The University of British ColumbiaCurriculum Vitae WILLIAM ERNEST REES College for Interdisciplinary StudiesSchool of Community and Regional Planning 31 March 2011===================================================================== I. BIOGRAPHICAL DATA

Present Rank: Professor

Place of Birth: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Date of Birth: 18 December 1943

Citizenship: Canadian

II. EDUCATION

a) Undergraduate:

University of Toronto, B.Sc., 1966

b) Graduate:

University of Toronto, Ph.D., 1973

c) Titles of theses written or presented for graduate degrees:

Comparative Ecology of Three Sympatric Sparrows of the Genus Zonotrichia, Ph.D. (Professor J. Bruce Falls).

d) Academic/Professional Awards and Distinctions:

Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellowship (2007-2010)Elected, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) 2006Member of winning team, City of Barcelona 2004 Award

(Multimedia Category) for the exhibition Inhabiting the World (10 February 2005).

Killam Senior Research Prize, UBC, 1996 SSHRC Study Leave Fellowship and Grant, 1985-86NRCC Postgraduate Scholarship, 1968-69NRCC Postgraduate Scholarship, 1967-68

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Ramsay Wright Scholarship (Dept. of Zoology, University of Toronto), 1967-68

National Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship, 1966-67New College In Course Scholarship (New College,

University of Toronto), 1965-66 III. PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT RECORD

a. Teaching, professional or research positions held prior to U.B.C. appointment:

Research Assistant: Dept. of Botany, U. of Toronto, 1965 and 66 Dept. of Zoology, U. of Toronto, 1964 and 65 Great Lakes Institute, U. of Toronto, 1963 Teaching Assistant: Dept. of Zoology, U. of Toronto, 1966-69 First Faculty Positions Offered: Asst. Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University (Toronto,

1969) Asst. Professor, University of Guelph, Dept. of Zoology (Guelph,1969)

b) UBC Employment History

Date of first appointment at UBC: September 1969

Rank at which first appointed: Assistant Professor

Subsequent ranks: 1976 Associate Professor

1990 Professor

1994 Director, SCARP

Date of granting of appointment without term: 1 July 1974

Leaves of Absence: 30 June 1978 - 1 July 1979

30 June 1985 - 1 July 1986

01 July 1993 - 31 December 1993

c) Principal university and departmental teaching and service responsibilities at UBC:

Associate Director, SCARP and Director, Centre for Human Settlements, 2007-09Director, SCARP: 1 January 1994 — 30 June, 1999

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- Courses Taught:

500 - Regional Section, Fundamentals of Planning Practice (several alternating years)

501 - Introduction to Planning Analysis (1969-70, 1972-73)504 - Ecological Basis for Planning (continuing)506 - Urban Land Planning and Economic Change (1974-75)

514 - Environmental Assessment (1975-77, 1981-94)520 - Regional Planning Workshop (1969-75)521 - Regional Planning Theory, Methods and Techniques (With Irving Fox,

1973-74) 530 - Resource Analysis for Regional Planning (1969-85)533 - Enviro-Economic Systems (1978-93)540 - Workshop: Symposium on Planning for Sustainable Development

(1988-89)541 - Regional Development Planning Workshop (with Peter Boothroyd,

1985)548 – Advanced Research Workshop 2001 – (continuing, currently as the

Global Change, Complexity and Panarchy Workshop) 549 - Masters Thesis Program and Colloquium (1979-85; 2005-06) 596 - Ecological-Economic Systems (Ecological Economics) (continuing)

603 - Ph.D. Colloquium (1985-2000)

- Other Service to SCARP (routine committee work not included) Chair, Admissions sub-Committee, Resources and Environmental

Planning and Disaster Preparedness concentrations, 2010 - Member, Dean’s SCARP Director Search Committee, 2006 Resources and Environmental Planning Admissions Sub-Committee

(continuing) Member, Curriculum Review Committee, 2004-2005 Chair, Ph.D. Admissions Committee, School of Community and Regional

Planning (SCARP), 1976-1983; 1986-1993. Chair, M.A./M.Sc. Admissions Committee, SCARP, 1981-83 Acting Director, SCARP, 1 July 1982 to 31 July 1983

- University service other than SCARP (since 1980): College for Inderdisciplinary Studies, Curriculum Committee, 2009- College for Interdisciplinary Studies, Promotions and Tenure Committee,

2007-2008. UBC Senior Appointments Committee, 2002-2006 Member, UBC Committee to define an undergraduate program in

sustainability studies 1998-00. Co-Chair, UBC Task Force on Healthy and Sustainable Communities

1991-96 Member, Arctic and Alpine Research Committee (resigned, March 1993)

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Member, UBC Graduate Council, 1987-90 Member and Secretary, Coordinating Committee of Graduate Council,

1987-90 Member, Dean’s Director Search Committee for Westwater Research

Centre, 1989-90. Member, Dean’s Committee to propose a New Graduate School of

Integrated Studies of Natural Resource Systems, Faculty of Graduate Studies, 1985-86, 1987-88.

Member, President’s Search Committee for a Director, School of Community and Regional Planning, 1986-87.

d) Special Courses at other Universities

1993 Introduction to Ecological Economics. Invitational block course sponsored by the Centre for European Studies and the Department of Economics at the University of Trier (The first offering in ecological Economics at Trier and possibly the first full course on EE in Germany. Trier, Germany 23 June - 5 July, 1993).

e) Appointments at Other Universities:

1985 Simon Fraser University: Sessional Lecturer, Master of Resource Management Program, MRM 646 - “Environmental Impact Assessment”

f) Other Public service

Founding member, Member board of Directors and Fellow of One Earth

Initiative (2006- Participating Advisor, City of Vancouver Planning Department and Office

of the Mayor in Vancouver’s “Eco-Density Initiative” (2006-2008) Member, Steering Committee, National Conference on Sustainable

Consumption and Production (1996-97)

Member, Founding Committee, Canadian Society for Ecological Economics (1994)

Member of the Board, Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (continuing) Member, Advisory Board, Vancouver City Savings Credit Union’s Ethical

Growth Fund (1990-3 ) Member, Program Advisory Board, Environmental science Program,

Capilano College (1990-1991) UBC Representative, Science Council of BC “Environmental Waste

Management Committee” (1989-91) (Part of the Strategic Planning for Applied Research and Knowledge Process - SPARK.)

Founding Member, City of Vancouver Task Force on Atmospheric Change (1988-90)

Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Friends of the Earth (Toronto, 1988-) Member, Advisory Council, Department of Music, Vancouver Community

College (1984-1988)

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IV. RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONALLY RELATED SCHOLARLY & CREATIVE

SKILLS

a) Areas of special interest or accomplishment in discipline:

The ecological basis of developmentEcological footprint analysisHuman ecologyHuman behavioural ecologyEcological economicsUrban sustainabilityDynamics of Societal Collapse

b) Description of Current Research and Accomplishments

OverviewIn general, my research and related teaching focus on the policy and planning implications of global environmental trends and on specifying the ecological conditions necessary for sustainable socioeconomic development. Much of this work is in the realm of human ecology (where I am best known for originating ‘ecological footprint analysis’ [EFA]) and ecological economics (I am a founding member and past-President of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics [CANSEE]).

I have been motivated since the beginning of my career to develop concepts, models and applications that reconnect humanity conceptually to the natural world in ways that reflect better reflect biophysical reality. I do this, in part, by studying Homo sapiens in the same way that other ecologists might study non-human species, by attempting to identify and quantify in readily understandable policy-relevant way, the material and energy flows that connect the human enterprise with the rest of nature. (Note that most traditional academic ecologists study non-human species only and some even regard humans as alien to ecosystems. This traditional disciplinary perspective reflects the prevailing cultural (Cartesian) dualism I refer to below.) In short, my research is designed to contribute to the development of a more realistic human bio-ecological framework for future development.

Philosophical Starting Point One of my starting premises is that the prevailing industrial mindset for human development is unrealistic. Indeed, the industrial world is founded on a mechanistic ‘scientific materialist’ worldview that effectively treats ‘the environment’ and the human enterprise as separate systems. I believe that this dualistic world-view (a by-product of Cartesian dualism) is one of the root causes of humanity’s prevailing unsustainable development path since it encourages the view that, through technology, the human system effectively floats free of any serious biophysical constraints. For example, many economists and technological optimists argue that the human enterprise is ‘dematerializing,’ that the economy is ‘decoupling’ from the ecosphere. Moreover, in recent decades, the notion that human ingenuity will find substitutes for any good or service now provided by the ecosphere has been elevated to near doctrinaire status. As the late Professor Julian Simon hyperbolically proclaimed, ‘Technology exists now to produce in virtually inexhaustible quantities just about all the products made by nature…,’ and ‘…to feed, clothe, and supply energy to an ever-growing population for the next seven billion years…’

By contrast, my and related studies of the actual physical relationships between humans and nature show that for all our technological sophistication, modern humans essentially act like other consumer species and remain integral dependent components of the ecosystems that support them. Indeed, instead of distancing themselves from nature as mainstream economic thinking suggests, human beings have actually become the dominant consumer organism in every major productive land and aquatic ecosystem type on Earth. In terms of geographical range, population size, energy use, carbon dioxide emissions, and biomass consumption, the scale of the human ecological niche (and

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consequent impacts) exceeds that of other consumer species by orders of magnitude. This is not merely a biological problematique—earth scientists assert that human activity has become the most significant geological force altering the face of the planet and climatologists agree that H. sapiens is now actually beginning to affect global climate. In short, far from decreasing humanity’s reliance on nature, the major ecological effect of technology has been to extend the scope and intensity of human exploitation of the ecosystems that support us.

Specific Research FociMy current research focuses on four interrelated problems :

1. Disaggregated ecological footprint analysis and inter-regional human ecology: This project extends my long-standing work on the ecological ‘load’ humans impose on Earth. The starting premises here are that in an ‘ecologically full’ world, consumption patterns in any one region or country affect the sustainability of other regions/countries but that globalization and trade blind people to both their impacts on, and dependence on, distant ‘elsewheres.’ This allows each trading region to exceed its local carrying capacity, drives the depletion of globally critical resource stocks, visits eco-violence on some marginalized populations and pushes the entire world beyond biophysical limits. (Climate change is but one symptom of the latter problem.). (Un)sustainability is therefore a collective problem. No single country or region can achieve sustainability on its own. Raising these inter-regional realities to consciousness is an essential step toward developing the international legal and institutional framework required for global sustainability.

2. Getting serious about urban sustainability: My concern about urban futures is motivated by the gulf between the our understanding of the biophysical basis of unsustainability—what needs to be done to achieve a sustainable state—and the policy responses that actually shape urban societies. This project asks what major cities such as Vancouver would ‘look like’ if their governments and citizens could be induced to implement policies that would actually reduce their energy and material consumption by a necessary 75%.What policies would be necessary and what are the political behavioural barriers to their implementation?

3. Understanding the human behavioural biology in relation to the prevailing unsustainable state of the world: My working hypothesis in this research is that H. sapiens is a conflicted species whose individual and political (group) behaviour is determined by both innate predispositions (gene complexes) and culturally acquired beliefs, values and assumptions (meme complexes). That is, societies and their relationship to nature (policies) are shaped by both unconscious motivations/instincts/ and by conscious intelligence and reason. These major sources of individual and socio-political behaviour are frequently in conflict. One result is that politicians and decision-makers often implement policies that go against the long-term collective interests of themselves and their constitutents. Question: What are the innate (genetic) factors and cultural (memetic) circumstances that generate such maladaptive socio-political behaviour?

4. Since 2009, my focus has turned toward applying findings and insights derived from the above and applying them specifically to: a) the negative implications of accelerating globalization and ; b) the economic and equity (social justice) dimensions of climate change.

Ecological Footprint Analysis (EFA): Achievements to Date

EFA and Global Sustainability

My and my students’ research, particularly the development and application of ecological footprint analysis (EFA) has made a major contribution to the global sustainability debate. Our work directly challenges the conventional mythology that ‘humanity is decoupling from nature’ and ‘carrying capacity has no relevance to humans.’ EFA enables us to estimate the actual area of productive land and aquatic ecosystems that any defined population requires to produce/process the resources that it consumes and to assimilate some of the wastes that it produces, wherever on earth the relevant land/water area may be located. We show that average per capita and population eco-footprints continue to grow nearly lock-step with economic development and GDP (income) growth—i.e., human demands and dependence on nature are still increasing, even in the most technologically advanced and efficient countries. Indeed, the latter have among the largest average per capita eco-footprints.

Eco-footprint studies further suggest that the aggregate human ‘load’ exceeds the long-term biocapacity of Earth by at least 28% (a result supported by such empirically evident trends as accumulating greenhouse gases and anthropogenic climate change, fisheries collapses, land degradation, desertification, etc.). Indeed, the average per capita human eco-footprint is about 2.7 hectares, compared to only about 2.1 ha per capita of productive ecosystem on the planet. Most alarming is the observation that the average eco-footprints of wealthy nations range from

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four to almost 10 ha per capita and that the corresponding material standard of living establishes a target that the developing world is struggling to attain. (We estimate that, using existing technologies, it would take about four additional Earth-like planets to support just the present human population at North American material levels.)

Such results have generated considerable controversy and have contributed to re-kindling the debate on human carrying capacity and biophysical limits to growth. Indeed, EFA has been the focus of numerous international workshops, conferences, explicit debating forums in prominent journals such as Ecological Economics and entire books. (Appendix I describes some of the scientific and popular attributes of EFA.)

Applying EFA in Sustainability Assessment: Local and International ExamplesGovernments, public agencies and private corporations are increasingly using EFA in their sustainability planning. Close to home, in 2005 BC Hydro completed a corporate eco-footprint study and is planning to use the results to monitor its intent to increase energy production while reducing its ecological impacts. EFA can be to compare the relative sustainability of competing production technologies. In BC, we have applied the method to show the hidden ecological costs of net-pen salmon farming compared to traditional fleet fishing and the much greater ecological impacts of greenhouse tomato production compared even to high-input field production Two of my graduate students have just completed a comparative analysis of pulp (for paper) production comparing the eco-footprints generated by wood-based mills with those using agricultural residues in the Canadian Prairie provinces. Dozens of cities, state, national and even supra-national governments around the world are using EFA to calibrate and monitor their sustainability initiatives. Most significantly, in June 2005, the European Parliament released its Europe 2005: The Ecological Footprint report. This study shows that with only 7% of the world’s population, Europe generates 17% of humanity’s global eco-footprint (equivalent to 20% of global biocapacity). Europe’s eco-footprint is 2.2 times larger than its domestic biocapacity—the Euro-Community is running an enormous unsustainable ecological deficit with the rest of the world.Arguably, EFA is the best-known metric of the human load on Earth and has had as great an impact on the international sustainability debate as any other sustainability indicator.

c) Research or equivalent grants received as principal or co-investigator since 1980: Year Source Amount Research Subject2010-11 PICS $16,500 Climate change and green jobs (principal)2009-10 SSHRC $ 78,000 Sustainability in an interconnected world - toward a

theory of interregional sustainability2007-10 PET Foundation Fellowship 150,000 Aspects of Ecosphere-Society Interface (plus travel allowance): 75,0002006-09 SSHRC 90,000 Getting serious about urban sustainability2005 HSD-SDER US 95,000 The role of coastal ecosystem degradation in

tsunami damage (co-investigator)2004-07 SSHRC 134, 900 Global Change, Population Health and Eco-Justice (principal investigator)2004-06 UBC Hampton Grant 38,000 Is Humanity Inherently Unsustainable? Understanding the Societal Cycle of Development and collapse (principal)2000-02 UBC Hampton Grant 15,000 Analyzing the Brownlash (principal)1999-00 SSHRC 20,000 Ecological Pricing (co-investigator)1998-99 UBC Hampton Grant 5000 Comparative Ecology of Alternative Salmon

