May 2023 Update

Dear POLLEN Members and Friends, We are pleased to share with you the latest publications, vacancies, CfPs and more from our lively community. We aim to send the newsletter on the 25th of every month. Has your POLLEN node NOT been introduced by us? If your node is keen to share your work in upcoming … Read more May 2023 Update

Call for expressions of interest to host the POLLEN26 conference!

We now call for expressions of interest to host the POLLEN conference in 2026! The biennial POLLEN conferences are the lifeblood of the POLLEN network. This is where we meet, exchange ideas, and build community. Previous conferences have emphasized creating inclusive, informal and inspiring events and have through this gathered lots of experiences on how … Read more Call for expressions of interest to host the POLLEN26 conference!

How Neoliberal Conservation Fails Forward

Market-based conservation instruments’ continual “failing forward” exposes the naked emperor of an unsustainable capitalism. Post-capitalist degrowth is our only salvation. By Robert Fletcher, Wageningen University A recent Guardian article claims that the vast majority of forest caron offset projects managed by one prominent firm, Verra, have, despite more than one billion euros of investment over … Read more How Neoliberal Conservation Fails Forward

These are the new members of the POLLEN Secretariat 2022-2024

In mid-August LUCSUS (Lund University’s Centre for Sustainability Studies) became the new home of POLLEN’s Secretariat. We present you the eight people who will be actively involved with the duties of the Secretariat: Torsten Krause: Torsten is a Senior lecturer at the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, Sweden. His research involves the fields of … Read more These are the new members of the POLLEN Secretariat 2022-2024

The final showdown – ZAD Rhineland vs RWE, Germany

By Andrea Brock A small earth wall separates the tiny village of Lützerath from the enormous diggers operating in Garzweiler II, one of three opencast lignite coal mines operated by energy company RWE in the German Rhineland. Lignite is a type of heavy coal that is extracted and burnt locally. The mine is 235 metres … Read more The final showdown – ZAD Rhineland vs RWE, Germany

Start your own POLLEN node!

To start your own POLLEN node, please email the POLLEN secretariat (currently hosted by the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) at politicalecologynetwork@gmail.com to request access to membership database and add to the website.

Newsletters

Once a month, the Secretariat collects updates from across the network and publishes these in a newsletter. The newsletter is sent out to registered nodes by email, but is also always posted on the website as a News item.

If you have any news items to share, please send it to the same email: politicalecologynetwork@gmail.com

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