Ecological Economics: Solutions Now and in the Future conference

Call for participants for the ANZSEE 2019

The 2019 Australia New Zealand Society of Ecological Economics conference will address the great challenges of our times: environmental crises and how we can live more sustainably on our planet.

KEYNOTES:

Joshua Farley (University of Vermont, Burlington, US)
Jon Altman (Australian National University, Canberra, ACT)
Karrina Nolan (Original Power)
Ian Lowe (Griffith University, Queensland)
Mike Berry (Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria)
David Spratt (Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration, Victoria)
Harriet O’Shae-Carre and Kaity Thompson (Students Strike 4 Climate, Victoria)

For panels and 50+ more expert speakers, see — https://anzsee.org.au/

VENUE: RMIT University Swanston Academic Building Swanston St (Melbourne Central)

DATES: 24–26 November

– optional tours and dinner Sunday 24 November

– main conference days Monday 25 November and Tuesday 26 November

Fees are $200 (full) $100 (concession) for two full days (25–26 November)

$45 for the dinner, 24 November — https://anzsee.org.au/register-for-anzsee-2019/

Contact — Chair of the Organising Committee Anitra Nelson: anitra.nelson@rmit.edu.au

Author: Anitra Nelson

Anitra Nelson is an activist-scholar and Associate Professor, Honorary Principal Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, author of Marx’s Concept of Money: The God of Commodities (1999/2014), Small Is Necessary: Shared Living on a Shared Planet (2018), co-author of Exploring Degrowth: A Critical Guide (2020) and co-editor of Life Without Money: Building Fair and Sustainable Economies (2011).

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