Past Events

Expressions of Interest The European project RESPONDER (http://www.scp-responder.eu/) deals with potential political, social and economic contradictions between sustainable consumption and economic growth. Contradictions are dealt with by trying to link 4 different communities: scientists and policymakers on the one hand, and on the other, what could be called the “pro-growth community” (mostly mainstream economists and […]

Call for abstracts extended to 18 October 2013! In most countries, environmental and conservation policies build on strategies involving a wide range of policy instruments. Within these policy mixes, economic instruments are gaining increasing attention from policy-makers and analysts. This holds for policies designed to conserve and finance biodiversity and secure ecosystem services as much

Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics which will be hosted by the University of Iceland 13 – 15 August 2014. The theme of the conference will be Well-being and Equity within Planetary Boundaries. As economic, social and environmental systems worldwide face increasing pressures and the call for an alternative economic approach becomes louder,

The Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity will take place in the German city of Leipzig from September 2-6, 2014. The 2014 conference will give room for scientific debates, exchange between activists and economic/cultural pioneers and also artistic approaches to the subject. It is part of an international cycle of events: