We have two great events coming up this summer!
ESJP conference – one day, June 13th, online. Free to all. Details and registration coming soon – clear your calendars and save the date!
ESJP Critical Conversions retreat June 4th/5th – expressions of interest welcome now!
Theme of conversation 2022 – Engineering for ‘whole health’ (planet and people)*
Limited to 15 people in-person – nature based outdoor retreat
Who is it for? Anyone interested in the theme – as many disciplines as possible please!
Location: Cala Munda Hankins, NY (near the Catskill mountains)
Hosts: Caroline Baillie and Eric Feinblatt
Dates 4th/5th June
One day hiking in the Catskills – a ‘walk shop’ One day outdoors in the forest at Cala Munda
Accommodation – due to covid we will not be offering any accommodation but we welcome you to camp on our land or stay at a local AirBnB/Guest house. (Book early as its popular in the summer).
Transport – Hankins is located 2/12 hours NW of NY city – self drive from Binghamton or NY airports or train from NY + shared rides from station one hour away.
* The theme has emerged from work that my team is currently doing for my new online masters program to be launched in May MESH – MS in Engineering for Sustainability and Health** which is explicitly transdisciplinary and founded in social and environmental justice (spread the word!). In attempting to bring together disparate disciplines and ways of being from a foundation of justice – to solve contemporary and urgent challenges – we find ourselves in need of new ways of communicating and exchanging knowledge. It is challenging and exciting to work out how to ‘knowledge build’ with faculty and students from multiple disciplines and what has emerged are more questions than answers about: how we bring a public health perspective to engineering – and look after our ‘whole health’?; what does planetary health look like from an engineering systems perspective?; how does engineering and urban development affect the emergence of pandemics? How can we bring social ecologists, ecosystems and climate change experts as well as public health professionals and peace and justice activists into the same space as engineers and co-design alternative practices? This retreat will enable us to have conversations about these complex issues, whilst being inspired and influenced by the trees and beauty of nature.
$150 registration fee – includes all meals.
(Accommodation costs extra – self organized in local Airbnb and guest houses.)
To ensure equity of access to this event, please contact us if you need financial support for the registration fee as we may be able to find funds to cover this and/or limited travel costs.
Enquire about camping on our land if you prefer.
**See more at https://onlinedegrees.sandiego.edu/masters-engineering-sustainability-health/classes/
If you are interested in joining us at the retreat – please email cbaillie@sandiego.edu with a short explanation of why you would like to attend.