Production Technologies (principal) 1999-03 SSHRC/MCRI $2.5 Million Georgia Basin Futures Project (co-investigator) 1997-00 CIDA Tier 2 Competition 750,000 Education for Democratic Planning (Sri Lanka) (co-investigator)1996-97

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Year Source Amount Research Subject1997 UBC Hampton (SSH) 74,000 Sustainable Development (Viet Nam)

(co-investigator)1995-8 SSHRC Strategic Grant 120,000 Ecosystems Integrity (co-investigator)1993-95 Tri-Council Eco-Research Program 2,600,000 UBC’s Lower Fraser Basin Ecosystem Study1993 BC Ministry of Environment, Lands 10,000 Revisiting the Land Ethic (principal)

and Parks, Land Policy Branch1992-93 BC Gov’t 60,000 Healthy and Sustainable Communities1

1992 BC Ministry of Environment 5,000 Revisiting the Land Ethic1991-92 BC Gov’t 100,000 Healthy and Sustainable Communities1

1988 Challenge’88 1,200 Research Assistance, Symposium On SustainableDevelopment

1988 B.C. Min. Of Municipal Affairs $6,000 Sustainable Communities Project, Symposium On Sustainable Development1988 B.C. Ministry Of Environment 3,200 Sustainable Water Use Project, Symposium On

Sustainable Development 1988 Environment Canada 2,500 Climate Change Project, Symposium On

Sustainable Development1988 Environment Canada 5,500 Sponsorship Of Research And Plenary Speaker For Symposium On Planning For Sustainable

Development1987 Challenge ‘87 2,400 Cooperation In Community Development: The Case of The Nicola Valley Indian Administration1987-88 UBC Arctic & Alpine 2,100 Housing As Community Development: The Case of Research (AARC) Fort Good Hope1987-88 Canada Mortgage and Housing 14,000 Housing As Community Development: The Case of Corporation (CMHC) Fort Good Hope1987-88 UBC Humanities And Social 900 International Workshop on Impact Assessment for Sciences Travel Grant International Development1986 Indian And Inuit Affairs 10,000 Handbook: Environmental Program (B.C. Region) Impact Assessment For Indian Communities (With Peter Boothroyd)1985-86 Social Sciences and Humanities 11,000 Study Leave Fellowship & Research Council

(SSHRC) Research Grant 1984-85 Donner Canadian Foundation 100,0002 Implications Of Northern Mega-projects

(With P. Boothroyd)1983-84 Dept. Of Indian & Northern Affairs 25,000 Design Of A Socio-Economic Monitoring System

For The Beaufort Sea Region1983-84 Donner Canadian Foundation 75,0002 Implications Of Northern Mega-projects (With P. Boothroyd)

1982-83 Dept. Of Indian & Northern Affairs $10,000 Monitoring The Norman Wells Oilfield Expansion And Pipeline Project

(With P.Boothroyd)

Year Source Amount Research Subject1982-83 UBC AARC $4,850 Locally-based Initiatives North Of 60o. Socioeconomic Monitoring In The Beaufort Region1981-82 HSS 1,700 Evaluation of EARP1981-82 UBC Natural, Applied & Health 2,950 Ecology & Behaviour of Taruca

Sciences Grant1981-82 CARC 5,000 Impacts & Policy Implications Of Arctic Marine

Transportation (with P. Boothroyd)1981-82 Donner Canadian Foundation 50,0002 Implications Of Northern Mega-projects

(with P. Boothroyd)1980-81 AARC 3,200 Land Use Planning North Of 60o

1 As member of UBC Healthy and Sustainable Communities Task Force2 Instalments of a 3-year grant of $225,000 from the Donner Canadian Foundation (William E. Rees, Principal Investigator).

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1980-81 HSS 2,500 Land Use Planning North Of 60o 1979-80 Canadian Arctic Resources 13,000 Environmental Assessment Review Process Committee (CARC) (EARP) 1979-80 Arctic And Alpine Research 3,000 Land Use Planning North Of 60 Committee (AARC) 1979-80 UBC Humanities & Social 800 Environmental Assessment Review Process Sciences Grant (HHS (EARP)V. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

a) Memberships in professional and learned societies: International Society for Ecological Economics Canadian Society for Ecological Economics

b) Professional service and experience (excluding consultancies): Founding member, Member Board of Directors and Fellow, One Earth

Initiative (2006- Member of the Board of Directors and Fellow, Post Carbon Institute,

2006- Member, Expert Review Panel, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Wild

Salmon Conservation Project (2005) Member, External Review Team, State University of New York College

of Environmental Science and Forestry, Environmental Studies Program (March 2005)

Member, External Review Team, Australian National University Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies and Faculty of Science, (2004)

President, Canadian Society for Ecological Economics (1997-1999) Member, Executive Board, Canadian Society for Ecological Economics

(1999-2000) Member, Advisory Board, Sage Foundation (1995-2000) Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (CARC) Board of Directors, 1979-

c) Editorial Boards

Member, Editorial Board, Building Research and Information, 2006- Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Planning Literature, 1995- Member, Editorial Board, Urban Ecosystems, 1997- Member, Editorial Board, Ecological Economics, 1992- Member, Editorial Board, Canadian Journal of Urban Research (Institute

of Urban Studies) 1991- end Member, Editorial Board, Plan Canada (Canadian Institute of Planners)

1981-1986 Member, Editorial Board, Landscape and Urban Planning (Elsevier

Scientific Publishing Co.) 1986-90 Member, Editorial Board, Urban Ecology (Elsevier Scientific Publishing

Co.), 1974-1986Occasional reviewer for several other journals including Bioscience, Local Environment, Global Environmental Change, Environmental Management,

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Ecology and Society, Journal of Planning Education and Research, Journal of the American Planning Association.

d) Professional/Academic Advisory Committees Member, National Accounts Advisory Committee, Global Footprint

Network (2004- Member, Advisory Committee on the Environmental Impacts of Trade,

Commission for Environmental Cooperation, NAFTA (2003-2005) Member, State of the Lakes Environment Conference (SOLEC) process

review committee (Environment Canada/US Environmental Protection Agency). 2002-2003.

Member, Advisory Committee on Growth Management (Greater Vancouver Regional District Sustainability Initiative) (2003)

Member, Advisory Committee on Economic Development (Greater Vancouver Regional District Sustainability Initiative) (2003)

Member, Advisory Committee on “Sustainability Indicators for the Fraser Basin” (Fraser Basin Council) (2001- )

Member, Steering Committee, National Conference/Workshop on Sustainable Consumption and Production (1997).

Member, Urban Chapter Coordinating Committee, 1996 State of Environment Report (Environment Canada - Statistics Canada)

Member, National Capital Planning Committee (reporting to National Capital Commission), March 1991 - December, 1993

Member, Public Advisory Committee on State of Environment Reporting (reporting to Environment Canada and Statistics Canada, Ottawa) August 1990 - August 1993.

Member, Core Group, Canadian Global Change Program panel on the “Human Dimensions of Land Use Change in Canada” (established March 1994).

e) Special Projects

Member, Founding Committee, “Canadian Society for Ecological Economics”(1993)

Initiated, coordinated the planning, and supervised implementation of SCARP’s national symposium on Planning for Sustainable Development (25-27 November 1988). Also raised funding for student support and background research, authored two background papers distributed to participants, and edited proceedings (Published July 1989).

N.B. This symposium won the 1989 AICP Student Project Award for its contribution to the translation of planning knowledge to action. (The symposium was organized as a special project workshop course.)

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f) Academic/Professional Conference Papers and Keynotes (single-authored unless otherwise stated, since 1990 only)

2011 “Toward a Sustainable Global Economy”. Paper prepared for presentation to George Soros’ Institute for New Economic Thinking ( INET) Annual Conference, ‘Crisis and Renewal: International Political Economy at the Crossroads’, Mount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, NH, USA, 8-10 April 2011. (NB: W.E. Rees was the only ecological economist invited to present to this highest-level meeting of international financiers and finance economists.)

“Is Humanity the Maggot in Earth’s Apple?” Paper presented to the symposium, ‘If Growth Isn’t Possible, What Has to Change?’ at the AAAS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 17-21 Feb 2011.

“The Big Picture—What will better futures look like? What will it take us to get there?” Keynote presentation to the ‘North American Sustainable Production and Consumption Workshop’ (Industry Canada/Environment Canada). Ottawa, 31 Jan – 1 Feb, 2011.

2010 “Future-Proofing: Oxymoron and Opportunity.” Keynote presentation to conference on ‘Building Sustainable Communities. Kelowna, BC, 16-18 Nov 2010 “Cities as Dissipative Structures: Global Change and the Vulnerability of Urban Civilization”. Invited paper presented to the ‘International Symposium on Sustainability Science: The Emerging Paradigm and the Urban Environment’. Montclair State University, Newark, NJ, October 25-27, 2010.

“Responding to Climate Change: What Would an Intelligent Species Do?” Invited presentation to symposium on ‘The Radical Shift: The Effects of Global Warming on our Way of Life’ at the Canadian Institute of Planners’ Annual Conference, ‘Climate Change and Communities: A Call to Action.’ Montreal, PQ, 2-5 October 2010.

“Missing in Action—Climate Change and Policy Failure.” presentation as co-facilitator at the workshop on ‘Mainstreaming Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation within the Curriculum of Planning Schools’ at the Canadian Institute of Planners’ Annual Conference, ‘Climate Change and Communities: A Call to Action.’ Montreal, PQ, 2-5 October 2010.

“Global Change and the Vulnerability of Cities.” Paper presented to plenary session on ‘Civil Society, Governance and Sustainability’, Global Ecological Integrity Group Annual Conference, ‘Ecological Integrity and Globalization: Science, Human Behaviour, Public Policy and the Law’. Vancouver, BC, 27 June - 3 July 2010.

“Interregional Ecological Impacts: Considerations for Sustainability in an Interconnected World” (with M. Kissinger, and V. Timmer). Paper presented to plenary session on ‘Civil Society, Governance and Sustainability’, Global Ecological Integrity Group Annual Conference, ‘Ecological Integrity and Globalization: Science, Human Behaviour, Public Policy and the Law’. Vancouver, BC, 27 June - 3 July 2010.

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“The Eco-Footprint Challenge of Achieving Sustainability: Putting Vancouver in Global Context”. Invited presentation to the international ‘Vancouver Laboratory on Urbanism’ (a Summer Institute of UBC/SCARP). Vancouver, BC, 14-25 June 2010.

“Globalization, Eco-Footprints and the Increasingly Unsustainable Entanglement of Nations. Keynote plenary paper to the ‘Global Footprint Forum 2010: Addressing the Global Resource Challenge’, Colle val d’Elsa (Siena), Italy. 7-12 June 2010.

“Social Engineering: The Greatest Barrier to Sustainable Cities”. Presentation to session on urban sustainability at the ‘Global Footprint Forum 2010: Addressing the Global Resource Challenge’, Colle val d’Elsa (Siena), Italy. 7-12 June 2010.

“The Jekyll and Hyde of ‘Resilience’”. Invited presentation to Trudeau Foundation Summer Institute Scholars’ Workshop on ‘Ideas for Change: Creative Management of Socio-Ecological Systems’, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 17-21 May 2010.

“The Ecological Footprints of Production and Consumption.” Presentation to sustainability forum (in preparation for Rio + 20) sponsored by the United Nations Economic and Social Council, United Nations, New York. 10 May 2010.

“Globalization, Eco-Footprints and the Increasing Entanglement of Nations”. Invited lecturer to the ‘Global Fridays’ lecture series, University of Northern BC, Prince George. 19 March 2010.

2009 “Is Humanity Inherently Unsustainable? Human Nature, Cognition and Denial”. The Annual Sustainability Lecture of the International Centre for Integrated Assessment and Sustainable Development, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. 14 December 2009.

“What’s Blocking Sustainability? Human Nature, Cognition and Denial.” Keynote paper to the Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI) Workshop, Clark University (Worcester, MA). 15-17 October 2009.

“The human eco-footprint, biophysical limits and the really inconvenient truth about sustainability”. Paper presented to the oral symposium on ‘The Pulse of the Planet’, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 3 August 2009.

“Globalization, Eco-Footprints and Unsustainability: The Interface”. Keynote paper to the Global Ecological Integrity Group conference on ‘State Sovereignty, International Law and Ecological Integrity’, Firenze, Italy. 25-30 June 2009

“Urban Eco-Footprints, the Vulnerability of 21st Century Cities and the Challenge for Planning” invited keynote presentation to the De Lange conference on Transforming the Metropolis: Creating Sustainable and Humane Cities. Rice University, Houston, Texas. 1-4 March, 2009.

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2008 “The End (of Growth) is Nigh.” Invited presentation to workshop on ecosystem health and integrity at the EcoHealth 2008 conference, Mérida,Yucatan, Mexico. 1-4 December 2008

“Getting Serious about Climate Change.” Invited keynote paper to Climate Law in Developing Ccountries, international conference of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, University of Ottawa. 26-28 September 2008.

“What if the Scientists Have it Right?” Invited keynote address to SB08, the World Sustainable Buildings Conference 2008, Melbourne, Australia. 21-25 September 2008.

“Human Nature, Cognition and (Un)Sustainability.” Keynote (and public) address to Reconciling Human Existence and Ecological Integrity, annual conference of the Global Ecological Integrity Group, Berlin, Germany. 16-20 July 2008.

“The Human Ecological Footprint – Tracking Unsustainability.” Invited keynote address to Earth Week conference, State University of New York, Cortland, NY. 8-9 April 2008.

“Getting Serious About Urban Sustainability” Invited presentation to breakout session on New Urban Forms and Strategies: Regional Urban Design at the conference on Re-Imagining Cities: Urban Design After Oil. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 7-8 November 2008.

“The Human Ecological Footprint: A Measure of (Un)sustainability.” Tele-conference keynote presentation to the International Symposium on ‘Services, Innovation and Sustainable Development, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France. 27 March 2008.

“The Human Ecological Footprint and the Ultimate Boom-Bust Cycle” Wrap-up keynote address in lecture series on ‘Boom and Bust’ cycles. University of Alberta Augustana Campus, Camrose, Alberta. 4 March, 2008.

“The Human Ecological Footprint: A Measure of (Un)sustainability.” Keynote address, Alberta Soil Science Workshop, Lethbridge, Alberta. 19-21 February 2008.

“Ecological Footprint Analysis: Theory and Implications” Keynote address, Faculty Development Conference, Douglas College, New Westminster, BC. 13 February 2008.

“Genesis of Eco-footprint Analysis.” Presentation to the Statistics Canada Ecological Footprint Workshop, York University. 7-8 February, 2008.

“Eco-Footprints, Climate Change and Social (In)Justice” Invited keynote for ‘Focus the Nation’ (on climate Change), Syracuse University, SUNY-ESF, Syracuse, New York. 31 January 2008.

2007 “Climate Change and Social (In)Justice” Presentation to Climate Justice Conference (CCPA/SCARP), UBC, Vancouver BC. 25 October 2007.

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“Sustainable Cities: An Urban Myth?” Keynote presentation to American Institute of Architecture /Committee on Architecture for Education Fall Conference, Redefining Sustainability: New Directions for Designing our Future, Seattle, Washington. 16 September 2007

“The End of Growth is Nigh.” Keynote presentation to the Conference on ‘Ecological Integrity and Sustainable Society,’ Dalhousie University, Halifax. 23-27 June 2007.

“Returning to Our Roots: Far-from-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and the End of Growth.” Invited paper to the Biennial Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 26-28 July 2007.

“Eco-Footprints to (Un)Sustainability: Material Growth, the Second Law and Social (In)justice.” Invited paper to Global Footprint Network Conference, ‘Stepping Up the Pace: New Developments In Ecological Footprinting Methods, Policy and Practice,’ Cardiff, Wales. 8-10 May 2007.

“Mything out on sustainability: Where does higher education fit in?” Invited presentation to the Symposium on Education and Sustainability, Langara College, Vancouver, BC. 30 April 2007.

2006 “Can Modern Humans be Sustainable?” Invited presentation to the Regional Sustainability Symposium, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. 25 November 2006.

