[SustainableTompkins] Fwd: book announcement

[Thomas Shelley]

Dear Fellow List Members--I thought this might be of interest to some of 
us.  From the GRNSCH-L mailing list.  Tom

>Date:         Fri, 1 Dec 2006 00:23:37 +1100
>From: David Low <subs at aanet.com.au>
>Subject: book announcement
>To: GRNSCH-L at listserv.brown.edu
>Hello all.
>
>Given the subject-matter of this list, a new book by our Director, 
>Associate Professor Frank Fisher titled, Response Ability, environment, 
>health and everyday transcendence may be of interest.
>
>Frank Fisher is one of Australia's leading exponents of a social 
>constructivist approach to resolving environmental and health problems. 
>Response Ability comprises a selection of his articles, monographs, 
>papers, submissions and letters to editors written while he taught at the 
>Graduate School of Environmental Science at Monash University in Melbourne 
>over the past twenty-seven years.
>
>In 300 pages Response Ability covers:
>* general definitions of responsibility and the social construction of reality
>* environmental science
>* social construction of energy, transport and other environmental issues
>* social construction of illness and disability
>* taking effective action for social change.
>
>Many examples are provided of the practical application of social 
>constructivism in the areas of energy, transport, environment and health.
>
>The thrust of Response Ability is to show that people have and can take 
>responsibility in their relationship with environment because the world as 
>we interact with it, is a human creation. It also seeks to demonstrate 
>that looking after environment means looking after physical, mental and 
>social well-being.
>
>Frank Fisher recently established "The Monash Understandascope" ( 
>www.understandascope.com). The Monash Understandascope creates static 
>travelling and virtual exhibitions.  The Understandascope also provides 
>courses and in-house seminars, all of which reveal the social 
>constructions of everyday phenomena.
>
>Response Ability by Frank Fisher is available from:
>
>Vista Publications, PO Box 82, Elsternwick, Vic. 3185, Australia.
>
>Cost: A$34.95  plus postage
>
>ISBN 1 876370 10 6
>
>Individual student discount @ 10 per cent:      A$31.50
>Bulk discount of 10 or more books @ 20 per cent:      A$28.00
>
>All queries can be directed to Eva Fabian on tel/fax +61 3 9523 5623 or 
>email: vistaef at mbox.com.au
>
>Regards
>David
>
>--
>Dr David Low
>The Monash Understandascope
>Monash University
>Melbourne VIC 3004
>www.understandascope.com
>Phone: +61 3 990 30019

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