CURRICULUM VITA
Joshua C. Farley
The University of Vermont
Community Development and Applied Economics
Gund Institute for Ecological Economics
205 H Morrill Hall
Burlington, VT 05405-1708
I. PERSONAL
Date of Birth: January 8, 1963
Place of Birth: Ithaca, NY
Citizenship: USA
Marital Status: Married, one child
Phone: (802) 656-2989
Fax: (802) 656-8683
Email: Joshua.Farley@uvm.edu
II. EDUCATION
1999 Ph.D. Cornell University, Agricultural, Resource and
Managerial Economics
Dissertation: ‘Optimal’ Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon;
Theory and Policy: The Local, National, International and Intergenerational
Viewpoints.
1990 M.I.A. Columbia University, Economic and Political
Development
1990 Certificate in Latin American Studies. Columbia University
1985 B.A. in Biology, Grinnell College
III. PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
- August, 2003 Assistant Professor, Community Development and Applied Economics,
University of Vermont, VT 05405
- 2002-Present: Fellow, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University
of Vermont, Burlington, VT
- 2002-Present: Licensed Examiner and Affiliated Staff, Center for Resource
Management and Environmental Studies, Cave Hill Campus, University of the
West Indies, Barbados
- 1999-2002: Executive Director, Institute for Ecological Economics, University
of Maryland, Solomons, MD 20688.
- 1998-1999: Program Director, School for Field Studies’ Centre for
Rainforest Studies, PO Box 141, Yungaburra, QLD Australia.
- 1996-1998: Resident Faculty in Ecological Economics, School for Field Studies’
Centre for Rainforest Studies, PO Box 141, Yungaburra, QLD Australia.
- 1996-1999: Lecturer, Boston University (while resident at the Centre for
Rainforest Studies). Boston, Massachusetts
- 1993, 1995 Research Assistant/Teaching Assistant. Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY
- Fall ’92, ’94 Intern, Institute for Applied Economic Research,
Av. Pres. Antonio Carlos, 51 Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20020-010
- Summer, ‘89 Group Leader to Royesville, Liberia. Operation Crossroads
Africa. 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1366, New York, New York 10115
- 1985,’87-‘88 Professional Carpenter
III. RESEARCH
A. Areas of Professional Expertise and Research Interests:
Ecological Economics, Developing inter-disciplinary case study approaches
to environmental problem solving as an educational tool, System sustainability,
Economic Globalization, International development, Ecological restoration,
Ecosystem valuation, Sustainable tourism, Integrated Ecological-Economic modeling,
Dynamic optimization.
Language Skills: Fluent Portuguese, proficient (formerly fluent) Spanish
B. Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
- Gates, J. Edward , N. Dawe, J. Erickson, J. Farley, V. Geist, H. Hands,
P. Magee and D. Trauger (In Press) A critical analysis of The Wildlife Society’s
position statement on economic growth. Wildlife Society Bulletin. (peer edited)
- Silvano, R.; S. Udvardy; M. Ceroni and J. Farley (2005). An Ecological integrity
assessment of a Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest watershed based on surveys
of stream health and local farmers’ perceptions. Ecological Economics.
vol. 53, issue 3, pages 369-385
- Voinov, A., L. Bromley, E. Kirk, A. Korchak, J. Farley, T. Moiseenko, T.
Krasovskaya, Z. Makarova, V. Megorski, V. Selin, G. Kharitonova, R. Edson
(2004). Understanding Human and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Kola Arctic: a Participatory
Integrated Study. Arctic, December, 2004
- Ferreira, D., S. Suslick, J. Farley, R. Costanza, S. Krivov (2004). A decision
model for financial assurance instruments in the upstream petroleum sector.
Energy Policy 32, no.10 p. 1173-1184
- Farley, J. and R. Costanza (2002) Envisioning Shared Goals for Humanity:
a detailed, shared vision of a sustainable and desirable USA in 2100. Ecological
Economics vol. 43 (2-3)
- Boumans, R., R. Costanza, J. Farley et. al. (2002) Modeling the Dynamics
of the Integrated Earth System and the Value of Global Ecosystem Services
using the GUMBO model. Ecological Economics vol. 41 (3)
- Farley, J. (2000) Should Market Economists be Protesting the WTO Too? Ecological
Economics, vol. 33, No. 3, June, 2000.
