CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT /CALL FOR PAPERS

Green Economics Institute Reclaiming Economics, for all people everywhere, other species, nature, the planet and its systems

In association with Zed Books, Gower Management Books, Inderscience Publishers of academic journals and CIPS Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and The International Journal of Green Economics and Purchasing and Supply Management Ltd.,

Campinas University Brazil, and Green Economics Institute Nigeria.

A Green Economics Conference

The clash between Ecology and EconomyGreening the Economy,

Explanations, causes and answers to the current crises: the climate, biodiversity, mass species extinction,

commodity fluctuations, poverty, and the credit crunch?

atMansfield College, Oxford University

4th Annual Green Economics Conference NFriday 31st July, to Saturday 1st August 2009

Including:

Green Procurement and the Greening of Business.

Other streams include: Carbon Reduction and Climate Change, Women and Poverty, Lower Growth Economics, Biodiversity and Species Loss and the Economics of saving the

rainforests. REDDs? Green Markets. How Kyoto works.

Philosophy of economics- What can Aristotle teach us now?Finance, Food and Fuel?

Keynsianism Kick starts, or Greening, Growth as in nature, abundance and Greater Equity?

Instruments, tools and Green Economics Methodology for radical change and real progress in Economics AL

L FOR PAPERS

17th International Conference on Composite INVITATION

This Conference will follow the tradition of the Annual Green Economics Conferences which are the world's leading Conference series in Green Economics. Internationally renowned composite scientists, economists, campaigners, Policy makers and Directors, Professors Social scientists and Researchers from all over the globe continue to attend the Green Economics Series s to present their frontier research findings and to keep up to date with latest achievements and developments in this very fast moving and leading and topical field.

A main theme of the Conference will be "Green Economics, Greening the Economy- long and short term solutions to the the credit crunch- finance, food issues- biofuels and land- fuel- challenges- and the 6th ever mass species extinction on earth. Green Economics sees the current downturn as a clash between ecology and economy and the commodity instability as a symptom the exhaustion of natural resources, which the markets are correctly reflecting, traditional economics instruments and derivatives are however no longer any use, and new methods of creating a natural economics of abundance need to be urgently developed. The world has changed and Green Economics an economics which is comfortable with long termism- equity, climate issues and biodiverity costs and poverty prevention has been waiting to take the mantle and that time has now arrived!

We look forward to welcoming you to Oxford University, one of the most beautiful cities in the world with: a outstanding, exciting and famous atmospheric Conference facilities excellent travel connections and accomodation.

Miriam KennetDirector

Green Economics Institute www.greeneconomics.org.uk

Editor

International Journal of Green Economics

TOPICS

Sessions will be led by leading experts with topics including:

Keynote Speakers already confirmed for 2009:

Professor Graciela Chichilnisky Columbia University, New York, Professor of Economics, and Mathematics. Architect of the UN Kyoto Protocol carbon market and Lead Author of the Nobel prize winning IPCC Report.

Dr Jeff Turk Phd Slovenia Academy of Sciences, Llubjiana, Slovenia, particle physicist Yale and European Economics specialist. Methodology and narrative in Economics

Tony Juniper recent Head of Friends of the Earth, Now The Princes Rainforest Trust, Author and specialist ornithologist,talks about Rainforests.

David Rabey Director DEFRA Procurement speaking on Sustainable Supply Chains, myth or necessity

Professor of Economics, Jack Reardon Hamline University USA

Professor Mayer Hillman, Policy Studies Institute, expert on transport and energy and climate change discusses the latest on aviation and how a change in lifestyles and stopping flying will provide the economics outcomes we need.

Miriam Kennet Director Green Economics Institute, Editor International Journal of Green Economics, author of numerous articles, member Mansfield College Oxford University and Environmental Change Institute Oxford University.

