BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260625T095929Z DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Lagos:20120711T100000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Lagos:20120713T180000 SUMMARY:African Environmental Ethics\, Philosophy and Education versus Environmental Activism: The Great Debate UID:20260627T073152Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Africa/Lagos LOCATION:Akoka\, Nigeria DESCRIPTION:

The Environmental Ethics Unit in the Department of Philosophy\, \;Faculty of Arts\, University of Lagos\, Akoka-Lagos\, Nigeria in \;collaboration with the Center for Environmental Philosophy (CEP) in \;the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies\, University of \;North Texas (UNT)\, located in Denton\, Texas\, United States will hold \;its third annual conference on the above theme.

The search for sustainable living has been assumed to be the preserve \;of scientists and social scientists. Owing to the technological \;nature of its phenomena\, it is believed to be of scientific \;methodology. Where human concern is needed\, a social science \;methodology is expected which can easily be put in practice by \;environmental activists and advocacy groups. The questions have \;always concerned why humankind continues with the abuse and pollution \;of the environment when it is believed doing so will endanger their \;lives? Answers to these are not the province of science but \;spirituality and the arts.

The conference\, therefore\, will be more of a conversation among \;various practitioners of the environmental project. Environmental \;ethicists and educational specialists argue more for the right \;consciousness and living springing from personal convictions that \;would make the human-environmental balance possible. An integration \;of these varied paths are therefore necessary for the successful \;restoration of humans and the environment in Africa\, where advocates \;of African pre-colonial ecological principles can share their \;insights with the global community.

The conference registration fee is $160 for foreign delegates and \;N20\, 000.00 (Naira) for Nigerian participants\, which includes all \;program materials\, lunch for two days. Questions regarding mode of \;payment\, transportation\, accommodation and other logistics should be \;directed to the Conference Coordinator\, Dr. Chigbo Ekwealo \;(cekwealo@unilag.edu) or Dr. Gene Hargrove\, Director of CEP \;(hargrove@unt.edu).

Contact:

Dr. Chigbo Ekwealo and Dr. Gene Hargrove
Email: \;cekwealo@unilag.edu \;and \;hargrove@unt.edu

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