Books and Book Chapters
- Farley, J., J. Erickson and H. Daly (2005). Ecological Economics: A Workbook
for Problem-Based Learning. Island Press: Washington, DC. 150 pp.
- Farley, Joshua (2005). Ecological Economics, in The Encyclopedia of Science,
Technology and Ethics (C. Mitcham, ed.). Macmillan Reference, USA.
- Daly, Herman and J. Farley (November, 2003). Ecological Economics: Principles
and Applications. Island Press: Washington, DC. 450 pp. Named an "Outstanding
Academic Title" of 2004 by Choice Magazine.
- Costanza, R., J Farley, P. Templet (2002) Background: The Quality of Life
and the Distribution of Wealth and Resources. In Costanza, R. and S. E. Jørgensen
(eds.) 2002. Understanding and Solving Environmental Problems in the 21st
Century: Toward a New, Integrated Hard Problem Science. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
324 pp.
- Farley, J., R. Costanza, P. Templet (2002) Synthesis: The Quality of Life
and the Distribution of Wealth and Resources. In Costanza, R. and S. E. Jørgensen
(eds.) 2002. Understanding and Solving Environmental Problems in the 21st
Century: Toward a New, Integrated Hard Problem Science. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
324 pp.
Letters and book reviews in peer reviewed journals
- Czech, B, D. Trauger, J. Farley, R. Costanza, H. Daly, C. Hall, R. Noss,
L. Krall, and P. Krausman (2005) Establishing Indicators for Biodiversity
(letter). Science, v. 308, no. 5723
- Farley, J. (2001) All Aboard for the Steady State Revolution. Book Review
of Czech, B. Shoveling fuel for a runaway train: errant economists, shameful
spenders, and a plan to stop them all. Ecology, 82(7)
- Farley, J. (2000) The Natural Wealth of Nations: Harnessing the Market for
the Environment (Book Review). Ecological Economics, vol. 34, No. 4, July
2000.
Articles Submitted to Peer Reviewed Journals
- Costanza, R., B. Fisher, S. Ali, C. Beer, L. Bond, R. Boumans, N. Danigelis,
J. Dickinson, C. Elliott, J. Farley, D. Gayer, L. MacDonald Glenn, T. Hudspeth,
D. Mahoney, L. McCahill, B. McIntosh, B. Reed, S. A. Rizvi, D. Rizzo, T. Simpatico,
and R. Snapp. Quality of Life: An Approach Integrating Opportunities, Human
Needs, and Subjective Well-Being. Accepted by Ecological Economics.
- Farley, J., D. Baker, D. Batker, C. Koliba, R. Matteson and R. Mills. Opening
the Policy Window for Paradigm Shifts: Katrina as a Focusing Event. Submitted
to Ecological Economics.
- Farley, J., D. Batker, I. de la Torre and T. Hudspeth. Conserving Mangrove
Ecosystems in the Philippines: transcending disciplinary, institutional and
geographic borders. Submitted as part of special issue on Conservation Without
Borders, journal to be decided.
- Farley, J. and H. Daly. Natural Capital: The Limiting Factor. A Reply to
Aronson, Blignaut, Milton and Clewell. Submitted to Ecological Engineering
- B. Ladd and J. Farley. On the relative importance of our mode of economic
organisation and our lack of technical-scientific understanding: with special
reference to revegetation. Submitted to Restoration Ecology
Conference Proceedings (papers)
- Santa-Barbara, J., B. Czech, H. E. Daly, J. Farley, D. Malghan (2005) Sustainable
Scale In Environmental Education: Three Rules, Two Perspectives, One Overriding
Policy Objective, and Six Cultural Shifts. Electronic conference proceedings,
Education for a sustainable Future, International Conference, Ahmedabad, India.
January, 2005
- Farley, J. and H. Daly (2001) The Failure of the Free-Market on a Full Planet.
Fifth International Conference of the International Society for Ecological
Economics (ISEE) Russian Chapter. "Ecological Economic Management and
Planning in Regional and Urban Systems" Institute of Control Sciences,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, September 26-29, 2001. Available
on-line.