Volker Heinemann Director Green Economics Institute, author accountant, auditor formerly Price Waterhouse Coopers. Geottingen, Kiel, and Nottingham University

Green Economics – topical economics solutions for the current credit crunch Progress in Green Accounting Green IT Greening Business Green Procurement and green supply chains with the Chartered Institute of

Purchasing and Supply CIPS Poverty prevention - Land dilemas for food or fuel Meeting basic needs Social equity- environmental refugees Gender equity Minority equity The economics of Energy and climate change The economics of biodiversity and species loss and the current mass extinction Green Economics In Africa- Nigeria and South Africa Solar PV implementation Energy in Estonia Green Economics as a Discipline development Social support and basic income Methodology and tools and instruments for change Green New Deal and other popular short term instruments Longer term structural change in the economy Debt and employment and fiscal solutions Progress in Green Economics

Rebuilding communities The corporate track record-how do we change the dialogue- CSR stakeholder theory

and green economics Pluralism and economics Environmental economics Ecological economics Lower growth scenarios lower carbon economics Reworking demand and supply in green economics Book series- launching books Green Journals Interns dinner Participants welcome party Formal dinner in hall Interns annual presentation dinner Wednesday night Green Procurement and the Greening of Business. Other streams include: Carbon Reduction and Climate Change, Women and Poverty, Lower Growth

Economics, Biodiversity and Species Loss The clash between Ecology and Economy Greening the Economy providing the explanations, causes and the answers to the

current crises: in the climate, biodiversity, commodity fluctuations, poverty, and the credit crunch?

Finance, Food and Fuel?

Keynsianism Kick starts, or Greening, Growth as in nature, abundance and Greater Equity? Instruments, tools and Green Economics Methodology for radical change and real progress in Economics

Policies for long term greening of the economy

Long termism in economics- intergenerational equity, pensions, senior green issues, older age, furture generations, the role of discounting, the evolution of discounting, basic income, social support networks

Greening of business

Green Accounting,

Green Procurement, Green Logistics

Green Supply Chains, Reusing Recycling, repairing

Lower Carbon Economics

Renewable Energy Industry

Eco Innovation

Cradle to Cradle

Carbon Footprinting

Carbon Markets

Carbon Trading

Business Research

The International Journal of Green Economics

Book Launches

There will also be special sessions on:

Teaching and Education in Green Economics and emerging Pedagogy Credit crunch Finance and Keynsianism 30 000 years of Human Energy Economics GDP of poverty Costs of biodiversity- latest reports Our latest work in the UN Costs of climate change Solar Energy Long termism in economics The clash between ecology and economy Development, equity, gender Methodology, ontology and philosophy Green Economics History of economics Narrative approaches Life story approaches to economics Costs of aviation and the alternatives Train travel today Eastern and Western Philosophy African Philosophy and economics Publishing Green Economics Sustainable Cities and transport

CALL FOR PAPERS

Prospective authors are invited to submit abstracts, for consideration for inclusion in the programme to the Green Economics Institute by March 30th 2009. Successful authors will be notified by April 30th 2009.

All papers and abstracts must be submited in word or odt format – PDF is not acceptable, and all papers must include Title of Paper, all authors email addresses, and full names and affiliations. They must include a statement that the paper has not been published in English before, and is free from

copyright restrictions to enable it to be published in our Conference Proceedings, and each paper must include a 5 line biography of each author. Each paper must include full references and citations wherever these have been used. If any of these are missing we will not publish the paper.

If your paper is non academic and of a business nature- please ensure it is in prose and word format for the proceedings as we cannot publish powerpoints in the Conference Proceedings.

Abstracts should be submitted to greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com.

Our management committee will decide on acceptance and let you know as soon as possible. The submission process requires a one -page extended abstract to be submitted as soon as possible. Final versions of these abstracts to be agreed with the organisers by March 30th 2009. However please email your idea now so that sessions can be allocated and designed.

All presenters are requested to consider presenting with a power point or other visual material and also using any case studies,examples or other illustrations of their ideas and to allow at least half their session time for questions and discussion. Papers will be published for distribution to delegates at the conference in the high quality conference manual and will be formally published and can be cited as an academic publication if accepted. Finished papers will be required by the Organisers by 30 May 2009.

All successful presenters papers will be considered for inclusion in our academic journal International Journal of Green Economics, IJGE published by Inderscience. Www.inderscience.com/ijge – the first green academic journal in the world. All articles are subject to stringent double blind peer review before inclusion in the Journal. If accepted in the journal you will gain two citations – as you will also have one from the Conference Proceedings high quality academic papers which are lodged with the British Library.

