29.02.2012 in Brussels
Invitation to the book presentation of
29 February, 7-8:15pm
Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU, Avenue de Cortenberg, 30, Brussels
Edited by: Friedrich Hinterberger and Elke Pirgmaier (SERI), Elisabeth Freytag and Martina Schuster (Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management)
About the book:
Stimulating growth through adjusting macroeconomic conditions remains the principal policy response to pressing problems of unemployment, poverty and environmental degradation. However, the current growth trajectory has neither led to a reduction of our overall resource use – as we use resources and energy more efficiently we consume more – nor created the conditions for full employment and increasing wellbeing.
Growth in Transition presents detailed key arguments for reconsidering the conditions for sustainable economies, with an international cast of commentators from politics, administration, civil society, business and science.
Contributors: Erik Assadourian (Worldwatch Institute), Kurt Bayer (EBRD), Gianfranco Bologna (WWF Italy), Andreas Breitenfellner (European Commission), Yang Cuihong (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Herman E. Daly (University of Maryland), Junko Edahiro (Japan for Sustainability), Sheng Fulai (UNEP), Maja Göpel (World Future Council), Tim Jackson (University of Surrey), Jo Leinen (European Parliament), Tomoo Machiba (OECD), Robin Miège (European Commission), Michaela Moser (European Anti Poverty Network), Philip Reuchlin (WBSCD), Juliet Schor (Boston College), Martin Sieker (European Economic and Social Committee), Māra Zīra, Guntars Ruskuls, Agrita Jēruma (Riga City Council).
To register for this event, please reply to growthintransition@seri.at by 23 February 2011.
For more information on the programme, please see the attached flyer.
Please feel free to forward this invitation to other potentially interested persons.
We look forward to meeting you in Brussels!