“ Creating Urban Ecosystems: An Ecological Footprint Perspective” Invited presentation to the 6th Shanghai Roundtable on ‘The Larger City as an Ecological System,” Shanghai Institute for Advanced Studies, Shanghai, China. 5-7 December 2006.

“Past the Tipping Point? The Coming Post-Sustainability World.” Paper presented to the conference on ‘Sustaining Ecological Health Through Science, Ethics and the Law’ (Global Ecological Integrity Group). Samos, Greece. 4-9 July 2006.

“Human Nature, Eco-Footprints and Environmental (In)Justice.” Invited presentation to the Seminar on ‘Inequality and Sustainable Consumption.’ CSERGE, University of East Anglia, UK. 4-6 July 2006.

“Designing our Place in the World: Toward Sustainability with Justice.” Invited presentation to the ‘International Symposium on Architecture and Human Rights,’ Bangkok, Thailand. 31 May-3 June 2006.

2005 “Global Change, Urban (Un)Sustainability and the Vulnerability of Cities: An Ecological Footprint Perspective.” Invited paper to the Conference, ‘Toward Sustainable Urbanization,’ Suzhou University, Suzhou, China.14-16 October 2005.

“Human Nature, the Growth Imperative and the Precarious State of Wild Pacific Salmon.” Presentation to the symposium on the ‘Salmon 2100 Project,’ 135th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Anchorage

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Alaska, 11-15 September.

“Sustainability with Equity: Are Human Nature and History on Side?” Paper to the conference on Global Ecological Integrity and the Sustainability of Civilization: Hard and Soft Law Perspectives. Centro Culturale Don Orione – Artigianelli Venice, Italy. 29 June - 3 July 2005.

2004 “The Ecological Footprints of Cities: Urban Sustainability and Vulnerability in the 21st Century” Paper presented to RCAST, UNU-IAS US-Japan Urban Ecosystem Initiative Final Workshop New York, NY, USA. 22-24 Nov 2004.

“Why Modern Humans Inevitably Trash Ecosystems (and Ultimately Undermine Themselves): A Far-from-Thermodynamic Equilibrium Interpretation.” Invited paper to the Pardee Symposium on ‘Geoscientific Aspects of Human and Ecosystem Vulnerability.’ Geological Society of America annual Meetings. Denver CO. 7-10 November 2004.

“Sustainability in the Great Lakes Basin: An Eco-Footprint Perspective.” Invited keynote research paper to the State of the Lakes Ecosystems Conference (SOLEC). Toronto, Ontario. 6 October, 2004.

“Science, Communication and Policy with Special Reference to Ecological Footprint Analysis.” Invited paper to the conference on ‘Responsibilities of Environmental Research: Anthropogenic Influences on the Earth’ as an Ecosystem Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 17 September 2004 (This conference was inspired by the communicative success of ecological footprint analysis, a method of measuring anthropogenic ‘load’ on the earth, developed by Dr Rees.)

“Humanity’s Fatal Success: An Ecological Economics Perspective.” Paper presented at the symposium of the same title (organized by the author) at the 8th Biennial Scientific Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics, ‘Challenging Boundaries: Economics, Ecology and Governance.’ Montreal, Que, Canada. 11-14 July 2004.

“In Defence of Ecological Footprint Analysis.” Presentation at the symposium on the Eco-Footprint Network at the 8th Biennial Scientific Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics, ‘Challenging Boundaries: Economics, Ecology and Governance.’ Montreal, Que, Canada.11-14 July 2004.

“Why Conventional Economic Logic Doesn’t Protect Biodiversity.” Invited paper to the international conference on ‘Wildlife Conservation: In Pursuit of Ecological Sustainability’ sponsored by the International Fund for Animal Welfare and the University of Limerick.University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.16-19 June 2004.

“The Eco-Footprint of Agriculture: A Far-from-(Thermodynamic)-Equilibrium Interpretation.” Invited keynote paper to the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council Conference. University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario. 13-15 June 2004.

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“Can Resource Communities Survive Modernization and Globalization ?” Invited keynote paper to the conference on ‘Managing for Tomorrow: Resource Communities and the Environment.’ University of Northern BC, Prince George, BC. 6 May 2004.

“Redefining the Urban System: Toward Reducing the Vulnerability of Cities.” Invited paper to the ‘Sustainable Cities Conference,’ University of British Columbia Green College. 19-21 March 2004.

“Urban Ecological Footprints and The Vulnerability of the (Human) Urban Ecosystem” Paper presented to a workshop of the US-Japan Urban Ecosystem Initiative (UNU/IAS), Tokyo, Japan. 26-28 February, 2004.

“Growing Humanity, Dissipating the Ecosphere: Using SOHO Theory and Eco-Footprint Analysis to Interpret Humanity’s Dependence on Soil.” Paper to the special symposium, ‘From the Ground Up: The Importance of Soil in Sustaining Civilization’ at the AAAS Annual Meetings, Seattle, WA. 13 February 2004.

2003 “Energy, Evolution and Civilization: The Global Context.” Invited paper to ‘Energy, Environment and Society: Making Choices’ the 2003 annual symposium of the Royal Society of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario, 25 November 2003.

“The Eco-footprints of Cities: A Key to Urban Sustainability” Presentation to the Research Scoping Workshop, US-Japan Urban Ecosystem Initiative (UNU/IAS). East-West Centre, Hawaii, 3-4. November 2003

“Toward Sustainability with Justice (Can Cultural Mutation Override Behavioral Predisposition?)” Paper to the conference on ‘Global Ecological Integrity: Human Rights and Human Responsibilities.’ Urbino, Italy. 27 June - 1 July 2003.

“Net-Pen Salmon Farming: Failing on Two Fronts.” Invited paper to the ‘World Summit on Salmon,’ Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC. 10-13 June 2003.

“Eco-Footprints, Cities and the Myth of Continuous Material Growth.” Invited paper to the Symposium on ‘Ecology, Globalization and Urban Planning,’ Western Psychological Association Annual Convention Vancouver, BC. 3 May 2003

“Cities, Scale and Sustainability: A Human Ecosystem Approach.” A presentation to the Research Scoping Workshop on Ecosystems Principles for Urban Management. United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan. 7-10 April, 2003

“Energy, Evolution and Society.” Invited closing presentation to the special research workshop on Energy Policy and the Kyoto Accord, sponsored by the Royal Society of Canada and UBC’s Office of Research Awareness (UBC Robson Square Campus. 14 March 2003).

2002 “Is H. sapiens Unsustainable by Nature?” Paper to the conference on The

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Evolution of World Order, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario. 30 May-2 June 2002.

“When Consumption Does Violence: Econo-Myth and Eco-Reality.” Keynote paper and workshop, 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. University of Alberta, John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights. 25-26 April, 2002.

“Our Ecological Footprints: Tracking Progress Toward Sustainability.” Keynote paper to the Business of the Environment stream at the Enviro2002 Convention and Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia. 7-12 April, 2002.

“Applying Ecological Footprint Analysis at the Local Level. Invited workshop delivered to section leaders, Victoria Department of Environment. Melbourne, Australia. 9 April, 2002.

2001 “Evolution, Myth and Reason in the Quest for Sustainability,” paper presented at the Conference on Transformative Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE/University of Toronto). 1 November 2001.

“The Transition to Sustainability.” Presentation to the special pre-conference workshop on The End of Economics held in conjunction with the Conference on Transformative Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE/University of Toronto) 1 November 2001.

“An Ecological Economics Perspective on Sustainability and Prospects for Ending Poverty.” Paper prepared for an invitational workshop on Poverty: Its Causes and Cures, organized by Prof John B. Cobb, jr, Center for Process Studies, Claremont, California. 17-21 October, 2001 (eventually published in Population and Environment 24(1) 15-46.)

“Putting the (Human) Ecology into Ecological Economics.” Invited plenary paper to the biennial conference of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec. 23-25 August, 2001.

“Eco-Footprint Analysis: A Tool for Regional Sustainability.” Invited presentation to the Board of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) at the GVRD Workshop on Sustainability, Deas Island Regional Park. 25 July, 2001.

“Why Cities are Unsustainable and Why They are a Key to Sustainability.” Invited keynote presentation to the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators, Banff, Alberta. 24 May, 2001.

“Are We Building Capacity?: A Cautionary Tail.” Invited paper to the conference on Building Canadian Capacity: Sustainable Production and the Knowledge Economy, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario. 2-4 April, 2001.

“Brownwash: How the Fraser Institute’s Environmental Indicators Report Misrepresents the State of the World” (with Hilda McKenzie). Paper presented at the conference on: “Taking Nature Seriously: Citizens, Science and Environment”. University of Oregon. February 2001.

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2000 “Coming to Consciousness: Acknowledging Failed Economics, Ecological Reality, and Eco-Injustice in a Growth-Addicted World.” Invited plenary presentation to the international forum on “Our Global Challenges”, University for Peace and University of Costa Rica. San Jose, Costa Rica. 6-10 November 2000.

“The Science of Sustainability: Defining the Ecologist’s Role.” Invited opening keynote lecture to the 2000 Congress of the Italian Ecological Society. Pisa, Italy. 14-16 September 2000.

“Ecosystem Health and the Growth of Human Enterprise: An Historical Assessment of Evolving Conflict.” Invited Keynote paper, International Congress on Ecosystem Health (International Society for Ecosystem Health). Brisbane, Australia. 12 July 2000.

“The Myth of Sustainability: Energy, Evolution, and the Failure of Reason.” Paper presented to the conference on Connecting Environmental Ethics, Ecological Integrity and Health in the New Millennium (sponsored by The Global Integrity Project). San Jose, Costa Rica. 24-29 June 2000.

1999 “Ecological Integrity, Consumption, and Human Population Health”. Invited paper to the symposium on Population, Consumption, and Technology: Upstream Determinants for the Public Agenda, at ‘Epidemiology for Sustainable Health,’ the XV International Scientific Meeting of the International Epidemiological Association, Firenze (Florence), Italy. 31 August - 4 September, 1999.

“Contrasting Perspectives: An Introduction to Ecological Economics”. Opening Address to Special Workshop on Ecological Economics, biannual conference of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics, Regina Saskatchewan. 26-29 August, 1999.

“Ecological Integrity and Material Growth: Irreconcilable Conflict?” Invited paper to Technical Session on The Global Integrity Project: Understanding and Implementing Ecosystem Health, at the International Congress for Ecosystem Health, ‘Managing for Ecosystem Health’, Sacramento, California. 15-20 August, 1999.

“A Human Ecological Assessment of Economic and Population Health”. Paper presented to Implementing Ecological Integrity: Restoring Regional and Global Environmental and Human Health. NATO SCIENCE Advanced Research Workshop ‘József Fodor’ National Public Health Centre, Budapest, Hungary. 28 June - 1 July, 1999

“Are Humans Really an Urban Species?” Invited paper to special symposium on Urban Ecosystems, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, Anaheim CA. 23 January 1999. (Widely reported, including three Globe and Mail articles and editorials.)

1998 “Global Change and Ecological Integrity” and “Quantifying the Limits to

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Growth”. Invited two-part presentation to the workshop on Global Ecological Integrity: Implications of ‘Sustainable Development’ for Human Health, European Centre for Environment and Health, World Health Organization, Rome, Italy. 3-4 December, 1998

“Consumption and the Sea: Indices of Human Ecological Dysfunction”. Invited presentation to the Oceans Limited Conference, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver BC. 19-20 November, 1998.

“The Japanese Ecological Footprint: Mything the Miracle” (with Yoshi Wada). Contributed paper to the annual conference of the Associated Collegiate Schools of Planning, Los Angeles, CA. 6-7 November, 1998.

“The Built Environment and the Ecosphere: A Global Perspective”. Invited keynote address, Green Building Challenge (International Conference) Vancouver, BC, Canada. October 26-28, 1998.

“Stretching the Envelope: Ecological Footprinting the Great Lakes Basin”. Invited keynote address to State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference (SOLEC ’98), Buffalo, NY. 21-23. October, 1998.

“Beyond Recycling: Reducing Human Ecological Footprints”. Invited keynote address, Recycling Council of Ontario Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario. 6-8, October, 1998.

“Cities, Consumption, and the Coastal Zone”. Invited Keynote paper to Coastal Zone’98, international conference on coastal resource management, Victoria, BC. 30 Aug-2 Sept, 1998.

“Patch Disturbance and the Second Law: The Human Dimension of Ecological Integrity”, Contributed paper to the symposium on Population Health and Ecological Integrity, at INTECOL (International Congress of Ecology), Florence, Italy. 19-25 July, 1998.

“Human Appropriation of the Sea”, Invited keynote address to International Hyperbaric Association annual conference, Richmond, BC, Canada. 25 May, 1998.

1997 “The Dialectic of Denial: New Science and the ‘New World Order.” Keynote Paper to the biannual conference of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics (CANSEE ’97), “Beyond Climate Change: The Economics and Ecology of Extreme Events.” McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. October 5, 1997.

“Ecological Footprints and Urban Transportation: The Bicycle Path to Urban Sustainability.” Invited Keynote paper at Velo-City ’97, the 10th International Bicycle Planning Conference. Barcelona Spain, 15-19 September, 1997.

“Urbanization as Spatially Displaced ‘Slash-and Burn.’ ” Paper presented to the Ecosystems Integrity Conference, Cortona, Italy. 20-25 June, 1997.

“Ecological Footprints and the Second Law: Requiem for Eco-Integrity?” Paper presented to the Symposium on: Ecological Integrity: Moving from

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Principle to Practice. 1997 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, Seattle WA. 18 February, 1997.

1996 “Beyond Open Space: Eco-Footprints of Cities and the Conundrum of Sustainability.” Invited session Key-Note paper to Open Spaces: An International Interdisciplinary Conference, Winchester School of Art (Southampton University). Winchester, England, 25-26 October. 1996.

“Appropriated Carrying Capacity and the Ecology of Economy.” Paper presented the the symposium on Human Population and Consumption: What are the Ecological Limits? Ecological Society of America 1996 Annual Combined Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, 10-14 August. 1996.

Report on UBC’s Fraser Basin Ecosystem Study to the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) special symposium on the state of Canada’s Eco-Research projects. ISEE Bi-Annual Meeting, Boston , Mass, 5-7 August, 1996.

“Consuming the Earth: The Biophysics of Sustainability.” Panel presentation to the symposium on “Why Sustainability Analysis must Include Biophysical Assessments.” International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) Bi-Annual Meeting, Boston, MS. 7 August, 1996.

“Toward a Sustainable Future: The Ecological Footprints of Mega-Urban Regions.” Keynote Address to “Toward a Sustainable Urban Future: Mega-Cities, Regional Development, and Planning,” conference sponsored by the Asian Urban Research Network, Beijing, China. 22-27 April 1996).

“The Footprints of Consumption: Tracking Ecospheric Decline.” Invited presentation to the Symposium on Population and Consumption, AAAS Annual Meetings, Baltimore, MD. 8-11 February 1996.

1995 “The Sustainability of Mega-City Regions.” Presented to: Reinterpreting Contemporary Urban Development Theory: Mega-Urban Regions in the Asia Pacific Context.” UBC Centre for Human Settlements, Vancouver. 13-15 December 1995.

“The Ecological Economics Approach to Sustainability.” Presentation to Association for Canadian Studies in the United States 1995 Conference Panel. Seattle, Washington. 18 November 1995.

“Urban Ecosystems: The Human Dimension.” Invited paper to the “Symposium on Urban Ecosystems,” Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA), Snowbird, Utah. 31 July – 3 August 1995.

1994 “The Ecological Footprint Applied: Down to Earth” (with Mathis Wackernagel). Presented at the Third International Congress of the International Society for Ecological Economics (San José, Costa Rica, October 1994).

“Why Monetary Analysis Cannot Assess Sustainability” (with Mathis Wackernagel). Presented at the Third International Congress of the International Society for Ecological Economics (San José, Costa Rica, October

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1994).

