ISEE- USSEE March Newsletter March 30, 2020On behalf of the USSEE Board of Directors and staff, I would like to extend my best wishes to you all as you adapt to these unprecedented global challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. I realize that many of you … Continue reading → The post USSEE March Newsletter appeared first on The International Society […]
- Live Chat with Herman Daly and Kate Raworth March 30, 2020Herman Daly and Kate Raworth on Pandemic-Resistant Economies Tuesday, March 31 at 12 Noon Eastern As a follow-up to last Friday’s “After the Pandemic” webinar (available here on YouTube if you missed it), Andy Revkin is hosting a live chat TOMORROW with Herman Daly and Kate Raworth on … Continue reading → The post Live Chat with Herman Daly and Kate Raworth appeared […]
- E4A Webinar March 24 at Noon March 24, 2020“Anthropocene to the Ecozoic” Webinar on Wednesday, March 25 at 12 noon EDT This Wednesday at 12 noon EDT is the next webinar in our series “From the Anthropocene to the Ecozoic”. The last Wednesday of every month we’ll be highlighting … Continue reading → The post E4A Webinar March 24 at Noon appeared first on […]
- The Economics of Infectious Disease March 23, 2020Recent Papers Perrings, C., Levin, S. & Daszak, P. (2018) The Economics of Infectious Disease, Trade and Pandemic Risk. EcoHealth, 1-3. Shanafelt, D., Jones, G., Lima, M., Perrings, C. & Chowell, G. (2018) Forecasting the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in the United Kingdom. Ecohealth, 1-10. Morin, … Continue reading → The post The Economics of Infectious Disease appeared first on The […]
- Research Fellow in Energy and Macroeconomics, University of Leeds March 4, 20202-year post-doc: Research Fellow in Energy and Macroeconomics, University of Leeds £33,797 to £36,914 p.a http://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/ENVEE1390 Would you like to further your career by applying your quantitative energy and economic skills at one of the UK’s leading research-intensive Universities? Do … Continue reading → The post Research Fellow in Energy and Macroeconomics, University of Leeds […]
- Virtual conference CFP “Extraction: Tracing the Veins” February 27, 2020Virtual conference CFP “Extraction: Tracing the Veins” Abstracts for our virtual conference Extraction: Tracing the Veins are due March 6th. EXTRACTION: TRACING THE VEINS A nearly carbon-neutral conference Massey University, New Zealand and Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands June … Continue reading → The post Virtual conference CFP “Extraction: Tracing the Veins” appeared first […]
- Demos Helsinki is Growing and Needs Two Research Area Leads February 21, 2020Demos Helsinki Looking for two new research area leads More Information Demos Helsinki is an independent think tank set up in 2005. We want to affect the ongoing global transformations actively and build sustainable and fair post-industrial societies. We aim … Continue reading → The post Demos Helsinki is Growing and Needs Two Research Area […]
- Call for 2022 and 2024 ISEE Conference Organizers February 12, 2020Call for future ISEE Conference Organizers ISEE holds its conference biennially. These conferences normally attract 500-900 social and natural scientists. For 2022 and 2024 we are now looking for individuals/groups who might be interested in applying for organizing a conference. … Continue reading → The post Call for 2022 and 2024 ISEE Conference Organizers appeared […]
- Social-Ecological Economics AFEP Conference February 11, 2020Social-Ecological Economics AFEP Conference On July 1-3 the French Association for Political Economy (AFEP) will hold its annual conference in Toulouse. English contributions are very welcome as well as contributions from fellow social sciences. There will be sessions on Social-Ecological … Continue reading → The post Social-Ecological Economics AFEP Conference appeared first on The International […]
- EwS 2020 February 10, 2020EwS 2020 The second international ‘Education with Sustainability’ Conference 13th & 14th August 2020 Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden Jointly hosted by Mid Sweden University, Sweden, and Sustainability (CERIS) Research Centre at IT Sligo, Ireland. EwS2020 will draw together educators … Continue reading → The post EwS 2020 appeared first on The International Society for […]
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Category Archives: News – ISEE
Letter from Outgoing President of ISEE
Letter from Outgoing President of ISEE Olinda (Brazil), December 23rd, 2019. When I accepted to be the ISEE president-elect candidate, I explained that my desire had always been to challenge the conventional economics I learned at the university (Yale, among … Continue reading
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World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency
World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency is now in BioScience Magazine! The World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency paper is being widely reported on by the mass media. We are now collecting more scientist signatures on the … Continue reading
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Nominations Open for 2020-2022 Board Elections