Conference proceedings (abstracts)
- Farley, J. and R. Costanza (2005) Complementary Currencies as a Method
to Improve Local Sustainable Economic Welfare. Electronic conference proceedings,
US Society for Ecological Economics, Tacoma, Washington. July, 2005
- Murray, B., A. Azersky and J. Farley. (2005) Understanding and Solving the
Tragedy of the Non-commons in Riparian zone management: the case of Lewis
Creek, Vermont. Electronic conference proceedings, US Society for Ecological
Economics, Tacoma, Washington. July, 2005
- Farley, J. (2005) Ecological Economics 101. Electronic conference proceedings,
US Society for Ecological Economics, Tacoma, Washington. July, 2005
- Farley, J., D. Batker, R. Boumans and I. de la Torre (2005) Conserving Mangrove
Ecosystems in the Philippines: transcending disciplinary, institutional and
geographic borders. Electronic conference proceedings, US Society for Ecological
Economics, Tacoma, Washington. July, 2005
- Farley, J. and K. Vandis (2004) Policies towards a globally efficient allocation
of ecosystem goods and services. Electronic conference proceedings, International
Society for Ecological Economics, Montreal, Quebec. July 13, 2004
- Erickson, J. and J. Farley (2004) Problem-Based Learning in Ecological Economics.
Electronic conference proceedings, International Society for Ecological Economics,
Montreal, Quebec. July 13, 2004
- Farley, J. (2004) Towards a Just Distribution of the Returns from Capital.
Electronic conference proceedings, International Society for Ecological Economics,
Montreal, Quebec. July 13, 2004
- Farley, J., H. Raatikainen and L. Spring (2004) Biotechnology, Patents and
Efficiency: What Impact do Property Rights to DNA have on the Common Good?
Electronic conference proceedings, International Society for Ecological Economics,
Montreal, Quebec. July 12, 2004
- Farley, J. (2003) The Status of Sustainability Science in Academia. Part
of a symposium on Sustainability Science, At the Wildlife Society Annual Conference,
Burlington, VT September 8, 2003
- Farley, J. (2003) Ecological Macro-Economics. United States Society for
Ecological Economics Biennial conference, Saratoga Springs, NY. May 23, 2003
- Farley, J. (2003) Applied Problem-Solving Approaches to Education in Ecological
Economics. United States Society for Ecological Economics Biennial conference,
Saratoga Springs, NY. May 22, 2003
- Boumans, R., R. Costanza, M. Wilson and J. Farley (2003) Simulating Ecosystem
Services within the Context of the Global Unified Meta Model of the Biosphere.
United States Society for Ecological Economics Biennial conference, Saratoga
Springs, NY. May, 2003
- Farley, J. (2000) Obstacles and incentives to socially rational investment
in natural capital: The case of Riparian Rainforest restoration in the Atherton
Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. ISEE biennial conference. ANU, July, 2000.
Canberra, Australia.
- Farley, J. (2000) The Economics of Ecosystem Health from Rainforest to Reef:
A Case Study of the Johnstone River Watershed, Queensland, Australia. International
Society for Ecosystem Health conference, July, 2000. Brisbane, Australia.
D. Contracts and Grant
- The Tragedy of the Non-commons in Vermont’s Forests, Watersheds and
Agriculture. Hatch Award, Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station. 2005-2008
(PI) 0.3FTE plus assistantship.
- The Role of Ecological Economics and Sustainable Forestry Management in
Ukraine’s Transition Economy. The Trust for Mutual Understanding. 2005-2006
(PI) $45,000
- Ecological Economics: Integrative Graduate Education and Research Project.
