The Environmental, Safety, and Health Communication Special Interest Group under the Society for Technical Communication allows technical communicators to stay current on developments in this growing area of technical communication.

This specialty includes writers, developers, designers, and information managers in fields ranging from archaeology to medicine, industrial hygiene, transportation, space, water management, energy conservation, and hazardous materials.

The Environmental, Safety, & Health Communications SIG

Welcome! On this page you will find general announcements about the ESH SIG and a brief introduction to our wiki.

STC's 56th Annual Conference/Technical Communication Summit in Atlanta

The 56th Annual Conference/Technical Communication Summit will be held in Atlanta, Georgia from May 3-6, 2009. Visit the conference website for more information. Please visit our conference page for a list of presentations related to the environment, health and safety.

Winter 2009 Newsletter Online

The Winter 2009 newsletter is now online. See what we have planned for the months ahead and the Atlanta Summit!

The ES&H SIG Needs a New E-Mail List Manager

If you are interested in becoming our new E-Mail list manager, contact Carol Luttrell or Gevene Hertz, our co-managers.

Wiki

Our website has a WIKI-based resources area, where you can participate by adding information about your work and ideas, courses, good books, a link to your website and resume or other materials of interest to the members of our community. Use this new resource often to network with other members with the same interests! To access the WIKI you have to sign in with your STC membership number.

Activities

SIG activities include our online newsletter, reaching out to members of related professional organizations, compiling and resources for our members, such as courses and curricula related to this particular area of technical communication, and an anthology of related articles. Also, don't forget to download our newest brochure and print it! The brochure was newly redesigned by student STC member Thinh Nguyen.