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- The @ClimateConf tweets
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Journalism students Louis Sidwell and Stephen Johns were at the Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University to cover the MEC 2011 conference live on Twitter. This is the archive of their tweets in chronological order; the day as it evolved, in 250-plus tweets.
- Updates from the conference venue
The MEC 2011 conference, which saw 20 insightful presentations by scholars and climate activists of international repute, ran from 9am to 6.30pm on Friday, March 4. Journalism students Nick Summers, Gaia Manco and Shreshtha Trivedi captured the eventful day in text and pictures.
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- Thursday and Friday socials
As Friday approaches we are really looking forward to seeing you all here in Bournemouth for the Mediating Environmental Change symposium. Details about socialising on Thursday and Friday evenings: For those of you who would like to, the conference organising team (Einar and Jenny) propose that we go for a drink (and an optional bite [...]
- Live reporting of MEC2011
Mediating Environmental Change: Exploring The Way Forward will be covered live across a range of digital platforms this Friday. You can track the coverage by following @ClimateConf on Twitter, or getting involved with the wider debate by using the hash tag #mec2011. A feed of the tweets mentioning #mec2011 can also be found on the [...]
- Information for presenters
We look forward to welcoming you all in Bournemouth on 4th March! For your convenience, please see below some information of particular relevance to those presenting. The event is scheduled to run from 09:00 – 18:15, and the programme is now available. Your paper should be 12-15 minutes. Please respect the other speakers by ensuring your [...]
- Programme and Schedule
We have revised the programme for the MEC2011 symposium on 4th March, which is presented below with accompanying schedule. Registration 09:00 – 09:30 Tea and coffee will be served Welcome Address 09:30 – 09:45 Einar Thorsen, Bournemouth University Global Issues / Local Contexts 09:45 – 11:05 Panel Abstracts ~ Chair: Julie Doyle, University of Brighton Why [...]
- Adrian Newton confirmed as invited speaker
Professor Adrian Newton is an internationally recognised academic who cares passionately about protecting the environment. With a PhD from University of Cambridge, Adrian spent time at University of Edinburgh and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) before moving to BU. He is a member of the British Ecological Society and a Fellow of the Royal [...]
- Dan Glass confirmed as invited speaker
Dan Glass from direct action network Plane Stupid was recently named one of Attitude magazine’s 66 new role models for his work on bridging the LGBTQ and environmental justice movements. Dan has been involved in a range of actions, stunts, media campaigns, legal trials (Climate9) and direct interventions to stop emissions. Having a strong media [...]
- James Painter confirmed as invited speaker
James Painter is currently head of the Journalism Fellowship Programme at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. Before that, he worked for several years at the BBC World Service in various capacities including Americas Executive editor, head of the Spanish American Service and head of the BBC Miami office. James [...]
- Rupert Read confirmed as invited speaker
Rupert Read is Reader in Philosophy at UEA (Norwich), where he works closely with environmental scientists, in eco-philosophy. His publications include his popular book, ‘Philosophy for Life: applying philosophy in politics and culture’. Rupert is also a Green Party Councillor, and helped write the Green 2009 Euro-election manifesto. He blogs on environmental reframing at greenwordsworkshop.org [...]
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MEC2011
Organised by:
The Centre for Journalism and Communication Research
The Centre for the Green
Knowledge Economy
In collaboration with:
The MeCCSA Climate Change, Environment and Sustainability Network
This symposium aims to facilitate debate on mediation of different types of environmental change.
You are invited to submit an abstract and/or register to attend.
About CJCR and GKE
Launched in 2010, the Centre for Journalism and Communication Research (CJCR) is directed by Professor Stuart Allan and based in
The Media School, Bournemouth University. The CJCR represents an array of interests and expertise and is committed to engage in real-world issues of pressing significance.
The Centre for the Green Knowledge Economy (GKE) at Bournemouth University integrates international expertise and knowledge from a wide range of subject disciplines, which includes ecosystems, economics, media, business and technology.
About MeCCSA-CCES
The MeCCSA Climate Change, Environment and Sustainability Network exists to strengthen the ability of MeCCSA and its members to respond to and lead the worldwide academic contribution to understanding media, communication and cultural studies where they meet issues of climate change, environment and sustainable development.
The network will do this by continually encouraging MeCCSA and its members to conduct research and seek interventions that account for the sustainability of its impact.
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