“Revisiting Carrying Capacity: Area-Based Indicators of Sustainability.” Invited paper presented to the Workshop on Evaluation Criteria for A Sustainable Economy. Technical University of Graz, Austria, 6-7 April, 1994.

“The Economy as Human Ecology: Calculating our Ecological Footprint.” Invited paper to the Monterey Bay Regional Research Workshop. University of California, Santa Cruz, 6-8 February, 1994.

1993 “Ecological Footprints and Human Carrying Capacity: Measuring the Sustainability Gap.” Presented to the founding conference of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics (Leitmotif: What Must be Conserved and What Can be Consumed in a Sustainable Society?) University of Ottawa, 1-3 October 1993.

“Assessing Progress in Agriculture: The Ecological Footprint of Hydroponic Tomato Production.” (Third Author with Y. Wada and M. Wackernagel) Presented to the founding conference of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics (Leitmotif: What Must be Conserved and What Can be Consumed in a Sustainable Society?) University of Ottawa, 1-3 October 1993.

“Ecological Footprints and Human Carrying Capacity: Measuring the Sustainability Gap.” Invited plenary speaker, Long-Term Ecological Research Network All-Scientists Meeting and International Summit. Estes Park, Colorado, 18-24 September 1993.

“Pressing Global Limits: Trade as the Appropriation of Carrying Capacity.” Invited paper to the symposium on Growth, Trade, and Environmental Values, sponsored by the Westminster Institute for Ethics and Human Values (University of Western Ontario, London, 11-12 February 1993).

“The Global Context: Where on Earth is the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem Anyway?” Invited paper to the symposium on: Operationalizing the Ecosystem “Approach in Regulatory and Resource Management Programs,” at the 36th Conference on Great Lakes Research (St Norbert College, Green Bay, Wisconsin 4-10 June 1993).

“Ecological Footprints: Assessing the Environmental Efficiency of the ‘Built Environment.’” Invited paper to international conference on Sustainability and the Built Environment, University of Cambridge, Cambridge England, 27-30 September, 1993.

1992 “Perceptual and Structural Barriers to Investing in Natural Capital” (with M. Wackernagel). Contributed paper to The second Meeting of the International Society for Ecological Economics, Investing in Natural Capital (Stockholm, Sweden, 3-6 August, 1992)

“Appropriated Carrying Capacity: Measuring the Natural Capital Requirements of the Human Economy” (with M. Wackernagel). Invited plenary paper, The Second Meeting of the International Society for Ecological

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Economics, Investing in Natural Capital (University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, 3-6 August, 1992).

“Natural Capital in Relation to Regional/Global Concepts of Carrying Capacity.” Invited paper to the Workshop on Ecological Economics, Sustainable Development and Southeast Asia, organized on behalf of CIDA by the University of Ottawa, Institute for Research on Environment and Economy (Ottawa 7-10 November, 1992).

1991 “Economics, Ecology, and the Limits of Rational Analysis.” Annual Conference of the Air and Waste Management Association. Vancouver, BC. 16-25 June, 1991 (Journal of the AWMA, September, 1991).

1990 “The Ethical Dilemma of Sustainable Development.” Presented to “International Applied Ethics Conference,” The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 7-8 June 1990.

“Policy Implications of Ecological Economics.” Paper to session on: “Eco-logic: Potential for Salvation?” Association for Canadian Studies Annual Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria BC, 31 May -1 June 1990.

“Why Economics Won’t Save the World.” Presented to: The Ecological Economics of Sustainability, an International, Interdisciplinary Conference and first bi-annual meeting of the International Society for Ecological Economics. World Bank, Washington DC, 21-23 May 1990.

“Carrying Capacity as Context for Environmental Assessment.” Presented to Annual Conference, International Association for Impact Assessment. Vancouver, BC 24 March 1990.

1989 “Development and Environment in the Canadian North: The Shifting Context.” Presented at: Canada and the Soviet Union - Common Problems and Prospects, the Second Canadian-Soviet Conference of the Institute for USA and Canada. Moscow USSR, 22-26 November 1989.

“Atmospheric Change: Human Ecology in Disequilibrium.” Invited Paper for Commonwealth Human Ecology Council conference on “Human Ecology, Sustainable Development, and Education.” Edinburgh, July 1989.

“The Ecological Meaning of Environment-Economy Integration.” Invited Paper for Commonwealth Human Ecology Council conference on “Human Ecology, Sustainable Development, and Education.” Edinburgh, July 1989.

g) Other Keynote Addresses, Invited Lectures, and Workshop Presentations (single-authored, since 1990 only)

“Reconfiguring Humans in ‘the Environment’.” Invited paper for presentation at ‘Courage and Public Policies’, the Summer Institute of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. Whister, BC, 16-20 May 2011 (submitted).

2011 “Toward Sustainability: Over-Riding the Now Dangerous Side of Human Nature.” Invited Killam Lecture, College of Sustainability, Dalhousie

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University, Halifax, NS. 17 March 2011.

“Sustainability, Equity, Growth and Justice.” Presentation to UBC School of Community and Regional Planning Annual Symposium. UBC Vancouver. 4 Feb 2011.

“The Biophysics and Psychology of Urban Sustainability.” Keynote to meeting of the ‘Greenest City Inititative’ strategic working groups. Vancouver, BC. 12 January 2011.

“On Sustainability: How Urgent are the Issues?” Invited presentation to Vancouver Board of Trade Sustainable Development Committee. Vancouver, BC. 11 Jan 2011.

2010 “Critical Trends.” Invited presentation at the launch of Vancouver local initiatives in preparation of ‘Rio Plus 20’. Vancouver, BC, 24 Nov 2010

“Why Efficiency Isn’t Contributing to Sustainability.” Invited presentation to ‘Green Café’. Vancouver, BC, 15 Nov 2010.

“Our Greatest Environmental Problem? Human Nature.” Invited presentation to the ‘Sullivan Salon’. Vancouver, BC. 23 Sept 2010.

“Is Humanity Inherently Unsustainable?” Invited lecture to Vancouver World Federalists, Vancouver, BC. 15 April, 2010 (repeated on multiple internet sites).

“Toward Urban Sustainability.” Public (community) lecture presented for the ‘Global Footprint Forum 2010: Addressing the Global Resource Challenge’, Colle val d’Elsa (Siena), Italy. 7-12 June 2010.

“Globalization, Eco-footprints and the Unsustainable Entanglement of Nations” Invited keynote to the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC. Vancouver, 1 April 2010.

“The Jekyll and Hyde of Resilience”. Closing Keynote presentation to the Centre for Civic Governance Resilient Communities Forum, Harrison Hot Springs, BC. 26-27 March 2010.

“Sustainable Growth is an Oxymoron”. Presentation to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives ‘Think Tank’ on Prosperity without growth. 15 March 2010

“Human Nature, Panarchy and Sustainability”. Presentation to the SCARP/CFIS Symposium, ‘Planning for Resilience’, 4-5 March 2010.

“Population, Overshoot and Global Change: An Eco-Footprint Perspective”. Invited special lecture for Ritsumeikan University (Japan) Exchange Program students. UBC, 2 March 2010.

“Climate Change, Necessary Economic Restructuring (and why the latter is not happening). Industry Canada Distinguished Lecture, Industry Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. 19 February 2010.

“Self-Delusion and Sustainability”. Invited guest, Simon Fraser

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University’s ‘Dialogue in Learning’ course on sustainability. SFU, Harbour Centre, Vancouver. 8 February 2010.

“Thinking Resilience”. Presentation to Post-Carbon Institute Fellows Retreat, San Francisco (Berkeley) California. 22-24 January 2010.

Featured ‘talking head’ guest at leadership workshop/symposium for youth sponsored by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Vancouver, BC. 25 January 2010.

“The Built Environment, Self-Delusion and Sustainability”. Invited lecture to Vancouver Architecture Community, Sponsored by Bunting Coady, Architects. Vancouver, BC. 13 January 2010.

2009 “Moral Accountability for Climate Change”. Invited speaker to open symposium on climate change impacts on Bangladesh. UBC Liu Centre, 9 December 2009.

“Carbon Footprints, Climate and Cognition.” Invited plenary presentation to the international media conference on ‘Climate is Changing: Stories, Facts and People’ sponsored by GreenAccord. Viterbo, Italy, 26-29 November 2009.

“Elements of Ecological Economics (compared to the neo-liberal paradigm)” Keynote presentation to UBC Sauder Business School student-organized symposium on rethinking economic theory for sustainability. 6 November 2009.

“Getting Serious about Climate Change (what if the IPCC is right?)” Luncheon Keynote presentation to the Institute for Public Administration of Canada (IPAC) New Professionals Conference, ‘Winds of Change’, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 26-28 October 2009.

“Thinking ‘Resilient Cities’”. Presentation to Post-Carbon Institute ‘Shoulder Event’ on urban resilience, at the Gaining Ground “Resilient Cities” Conference, Vancouver, BC. 20-22 October 2009.

“What if Can Do Can’t? The Vulnerability and Resilience of Cities. Keynote presentation to the Gaining Ground ‘Resilient Cities’ Conference, Vancouver, BC. 20-22 October 2009.

“Re-Thinking the (Urban) Good life: Can Parasites Become Symbionts?” Presentation to the urban sustainability ‘salon’ at the Gaining Ground ‘Resilient Cities’ Conference, Vancouver, BC. 20-22 October 2009.

“The Human Eco-Footprint: Overshooting Carrying Capacity”. Invited presentation to the open public symposium on ‘The Economy and Nature’. SFU Harbour Centre, 19 October 2009.

“Are Humans Unsustainable by Nature?” Public lecture sponsored by UBC Continuing Education, UBC Robson Square. 8 October 2009.

“Burtynsky Oil: The Eco-Footprints of Degradation”. Keynote lecture for the opening of “OIL”, Edward Burtynski’s photo exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. 3 October 2009.

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“Getting Serious About Sustainability”. Invited presentation to University of Washington/UBC Continuing Education Summer Institute on Sustainability, Vancouver Campus, Choi Building. 22 July 2009.

“The Human Nature of (Un)Sustainability”. Presentation to participants in the ‘Planning PhD Jamboree’, held at UBC/SCARP, Vancouver. 9-12 June 2009.

“Let’s Get Serious—Climate Change and Social Change”. Invited keynote to student-organized assembly on climate change, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, Vancouver, BC. 29 April 2009.

“On Genes and Memes: The Biological and Cultural Basis of (Un)Sustainability”. Invited lecture to Psychology Department, Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO. 17 April 2009.

“The Human Ecological Footprint: A Measure of (Un)Sustainability.” Visiting lecture to Geography and Environment and Sustainability Program students, University of Western Ontario, London Ontario. 3 April 2009.

“Global Change and the End of Growth”. McConnell lecture, University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine/Environmental and Sustainability Program/Dept of Geography, London Ontario, 2 April 2009.

“Ecological Footprints, Agriculture and Food Security” Invited keynote paper to the Alberta Institute of Agronomists annual conference, Food Safety, Security & Sustainability in Agriculture, Banff, Alberta. 19 March 2009

“Nature, Surprise and Delusional (Wo)Man.” Invited keynote presentation to the Building Sustainable Communities Conference, Kelowna, BC, 24-26 February 2009.

“Why Most Policy for Sustainability isn’t Sustainable.” Invited lecture to Sierra Youth Coalition sustainability conference, St John’s Nfld, 30 January 2009.

“Are Humans Unsustainable by Nature?” A 2009 Trudeau Lecture, Memorial University, Nfld. 28 January 2009.

“Getting Serious about Climate Change – Implications for Planning.” Invited lecture to Newfoundland-Labrador Chapter of Canadian Institute of Planners series, St John’s, Nfld, 28 January 2009.

2008 “(Un)Sustainability and Eco-Footprints or ‘Re-Writing Our Cultural Narrative’” Presentation to group of scientists and writers invited to discuss possible futures, Mountain Sky Guest Ranch, Emigrant, Montana, 7-12 October 2008.

“The Greatest Environmental Problem.” Presentation to annual meeting of the British Columbia Environmental Network, Vancouver, BC, 27 September 2008.

“Climate Change and Sustainability: Implications for the Real Estate Industry” Invited presentation to Conference on Climate Change and Sustainability, Real

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Estate Industry of BC, Vancouver, BC, 5 June 2008.

“Humanity’s Fatal Success or The Myth of Sustainable Development.” Invited, the annual Sewell Lecture at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. New York (10 April 2008)

“Degradation: Our Ecological Footprint” Invited keynote address (preceding the Annual General Meeting of AWARE), Whistler, BC, 27 March 2008.

“Eco-Footprints, Eco-Apartheid and the Law.” Invited presentation to UBC student-organized ‘Sustainable Consumption Week’ (Exploring the Interface between Social Justice and Environmental Sustainability), 17 March 2008.

“Climate Change, Eco-Footprints and Social Injustice.” Invited presentation to the Burke Mountain Naturalists, Coquitlam, BC, 11 March 2008.

“The Life and Times of Ecological Footprint Analysis,” Invited presentation to ‘Connecting Environmental Professionals,’ Vancouver, BC, 28 February 2008.

“Our Greatest Environmental Problem (is the Human Mind).” Opening address, Mountain Film Festival, Macmillan Space Centre, Vancouver, BC, 24 February 2008.

2007 “Is Humanity Inherently Unsustainable?” Invited presentation to conference on Building Sustainable Communities, Kelowna, BC, 20-22 November 2007.

“Degradation: Humanity in the Service of Entropy.” Keynote address to the Trudeau Foundation Conference on Public Policy, A Climate of Reconciliation: Economy, Social Justice and the Environment. Calgary, Alberta, 15-17 November, 2007.

“Climate Change: Implications for the Real Estate Industry” Invited presentation to the Real Estate Industry of BC Annual Conference, Whistler, BC, 9 November 2007.

“Global Change, Eco-Apartheid and Population Health.” Keynote address to the Canadian Conference on International Health (Global Change and International Health: Who Are the Vulnerable?” Ottawa, Ontario, 4-6 November 2007.

“The End of Growth.” Presentation to the symposium on Biodiversity, Sustainability and Health at the Canadian Conference on International Health (Global Change and International Health: Who Are the Vulnerable?” Ottawa, Ontario, 4-6 November 2007.

“Eco-Footprints and Climate Change: The Perfect Moral Storm,” Keynote presentation to the conference on ‘Green Church, Green Home: Families for Earth.’ Canadian Memorial Church and Centre for Peace, Vancouver, BC, 3 November, 2007.

“Climate Change and the Second Law: Humanity as ‘Dissipative Structure’” Invited keynote presentation to the Association of Professional Engineers and Geologists of BC Annual Conference Whistler, BC, 25 October 2007.

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“Climate Change and The Human Prospect” Presentation in public lecture series on current affairs, Arbutus Club, Vancouver, BC, 16 October 2007.

“Getting Serious About Urban Sustainability,” Public presentation for University Womens’ Club, Point Grey Golf and Country Club, 2 October 2007.

“Climate Change and Transportation: Collective Responses.” Panel Presentation to anti-Gateway project rally, Unitarian Church, Vancouver, BC, 29 September 2007.

“Dissipating Nature: The Growing Human Eco-Footprint.” Invited presentation to the Canadian Association of Recycling Industries 66th Annual Convention (‘Sustainability’) Lake Louise, Alberta, 23 June 2007

“The Ecological Footprint Challenge to Global Development.” Keynote address to the Conference on Sustainable Living in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 15 June 2007.

“Human Eco-Footprints: Straying off the Sustainability Trail.” The Kenneth R. Farrell Public Policy Lecture, University of Guelph, 16 May 2007

“The Global Context of Planning for Nanaimo.” Invited presentation to a consortium of citizens’ planning and environmental organizations, Nanaimo, BC, 26 April 2007.

