Environmental Policy Roundtable
Friday, January 28, 2011, Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm
The Steady State Economy for Environmental Protection: From Paradigm to Policy, Via the Students
This Friday, we are joined by Brian Czech, founding president of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE). The mission of CASSE is to advance the steady state economy, with stabilized population and consumption, as a policy goal with widespread public support. This daunting task will be described by Brian, who is also a Visiting Professor at Virginia Tech - National Capitol Region, where he teaches Ecological Economics. Brian will summarize the technical aspects of ecological economics most relevant to environmental protection, survey the political terrain, identify macroeconomic policy alternatives, and help students answer the question, “What can I do about it?”
Brian has a Ph.D. in renewable natural resources studies from the University of Arizona with a minor in political science. He has authored over 50 articles in more than 20 peer-reviewed journals, dealing primarily with ecological and economic sustainability issues. He is also the author of Shoveling Fuel for a Runaway Train (University of California Press), which calls for an end to uneconomic growth, and The Endangered Species Act: History, Conservation Biology, and Public Policy (Johns Hopkins University Press).
We look forward to seeing you at our discussion.
Best,
Your EESG Team
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The Ecological Economics Student Group (EESG) is a student-organized forum for the presentation and discussion of ideas and new work within the broad domain of Ecological Economics and interdisciplinary environmental policy. This seminar is also offered for 1 credit as 'Ecological Economics and Development' (MEES 608N).
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