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About the IECA
The IECA is dedicated to advancing the practice, study, and teaching of Environmental Communication in civic, political, educational, business, and cultural contexts. We are a professional association of teachers, scholars, artists, practitioners, students and organizations involved in Environmental Communication around the world.
What is Environmental Communication?
IECA's Journal
Check out the e-flyer for Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture
IECA members receive a subscription to the journal. More
Why Environmental Communication Matters
How well we communicate with each other about nature and environmental affairs will determine how well we address the ecological crisis.
Ecological sustainability requires a shift in views and values towards the natural world, and environmental communication influences how individuals, groups and cultures see, value, and ultimately act in the world.
Environmental communication is also how we advocate for change, raise awareness, collaborate to address environmental issues, change behavior, and pass legislation. Political, economic, and technological initiatives need effective communication to succeed.
For more about this, see What is Environmental Communication?
Welcome
Welcome to IECA, the International Environmental Communication Association. We are a new association, just launched in 2011, but with roots that go back twenty years. From the first Conference on Communication and Environment in 1991 to the Environmental Communication Network to Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture, not to mention the many efforts of practitioners, teachers, scholars and other organizations, the field has come a long way. Now, with energy and input from many people around the world, we're moving forward under the IECA banner. Please join us and help shape the next twenty years!
- Mark Meisner, Executive Director
ECN2
The ECN2 is the new Environmental Communication Network.
IECA members are part of ECN2, but anyone can join the conversation for free.
What's New?
Latest blog posts
- March 2012 issue of Environmental Communication published
- Across Borders and Environments: Communication and Environmental Justice in International Contexts published
- IECA member Arul Aram's new book: Communication Strategies for Coastal Communities
- Our New Look
- Discounts, Bargains and Close-outs: Organizational and Founding Memberships
Recent job postings
- Invasive Species Information Officer ~ Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources
- Instructor, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources ~ Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University
- Climate Change Communication Internships ~ National Park Service (National Capital Region) & George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication
- Managing Editor - MN Conservation Volunteer ~ Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow ~ Center for Climate Change Communication, Department of Communication, George Mason University
Upcoming call deadlines
- Ecocinema and its audiences ~ due May 30 2012
- Voice and Environmental Communication ~ due May 31 2012
- Documentary and the Environment ~ due Jun 29 2012
Upcoming events
- The Science of Science Communication ~ May 21, 2012 to May 22, 2012
- Communication and the Ethics of Consumption May 24, 2012 ~ May 24, 2012
- Imaging Nature II conference: Tarraleah Lodge, Tasmania ~ Jun 21, 2012 to Jun 23, 2012
- Conservation Psychology Institute 2012 ~ Jun 23, 2012 to Jun 27, 2012
- Crossroads in Cultural Studies 2012 ~ Jul 02, 2012 to Jul 06, 2012
IECA is wind-powered
Both our web servers and IECA headquarters use 100% wind energy supplied by Community Energy.
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