INSS at the People’s Climate March

INSS at the People’s Climate March

Post written by Helene Hilger How many INSSers attended the People’s Climate March? I rode with a Sierra Club-chartered bus to attend the march, arriving…

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Announcing the INSS Digital media competition "Visions of Social Sustainability"

Announcing the INSS Digital media competition “Visions of Social Sustainability”

The Integrated Network for Social Sustainability (INSS) is very excited to launch our film and digital media competition, “Visions of Social Sustainability.” Please see the…

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Ebola and sustainability

Ebola and sustainability

I used to work in a virology lab as a summer research assistant, and one summer I helped study the Ebola virus. This was in…

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Engineers Learning about Sustainability

Engineers Learning about Sustainability

An upcoming webinar hosted by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is entitled Building Public Trust Through Sustainability. It is offered Wednesday August 20th…

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Corporate Idealism: an unconventional love affair

Corporate Idealism: an unconventional love affair

Review of Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil by Christine Bader Christine Bader starts off her memoir with the admission that she…

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Student video about INSS April meeting

Student video about INSS April meeting

One of our student workers, Aidan, put together a fun video about the April meeting, and I thought it was a nice view of the…

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Climate Mitigation as Socio-Technical Transition: The Evolution of Eco-Cohousing in Tompkins County, New York

Climate Mitigation as Socio-Technical Transition: The Evolution of Eco-Cohousing in Tompkins County, New York

This post is another in our series presenting member research, focused primarily on the many insightful posters presented at this year’s conference.  by Robert Boyer…

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Urban agriculture and behavior change

Urban agriculture and behavior change

Last night, I was asked to participate in a Keeping Watch panel discussion on urban agriculture in Charlotte along with Henry Owen, who talked about his…

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Community-Based Mitigation Project in Peru: Seismic Retrofit of an Adobe School Building in Rural Peru Using Geomesh

Community-Based Mitigation Project in Peru: Seismic Retrofit of an Adobe School Building in Rural Peru Using Geomesh

This post is another in our series presenting member research, focused primarily on the many insightful posters presented at this year’s conference.  Jose Quispe Acosta…

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Food Sovereignty and Social Sustainability Through Solidarity Economy Networks

Food Sovereignty and Social Sustainability Through Solidarity Economy Networks

This year’s INSS conference included many really exciting attendees, and we were fortunate that many presented their current projects in our poster session. Jonny Hankins…

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