ESS members who know of books, or have published books of their own, that they wish to see nominated for the Harold and Margaret Sprout Award are encouraged to contact publishers as soon as possible.

The award is sponsored by the Environmental Studies Section, and is given to the best book in the field, one that makes a contribution to theory and interdisciplinarity, shows rigor and coherence in research and writing, and offers accessibility and practical relevance. Nominated books should address some aspect of one or more environmental, pollution or resource issues from a broadly international or transnational perspective, including works in (for example) global, interstate, transboundary, North-South, foreign policy, comparative or area studies. Environmental subjects of books can include (for example) environmental law, diplomacy, transnational activism, natural resource use, global change, sustainable development, biodiversity, transboundary pollution control, and the like.

This call is to request information to be published in the next edition (Spring 2009) of the Environmental Studies Section electronic newsletter.
We welcome submissions about section news, publications, websites, job and funding opportunities, announcements and upcoming conferences and meetings.
Please send your items by email to cusa @ uci.edu by Friday, April 24, 2009.

I am a member of the Coordinating Committee for the newly-created
Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) which was
formally launched in mid-2008. The AESS grew from discussions began
three years ago at the First “Environmental Summit” held at the
University of California, Santa Barbara, under the leadership of William
Freudenburg.

These initial discussions were continued at two subsequent
national meetings of persons sharing a professional interest in
interdisciplinary environmental studies. We have recently published our
second newsletter and I invite you to view that, and our website, at:

www.aess.info