In December we will be electing officers and board members for ISEE for 2020-2022. If you are interested in running, please contact secretariat@isecoeco.org or the President of your Regional Society. Nominations shall be made by the Nominating Committee, comprising Presidents … Continue reading
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2020 Boulding Award
News: September 16, 2019 Rashid Hassan was chosen as 2020 Boulding Award Recipient From a strong slate of candidates, the Boulding Award Committee of the International Society for Ecological Economics (Peter May – Chair, Jane Mariara, Volker Mauerhofer, Kanchan Chopra … Continue reading
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Statement by the International Society for Ecological Economics on Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
STATEMENT BY THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ON DEFORESTATION IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON August 28, 2019 The International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), a non-governmental scientific organization established in 1989, with affiliated regional societies on all continents, including Latin … Continue reading
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Tagged agrochemicals, biome, bolsonaro, brazilian amazon, burning, Deforestation, ISEE, latin america
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DECLARACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD INTERNACIONAL DE ECONOMÍA ECOLÓGICA (ISEE) SOBRE LA DEFORESTACIÓN EN LA AMAZONÍA BRASILEÑA
DECLARACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD INTERNACIONAL DE ECONOMÍA ECOLÓGICA (ISEE) SOBRE LA DEFORESTACIÓN EN LA AMAZONÍA BRASILEÑA 28 agosto 2019 La Sociedad Internacional de Economía Ecológica (ISEE), una organización científica no gubernamental establecida en 1989, con sociedades regionales afiliadas en todos … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon Rainforest, biodiversity financing, Brazil, brazilian amazon, conservation letters, Deforestation, droste, farley, may, rickets, ring, unesc, United Nations
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Professor Joan Martinez-Alier is Winner of the First Bina Agarwal Prize for Ecological Economics
The Indian Society for Ecological Economics c/o Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi Enclave North Campus, Delhi, India 110 007 Announcement Bina Agarwal Prize for Ecological Economics The Prize Jury for the Bina Agarwal Prize for Ecological Economics consisting … Continue reading
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2019 ISEE President’s Greeting
The President’s greeting on the 2019 threshold Dear Collegues and Friends – I would like to remind you that the mission of ISEE consists of extending and integrating the understanding of the interfaces and interplay between ‘nature’s household’ (ecosystems) and … Continue reading
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Call for ISEE 2020 Conference Venue
Call for Future ISEE Conference Organizers ISEE holds its conference biennially. These conferences normally attract 500-900 social and natural scientists. Past conferences met: 2010 – Oldenburg 2012 – Rio de Janeiro 2014 – Iceland 2016 – Washington DC 2018 – Puebla, … Continue reading
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Amazonia and the Setbacks of Brazil’s Political Moment Commentary
ISEE member, Philip Fearnside, provides commentary on 12 October 2018 on Amazonia and the setbacks of Brazil’s political moment. The commentary begins… Brazil’s presidential election has created virulent polarization in the country with consequences for the Amazon. Right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro won … Continue reading
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ReBirth: Trip to Vicente Guerrero
Prior to ISEE2018 Conference in Puebla, Mexico, a visit to Vicente Guerrero peasant community was arranged. Here is a report from a participant. Rebirth: Trip to Vicente Guerrero by Oliver Braunschweig* Rebirth, I would say, is the theme of the … Continue reading
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World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity
World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity Posted by Stuart Scott, ISEE Strategist, stuart.h.scott@gmail.com I have been collaborating with the group that issued the World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity – Second Notice in December 2017. The result was the ScientistsWarning.org website which … Continue reading
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September 24 Deadline for COP-24
Posted by Stuart Scott, ISEE Strategist COP-24 This year the ISEE has been granted provisional* Observer status to the UNFCCC climate negotiations. I applied for this status, with Anne Aitken’s assistance, and I am now the DCP (Designated Focal Point) … Continue reading
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The Plastic Issue and Economics
Sir David Attenborough posted on his Facebook page about the damage we are inflicting using plastic. At a landfill in Spain, a stork entangled with a plastic bag was freed by the photographer. Sadly, a single bag can kill more … Continue reading