USAID U.S.-Mexico Training, Internships, Exchanges, and Scholarships (TIES)
Partnership Initiative. (Co-Investigator) 2005-2007 $490,692
- Ethiopia Atelier Gift. To prepare for an atelier based in Awassa, Ethiopia
in partnership with the Awassa Vocational Training and Debub Nigat Circus
Center, the town of Awassa, FSF, and several European partners. Given to Gund
Institute for Ecological Economics by the Foundation for a Sustainable Future,
based in Huntington, VT (PI) $26,000
- Developing a local service learning project for CDAE 237: The Economics
of Sustainability Mini-grant in Service Learning, UVM (PI) 2004-2005 $ 600
- A Study of the Relaunch of Burlington Bread: Measuring the Contribution
of a Local Currency to Sustainable Community Development. URECA! 2004 (Faculty
mentor) $3,000
- Redefining “Productive”: Implications for Sustainable Forest
Management. Northeastern States Research Cooperative. 2003-2006 (PI) $100,000
- Policies Towards a More Productive Use of the Northern Forest. Hatch Award,
Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station. 2003-2004 (PI) $9,982 plus assistantships
- Applying Spatially Explicit Dynamic Landscape Modelling to Forest Watershed
Planning and Adaptive Management in the Northern Forest. Northeastern States
Research Cooperative. 2003-2006 (Co-Investigator) $135,000
- Vermont Food, Farms and Schools Service Learning Project. UVM Instructional
Incentive Grant. 2003-2004 (Co-Investigator) $7500
- Funding for textbook, Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications.
Santa Barbara Family Foundation. 2001-2003 (Co-PI with Herman Daly). $100,000
- ‘Atelier’ Workshop/Field-Courses in Ecological Economics. John
D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 2000-2003. (Co-PI with Robert Costanza)
$235,000
- Application of Interactive Integrated Assessment and Modeling to Design
Sustainable Development Strategies for Arctic Watersheds. National Science
Foundation. 2001-2002. (Co-Investigator). $30,000
- Envisioning a Sustainable and Desirable America. Environmental Protection
Agency, 2001. (Co-Investigator) $20,000
- Riparian Reforestation of Stewart’s Gully in Yungaburra, Far North
Queensland, Australia. Natural Heritage Trust, 1999-2001. (Awarded to Eastern
Tinaroo Catchment Land Care Group) A$12,000
IV. TEACHING AND TRAINING
A. Courses taught
University of Vermont
- Special Problems: Community and International Development: Green Awassa:
Investing in Human and Natural Capital in Ethiopia. CDAE 296. Field component
in Ethiopia
- Ecological Economics, CDAE 395
- Introduction to Public Policy, PA 306
- Public Budgeting and Finance, PA 305
- Complementary Currencies and Community Development, CDAE 295
- Teaching Community Development, CDAE 291
- Economics of Sustainability, CDAE 237
- Sustainable Development in Small Island States: St. Lucia CDAE 195
- Sustainable Community Development, CDAE 102
- Agricultural, Resource and Community Development Economics, CDAE 61
- Special Problems: Community and International Development: The Impact of
Industrial Shrimp Aquaculture on Mangrove Ecosystems, Fisheries and Local
Communities, CDAE 291. Field component in Palawan, the Philippines.
University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados
- Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, NRM 620, Spring 2002 and
2003
University of Maryland
Designed and organized two team-taught graduate atelier field courses:
- Restoration of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest as a Watershed Management
Tool. January, 2002
- Sustainable Tourism in Small Islands of the Caribbean: Lessons from Dominica.
June 2001
School for Field Studies Centre for Rainforest Studies
- Directed Research (6 semesters)
- Environmental Policy and Socio-economic Values (6 semesters)
- Tropical Reforestation (6 semesters, team-taught)
B. Guest Lectures
- Envisioning Sustainable and Desirable Communities. CDAE 102, Sustainable
Community Development. University of Vermont, Spring, 2006
- Applied Ecological Economics. Economics 101, St. Martins University, Spring
2006
- A Brief Overview of Ecological Economics. Economics 101, St. Martins University,
Spring 2006
- Ecological Economics 101. Vergennes High School, Fall, 2005
- The Ecological Economics of Nickel Mining. CDAE 292: Graduate Seminar.
Fall, 2005
- Ethnobotany, the Tragedy of the Commons and the Tragedy of the Non-commons
- Community Development as Capital Investments: A Case Study from the Philippines.
CDAE 218: Community Leadership, Organization and Institutional Development,
University of Vermont, Spring 2005.
