News from Consumer Citizenship Network
The CCN Final Report has been accepted by the European Commission and the final payment of the grant approved.
From the Evaluation:
”Without doubt, the network has proven to be an excellent forum for the development of ideas on Consumer Citizenship Education (CCE). There have been many exchanges of ideas in informal, free flowing exchanges and in the Task groups, Steering Committee, Conferences and Training events. This dynamism and enthusiasm have encouraged research and development, provided channels for publications, enhanced the status of CCE as an academic discipline, achieved recognition from many official European and National bodies. Examples have been submitted of publications, conference agendas, etc. which all demonstrate the above…The workplan has been followed and the Final Report shows that more has been done than originally planned. This includes more translations, more teaching material, wider dissemination, unexpected collaboration from international organizations and invitations to present the material in international fora…”
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EU Approval of grant to PERL:
The Partnership for Education and Research about Responsible Living
The PERL application as a Lifelong Learning Program Erasmus Academic Networks for 2009-2012 was approved. The application submitted by the Hedmark University College on behalf of a large majority of the CCN partners received top scores by the panel of external experts in the evaluation process. The International Task Force on Sustainable Lifestyles has encouraged its members to become members of the Partnership for Education and Research for Responsible Living. For more details please see PERL.
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Natural Resources Forum - a UN Sustainable Development Journal, the referee journal published by the UN Division for Sustainable Development(http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0165-0203 , nrforum@un.org), will publish a special issue on Sustainable Consumption and Production in February 2010.We hope this special issue will be a vehicle for new ideas, experiences and best practices, that can be widely disseminated to the sustainable development community and the political community through the journal and inform the discussions of the next CSD cycle.We would be very grateful if you could circulate the attached call for papers to your respective constituencies, so that we can attract a large number of submissions for the special issue.The deadline for the special issue is August 15, 2009.The call for papers is also accessible from the UNDSD website http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/resources/res_pdfs/publications/NRF/CallsforPapersFeb2010.pdf
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The sixth international CCN conference entitled, "Making a difference--putting consumer citizenship into action" was held in Berlin at the Technical University of Berlin the 22-25th of March 2009. 180 individuals participated and 62 presented research and development work. The program was varied and included presentations by representatives from UNESCO and UNEP, outstanding keynote speakers, panel discussions, videos, music, and even some social satire, The conference welcomed participants from 38 countries including from Nepal, Burkino Faso, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Chile, India, Japan, and Kenya who provided significant global perspectives on consumer citizenship. Although this was the final CCN conference there was significant enthusiasm for continued cooperation in the form of the proposed Partnership for Education and Research about Responsible Living (PERL).
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Consumer Voice and Representation: 4th International Consumer Sciences Research Conference
24-26 June 2009
http://www.consumer09.org/index.htm
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CCN partners questionnaire
We kindly ask all the CCN partners to answer the questionnaire as soon as possible. Aim of the questionnaire is to collect information about existing courses/modules dealing with CCE topics (possibly using the CCN Teaching Guidelines) which are taught by CCN members. The questionnaire is very simple and requires not more than 15 minutes to answer.
http://www.estig.ipbeja.pt/cgi-bin/rws3.pl?FORM=CCN_Questionnaire
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Dear colleagues and friends,
We have the great privilege to invite you to attend the 11th Annual Conference of the Finland Futures Research Centre and Finland Futures Research Academy in Tampere, Finland. The conference will be held from May 28th to May 29th in 2009 in the University of Tampere.
The Future of the Consumer Society conference will cover two subjects: consumption and futures research methods. Consumption is becoming a key issue in the debate on creating a sustainable future. In particular, the world-wide spread of extremely resource-intensive lifestyles and economic practices has become one of the most important challenges we face.
Futures studies is ideally placed to help face this challenge as it includes tools for describing possible, probable, and desirable variations of the present that are both social and “natural”. Furthermore, by examining a variety of possibilities we can come closer to choosing and shaping the future, rather than merely predicting it.
The conference will bring together the best futures studies experts in the scientific community to interact with corporate representatives and policymakers. The goal of the conference is to assist decision-makers by providing them with the tools to gain a better understanding of the potential consequences of present and future decisions.
The conference website will contain the most up-to-date information regarding the FFRC 2009 conference. Please see: http://www.futuresconference.fi/2009 The deadline for submitting abstracts is 1 February, 2009. The call of papers is available from http://www.futuresconference.fi/2009/2nd_Call_2009_web.pdf If you have any questions, please contact us at conference2009@tse.fi
We look forward to seeing you in Tampere in May 2009.
Best Wishes, on behalf of the organizing committee,
Professor Markku Wilenius, Conference Chair
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