 Location: Humanities Centre, L-3 / University of Alberta His Excellency will speak on the topic of global leadership in energy sustainability with a particular emphasis on the critical importance of this conversation in oil rich regions such as...
The EU Centre of Excellence, together with the office of the Vice President Research, University of Alberta International and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany are hosting a lecture by Dr. R. Andreas Kraemer, senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in...
The Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network will host a seminar on the petro-cultural imagination on 18th September, at the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, University of Edinburgh. The speakers include Danine Farquharson of Memorial University Newfoundland and Graeme Macdonald of University of Warwick, as well as...