- The Resources of Nature and the Nature of Resources. NR 185, CDAE 195,
BSAD 095, ENVS 195, EC 095: Introduction to Ecological Economics. University
of Vermont, Fall, 2003
- Envisioning a Sustainable and Desirable America. CDAE 102: Sustainable
Community Development. University of Vermont, Fall, 2002
- A História da Intervenção Estadounidense na América
Latina. Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 1994.
C. Graduate Student Committee Membership
Current:
- Brendan Fisher PhD Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources,
UVM
- Helena Voinov PhD Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources,
UVM
- Bryan Foster PhD Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources,
UVM
- Eisenhower Douglass PhD Economics, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill,
Barbados
- Deepak Malghan PhD School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
- Katy Vandis MA Community Development and Applied Economics, UVM
- Juan Barraza Gomez MA Community Development and Applied Economics, UVM
- Matias Chiota MA Community Development and Applied Economics, UVM
- Keri Davis MS Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources,
UVM
Completed:
- Trista Patterson Ph.D Marine, Estuarine and Ecological Science, UMD College
Park.
- Rosimeiry Portela Ph.D. Marine, Estuarine and Ecological Science, UMD College
Park.
- Kate Forrer MS Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources,
UVM
- Karen Fligger MS Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources,
UVM
- Candice Barrow MS Natural Resource Management, UWI, Cave Hill, Barbados
(External examiner)
V. OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
A. Professional and Academic Societies
International Society for Ecological Economics
United States Society for Ecological Economics
American Society for Public Administration
Mortar Board Society
B. Awards and honors:
- Nominated twice for the Kroepsh-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award, University
of Vermont
- Nominated for the Outstanding Service-learning Faculty award, University
of Vermont
- A.D. White Fellowship, Cornell University (~$64,500), 1990, 1991, 1993
- S.S.R.C. International Pre-dissertation Fellowship Program, Brazil, (~$18,000)
1991, 1992
- Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, Portuguese (~$31,000), 1989-1990;
- Herbert H. Lehman Fellowship ($10,000), 1988-1990;
- Dean’s Fellow, Columbia University ($9,000) 1988-1989.
C. Conference organization
- United States Society for Ecological Economics Biennial confernence, Tacoma,
WA. Program committee, abstracts committee.
- Sustainable Communities Conference, Burlington, VT. July 14-18, 2004. Planning
committee.
- United States Society for Ecological Economics Biennial conference, Saratoga
Springs, NY. May 22-24, 2003 program committee
- Envisioning a Sustainable and Desirable America, Oberlin University, Oberlin,
Ohio. January 8, 2001. Organized conference, co-authored web page (http://www.uvm.edu/giee/ESDA/).
D. Consulting
- Environmental Protection Agency, 2006. Peer reviewer for the STAR and GRO
Fellowships.
- World Bank, 2005 Quality Enhancement Review for WBIEN: Markets for Environmental
Goods and Services Training Program.
E. Published/Broadcast Interviews and Coverage
- Economia em mutação. O Eco (Electronic Brazilian periodical
on the environment). Interviewed in Portuguese by Carolina Elia, Available
on-line at http:// www.oeco.com.br. November 26, 2005
- Gary Null’s Natural Living. Federal Reserve Policy. Interviewed
by Gary Null. WPFW-FM (89.3) Washington, D.C. 3:00-4:00 PM, October 3, 2005
- Gary Null’s Natural Living. Ecological Economics and Katrina. Interviewed
by Gary Null. WPFW-FM (89.3) Washington, D.C. 3:00-4:00 PM, September 26,
2005.
- Gary Null’s Natural Living. Ecological Economics and the War in
Iraq. Interviewed by Gary Null WWRL-AM (1600), New York City. 1:20-1:50
PM, September 26, 2005
- Think Global, Eat Local: Sustainable Food. Earth Engine. Available on-line
at http://www.earthengine.net/EE/
- Yeast of Eden. (Story and interview by Bill Mckibben). Seven Days. June
8, 2005
- On the Waterfront with Melinda, Vermont Public Television. Interviewed
by Melinda Moulton on the Burlington Currency Project. April 14th, 2005
- Josh Farley fuses economics with the laws of nature and gives the market
an environmental edge, a section in the cover story Revolutionary Minds:
18 iconoclasts and icons who are redefining science (interviewed by Daniel
Porras). Seed Magazine, Fall 2004, p. 72.