“Can We Create Sustainable Communities? (and, if so, how?)” Public presentation on sustainable futures, sponsored by the city of Parksville, Parksville, BC 25 April 2007

“Mything Out on Sustainability (or ‘ Psychological Barriers to ‘Getting It’)” Keynote presentation to the Regina Symposium on Education for Sustainable Development, 19 April 2007.

“Putting Community Back into Community Planning.” Invited presentation to the Community Planning Association of Alberta Annual Conference, Red Deer, Alberta, 4 April 2007

“Urban Eco-Footprints and Eco-Density.” Invited presentation to public meeting, City of Vancouver Planning Department ‘EcoDensity Initiative,’ 22 March 2007.

“The Fallacy of Urban Sustainability.” Featured lecture, University of Toronto (Mississauga) Snider Lecture Series, 21 March 2007.

“Ecological Footprint Analysis: Theory and Implications.” Invited presentation to faculty and students of the University of Toronto (Mississauga) (sponsored by the UofT Department of Geography), 21 March 2007.

“Getting Serious about Urban Sustainability.” Invited lecture, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 12 March 2007.

“Eco-Footprint Analysis: Tracking (Un)Sustainability.” Invited presentation to the federal government Policy Research Initiative ‘Workshop on

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Demographics and the Environment,’ Ottawa, Ontario, 5-6 March 2007.

“ Climate Change: Why You Should Worry.” Invited presentation, panel on climate change and public policy, Park Theatre, Vancouver, BC, 1 March 2007.

“Getting Serious About Urban Sustainability.” Invited Lecture, Faculty of Environmental Studies special lecture series ‘Planning Sustainable Cities,’ University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, 13 Feb 2007.

“Climate Change through the Distortingly Variable Lens of Conventional Economics” Invited presentation, panel on climate change and public policy, Ridge Theatre, Vancouver, BC, 12 February 2007.

“Eco-Footprint Analysis and Sustainability with Reference to Pender Island.” Invited Lecture to Pender Island Conservancy Association, Pender Island, BC, 19 January 2007.

2006 “Global Sustainability: Rights and Responsibilities on a Finite Planet.” Keynote address to the conference on ‘Building Sustainable Communities,’ Kelowna, BC, 22 November 2006.

“The Human Nature of Consumption (or mything out on sustainability).” Invited guest Lecture, University of Wisconsin (Madison County) Lecture Series on “Affluenza,” 8 November 2006.

“Can We Teach Sustainability?” Keynote address to the Annual Conference of the Environmental Educators Provincial Specialist Association, ‘Inspiring Sustainability in BC Schools,’ Vancouver, BC. 20 October 2006.

“Cold Turkey: Can We Beat Our Energy Addiction?” Invited presentation to the Banff Forum, ‘ Is Canada Built to Last?’ Mont Tremblant, Québec. 5-7 October 2006.

“Iowa’s Ecological Footprint: Revisiting Carrying Capacity.” Invited lecture, Iowa State University Bioethics Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. 28 September 2006.

“The Human Nature of Climate Change.” Keynote address to the Vancouver City Savings Credit Union 60th Anniversary Speaker Series Inaugural Event, ‘Climate Change: The Biggest Show on Earth.’ Vancouver, BC. 25 September 2006.

“Urbanization, Food Production and the Vulnerability of Cities.” Invited presentation to ‘Growing Cities, Growing Food,’ the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) workshop on urban agriculture at the World Urban Forum, Vancouver, BC. 22 June 2006.

“Making Cities the Key to Sustainability.” Invited presentation to ‘One Small Step for Cities..,’ a workshop on urban sustainability at the World Urban Forum (Vancouver, B.C. Canada, 20 June 2006.

“Sustainable Cities: An Oxymoron?” Invited panel presentation, World Planners’ Congress, Vancouver, BC. 19 June 2006.

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“Sustainability is a Collective Enterprise.” Keynote presentation to ‘Weaving Worlds Together,’ UBC’s inaugural event associated with the World Urban Forum. 18 June 2006.

“Techno-Industrial Society: Mything Out on Sustainability.” Invited presentation to the ‘Planners for Tomorrow’ conference (planning students’ conference associated with the World Planners Congress and the World Urban Forum) Vancouver, BC. 14-16 June 2006.

“We Can Never Do Only One Thing (a systems approach to sustainability).” Keynote address to ‘Thinking Systems: Environmental Grant-Making in a Complex World,’ Canadian Environmental Grantmakers’ Network annual conference, Gimli, Manitoba. 15-17 May 2006.

“When the Well’s Dry, We Know the Worth of Water” (with a tip of the hat to Benjamin Franklin). Keynote presentation to BC Water and Waste Association 2006 Annual Conference, Whistler, BC. 29-31 April 2006

“(Un)Sustainability: We have met the enemy and he is us.” Opening Keynote presentation to the Global Outreach Student Association (GOSA) Conference. UBC, 25 March 2006.

“Let’s Get Serious about (Un)Sustainability (or is it already too late?).” Inaugural Annual NRESI Lecture (sponsored by Canfor). Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Institute, University of Northern British Columbia. 16 March 2006.

2005 “Is Humanity Sustainable?” Invited lecture to ISU Bioethics Program and the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture (also open to the public), Marston Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. 29 November 2005.

I delivered the following lectures to different student/faculty colloquia while “visiting scholar” at the State University of Iowa, Ames, Iowa. 28-30 November 2005:

“The Eco-footprint of Agriculture: A Far-from-Thermodynamic-Equilibrium Interpretation.” (ISU Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium).

“Energy, Evolution and Civilization: The Global Context” (Open lecture to faculty and graduate students).

“Mything Out on Sustainability (or ‘Are We Really a Knowledge-Based Society’).” Keynote address, 2005 Annual Latornell Conservation Symposium (Theme: ‘Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities’). Alliston, Ontario, 16 November 2005

“Issues involved in determining the net value (costs and benefits) of restoring natural capital.” Workshop #1 (Co-Organizer). Symposium on Restoring Natural Capital. Missouri Botanical Gardens, St Louis, MO. 30 October - 2 November, 2005

“Coming to Grips with (Un)Sustainability: Shifting the Focus from Symptoms to Disease.” Keynote address to Creating Ripples: Education, Environment

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and Culture, an international conference of environmental, outdoor and global educators. Camp Tawingo (Huntsville), Ontario. 1 October 2005.

“The Fates of Societies and the Myth of Sustainable Development.” Keynote address to the 58th Annual Conference of the Canadian Museums Association, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 8-11 June 2005.

“(Un)Sustainability: Concepts and Indicators.” Invited presentation to the pre-conference workshop, 58th Annual Conference of the Canadian Museums Association, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 8-11 June 2005.

“Shifting the Paradigm of Business Education.” Invited panel presentation to the Balle BC Conference, Vancouver, BC. 2-5 June 2005.

“A Question of Scale: The Growing Human (Eco-)Footprint on Earth.” Keynote address to the international conference on Waste: The Social Context. Edmonton, Alberta. 11-14 May 2005.

“Urban Eco-Footprints and the Vulnerability/Sustainability of Cities: An Invitation to Change.” Keynote address to the Alberta Green Buildings Association, Edmonton Alberta. 11 May 2005.

“Urban Eco-Footprints and the Vulnerability/Sustainability of Cities: An Invitation to Change.” Keynote address to the Alberta Green Buildings Association, Calgary Alberta. 9 March 2005.

“Is Humanity Fatally Successful?” Open public lecture sponsored by Environmental Management Program, Royal Roads University, Victoria BC. 28 February 2005.

“Contrasting Paradigms: Ecological Economics vs. Neoliberal Economics. Invited visiting lecture to students and faculty of the Environmental Management Program, Royal Roads University, Victoria BC. 28 February 2005.

“Sustainability with Equity: Are Human Nature and History on Side?” Invited presentation to the Symposium on ‘The Impoverishment of Human and Natural Capital.’ Environment Week, University of Alberta. 3 February 2005

“Wealth As a Buffer Against the Degradation of Life-Support Ecosystems” Invited presentation to the University of Alberta Public Health Sciences Grand Rounds Series. Edmonton, Alberta. 2 February 2005.

”When Consumption Does Violence: Ecological Constraints and Ethics for Sustainability.” Invited presentation to the project on “125 Ways to Green Your Parrish.” Anglican Diocese of New Westminster, Vancouver BC. 29 January 2005 “Energy and Society: Future Prospects” Invited Presentation to the Board of the International Joint Commission, Wosk Centre (SFU), Vancouver, BC. 26 January 2005

2004 “Eco-Footprinting Urban Sustainability.” Presentation as panel member, on panel ‘Conceiving the Ideal City: Prospects for Urban Sustainability in the

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21st Century’ as part of Living Out the Metropolis, St John’s College 2004-05 Speaker Series, UBC. 4 October 2004.

“Is Humanity Inherently Unsustainable? (And, if so, is there anything we can do about it?)” Invited guest lecture in earth and life sciences lecture series at the University of Victoria. 29 September 2004.

“Thinking Sustainability Using Ecological Footprint Analysis.” Featured open public lecture, City of Lethbridge (Alberta) Environment Week. Lethbridge, AB, 4 June 2004.

“Energy and Society: The Changing Future.” Invited presentation to the forum on ‘Envisaging Our Energy Future’ organized by the Institute for Ethical Leadership. Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BC, 22 March 2004.

“Why Conventional Sustainable Development Isn’t” Invited keynote presentation to Pacific Federal Council (senior federal public servants and bureaucrats). Vancouver, BC, March 2004.

“Is Homo Sapiens Inherently Unsustainable?” Invited presentation to special university seminar series on ‘Topics in Sustainable Development,’ University of Texas at Austin, 5 February 2004.

Several Lectures and seminars on human behaviour, eco-footprint analysis and sustainability to students of Geography, Political Science, Economics, etc., as Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin (River Falls), 17-20 February 2004.

“When Consumption Does Violence: Ecological Constraints and Ethics for Sustainability” Invited lecture to students at Regent College (UBC), 28 January 2004.

“On the (Un)Sustainability of Techno-Industrial Society: An Ecological Footprint Interpretation.” Invited lecture to UBC Applied Science course on sustainable development, 26 January 2004.

“Is Humanity Fatally Successful? Seeing through the lens of ecological footprint analysis.” Invited lecture to faculty and students of the University of Manitoba Faculty of Environment, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 23 January 2004

2003 Several presentations on sustainability, human ecology and ecological footprint analysis as Visiting Professor to the United Nations University course on biodiversity conservation, University of Ghent, Belgium. 10-12 December 2003.

“The Human Ecology of Globalization.” Invited presentation to World Federalists Association, Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, 20 November 2003.

“Is Aquaculture Sustainable? The Case of Farmed Salmon.” Invited presentation to a workshop on aquaculture, Canadian Federation of University Women, North Vancouver, BC. 17 November, 2003

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“On the Incompatibility of the Global Growth Model and Biodiversity Conservation.” Invited lecture to students of biodiversity, UBC Biological Sciences, Vancouver, 12 November 2003.

“Impeding Sustainability? The Ambiguous Role of Higher Education.” Invited Keynote address to the ‘Greening the Campus’ Conference of the Sierra Youth Coalition, Ottawa, Ontario. 3-5 October, 2003.

“Green Buildings: Toward Urban Sustainability.” Invited lecture to UBC School of Architecture course on green building and urban design. 26 September 2003.

“Ecological Footprint Analysis: A Tool for Regional Sustainability.” Invited keynote address to the ‘International Sustainability Conference,’ hosted by the Government of Western Australia, Fremantle. 19 September, 2003.

“The Origins, Theory and Practice of Ecological Footprint Analysis.” A Pre-‘International Sustainability Conference’ Workshop on: ‘Eco-Footprinting: How to Do It.’ Technology Park Centre, Bentley (Perth, Western Australia). 16 September 2003.

“Eco-footprinting, Globalization and Sustainability.” Invited presentation to a coalition of Washington State NGOs for ecological sustainability. Port Townsend, Washington. 11 September 2003.

“Tracking Sustainability: Lessons from Ecological Footprint Analysis.” Invited workshop presentation to Educational Coordinators, Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Cowichan Lake BC. 21 August 2003.

Several lectures/workshops as Visiting Professor, Environmental Studies Program, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, Montana. 14-15 April 2003.

“Impeding Sustainability? The Ambiguous Role of Higher Education.” Presentation as member of workshop panel on “The University’s Role in Sustainable Development,” Simon Fraser University Harbour Square Campus. 18 March 2003.

“Is Humanity Fatally Successful?” Invited Excellence in University Research lecture, Vancouver Institute Series. 15 March 2003.

“Why Cities Are Inherently Unsustainable.” Panel presentation as part of the Panel on Urban Sustainabillity at UBC’ Robson Square Campus (A UBC Research Awareness Week event).12 March 2003.

“Why Cities Are Inherently Unsustainable.” Panel presentation as part of the Panel on Urban Sustainabillity at UBC’ Robson Square Campus (A UBC Research Awareness Week event). 12 March 2003.

“When Consumption Does Violence: The Emerging Eco-Apartheid.” Invited lecture to faculty and students in the Resource Management and Environmental Studies Program, Simon Fraser University. 3 March 2003.

“Is H. Sapiens Inherently Unsustainable (and if so what can we do about it).” Invited open lecture to staff and students of Pearson College, Victoria, BC. 26

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2002 I delivered the following presentations and lectures while serving as the inaugural “Visiting Professor” in the rural studies program at the University of Guelph. 6-8 November 2002.

“Energy, Sustainability and the Collapse of Complex Societies: A Cautionary Tale.” Public lecture at the University of Guelph, sponsored by the Rural Studies Program. 7 November 2002.

The following lectures were delivered to students and faculty in several departments associated with the Rural Studies Program, University of Guelph (7-8 November 2002).

1. “Theory of Ecological Footprint Analysis”

2. “The Hidden Ecological Effects of Globalisation and World Trade” (8 November)

3. “Reflections on Evolution and the Human Prospect”

“Is Techno-Industrial Society Inherently Unsustainable?” Invited keynote presentation to the conference on “Living in a Finite world: Energy, Ecology and Equity.” Twisp, Washington. 19-20 October 2002.

“How Big Is Our Ecological Footprint? Invited workshop organized for the conference on Living in a Finite world: Energy, Ecology and Equity.” Twisp, Washington. 19-20 October 2002.

“Waking the Sleepwalkers: A Human Ecological Perspective on Prospects for Achieving Sustainability.” Opening lecture in the Hammond lecture series on the Human Ecological Footprint (a series dedicated to examining Prof Rees’ ecological footprint concept). Lecture to be broadcast on CBC Radio’s “Ideas” and published in a book of the lectures. University of Guelph. 26 September, 2002.

“Toward Environmental Citizenship: A Human Ecological Perspective.” Invited keynote address (one of three) to the Global Citizenship Conference, sponsored by the President’s Office, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. 5 September, 2002.

“Environmental Policy for Sustainability.” Invited Keynote presentation to annual meeting of the central Vancouver Island NDP membership, Port Alberni, BC. 17 August 2002.

Co-organizer and presenter (with Dr Sonia MacPherson, University of Alberta) of a special workshop on Buddhist Teachings and Sustainability. Edmonton, Alberta. 5-7 July, 2002.

“Why H. sapiens is Inherently Unsustainable (and what we can do about it)” Invited lecture to Environment, Forestry and Urban Planning programs,

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University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 16 May, 2002.

“Can Whistler be Sustainable? The Global Context.” Invited talk to NGOs and citizens organizations interested in a sustainable Whistler. BC. 2 May 2002.

“Globalization and Trade: Myth and Reality.” Invited lecture to interdisciplinary group in communications, geography, economics (etc.), University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta. 25 April 2002.

“Ecological Footprints: Tracking Progress Sustainability.” Invited keynote address to a meeting of Vancouver Island environmental organizations sponsored by the Mid-Island Streamkeepers, Parksville, BC. 19 April 2002.

“Using Ecological Footprint Analysis in Urban and Regional Planning.” Workshop for field personnel and invited guests, sponsored by the State of Victoria, Department of Environment. Melbourne, Australia. 9 April 2002.

