Sian Reid is a long-time pagan practitioner who has been conducting research on various aspects of paganism since 1990.  She is the editor of _Between the Worlds:  Readings in Contemporary Neopaganism, and co-author (as Meredith Macdonald) of An Ye Harm None: Magical Morality and Modern Ethics. 

She has also contributed chapters on pagan themes to a variety of other collections, including _Magical Religion and Modern Witchcraft_ (Lewis 1996), _The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements_ (Lewis 2002) and _Religion and Canadian Society_ (Beaman 2006).  She is the lead researcher on the Canadian Pagan Survey Project, and currently teaches in the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Carleton University.

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Beyond Compact Fluorescents -- Living Sustainably with One Another

It is impossible to turn on a radio, read a magazine, or peruse the internet headlines without encountering discussions about global warming, water scarcity, and the imminent environmental catastrophe that those in wealthy, industrialized nations have foisted not only upon themselves, but upon the rest of the world.

The scope and the immediacy of this crisis masks another crisis of the urbanized West -- the loss of human connections.  This workshop invites participants to share ideas about ways in which we can build sustainable communities -- both emotionally and environmentally.