- Moving Beyond Autistic Economics. The Vermont Cynic (interviewed by Nicholas
Rahaim) September 28, 2004 (http://www.vermontcynic.com/news/2004/09/28/News/
Moving.Beyond. Autistic.Economics-734507.shtml)
- Economists Lead the Change. Adbusters Magazine. No Future, #55 Sept/Oct
2004. (http://www.adbusters.org/metas/eco/truecosteconomics/economists.html)
- Economics for a small planet: New text takes on a different set of questions.
The Vermont Quarterly. Summer, 2004 (http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/vq/vqsummer04/news.html)
- The Skeptical Economist: Rewriting the Book on Economics. Grist Magazine
(interviewed by Lissa Harris) April 9, 2003 (http://www.gristmagazine.com/maindish/harris040903.asp)
- Dramatic Gund Workshop Explores Mangrove Ecosystem. The View (interviewed
by Kevin Foley) February 5, 2003 http://www.uvm.edu/theview/article.php?id=688
F. Presentations
Keynote and Plenary Addresses
- Servicos Ecossistemicos, Informacoes e a Tragedia dos Nao-comuns. Keynote
address to the 6th Biennial Conference of the Sociedade Brasileira de Economia
Ecológica, Brasilia, Brazil. November 24, 2005.
- Defining and Measuring Natural Capital Stocks and Flows. Plenary Address
the Symposium on Restoring Natural Capital, Missouri Botanical Gardens, St.
Louis, Missouri. November 1, 2005
- In Pursuit of Common Ground: Operationalizing Scale. Plenary Address at
the CANSEE 2005 Biennial Conference Windows of Opportunities: How Ecological
Economics is contributing to building a sustainable world. York University,
Toronto, Canada. October 28, 2005
- Capitalism vs. Socialism: Ideology or Objective Science? Keynote Address.
US Society for Ecological Economics Biennial Conference, Tacoma, WA. July
20th, 2005.
- The Tragedy of the Non-Commons: When the Sustainable, Just and Efficient
Allocation of Resources Demands Community Ownership. Keynote speech, 15th
Annual Rachel Carson Forum. The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington.
May 11, 2005.
- Does Globalization Increase our Economic Freedom? Plenary address, 34 Annual
Frank Church Symposium on International Affairs. Idaho State University, Pocatello,
Idaho. March 3, 2005.
- Conservation through the Economics Lens. Presentation and moderator of economics
session at a conference on Conservation Without Borders: The Impact of Conservation
on Human Communities. Hosted by The Center for Tropical Ecology and Conservation
and Antioch New England Graduate School, Keene, New Hampshire. October 9,
2004
- Beyond the Economics of Fish and Timber: Ecosystem Services, Information,
and the Tragedy of the Non-commons. Keynote Address, Pacific Northwest Regional
Economists Conference, May 19, 2004
- Economy and Environment. Keynote Address, conference on Economic Instruments
for Environmental Management, sponsored by the Ministry of Public Utilities
and the Environment, Trinidad, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and
the United Nations Development Programme. October 22-23, 2003.
- Quality of Life and the Distribution of Wealth and Resources. Plenary address
at Ecosummit 2000: Understanding and Solving Environmental Problems in the
21st Century. June, 2000. Halifax, Nova Scotia
Peer Reviewed Conference Presentations (without published abstracts)
- The Role of Parks in the Ecological Economy. George Wright Society Conference,
Philadelphia, PA March 14, 2005.
- Ecosystem Services, Information, and the Tragedy of the Non-commons. Economics
Association Conference, New York, NY March 6, 2005.
- Redefining “Productive”: Implications for SFM. Northeastern
States Research Cooperative Conference, Burlington, VT. November 13, 2003
- Applications of Ecological Economics: Reforestation on the Atherton Tablelands
in the Global Context. Lecture/workshop presented at the University of Wisconsin
A.E. Havens Radfest ’99. May, 1999. Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
- An Ecological-Economic Comparison of Mono-crop Plantations vs. Timber Production
from Maximum Diversity Plantings on the Atherton Tablelands. Poster presented
at the International Conference on Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management.