“Ecological Footprints: Tracking Progress toward Sustainable Development” Invited Keynote address to the Business of the Environment component of ENVIRO 2002, Australia’s national biennial conference on environment and development. Melbourne, Austrialia. 8 April 2002.

“Is Humankind Inherently Unsustainable?” Opening Keynote address to the Annual General Meeting of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada, BC Region. 15 March 2002.

“A Conceptual Framework for the GVRD’s Sustainable Region Initiative.” Public Lecture in “Plan-Talk” series, Chateau Granville Hotel, Vancouver. 14 March 2002

“Why the ‘New Economy’ is Inherently Unsustainable.” Public lecture sponsored by the Nature Conservancy of Canada, the Department of Geography and the School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria. Victoria Convention Centre. 7 February 2002.

2001 “Toward Sustainable Development: Reducing Hamilton’s Ecological Footprint.” Public lecture and workshop sponsored by Citizens for a Sustainable Community. Hamilton, Ontario, 24 November 2001.

“Myth, Fairy Tales and Reality: The Cultural Context for Ecological and Socio-Economic Policy Development and Analysis.” Invited lecture/seminar for 250 officials of several BC government ministries, Victoria, BC. 21 November 2001.

“Globalization, Trade and the Environment: An Eco-footprint Interpretation.” Public Lecture at the GVRD Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve. 7 November, 2001.

“Protesting Globalization.” Public lecture on the factual basis for protesters’ objections to WTO- and NAFTA-type trade agreements. Sponsored by the Caledon Countryside Alliance, Caledon, Ontario 28 September.

“Ecological Footprint Analysis for Sustainable Development.” A public seminar and workshop sponsored by the Caledon Countryside Alliance,

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Caledon, Ontario. 29 September.

“So, You Think We’re Sustainable?” Invited presentation to the annual MENSA conference, Richmond, BC. 1 July 2001.

“Globalization, Global Change and Sustainability: An Ecological Footprint Approach.” Invited public lecture sponsored by the Sunshine Coast Recycling Society (and others). Gibsons, BC. 8 June, 2001.

“Why Net-Pen Salmon Farming is Unsustainable.” Invited public presentation, sponsored by Vancouver Island Streamkeepers and affiliated organizations, Comox, BC. 12 May 2001.

“Our Ecological Footprints: The Personal Factor in Sustainability,” An invited double seminar-workshop sponsored by the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts and the Muskegon Area Environmental Awards Committee, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 26-28 April, 2001.

“Neoliberal Economics and Sustainability: Conflict or Convergence?” Invited keynote paper to the annual StatsCan Economic Conference (Statistics Canada)Ottawa Congress Centre, Ottawa, Ontario. 4-6 June, 2001.

Energy, Sustainability and the Built Environment .Invited symposium presentation to “Buildings and Energy”, the annual conference of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association. Tufts University, Medford (Boston) Massachusetts, 22-23. March 2001.

Trade as Destroyer: Failed Assumptions and Hidden Impacts of Globalization. Invited plenary presentation to ‘Everybody's Business’ (Conference on trade and development organized by Mobilization for Global Justice) Vancouver, BC, 16-18 March, 2001.

Globalization, Trade and Sustainability: An Eco-footprint Analysis. Invited presentation to participants in the “Latin American Management Program” seminar series, Capilano College, North Vancouver BC, 6 March, 2001.

The Human Ecology of Cities: Implications of Eco-Footprint Analysis. Invited plenary presentation to the “1 Symposium Internazionale sulle Politiche de Riqualificazione Urbana Ecosostenibile” (1st International Symposium on the Politics of Defining Urban Eco-Sustainability), Padova, Italy, 2 March 2001.

The Fallacy of Urban Sustainability: An Ecological Footprint Assessment. Invited plenary presentation to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ “First Annual Sustainable Communities Conference and Trade Show”, Ottawa, Ontario, 8-12 February, 2001.

Coming to Consciousness: Confronting Failed Economics, Ecological Reality, and Eco-Injustice in a Growth-Addicted World. Invited presentation to the International Institute’s special guest lecture series, University of Alberta. 31 January, 2001 (Based on a paper of the same title presented to “Our Global Challenges”, University of Costa Rica, November, 2000).

2000 Globalization and Sustainability: Challenges for Agriculture. Presentation to

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annual conference of the Canadian Centre for Sustainable Agriculture. Humboldt, Saskatchewan, 8 December 2000.

The Human Ecological Footprint: Tracking (the lack of) Progress Toward Sustainability. Invited guest lecture to the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 20 November 2000.

Visioning Eco-Sustainability: What’s Required and What’s Blocking Progress. Invited plenary presentation to “Building a Post-Corporate Society” (annual conference of the Parkland Institute, University of Alberta). University of Alberta, Edmonton, 17-19 November 2000.

Introduction to Eco-footprinting: Implications for Sustainability. Invited lecture to Environmental Studies Program, Langara College. Vancouver, 3 November 2000.

Eco-Footprinting: Indicators for Sustainability. Invited lecture to the LCSR Education Program. North Vancouver, BC, 25 October 2000.

The Eco-Footprints of Energy and Material Use: When Consumption Does Violence. Invited presenter to Environment Canada’s Policy Research Seminar Series, Ottawa, 12 October 2000.

Does Increasing Energy/Material Efficiency Save Energy and Spare the Environment? (and if not, where do we go from here?). Invited symposium presentation to “Canada’s Energy Efficiency Conference”, Congress Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, 9-12 October 2000.

Thermodynamics and Mass Balance: Physical Roadblocks on the Path to Zero Waste. Invited presentation to the annual conference of the Recycling Council of BC, “Zero Waste: Creating Resources for the New Economy”. Heritage Hall, Vancouver, 3 October 2000.

Eco-Footprint Indicators of Urban and Regional (Un)Sustainability. Invited keynote address to EAC-2000 Conference – “Growth and Resource Sustainability: The Role of EACs” (Ontario Environmental Advisory Councils). Caledon, Ontario, 30 September 2000.

Conceptual Issues in Eco-Footprinting the University Campus. Invited presentation to the “Sustainable Campuses Conference”, hosted by the University of Victoria, Royal Roads University, and the Sierra Youth Coalition. Royal Roads University, 21-24 September 2000.

The Dark Side of the Force (of Globalization). Invited keynote address to the LEAD International Training Session on “Globalization and Sustainability: Impact on Local Communities”. Leadership for Environment and Development, Vancouver sessions, Vancouver, BC, 13 August 2000.

Biophysical Barriers to Sustainable Development: An Eco-Footprint Interpretation. Invited policy seminar for the Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Agency, Government of Queensland. Brisbane, Australia, 11 July 2000.

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Sustainability Implications of Eco-Footprint Analysis. Invited “Eco-Footprinting Workshop” for Griffiths University, the University of Queensland and various Queensland government agencies. Riverglenn Conference Centre, Indooroopilly (Brisbane), Australia, 10-11 July 2000.

Population, Consumption, and Energy: Liebig’s Law and Sustainability. Invited presentation to Environmental Studies Program, Royal Roads University. Victoria, BC 12 April 2000.

Humans as Patch-Disturbers:The Human Ecology of Sustainability. Invited keynote address to “Great Lakes, Great Rivers”, the annual conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research. Cornwall, Ontario, 21-26 May 2000.

The Urban Sustainability Multiplier: Greening the Built Environment. Invited keynote presentation to the annual conference of the Wisconsin Green Building Alliance. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7-8 April 2000.

1999 a)“Toward a Human Ecological Approach to Environmental Education” b)“Measuring Human Impacts: Ecological Footprint Analysis” c)“Global Change and Population Health” Three invited workshop presentations at the European Council of International Schools’ Annual Conference, Nice, France, 18-21 November, 1999.

“The Myth of Sustainability: An Ecological Footprint Analysis”. Inaugural Lecture, Barbara and Bertram Cohn Distinguished Lecturers Series, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, 17 November, 1999.

“Reducing the Footprint of Waste”. Invited keynote address to the Coast Waste Management Association Annual Conference, Courtenay, BC, 27-29 October, 1999.

“How Humans Consume the Earth: An Ecological Footprint Analysis”. Invited workshop presentation to the Down to Earth conference, Southhampton, UK, 22-24 September, 1999.

“Sustainable Consumption - The Environmental Viewpoint”, invited presentation to Down to Earth Youth Conference, Barton Peveril College, Eastleigh, UK, 23 September, 1999.

“Ecological Footprint Analysis and the Growth Ethic”. Invited workshop presentation to the annual Business, Environment, Learning, and Leadership (BELL) conference (Theme: The Teaching of Sustainable Enterprise) at the Faculty of Business Administration, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 9-11 July, 1999.

“The Built Environment and the Ecosphere: A Global Perspective”. Keynote presentation to the American Institute of Architects’ Annual Conference, Dallas Texas, 6-9 May, 1999.

“Economic (monetary) and Ecological Assessments of Sustainable Development”. Invited seminar for officials of Environment Canada, Downsview (Toronto) Ontario, 23 February, 1999.

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“Humans as ‘Patch Disturbers’ and the Sustainability Dilemma”. Invited joint open lecture to the Faculty of Environmental Studies (York University) and the Institute for Environmental Studies (University of Toronto), 23 February, 1999.

“Elements of Urban Sustainability: Part Two”. Presentation to the City of Toronto Environmental Task Force, Toronto, Ontario, 23 February, 1999.

“Elements of Urban Sustainability: Part One”. Presentation to open public meeting of the City of Toronto Environmental Task Force, Toronto, Ontario, 22 February, 1999.

“Redefining Environmental Education: A human Ecology Approach”. Invited keynote talk to Independent Schools Association Conference, Sustaining our Planet: Environmental Awareness and Action Steps, San Antonio, Texas, 4 February, 1999.

1998 “Ecological Footprints: Toward a Measure of Sustainability”. Invited guest lecture, Faculty of Forestry, University of Washington, Seattle WA, 18 November, 1998.

“Global Change, Resources, and Agriculture: A British Columbia Perspective”. Discussion paper prepared for the BC Provincial Agricultural Land Commission, October, 1998

“Revising Curriculum for Environmental Studies”. Invited presentation to administration and faculty at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) workshop on environmental studies, 14 October, 1998.

“Parameters of Sustainability”. Invited presentation to select IDRC workshop on sustainable development, Toronto, Ontario, 15 June, 1998.

“Let’s Just Assume We’re Sustainable”. Invited panel presentation to Wild Thinking for the 21st Century, an international workshop of the Foundation for Deep Ecology, Marin Headlands (San Francisco) CA, USA, 24-27 June, 1998.

“Monitoring Progress toward Sustainability”. Invited guest lecture, Environmental Science Program, Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC (11 May 1998).

“The Arteries of Life”. Invited keynote address to Our Endangered Rivers conference, Richmond, BC, 5 May, 1998.

“Consumption and the Ecological Crisis: Footprints to the ‘Smoking Gun.’” Invited Keynote Address, Environmental and Outdoor Education Council (Alberta Teachers’ Association) Conference ’98, World Without Borders. Nakoda Lodge, Morley Alberta. 25 April, 1998.

“Thinking Human Ecology.” Invited participatory workshop presentation and commentary for the Environmental and Outdoor Education Council (Alberta Teachers’ Association) Conference ’98, “World Without Borders.” Nakoda Lodge, Morley Alberta. 24 April, 1998.

“Sustainability and the Second Law: Time to Ante Up.” Invited presentation

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to University of New Hampshire Environmental Studies Program. Durham, New Hampshire. 15 April, 1998.

“The Ecology and Economics of Sustainable Development (or, Why Conventional Sustainable Development Isn’t).” Invited presentation to Dartmouth College (NH) Environmental Studies Program and others. Montshire Museum, Norwich, Vermont. 15 April, 1998.

“Ecological Footprint Analysis: A Tool to Monitor Sustainability.” Invited presentation and commentary to Environmental Studies class, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. 16 April, 1998.

“Ecological Footprints: The Measure of Humans as a Patch Disturbance Species.” Invited presentation to Environmental Studies Program, Hanover High School, Hanover New Hampshire.16 April, 1998.

“The Ecology and Economics of Sustainable Development (or, Why Conventional Sustainable Development Isn’t).” Invited presentation to Environmental Education Program, Kimbal Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire. 16 April, 1998.

“Economic Growth, Conservation, and Sustainability: Footprints to an Ethical Dilemma.” Invited Keynote Presentation, 5th Prairie Conservation and Endangered Species Conference (University of Saskatchewan). Saskatoon Inn, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 22 February, 1998.

1997 “Coming to Grips with Reality – Economic Instruments and Social Policy for Sustainability.” Invited presentation to the Recycling Council of Ontario’s 18th Annual Conference Session on Economic Instruments. London Conference Centre, London, Ontario. 27-29 October, 1997

“Eco-Footprints and the Second law: The Ecology and Sustainability of Cities”. Invited Keynote paper to the symposium on Regions and Cities Looking Ahead. Frankfurt, Germany. 7 October, 1997.

“What Science Writers Should Write about the Challenge of Sustainability.” Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Science Writers’ Association. Vancouver, BC. 6 June, 1997.

“Why Urban Agriculture?” Presentation to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Vancouver workshop on Urban Agriculture: A Growth Industry. 20 May 1997.

“Barriers and Roadblocks to Sustainability.” Featured speaker in the University of Minnesota’s Institute for Social, Economic, and Ecological Sustainability seminar series, St. Paul Minnesota. 23 May, 1997.

“What Does Sustainable Consumption Really Mean? Global Trends in Consumption and Production.” Invited presentation to National Workshop-Conference on ‘Moving Towards Sustainable Consumption and Production: Building a Community of Concern and Commitment’ (Environment Canada). Alymer, Québec. 26-27 May, 1997.

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“Why Urban Agriculture.” Opening Address, special IDRC symposium on: ‘Cities Feeding People - A Growth Industry,’ Vancouver, BC. 20 May 1997.

“Rural-Urban Linkages in Achieving Sustainability.” Key-note address, Annual General Meeting Nicola Valley Community Round Table on Environment and Economy. Merritt, BC. 5 April, 1997.

“Relating Individual, Community, and Ecosystems Heath: A Note on Eco-Parasitism.” Panel presentation to workshop on environmental health issues in the Lower Fraser Basin (Fraser Basin Health Program of Health Canada and BC Ministry of Heath). New Westminster, BC. 26 March, 1997.

“The Ecology of Community Sustainability.” Keynote paper to University of Western Washington symposium on Sustainable Communities. UWW Fairhaven College. 22 March, 1997.

“Eco-Footprints: Can Cities be Sustainable?” Session key-note presentation to the ‘Ecological Footprints Debates’ organized by the International Institute for the Urban Environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 14-16 March, 1997.

1996 “Biophysical Foundations of Sustainable Development.” Key-note address to annual meeting of the Boulder County Healthy Communities Initiative, Boulder, Colorado. 3 December, 1996.

“The Role of Biophysical Measurements in Assessing Sustainability.” Invited speaker in York University’s seminar series on Global Political Economy and Ecology. Toronto, Ontario, 21 November, 1996.

“Why Conventional Sustainable Development Isn’t.” Featured Public Lecture associated with York University’s seminar series on Global Political Economy and Ecology. Toronto, Ontario, 20 November, 1996.

“Why We Aren’t Achieving Sustainability.” Presentation to University of Victoria Faculty of Law Public Lecture series on sustainable development. 8 November, 1996.

“Is the Vancouver Metropolitan Region Ecologically Sustainable?” Presentation to Simon Fraser University City Program series on the future of the Greater Vancouver Region. 6 November, 1996.

“Carrying Capacity and Ecological Footprints: A Rationale for Biophysical Planning for Sustainable Urban Regions.” Presentation as Resource Person for LEAD International (Rockefeller Foundation) International Session on Rural-Urban Dynamics and Sustainable Development. Okinawa, Japan 16-28 October, 1996.

