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National Sustainability Society Conference, Seattle, September, 9-12.

 

The National Sustainability Society will host a national conference to bring together academics, students, and practitioners within the field of sustainability to build consensus on the key principles, competencies, capacities, frameworks, and substance of sustainability as both a scholarly realm and as a rapidly expanding field of practice across the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. The NSS focuses on the dialog and community building to support professional and scholarly activities needed to support sustainability transformations across sectors.
 

This first national conference will showcase work that advances sustainability innovation, closes the implementation gap, and supports workforce development at all levels.  All topical areas in sustainability welcome, including:

 

  • Supply chains
  • Food 
  • Climate and Carbon
  • Energy 
  • Water 
  • Land 
  • Mobility 
  • Markets and Governance 
  • Technology
  • Biodiversity 
  • Environmental Justice
  • Human Health and Wellbeing
     

Please review the call for contributions descriptions on the conference website: https://www.nationalsustainabilitysociety.org/meetings/seattle-2024
 

The NSS welcomes contributions of any type, from both academics and practitioners:

A: Individual Contributions
Oral presentation
Sustainability flash talk
Poster

B: Session Contributions
Pre-organized panel session
Pre-organized symposia session
Sustainability spark session

C: Workshop Contribution
 

Questions? Contact the National Sustainability Society at natsustsociety@gmail.com

NSS Conference Planning Committee:

  • Arun Agrawal, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
  • Nicole Ardoin, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
  • Chris Boone, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University
  • Dan Brown, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington
  • Mark Hartman, Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Phoenix
  • Krista Hiser, Global Council on Science and the Environment
  • Ben Packard, Earth Lab, University of Washington
  • Karen Seto, Yale School of the Environment
  • Maya Tolstoy, College of the Environment, University of Washington
  • Cristy Watkins, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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