August 1998, Melbourne, Australia
Invited Presentations, Symposia, Panels, etc.
- Beyond Sacrifice: The Relationship between Sustainability and Quality of
Life. Presentation for a seminar on Beyond Environmentalism: Envisioning a
Sustainable and Desirable Future. University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. January
26, 2006
- Ecological Economics, Katrina and Policy Windows. St. Martin's University,
Lacey, WA. October 6, 2005
- A Brief Introduction to Ecological Economics. Evergreen State University,
Olympia, WA. May 11, 2005
- The Social and Ecological Costs of Growth: How the Overdeveloped Countries
are Sacrificing their Well-being on the Altar of Market Consumption. Earth
Week Teach-in, sponsored by the Earth Week Planning Committee. University
of Vermont, Burlington. April 18, 2005.
- “Just Trade?” - Is there such a thing as Economic Justice? A
debate sponsored by Students for Peace and Global Justice. University of Vermont,
Burlington. April 11, 2005.
- The Economics of Shrimp: Why Economists Should Study Ecology. Manhattanville
College, White Plains, New York. March 14, 2005.
- U.S. Consumerism: Your impact on the Global Economy. Panel discussion at
the 34th Annual Frank Church Symposium on International Affairs, Idaho State
University, Pocatello, Idaho. March 4, 2005.
- The Cause and Effects of Corporate Expansion into Foreign Markets. Panel
discussion at the 34th Annual Frank Church Symposium on International Affairs,
Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho. March 3, 2005.
- Ecological Economics, Introduction and Applications: a Case Study of Mangrove
Ecosystems, Shrimp Aquaculture, and Community Empowerment. Grinnell College,
Grinell, IA. February 26, 2005
- Trade: How Fair is Free? Town Hall style discussion organized by the Students
for Peace and Social Justice and the Economics Club, UVM, Burlington, VT October
26, 2004
- Politics, Economics and the Environment. Presentation at the Bennington
College Social Sciences Colloquium. Bennington College, Bennington, VT October
18, 2004
- The Economics of Ecosystem Health. Washington State Department of Ecology,
Olympia, Washington. May 21, 2004
- Sustainable Growth: Oxymoron or Desirable End? sponsored by GreenLaw, University
of Washington Law School, Seattle, Washington. May 20, 2004
- Ecological Economics, Theory and Applications. Evergreen State University,
Olympia, Washington. May 20, 2004
- Sustainable Economies, Energy, and the ‘Triple Bottom Line’.
Legislative Brief, & Panel Discussion: Renewable Energy and Sustainable
Economies, Montpelier, Vermont. Tuesday, March 16, 2004
- The Limitations of Monetary Valuation. First multi-logue, Gund Institute
for Ecological Economics, UVM. February 21, 2004.
- Ecological Economics Applied. Lehigh University Environmental Seminar Series.
November 6, 2003
- Eco-debate: Ecology and Recycling. International Student Week, Ilmenau.
Ilmenau, Thuringia, Germany. May 13, 2003
- Why do We Need an Ecological Economy? International Student Week, Ilmenau.
Ilmenau, Thuringia, Germany. May 12, 2003
- The Allocation of Ecosystem Services. University of Vermont, Department
of Community Development and Applied Economics, job interview seminar. March
10, 2003
- ‘Optimal’ Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: local, national
and international perspectives. University of Vermont, Department of Economics,
job interview seminar. February 18, 2003
- The Ecological Economics of Reforestation in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest.
