ISEE- Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future April 18, 2014Just released – a new edited book titled: “Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future: Insights from 45 Global Thought Leaders” that I think might interest you. The book offers a broad, critical discussion of what a sustainable and desirable future … Continue reading →
- Summer School in Sustainability Economics: Intergenerational Equity and Efficiency under Uncertainty April 16, 2014The universities of Lueneburg (Prof. Baumgaertner), Kiel (Prof. Quaas) and Regensburg (Prof. Buchholz) host a summer school addressing the issue of sustainability in the context of climate change. It will take place at Camp Reinsehlen, Germany, 4-7 August 2014. The … Continue reading →
- Coordinator of Climate Policy Research Line April 15, 2014Climate Policy research line coordinator, Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)Senior Researcher The Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) offers a senior researcher position to coordinate one of its four research lines; the Climate Policy research line. The Climate Policy … Continue reading →
- Great Transition Initiative Launches New Website April 14, 2014For over a decade, the Great Transition Initiative has advanced a visionary scenario of a future rooted in human solidarity, well-being for all, and ecological sustainability. It now enters a new phase with renewed energy and heightened sense of urgency. … Continue reading →
- 3rd Water Research Conference Call for Abstracts April 10, 20143rd Water Research Conference 11-14 January 2015, Shenzhen, China The 3rd Water Research Conference aims to present results of state-of-the-art exploration in water/wastewater treatment and discuss conceptually novel ideas that are necessary to develop well-tuned energy- and resource-efficient treatment technologies … Continue reading →
- Economics for Transition Programme April 10, 2014Join us at Schumacher College for residential postgraduate and short course study in radical economic thinking, activism and entrepreneurship. Postgraduate Programme MA, Pg Cert (in partnership with Plymouth University, nef and the Transition Network) Apply by 30 April for … Continue reading →
- Lecturer/Associate Professor in Environmental or Ecological Economics April 4, 2014The University of Leeds is looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated ecological or environmental economist with a focus on water-related research to develop and enhance links across Water@Leeds, the largest interdisciplinary water research centre in any university in the world. … Continue reading →
- Assistant/Associate Professor in RMSED April 3, 2014Assistant/Associate Professor – Responsible Management and Sustainable Economic Development (RMSED) Essential Qualifications: Ph.D. with the thesis addressing a theme relevant to the field of Ecological Economics and/or Sustainable Development Minimum of three years of relevant teaching experience. Academic expertise and … Continue reading →
- Global Urban Lecture Series March 31, 2014United Nations Human Settlements Programme and Claudio Acioly, Jr. are pleased to announce the public launch of the Global Urban Lecture Series! The link below will lead you to the first batch of the lectures. There is more to … Continue reading →
- Public consultation on draft SDSN Indicator Report March 27, 2014ECOECO (Brazil) have just completed their review and compilation by ECOECO Treasurer Joseph Weiss of comments on the Sustainable Development Goals Indicators proposed by the SDSN, and have transmitted them to the UN, informed by the recent work on indicators … Continue reading →
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Category Archives: Books
Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future
Just released – a new edited book titled: “Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future: Insights from 45 Global Thought Leaders” that I think might interest you. The book offers a broad, critical discussion of what a sustainable and desirable future … Continue reading
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Power to the People
Just published – POWER TO THE PEOPLE – by Astrid Kander Power to the People Power to the People:Energy in Europe over the Last Five CenturiesAstrid Kander, Paolo Malanima & Paul Warde Cloth | 2014 | $39.50 / £27.95 | … Continue reading
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Good News for Ecological Economics!
The newly released Impact Factors show that Ecological Economics, the journal of the International Society for Ecological Economics, has again strengthened its position by an increased Impact Factor : 2.85 (UP from 2.713) If you’d like to see the most-cited … Continue reading
Renewable Energy World Free Download
FREE BOOK DOWNLOAD Renewable Energy World and Other Adventures in Sustainability By Roy Morrison Free Kindle download: http://www.ecocivilizationweebly.com/index.html
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Gender and Green Governance in Paperback
New in Paperback Gender and Green Governance The Political Economy of Women’s Presence Within and Beyond Community Forestry Bina Agarwal528 pages | 11 Boxes, 12 Figures, 94 Tables | 234x156mm978-0-19-968302-4 | Paperback | July 2013 (estimated)Also available as: Hardback Price: … Continue reading
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Enough is Enough
Today, I am happy to announce the work of two Center for Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE) staff members, Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill. They have published a new book, titled Enough is Enough: Building A Sustainable Economy … Continue reading
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Ecological Economics from the Ground Up
Ecological Economics from the Ground Up takes a unique and much-needed bottom-up approach to teaching ecological economics and political ecology, using case studies that focus on a wide range of internationally relevant topics, to teach the principles, concepts, methods and … Continue reading
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Economics for Environmental Studies
The new book by Alfred Endres and Volker Radke on Economics for Environmental Studies: A Strategic Guide to Micro- and Macroeconomics has been published by Springer in September, 2012. The book is meant both as an introductory text for undergraduate … Continue reading
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Special Discount for Gender & Green Governance
Last chance for special discount! Oxford University Press Special Offer Gender and Green Governance – The Political Economy of Women’s Presence Within and Beyond Community Forestry by Bina Agarwal A personal copy of Bina Agarwal’s Gender and Green Governance (Oxford … Continue reading
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Oxford University Press Special Offer
Oxford University Press Special Offer on Gender and Green Governance The Political Economy of Women’s Presence Within and Beyond Community Forestry by Bina Agarwal A personal copy of Bina Agarwal’s Gender and Green Governance (Oxford University Press, Oxford) at … Continue reading
New Book Sustainability in Practice
Ecological Economics: Sustainability in Practice S.E. Shmelev, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK In a concise and crisp manner, this book presents the state of the art in ecological economics, an interdisciplinary field focused on the analysis of sustainability of global, … Continue reading
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ISEE Recommended Reading Available in Google Books
Title: Ecological economics: energy, environment, and society Authors: Juan Martínez Alier, Klaus Schlüpmann Edition: Reprint Publisher: B. Blackwell, 1990 ISBN: 0631171460, 9780631171461 Length: 287 pages Title: The Environmentalism of the Poor Author: Juan Martinez-Alier Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2002 Length: … Continue reading
Water Footprint Available Books
Virtual water: tackling the threat to our planet’s most precious resource (2011) by Tony Allan – www.ibtauris.com The water footprint assessment manual: Setting the global standard (2011) by Arjen Hoekstra et al. – www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/WaterFootprintAssessmentManual Corporate water strategies (2011) by William … Continue reading