Please send all powerpoints for presentation at the conference at least 7 calendar days prior to the event to ensure we can put them on the laptops for presentation.

IMPORTANT DATES

Call for Papers issued :December 2008

Deadline Abstracts : 31st March 2009

Programme Finalised : 31st April 2009 Authors Contacted : 31st April 2009

2009 Bookings Details for registration : greeneconomicsevents@yahoo.co.uk

Individual rate if paying yourself, £89 per person per day, Friday and Saturday. Concessions available. Student and concession rate £39.00 per person per day if pre paid

and pre arranged.(Limited number and must be pre booked before 30 April 2009)

RegistrationThursday 17:30 - 18:30 Arrival: booking into hotel, accommodation

From 19.30 onwards Thursday night drinks welcome networking reception party and food £25.00 in Green

Economics Institute's new premises, The Old Music Hall, Cowley Road, Oxford. Please book with registration on your booking form.

Friday and Saturday Main Conference Mansfield College, Oxford University.Admission fees £89 per person per day Friday and Saturday (including tea/coffee and sandwich lunch)

Friday night :Dinner out in Thai Restaurant Thai Orchid, St Clements pay directly as you goSaturday night Celebration Networking Dinner Party at our new Green Economics Institute, The Old

Music Hall, Cowley Road, Oxford. £25.00 per person, pre- pay with your registration form

Stalls£100 per day per stall, plus the individual entrance fee as above per person

All these rates are stalls only, please add on daily rates for individual attendance registration fees for each person attending with the stall.For further details, contact us.

Corporate RatesCorporate Rate for companies, charities, NGOs, academic departments, and Government departments, and

local government departments and if promoting a company perspective in the course of a speech or workshop: £100 per person per day, to include one speaker slot. This applies to all bookings via an invoice.

TimetableWednesday 29th July Interns College Annual Presentation Meal. Mansfield College Oxford

University, 7.30 pm Thursday 29 July - Evening Welcome Drinks Party The Old Music Hall, Cowley Road, Oxford,

Friday 30th July –Mansfield College, Oxford University, Conference, and sandwich networking lunch,optional sit down college Lunch.

Evening Dinner out in Thai Orchid Restaurant,St Clements,Oxford, Saturday 1st August 2009 – Mansfield College Oxford University Annual Green Economics Conference

10,000 years of civilisation an Audit: Sandwich networking Lunch Celebration dinner in our new Green Economics Institute: Party £25.00

Please note timetable depends on speaker availability and we reserve the right to make changes to the programme if required

Accommodation Available in the College, 120 rooms for use by the conference participants. Room rates vary from £55 per

room to £85 per person per night. Please enquire by email to Lynne Quiggin or Wendy Cameron directly for booking accommodation in the college

Email: Lynne.Quiggin@mansfield.ox.ac.ukMany other accommodation options to suit all tastes and pockets are provided on our website under

accommodation, please check this and let us know if you have any queries or problems.

Additional options includeSit down Lunch in Mansfield's Oxford College Dinning Hall £30.00 per person as an option on Friday. Must

be prepaid. Communal Dinner in a local restaurant on Friday night ( pay directly to the restaurant).

Celebratory Dinner on Saturday night at Green Economics Institute, Old Music Hall, Oxford. £29.00 please pre book on booking form.

10 % reduction in registration fee for members of the Institute Special Membership Offer

If booking for the conference, reduced membership fee will be available for £30 for 2009 if booked with conference registration and registration form.

Publications All paid up delegates will receive a copy our high quality Conference Proceedings on arrival at the

conference. All speakers are required to pay the relevant conference fees and to produce an abstract initially by March 31st 2009. We will then advise which papers have been successful and then speakers will be

required to produce a paper of 2,000 words maximum, fully referenced, by May 31st 2009.

Full Proceedings Papers from speakers to be sent to : greenecononomicsinstitute@yahoo.com (8 pages of A4, 2000 words max).

All papers will be considered for publication in the Academic Journal; - International Journal of Green Economics 2,000 to 7,000 words and for The Green Economist members' Journal up to 2,000 words. All

papers will be published by the Green Economics Institute in the Proceedings of the Conference.

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