University of California, Santa Cruz, Environmental Studies Seminar. February
10, 2003
- Towards a Just Distribution of Resources. Seminar Series in Ecological Economics,
School for Natural Resources, University of Vermont. February 6, 2003
- Skillshare in Ecological Economics for the Philippines Rural Reconstruction
Movement (PRRM). PRRM headquarters, Quezon City, Philippines. January 20,
2003
- Ecological Economics Seminar: Scale and Public Goods. University of Vermont
Department of Economics. November 6, 2002
- The relationship of the national and regional economy to environmental stewardship,
as part of the Department of Environmental Conservation Day, 2002. State Capitol
Building, Montpelier, Vermont. September 19, 2002
- Strong Sustainability, in a debate on strong vs. weak sustainability Presented
at GriStuF, the Greiswald International Student Festival, The University of
Greiswald, Greiswald, Germany. June 4, 2002
- Economics of Rainforests and Rainforest Restoration: The allocation and
provision of ecosystem services. Presented at GriStuF, the Greiswald International
Student Festival, The University of Greiswald, Greiswald, Germany. June 3,
2002.
- Genetic Engineering: How does it Affect the Home Gardener? Presented at
the University of Maryland Master Gardener Advanced Training Day. College
Park, Maryland. May 31, 2002
- Towards a Just, Sustainable and Desirable Future: Ecological Economics in
Theory and Practice. University of Vermont School of Natural Resources. March
25 , 2002.
- Ecological Economics, Quality of Life and Macroeconomic Policy. Guest lecture,
University of Maryland Ecological Economics Seminar, March 8, 2002, College
Park.
- Biotechnology, Gardening and the Market Economy. Presented at the University
of Maryland Master Gardener Advanced Training Day. College Park, Maryland.
May 31, 2001
- Trade, International Development and Sustainability: Lecture delivered by
Interactive Video Network to universities in China, Vietnam and Thailand as
part of the World Bank Distance Learning Course on Environmental Compliance
and Enforcement. December, 2000
- A Guide to Critiquing Economic Analysis. Presented at the Skillshare/Training
on Ecological Economics and Ecosystem Health as Applied to International Finance
and Trade, September 15, 2000. Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC.
- Economics, Evolution, Ecology: Does the Free Market have a Niche? Guest
lecture, University of Maryland Ecological Economics Seminar, September 8,
2000, College Park.
- Model for the Design and Delivery of a Masters of Science in Environmental
and Natural Resource Management: Training Practitioners. Presented at the
Review Workshop for the Proposed University of the West Indies M.Sc. in Tropical
Environmental Management, May 11-13, 2000 Antigua, WI.
- The World Trade Organization— Inefficient, Unfair, and Anti-democratic:
An economist’s viewpoint. APEX (Asia Pacific Environmental Exchange)
Press conference delivered during the 1999 Seattle World Trade Organization
Protests. November, 1999. Seattle, Washington (Available on line: http://www.wtowatch.org/media)
- Ecological Limits and the Free Market Economy: Speech delivered at the Marian
Miner Cook Athenaeum at Claremont McKenna College, as part of the Robert’s
Environmental Center series on Environmental Activism. October, 1999. Los
Angeles, California
VI. OUTREACH AND SERVICE UVM
- 2005-present: Board of Directors, Earth Economics
- 2004-present: Advisory Board, CUPS
- 2004-present: Committee on the capstone experience, MPA
- 2004-present: Ecological Economics Certificate Committee, UVM
- 2004-present: Fellows committee, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics,
UVM
- 2003-present: Committee on International Programs, CDAE
- 2003-2004: UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Research and Scholarship
Committee.
Professional
- 2004-present: Board of Directors, the Schalkenbach Foundation
- 2004-present: Board of Directors, Unites States Society for Ecological Economics
- 2004-present: Board of Directors, Burlington Currency Project
- 2003-present: Finance Committee, United States Society for Ecological Economics.
- 2002-2005: Advisory Board, Asia Pacific Environmental Exchange (APEX). 1827
39th Ave. E., Seattle, Washington, 98112
- 2002-present: Advisory Boad, The Scale Project. 224 Powerline, Lancaster,
Ontario, Canada
- 2001-2002: Board of Directors, Chesapeake Ranch Water Co., 11560 HG Trueman
Rd., Lusby, MD, 20657
- 1997-1999: Secretary, Eastern Tinaroo Catchment LandCare Group, inc. Yungaburra,
QLD, Australia.
- 1996-1999: Extensive involvement in rainforest restoration projects, including
nursery management (collected and germinated seeds, cared for seedlings),
organizing and carrying out projects. Atherton Tablelands, QLD, Australia