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 […]
- USSEE March Newsletter March 30, 2020
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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