The Conference on Communication and Environment (COCE)
The Conference on Communication and Environment (COCE) has been held every other year since 1991. Until 2011 there was no official organization that ran the conferences; each conference was organized by the local host, usually with the assistance of other members of the Environmental Communication Network.
It is now run by the IECA and partner hosts.
Upcoming Conferences
Many Voices, One planet: Accounting for the past and narrating sustainable futures
The 17th Conference on Communication and Environment
June 5-9, 2023, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA
Previous Conferences
Re-MEDIAting the Wild
The 16th Conference on Communication and Environment (COCE) "as you've never seen it before".
June 21-24, 2021, online everywhere
Communicating for Food Sustainability mini-conference
November 12-13, 2020, online everywhere.
Waterlines: Confluence and Hope through Environmental Communication
The 15th biennial Conference on Communication and Environment
June 17-21, 2019, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Democracy, Borders and Public/Political Engagement: Challenges for Environmental Communication
The 14th biennial Conference on Communication and Environment
June 29 - July 2, 2017, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Bridging Divides: Spaces of Scholarship and Practice in Environmental Communication
The 13th biennial Conference on Communication and Environment
June 11-14, 2015, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Environmental Communication: Participation Revisited: openings and closures for deliberations on the commons
The 12th biennial Conference on Communication and Environment
June 6-10, 2013, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Across Borders and Environments
The 11th Biennial Conference on Communication and Environment
June 25 – 28, 2011, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA
The 2009 Conference on Communication and Environment in Portland
June 27-30, 2009, Portland, Maine, USA, sponsored by the Department of Environmental Science, University of Southern Maine
Save the Date (PDF) | Call for Papers | Web Site | Program | Program (PDF) | Proceedings
The 2007 Conference on Communication and Environment in Chicago
June 22-25, 2007, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Call for Papers | Program | Registration Form | Proceedings
The 2005 Conference on Communication and Environment on Jekyll Island
June 24-27, 2005, Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA
Call for Papers | Program | Proceedings
The 2003 Conference on Communication and Environment in Silver Falls State Park, Oregon
July 19-22, 2003, Silver Falls State Park, Oregon, USA
Call for Papers | Program | Proceedings
The 2001 Conference on Communication and Environment in Cincinnati
July 27-31, 2001, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Program | Proceedings
The 1999 Conference on Communication and Environment in Flagstaff
July 24-27, 1999, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Program | Proceedings
The 1997 Conference on Communication and Environment in Syracuse
July 26-29, 1997, Syracuse, New York, USA
Program | Proceedings
The 1995 Conference on Communication and Our Environment in Chattanooga
March 30 - April 1, 1995, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Proceedings
The 1993 Conference on Communication and Our Environment in Big Sky
July 23-25, 1993, Big Sky, Montana, USA
Proceedings
The 1991 Conference on the Discourse of Environmental Advocacy in Alta
July 29-31, 1991, Alta, Utah, USA
Proceedings
COCE Proceedings
Information on how to obtain proceedings from each of the conferences. In some cases you can download the proceedings in PDF form.
History of COCE
A brief history of how the conferences got started by Jim Cantril.