ISEE- Costa Rica Winter School in Ecological Economics 2020 November 11, 2019Environment Europe is delighted to announce the Costa Rica Winter School in Ecological Economics 2020 to be hosted by Fundación Neotrópica in Costa Rica, 16-24 February 2020. Please take an opportunity to register at a reduced rate.The executive Oxford Summer, … Continue reading → The post Costa Rica Winter School in Ecological Economics 2020 appeared […]
- Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies at Seattle University November 5, 2019Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies at Seattle University The Environmental Studies program at Seattle University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin September 2020. We seek a broadly trained social scientist in the social-behavioral dimensions of sustainability, with expertise … Continue reading → The post Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies at Seattle University appeared first […]
- Ecological Economics — Explainer and Urban Application November 5, 2019The Conversation has just published two articles, one explaining/introducing ecological economics — and referencing many recipients of this email — and another arguing that Australian cities lack long-term vision for sustainability. They are the first in a series of four … Continue reading → The post Ecological Economics — Explainer and Urban Application appeared first […]
- Clóvis Cavalcanti Video Greeting at INSEE-CESS November 5, 2019INSEE-CESS International Conference Climate Change and Disasters: Challenges, Opportunities and Responses Tenth INSEE Biennial Conference, 2019, CESS, HYDERABAD 6 – 8 November 2019 Video greeting from ISEE 2018/2019 President, Clóvis Cavalcanti The post Clóvis Cavalcanti Video Greeting at INSEE-CESS appeared first on The International Society for Ecological Economics.
- Bridging Language and Scholarship Call for Proposals October 25, 2019CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Bridging Language and Scholarship (BLS) Vernon Press invites original book proposals and translation proposals for previously published books (from English to Spanish or Spanish to English) for as part of our Bridging Language and Scholarship (BLS) initiative. … Continue reading → The post Bridging Language and Scholarship Call for Proposals appeared first […]
- Nominations Open for 2020-2022 Board Elections October 18, 2019In 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 → The post Nominations Open for 2020-2022 Board Elections appeared first on […]
- 10th International Congress of the French Association for Political Economics CfP October 16, 2019Call for Proposals 10th French Association for Political Economy Congress Resources July 2020 The congress will be held from 1st to 3rd July 2020 in Toulouse, France. The theme of the conference is « Resources », in a broad and inclusive sense of … Continue reading → The post 10th International Congress of the French Association for Political […]
- Environmental Crises: Does ecological economics have the answers? October 15, 2019Media Release 13 October 2019 Addressing the great challenges of our times: environmental crises and how we can live more sustainably on planet Earth — the Australia New Zealand Society of Ecological Economics (ANZSEE) 2019 conference. https://anzsee.org.au/2019-anzsee-conference/ KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Joshua … Continue reading → The post Environmental Crises: Does ecological economics have the answers? appeared […]
- Support for the people of Ecuador October 14, 2019A Note from the Mesoamerican and Caribbean Society for Ecological Economics Given the climate of violence that has been unleashed in Ecuador as a result of Decree 883, it goes without saying that the use of public force has never … Continue reading → The post Support for the people of Ecuador appeared first on […]
- Anthropocene to the Ecozoic (A2E) Symposium October 1, 2019Invitation: “Anthropocene to the Ecozoic” (A2E) Symposium, October 17-18, 2019 Venue: McGill Faculty Club, 3450 McTavish St, Montreal H3A 1X9 OR by Internet Eventbrite ticket for in-person participation: click here Live stream link: available next week on our website (https://e4a-net.org/) You are cordially invited to participate (in … Continue reading → The post Anthropocene to the Ecozoic (A2E) Symposium appeared first on […]
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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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