ISEE- USSEE March/April Newsletter April 2, 2021Upcoming Conferences and Webinars: USSEE Webinar: Transitioning to Just and Sustainable Food Systems: Lessons from Ecological Economics. Friday April 2nd, 3pm EDT A round table discussion with Liz Carlisle, Kamuela Enos, and Albie Miles; moderated by Phil Warsaw The 2nd Event … Continue reading → The post USSEE March/April Newsletter appeared first on The International Society […]
- FULL PHD SCHOLARSHIP March 31, 2021FULL PHD SCHOLARSHIP: Researching the Social Aspect of Solar Energy Distribution in Australia Australia has one of the highest numbers of households with solar panels. Solar energy can help households to reduce their energy bills. Rebates for installation and buy-back … Continue reading → The post FULL PHD SCHOLARSHIP appeared first on The International Society […]
- Inaugural Eric Zencey Prize in Ecological Economics Awarded March 17, 2021Inaugural Eric Zencey Prize in Ecological Economics Awarded to ‘Floating Coast’ The Gund Institute for Environment at the University of Vermont (UVM), in partnership with the U.S. Society of Ecological Economics, has announced the inaugural winner of the Eric Zencey … Continue reading → The post Inaugural Eric Zencey Prize in Ecological Economics Awarded appeared […]
- PhD scholarship within International Environment and Development Studies March 2, 2021PhD position at the Department of International Environment and Development Studies at NMBU to work on transformative change towards just and sustainable economies: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/201992/phd-scholarship-within-international-environment-and-development-studies The position is ideal for students with training and interest in sustainability science, ecological economics and degrowth/postgrowth … Continue reading → The post PhD scholarship within International Environment and Development Studies appeared […]
- EAEI Needs a Program Manager February 17, 2021Postdoctoral Fellow (International Energy Analysis) – 92045 Organization: ED-Energy Storage & Distributed Resources Berkeley Lab’s Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division (EAEI) is looking for a Program Manager to join their Electricity Markets and Policy Department (EMP)! In this role, … Continue reading → The post EAEI Needs a Program Manager appeared first on The […]
- ISEE Website February 10, 2021ISEE wants to build a new and improved website and is looking for input from anyone who would like to help with ideas on how it should look, content you’d like to see included. We are assembling a planning and … Continue reading → The post ISEE Website appeared first on The International Society for […]
- New Volume of REVIBEC Published February 8, 2021New Volume of REVIBEC El desarrollo del PNAE en las escuelas públicas del municipio de Santa María / RS: ¿una trayectoria inconclusa?; Rita Inês Paetzhold Pauli, Jéferson Réus da Silva Schulz, Bruna Tadielo Zajonz; 1-17, PDF (PORTUGUÊS (BRASIL)) Reflexiones en torno a … Continue reading → The post New Volume of REVIBEC Published appeared first on The […]
- Call for nominations: ISC Awards Programme February 4, 2021The International Science Council (ISC) is seeking nominations for the first edition of the ISC Awards Programme. ISC Members, Affiliated Bodies and partners are invited to nominate individuals or groups of individuals who contribute to the promotion of science as … Continue reading → The post Call for nominations: ISC Awards Programme appeared first on […]
- Professorship (W2) in Economics February 3, 2021Professorship (W2 in Economics, with a specialization in Sustainability and Economic Policy The School of Business and Economics establishes a new research and teaching focus on sustainability from a business and economics perspective and searches for two new professors. Within … Continue reading → The post Professorship (W2) in Economics appeared first on The International […]
- INSEE-IIITD International Conference CfP February 2, 2021CALL FOR PAPERS INSEE-IIITD International Conference Sustainable Societies, Ecological Systems and Economic Development Eleventh INSEE Biennial Conference, New Delhi 15-17 December 2021 The eleventh biennial conference of The Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE) will be co-organized with Indraprastha Institute … Continue reading → The post INSEE-IIITD International Conference CfP appeared first on The International […]
- USSEE March/April Newsletter April 2, 2021
Tag Archives: Population Matters
Population Matters | One Year in Review
Director’s Message To steal Ervin Drake’s Christmas song made famous by Frank Sinatra, ‘It was a very good year’ for Population Matters, as the Annual Report shows. For me, key events and activities were our increased focus and developing partnerships with fellow … Continue reading
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Population Matters June 2019 Update
Director’s message PM Goes Global! Last year, supported by the London PM group, we marked World Population Day by showing the dramatic fact of ongoing human population growth via a live, giant digital ‘population clock’ mounted on a van. The … Continue reading
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Population Matters May 2019 Update
POPULATION MATTERS MEMBERS’ UPDATE May 2019 Here is a round up of our news Help Dandelion Africa transform rural communities in Kenya Boys for Change is a Dandelion Africa project which trains boys and young men to teach both girls … Continue reading
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Human Population and the Sixth Mass Extinction
PUBLIC CONFERENCE: HUMAN POPULATION AND THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION There is widespread consensus among scientists and conservationists that we are in the midst of the Sixth Mass Extinction, and that human beings are its cause. As the world’s population grows, … Continue reading
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Population Growth: A Multiplier of All Problems
Population Growth: A Multiplier of All ProblemsSummary Conclusions of Recent Research by Population Matters Conclusion and Recommendations Stable or reducing populations are an essential pre-condition for economic, social and biophysical sustainability – population growth makes all UK and global problems … Continue reading
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Another POV on Degrowth, Expensive Oil, and the New Economics of Energy
See (PDF): http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue61/Alexander2_61.pdf Samuel Alexander’s otherwise excellent critique of the failure of ecological economics to take proper account of rising energy prices contains a single, all too conventional flaw. He takes population growth as a ‘given’ to be accommodated rather … Continue reading
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Degrowth, Expensive Oil, and the New Economics of Energy
Degrowth, expensive oil, and the new economics of energy Samuel Alexander [University of Melbourne, Australia]Copyright: Samuel Alexander, 2012 See (PDF): http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue61/Alexander2_61.pdf Preparing for life after growth Building upon the ‘limits to growth’ perspective (Meadows et al, 2004), and drawing upon … Continue reading
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