Confronting the Trinity of Despair -- Maniates Part 1 of 2.wmv

Part 1 (of 2)

"Confronting the Trinity of Despair" -- Michael Maniates speaking at the Vacation Matters Summit, August 2009 at Seattle University.

Description: One of the major obstacles in changing American vacations will be self-defeating ideas about social change that permeate mainstream environmentalism. Learn how to recognize these ideas and escape the "trinity of despair."

About the speaker: Michael Maniates is Professor of Environmental Science and Political Science at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and a frequent consultant to college and university programs in environmental studies.

This talk was presented at the Vacation Matters Summit, August 2009 at Seattle University, a project of Take Back Your Time. Video filming and production by Todd Boyle.

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• hopelessness
• despair
• vacation time
• political change
• maniates
• leisure time
• take back your time
• vacation matters
• social change
• environmentalism