“The Ecological Imperative of Sustainability.” Invited key-note address to the Dunsmuir II Conference on moving toward sustainable resource management in BC. Victoria (Dunsmuir Lodge) 7 October, 1996.

“Ecological Footprints: Implications for Bioregionalism.” Presentation to Institute for Bioregional Studies 1996 Summer Program, University of Prince

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Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, 21 August, 1996.

“The Biophysical Basis of Sustainability.” Lectures introducing the ecological footprint concept to the Global Living Project, Summer Institute, Winlaw, BC, 19-20 July, 1996.

“Biophysics and the Ecological Footprints of International Development.” Lecture-workshop as part of the University of Calgary International Centre’s Summer Institute on Participatory Development, Calgary,15-18 July, 1996

“Planning for Sustainability: Regional and Global Dimensions.” Lecture-workshop as part of Harmony Foundation Summer Institute on Environmental Education. Pearson College, Sooke-Metchosin, BC, 14 July, 1996.

“Ecological Economics, Eco-footprinting, and Fiscal Reform.” Invited presentation to: “New Concepts in Ecosystems Management,” a short-course for forest managers co-sponsored by US Forest Service and BC Ministry of Forests (Menucha [Portland], Oregon, 3-7 June 1996).

“Toward a Sustainable Footprint.” Luncheon keynote speech to the Canadian and US Boards of Directors, of Ecotrust (Ecotrust Canada) (Vancouver, 24 May 1996).

“Ecological Footprints and the Urban Problem.” Keynote paper to European conference of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, Münster, Germany (June, 1996).

“Energy Efficient Communities: Global Imperative, Local Implementation.” Keynote paper to the concurrent session on this topic, Planning Institute of British Columbia 1996 Conference (Harrison Hot Springs, BC, 15-17 May 1996)

“Getting the Problem Right.” Keynote address, Annual General Meeting, BC Environment Network (Vancouver, BC, 3 May 1996). (Televised frequently on the Rogers’ Cable network.)

“Environmental Advocacy and the Role of Biologists in Public Policy.” Keynote address (one of three) to the Annual General Meeting of the Association of Professional Biologists (Vancouver, BC, 29-30 April, 1996).

“Measuring Carrying Capacity and Reducing Human Impacts.” Featured speaker, Earth Day Public Forum sponsored by Zero Population Growth, Audubon Society, Sierra Club, EarthSave, and Sustainable Community Roundtable (Olympia, WA, 20 April 1996)

“The ‘Footprints’ of Human Settlements.” Panel Presentation to HOPES conference on sustainability and design (Eugene, OR, 12 April 1996).

“Urban Ecological Footprints: Biophysical and Thermodynamic Dimensions of Sustainability.” Keynote paper (one of three) to the OECD / Germany Conference on Sustainable Urban Development (Berlin, Germany, 19-21 March 1996)

“Revisiting Carrying Capacity: The Eco-Footprinting Approach.” Invited

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seminar presentation to the Board of Directors, Carrying capacity Network (Washington, DC, 8 February 1996).

“Ecological Footprints and the Sustainability Gap.” 4th Annual David Sheperd Family Lecture, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Trent University, (Peterborough, Ontario, 29 Jan 1996).

1995 “Managing the Environment or Managing Ourselves?” Keynote speaker, Christmas Dinner session of the Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Environmental Managers Association. Bayshore Inn, Vancouver, BC (12 December, 1995)

“Are Third World Cities Sustainable?: A Global View.” Keynote lecture, Megacities: Crises and Challenges conference, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan (16-17 November, 1995) [ Attendence cancelled due to scheduling conflict]

“Living Within Carrying Capacity: Sustainable Prosperity for Cascadia.” Keynote speaker, Fourth Annual Northwest Population Conference (organized by ZPG Seattle). Seattle, Washington (21 October, 1995)

Lectures on Planning for Sustainability: Regional and Global Dimensions as part of Harmony Foundation Summer Institute on Environmental Education. Pearson College, Sooke-Metchosin, BC (10-11 July, 1995).

“Ecological Footprints: Implications for Bioregionalism.” Presentation to Institute for Bioregional Studies 1995 Summer Program, The Ovens, Nova Scotia (13-16 July, 1995).

“Understanding Our Ecological Footprint.” Invited presentation to An Assessment of Thinking tools for Sustainability, a workshop sponsored by the Fraser Basin Management Program. Vancouver, BC, 8 June 1995.

“Ecological Economics. Invited keynote to “A Policy Forum: New Directions in Economics,” organized by a consortium of BC government ministries. 1 June, 1995.

“Ecological Economics, Environment, and Fiscal Policy.” Invited Presentation to the Meeting of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, Council of Ministers, Haines Junction, Yukon. 15 May 1995.

“Growth, Ecological Footprints, and the Moral Imperative of Sustainability.” Invited lecture, Ohio State University Research Forum. 10 May, 1995.

“Social, Economic, and Environmental Sustainability-Agriculture’s Role.” Invited speaker at “Sustaining the Land, Securing the Future,” a seminar sponsored by the Comox Valley Farmers’ Institute. 9 March, 1995.

“Ecological Footprints and Sustainable Communities.” Invited lecture, “Building a Sustainable Community” speaker series, Environmental Science Program, Capilano College, North Vancouver, BC. 7 March, 1995.

“Natural Capital and Environmental Policy.” Invited lecture and seminar, Environment and Policy Instutute at Carleton, Carleton University, Ottawa,

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Ontario. 15-16 February, 1995.

“Ecological Economics: Implications for Sustainable Development Policy.” Invited presentation to joint meeting of the Strategic Planning Committee and the Environmental Protection Committee of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME). Edmonton, Alberta, 13 January, 1995.

1994 “Reducing the Ecological Footprint of Consumption.” Invited paper to “The Workshop on Policy Measures for Changing Consumption Patterns.” Hosted by Korea Environmental Technology Research Institute, (Seoul, Korea, 30 August – 1 September 1995).

“Measuring our Ecological Footprint: The Urban Connection.” Special invited workshop prepared for Global Forum’94. Manchester, England 23-29 June, 1994 (presented three times).

“Consuming More while Consuming Less: Resource Scarcity and Material Decoupling.” Invited plenary presentation to Global Forum’94. Manchester, England 23-29 June, 1994.

“The Coming Paradigm Shift.” Keynote address to Waste, Community, and Economy: Searching for Sustainable Solutions, the Annual Conference of the Recycling Council of BC, Kelowna, BC, 9-10 June, 1994.

“The Emerging Global Economy.” Invited plenary paper to the Global Change Forum, Canadian Meterological and Oceanographic Society Annual Conference. Ottawa, Ontario, 30 May 1994.

“Sustainability and the Urban Question.” Invited presenetation to the annual Okanagan Mainline Municipal Association Convention. Kamloops, BC, 5-6 May, 1994.

“Sustaining Agriculture: Laissez-faire or Planned Growth?” Invited presentation to Sustainable Agriculture and the Ethic of Growth, the Annual General Meeting of the BC Institute of Agrologists. Fort St. John, BC, 17-19 March, 1994.

“EcoFootprints and the Land Ethic.” Opening plenary presentation to Stewardship ‘94, a Symposium on Revisiting the Land Ethic: Caring for the Land. Vancouver, BC 3-5 March, 1994.

“Future Directions for State of Environment Reporting.” Seminar presentation to UBC Continuing Studies Program on The State of BC’s Environment. Vancouver, 26 May, 1994.

“Measuring the Ecological Footprint of the Greater Vancouver Region.” Seminar presentation to the Collaborative Forum on the Planning and Management of Metropolitan Regions. UBC Centre for Human Settlements, 9 May-3 June, 1994.

“Why We Won’t Achieve Sustainability by 2000.” Invited presentation to BC Liberal Party Public forum on the Environment. Victoria, BC, 26 April, 1994

“The Meaning of Sustainability.” Invited panel presentation to Design

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Choices for a Sustainable Future (BC Hydro’s Sustainable Communities Working Group Symposium). Vancouver, 11 March, 1994. “On Economic and Technological Efficiency: A Cautionary Note.” Invited presentation to the Symposium on Sustainable Consumption sponsored by the Ministry of Environment, Norway. Oslo, Norway 19-20 January, 1994.

1993 “Ecological Footprints: A New Indicator of Biophysical Limits to Material Growth.” Presentation to the Working Group Meeting on Sustainable Development, Poverty Eradication, and Macro-Micro Policy Adjustments. International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2-4 December, 1993

Commentator on “Commonplaces and Heresies about the Human-Ecosystem Interface” (by Dr Ted Schrecker) at the Colloquium on Sustainable Development Reporting (sponsored by the National Round Table on Environment and Economy). London, Ontario 25-26 November, 1993.

“Environment and Global Strife.” Invited presentation to the Gabriola Island Peace Association. Gabriola, BC, 22 November, 1993.

“Alternative Economic Paradigms: Implications for Energy Policy.” Invited presentation to the BC Energy Council. 13 September, 1993

Workshop participant, Sustainability, Trade, and Distributive Justice sponsored by Westminster Institute for Ethics and Human Values (University of Western Ontario) at UBC/SDRI 1-2 September, 1993.

“Clashing Paradigms: Should We Invest in Natural Capital?” Invited closing lecture, BC Hydro Environment Week Celebrations (Vancouver, 11 June 1993)

“Economic Growth and the Displacement of Non-Human Species: A Crisis for Biodiversity.” Keynote address (one of three), Annual Conference, Alberta Wilderness Association (Lac La Biche, 15 May 1993).

“Ecological Footprints and Human Carrying Capacity as Indicators of Economic Sustainability.” Keynote address at Catching the Wave! Planning and the Land-Water Interface, Annual Conference of the Alberta Association, Canadian Institute of Planners (Medicine Hat, 13-16 May 1993).

“An Ecological Economics Perspective on Alternative Futures for BC.” Invited lecture, BC Hydro’s Sixth Annual Electrical Energy Forum (Victoria, 3 May 1993).

“Economics and Ecology: Two Hypotheses on Carrying Capacity.” Invited presentation to University of Alberta and Alberta government environmental scientists at the Environmental Research and Studies Centre, University of Alberta (Edmonton, 21 April 1993).

“Trade as Anathema to Sustainability: Carrying Capacity Considerations.” Presentation to faculty and students in UBC Department of Geography Seminar Series, 24 February 1993.

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“Ecological Implications of NAFTA.” Presentation in the President’s Special Series on the implications of the North American Free Trade Agreement. UBC Instructional Resources Centre, 9 February 1993.

1993 One of three presenters on behalf of UBC on Research Related to Sustainable Development at UBC, a special seminar to the Provincial NDP Caucus (Victoria, 4 May 1993).

Participant, First Annual Workshop on Sustainable Development sponsored by University of Victoria’s Centre for Sustainable Regional Development. (Dunsmuir Lodge, 5 April 1993)

Workshop/Seminar on Natural Capital, Carrying Capacity, and Sustainability. Sole presenter at one-day open workshop sponsored by National Parks Service (Environment Canada) for federal and provincial government personnel and interested NGOs and citizens’ groups (Revelstoke, BC, 26 March 1993).

Workshop participant, SOER Conceptual Models Workshop (Sustainability Indicators for Canada), sponsored by State of Environment Reporting Division, Environment Canada (Vancouver, 16 March 1993).

Workshop participant on goals for the Puget Sound - Georgia Pacific Basin Sustainable Ecoregion proposal (Washington State and British Columbia). (Nanaimo, BC, 14-15 January, 1993).

Seminar Instructor, Simon Fraser University series on Environment, Ethics, and Society, (Harbour Centre, Vancouver, 21 November, 1993)

Workshop participant, Sustainability, Trade, and Distributive Justice sponsored by Westminster Institute for Ethics and Human Values (University of Western Ontario) at UBC/SDRI 1-2 September, 1993.

Participating instructor, Second Summer Seminar of the Centre for European Studies (University of Trier, Germany) on Sustainable Development and the Future of Cities. The Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany, 22-29 August, 1992.

“The Natural Capital Concept in Ecological Economics.” Lecture to faculty and students, UBC Plant Sciences Department, 1993.

“Forests as Natural Capital.” Lecture to Faculty of Forestry undergraduates, 10 March 1993.

“Preserving Agricultural Land: Implications of the Constant Natural Capital Stocks Criterion for Sustainability.” Lecture to students in Agricultural Sciences and Agricultural Economics, 5 March 1993.

1992 “Sustainability and Appropriated Carrying Capacity.” Invited paper, “EcoWorld 92” Conference (Sponsored by the American society of Mechanical Engineers). Washington, DC. 14-17 June 1992.

“Ecological Footprints and Appropriated Carrying Capacity: What Urban Economics Leaves Out.” Paper presented in Urban Economics/Development Stream, “Globe ‘92” Conference. Vancouver, BC. 18 March 1992.

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“Consumption, Cars, and Consciousness.” Paper presented as part of a special panel on Consumption and Sustainability (with the private auto as a symbolic reference point). ‘Globe ‘92’ Conference. Vancouver, BC. 18 March 1992.

“Global Economic Growth and Biodiversity: Are they Compatible?” Keynote address for the Montana Wilderness Association’s 34thAnnual Convention on the theme of Biodiversity: “There’s Magic in the Web of It.” (Bozeman, Montana 4-5 December, 1992.)

“Merging Economic and Ecological Paradigms.” Invited presentation to Science Forum’92: Science for Sustainable Development, organized by the Office of the Science Advisor for Environment Canada scientists and policy advisors (Ottawa, 31 Nov - 2 Dec, 1992).

“Technological Implications of Sustainability.” Keynote address, Sustainable Communities Workshop organized by Municipal Engineers Division, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (Vancouver BC, 18 September 1992).Impact Assessment, Politics, and Appropriated Carrying Capacity. Lecture to Civil Engineering students. 2 December 1992.

Invited expert, Northwest Area Foundation Workshop on Sustainable Development, organized by the Northwest Renewable Resources Center. Seattle, Washington, 14-15 Dec 1992.

“Biodiversity and Economic Growth: Are They Compatible?” Keynote Speaker, Annual Conference of the Montana Wilderness Association. Bozeman, Mont., 4-6 Dec, 1992.

“Merging Economic and Ecological Paradigms.” Keynote speaker and resource person, Science Forum ‘92 organized by Environment Canada. Ottawa, 30 Nov-3 Dec, 1992

“Natural Capital in Relation to Regional/Global Concepts of Carrying Capacity.” Keynote presenter and resource person, Workshop on Ecological Economics: Emergence of a New Development Paradigm for Canada-Southeast Asia Partnerships. Organized for CIDA by Institute for Research on Environment and Economy University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, 7-10 Nov 1992. “Appropriated Carrying Capacity and the Limits to Technological Efficiency.” Keynote address to the International Meeting on Buildings and the Environment. Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, 27-29 Sept 1992.

“Implications of Sustainability.” Keynote address, Sustainable Communities Workshop organized by Municipal Engineers Division, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC. Vancouver BC, 18 September 1992

Participating Instructor, Second Summer Seminar of the Centre for European Studies (University of Trier, Germany) on Sustainable Development and the Future of Cities. The Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany, 22-29 August, 1992.

“The Ecological Economics of Sustainability.” Invited presentation to the

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Alberta Round Table on Economy and the Environment. Edmonton, 12 June 1992.

“The Ecological Economics of Sustainability.” Invited address to Annual Meeting of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. Yellowstone, Montana, 28-31 May 1992.

“Globalization: The International Context for Resource Management Conflicts in BC.” Keynote address, Annual General Meeting of the Galiano Conservancy Association, Galiano Island BC, 16 May, 1992.

“On Natural Capital and Sustainability: Metapolicy Principles for the Screening of Development Initiatives.” Presentation to Workshop on Approaches to Policy Assessment organized by the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) for the Ministry of Environment, Government of Indonesia (Sponsored By the World Bank). Jakarta, Indonesia. 8-9 May 1992.

“Ecological Principles Relevant to Population Growth and Carrying Capacity.” Presentation to Workshop on Population, Resources, and Development organized for the Ministry of Environment, Government of Indonesia (Sponsored by CIDA through EMDI [Environmental Manpower Development for Indonesia]). Jakarta, Indonesia. 4-5 May 1992.

“Fish Stocks and Forests as Natural Capital: Will Ecological Economics Save the World?” Invitational seminar for scientific staff of the Pacific Biological Research Station, Nanaimo, BC. 13 April 1992.

“Education for Sustainable Development.” Seminar Presentation to National Round Table on Economy and the Environment (Education Committee). Winnipeg, Manitoba. 25 March 1992.

“The (Im)possibility of Sustainable Development in a Neoclassical World.” Special guest seminar for faculty and students in Economics and Resource Management, Simon Fraser University. 5 March 1992.

1991 “Global Change and Natural Capital: Implications for Environmental Law.” Presentation to first Annual General Meeting, Sierra Legal Defence Fund, Gabriola Island, 16 November 1991.

Panelist and commentator, invitational workshop on Ethics and the Environment: Perspectives on Sustainable Development. Dunsmuir Lodge, University of Victoria, Victoria BC, 13-16 November 1991 (sponsored by Simon Fraser University).

Invitational workshop on possible research collaboration sponsored by Canadian Network on Social Policy and Environmental Law. Ottawa, Ontario 2-3 November, 1991.

“Economics, the Ecosphere, and International Development.” Keynote presentation to Fall Conference of the British Columbia Council for International Cooperation. (Nanaimo BC, 4 October 1991).

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“Conserving Natural Capital: The Key to Sustainable Development.” Keynote Address, Howe Sound Environmental Science Workshop (Coordinated by Geological Survey of Canada) (Bowen Island BC, 30 Sept - 3 October, 1991).

Participating Instructor, Summer Seminar of the Centre for European Studies (University of Trier, Germany) on Sustainable Development and the Future of Cities. The Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany, 7-13 September, 1991.

“Perspectives for a Sustainable World,” unit presented as a Participating Instructor, in the Summer Institute in Global Education (BC Global Education Project) Victoria BC, 13 August 1991.

“Global Ecological Change: Implications for International Development.” Keynote Address, International Congress of the Christian Children’s Fund. 10 June, 1991.

“The Contribution of Motor Vehicle Fuel Combustion to Regional Air Quality and Global Change.” Presentation to British Columbia Trucking Association Annual Conference. Harrison Hot Springs, BC, 6-9 June 1991.

“Public Health and Global Change: In Search of a New Worldview.” Keynote Address, Alberta Public Health Association Annual Conference. Grande Prairie, Alberta 29 May, 1991.

“The Public’s Role in Clearing the Air.” Panel presentation to BC Environmental Affairs Conference (Air and Waste Management Association, BC Ministry of Environment, GVRD, Environment Canada). Vancouver 30 April 1991.

Panel Moderator for The Environment: Thinking Globally and Acting Locally, PIBC 1991 Conference, 17-21 April.

“Integrating Development and Environmental Protection.” Presented to Environment and Development: Partners in the 1990s, 32nd Annual Workshop, Oldman River Regional Planning Commission, Lethbridge, Alberta. 21 March 1991. (Proceedings).

“Sustainable Development: Economic Myths and Ecological Realities.” Invited public lecture, Carleton University Environmental Science Program. Ottawa, 13 March 1991.

“The Ecology of Global Trade.” Keynote Address, BC Environmental Network Annual Spring Conference. Vancouver, 9 March 1991.

“The Ecology of Responsible Consumerism.” Presentation to Volunteer Training Workshop organized by The Sage Foundation, Vancouver BC. 16 March 1991.

Panel Member, State of the the Strait Conference (Georgia Strait Alliance), Nanaimo, BC. 22-24 Feb 1991.

“Ecological Consequences of the Gulf War.” Double lecture presentation to North Okanagan Teachers Association Annual Convention. Vernon, 22 February 1991.

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“Stable Communities through Sustainable Forestry.” Presented to Transition to Tomorrow, conference on community-based forestry, Victoria, BC. 14-16 February, 1991.

“Global Ecological Issues.” Seminar presentation to Board of Directors, BC “Save the Children” Fund. Vancouver, 22 January 1991.

1990 “How Disposable Is It?” Presentation to: Pathways to Excellence, Annual Meeting, Canadian Association of Nephrology Nurses and Technicians. Vancouver, 28-30 November 1990.

“Environment, Economics, and Public Health.” Presentation to: Annual Convention of the Saskatchewan Health-Care Association. Regina, 7 November 1990.

“Ecology’s Bottom Line.” Keynote address to: Vancouver’s Environment: The Next Three Years, an all-party public meeting leading up to the Vancouver municipal election (sponsored by CUPE Metro Vancouver District Council and Lower Mainland NDP Green Caucus). 4 November 1990.

“Urbanization: What Price? Who Pays?” Presentation to: Green Directions: Focus on Urban Environment, a conference organized by Surrey-White Rock Environmental Coalition.

“Sustainable Communities: Theoretical Foundations.” Opening section of one-day seminar on planning for sustainable communities, UBC Continuing Education in Planning Programs. October 1990.

“Maintaining Natural Capital: Ecology’s Bottom Line.” Presented to: The Greening of the 1990s - Solutions to Emerging Problems (Alberta Society of Professional Biologists and Canadian Water Resources Association) Edmonton, Alberta, 23-24 October 1990.

“Defining Sustainable Development: Maintaining Natural Capital.” Presented to: Sustainable Development in Resource-Based Communities (Seventh Annual Conference of the BC/Yukon Business Development Centres and Community Futures Groups) Quesnel, BC. 19-22 September 1990.

“Defining Sustainable Development.” Keynote address: Atlantic Planners Institute Annual Conference. Fredericton, NB, 27-29 September 1990.

“Development and Global Change: The Ethical Dimension.” Lecture and Workshop, co-sponsored by the Victoria branches of the Unitarian Church, Voice of Women, and the Sierra Club. Victoria, BC, 10 June 1990.

“Youth, Environment, and Sustainable Development.” Keynote Address, Moscrop Secondary School Environment Conference. Burnaby, 1 June 1990.

“Economics and Ecology of Sustainable Development.” Presentation to Bowen Island citizens study group. Bowen Island, 30 April 1990.

“The Reality and Politics of Atmospheric Change.” Presentation as member of “The Ozone Crisis Panel,” Annual Meeting, British Columbia Environmental Network. Vancouver, 1 April 1990.

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“The Ecological Economics of Global Change.” Opening address to Globe ‘90, Global Issues, Session One: The Challenges of Global Change. Vancouver, 20 March 1990.

“Agriculture, Uncertainty, and Future Food Security.” Introductory paper to Globe ‘90 Agriculture Session 3: Opportunities for sustainable Agriculture. Vancouver, 21 March 1990.

“Global Warming: Myth or Reality?” Presentation as panel member to “Where Are We - Current Realities” (Vancouver Community College, Langara Campus) 13 March 1990.

“Perspectives on Sustainable Development in Forestry and Agriculture.” Keynote. 75th Anniversary of the Faculty of Forestry and Agriculture, University of Alberta. 12 March 1990.

“The Hamburger Connection: Global Change, Food Security, and Third World Agriculture.” Contribution to seminar series on sustainable development, Environmental Studies Program, University of Victoria. Victoria, 6 March 1990.

“Healthy Communities in an Era of Global Change.” Lecture to multidisciplinary staff of Vancouver Health Department. 8 February 1910.

“Ecological Factors in Ethical Investment.” Presentation to Vancouver City Savings Credit Union “Ethical Growth Fund” unit-holders. 29 January 1990.

“The Citizen’s Role in the Politics of the Environment.” Lecture to Douglas Park Community Centre Recycling Group. 21 January 1990.

“Global Environmental Change: Implications for the Health Care Industry.” Double workshop for Annual Convention, Registered Nurses Association of BC. (Convention Theme: “New Directions for Health Care”) 2 May 1990

“Sustainable Development and the Developing World.” Workshop Presentation to “The Dubé Symposium” sponsored by the Global Village (Nanaimo) (International Development Education Association) Nanaimo, 21 April 1990

“The Ecological Meaning of Environment-Economy Integration.” Double Workshop Presentation to Environment and Health Globally: Strategies for Action (Oxfam global Health Project) Vancouver, 16 March 1990.

“An Overview of Global Environmental Change.” Seminar for 1990 Regional Meeting of the Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors. 19 January 1990.

Invited participant, Working Group chair, and rapporteur, GVRD Workshop on Environment (Livable Region update planning process). New Westminster, 12 January 1990.

h) Miscellaneous additional professional activities

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2008 Fellow, Post-Carbon Institute.

2007 Founding Member and Director of the OneEarth Initiative, a Vancouver-based think-tank an consultancy oriented toward developing policies for sustainable consumption and production and the movement toward a steady-state economy.

2006 Technical workshop on the Theory, Methods and Policy Implications of Ecological Footprint Analysis with a comparison of Iowa and the United States, for the Annual Conference of the Iowa Environmental Council, How Big is Our Splash: Water Quality and the Ecological footprints of Iowans) Ames, Iowa. 29 September 2006

2005 Academic/Technical advisor and overseer to BC Hydro Ecological Footprint Project (Contractors: International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, Manitoba and Global Footprint Network, San Francisco, California.)

Project advisor and research supervisor on a special project in comparative technology assessment, “Paper from Wood Pulp vs. Agricultural Residues: An Eco-Footprint Comparison.” Student researchers: Meidad Kissinger (PhD student, SCARP and Jennifer Fix (MSc student, SCARP)

Member, Board of Advisers and Technical Standards Committee, Global Footprint Network (Ongoing)

2004 Organizer and presenter of a technical workshop on the Theory, Methods and Policy Implications of Ecological Footprint Analysis for managers and field workers of several State of Wisconsin government departments. River Falls, Wisconsin, 21 February 2004.

2003 Member, SOLEC Review Panel (State of the Great Lakes), US EPA and Environment Canada.

1998 Preparation of “Global Change, Resources, and Agriculture: A British Columbia Perspective.” Report to the BC Provincial Agricultural Land Commission, October, 1998

1990-93 Consultant and Expert Witness, Ontario Public Health Coalition re: hearings into Ontario Hydro’s 25-year expansion plan.

1992-93 Participating consultant with Sheltair Scientific Ltd. to Canada Mortgage and Housing corporation on The Externalities of Residential Development

1992 Participating consultant on policy paper and workshop on Population, Resources, and Development. Organized by Conscribe Enterprises for the Ministry of Environment, Government of Indonesia (Sponsored by CIDA through EMDI [Environmental Manpower Development for Indonesia])

1989 Consultant and Keynote Speaker, Corporation and District of Burnaby, Spring

Conference and Executive Seminar: - Part 1: Why Sustainable Development? The Scientific Evidence for an Ecological Crisis (16 March 1989) - Part 2: Urban Policy and Planning for Sustainable Development (6 April 1989)

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1988 Consultant to Canadian Environmental Assessment Research Council. (Authored report on Economics, Ecology, and the Role of Environmental Assessment in Achieving Sustainable Development, 25 pp.) (To be formally published by CEARC, 1989.)

Consultant to CIDA through the Rawson Academy of Aquatic Science. (Authored report on The Limitations of Environmental Assessment as a Tool for Sustainable Development [With a Case Study of CIDA] 24 pp.)

Invited participant, National Consultation Workshop on Environmental Assessment Reform, 10-12 March 1988. (Rees’ involvement funded by Federal Environmental Assessment and Review Office.)

1987 Consultant to Canadian Environmental Assessment Research Council through

Rawson Academy of Aquatic Science. (Senior author of two reports: EARP Reform: Activities (21 pp.) and EARP Reform: Process and Structure (38 pp.) [with P. Boothroyd])

Sub-Consultant to Conscribe Enterprises, Ltd., Vancouver, on a project to evaluate the impact assessment and related process for the new US Embassy in Ottawa. (Contributed text on ecological factors to the final report to the National Capital Commission, Ottawa.)

Consultant to Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and participant, Canada/USSR Science Exchange Program Seminar on “Resource Development in Harmony with Northern Peoples: Project Management and Socio-Economic Impact Monitoring,” Yellowknife, 20 March, 1987. (Contributed paper: Norman Wells Expansion and the Dene Gondie Study: An Experiment in Community-Based Impact Monitoring. 28 pp.)

Faculty member, Banff Centre School of Management seminar on “Northern Development”, 22-27 Feb. (Responsible for several lectures.)

1986 Chairman and rapporteur, Workshop 1 (Prospects for Community Involvement

and Influence in Future Resource Management) in a CARC seminar on “The Role of the Northern Community in the Management of Northern Resources,” Edmonton, August 1986. (See “Seminar 2” [pp. 39-57] in Changing Times, Challenging Agendas: Economic and Political Issues in Canada’s North. 1988. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Resource Committee. 189 pp.)

Member, Organizing Committee, and Conference Co-Chairman, Baffin Region Economic Development Conference, Frobisher Bay/Iqaluit, Baffin Island, September 1986, co-sponsored by the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee. (Reported as “Seminar 3: Community Economic Development: Arctic Experiences” [pp. 59-107] in Changing Times, Challenging Agendas: Economic and Political

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Issues in Canada’s North. 1988. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Resource Committee. 189 pp.)

Consultant to Department of Indian and Northern Affairs (Co-authored Handbook on Environmental Impact Assessment for Indian and other Small Resource-Based Communities. 100 pp. [with Peter Boothroyd].)

Consultant to DPA Group Inc., on Multiple Land Use Planning North of 60o. (Provided text and data on multiple land use and integrated resource management for Assessment of Feasibility and Impact of Multi-Purpose Land Use North of 60o, a report to Indian affairs and Northern Development, 52 pp. plus appendices.) Calgary: The DPA Group Inc.

1985 Sub-Consultant on preparation of outline for a Native Band Planning

Certificate Program at SCARP, UBC to be sponsored by Indian and Inuit Affairs Program, B.C. Region. Wrote section and course outlines. (P. Boothroyd, Project Director)

Consultant to the Government of Canada (Indian Affairs Program, DIAND) on aspects of the Manitoba Northern Flood Agreement. (Prepared the background documentation and led a two-day seminar involving officials from several federal and provincial government departments and native organizations on the design and implementation of a socioeconomic impact monitoring program under the terms of the Northern Flood Agreement.)

Consultant/Instructor re: Environmental Impact Assessment Training Program for Indonesian Planners. (Sponsored by CIDA and Dalhousie University.)

1984 Consultant to Government of Canada (Northern Affairs Program, DIAND) and

the Government of the Northwest Territories on the design of cumulative socio-economic monitoring of Beaufort Sea Development. (Project supervisor and researcher for Cumulative Socioeconomic Monitoring: Issues and Indicators for the Beaufort Region by M. Carley. 167 pp.)

Advisor to Northern Affairs Program (DIAND) on environmental screening policy. (Organized and delivered workshop/seminar evaluating the department’s proposed screening process and mechanisms.)

1983 Chairman, Session II-A, Methods and Techniques. International Conference

on Environmental Planning for Large Scale Developments, Whistler, B.C. (See proceedings, Environmental Planning for Large Scale Developments: Final Report [November 1984]. Vancouver: Environment Canada, 339 pp.)

1982 Consultant to the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee on Arctic Marine

Transportation Policy. (Co-authored reports on Public Policy and the Transportation of Arctic Resources: A View from the Outside [55 pp.] and The

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Impacts of Arctic Shipping [46 pp.] [with P. Boothroyd].)

1981 Ecological consultant to Humford Developments Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta. (Authored initial environmental assessment of a B.C. interior subdivision proposal: Preliminary Evaluation of a Development Proposal for D.L. 380, S.L. 17 and Parts of S.L. 103 in the Columbia Valley Sub-Region, 10 pp.)

Consultant to Canadian Government (Northern Affairs Program, DIAND) on Development of Land Use Planning Policy for Canada North of 60° (Participated in design of workshop and prepared workshop summary for DIAND of policy and program options for northern land use planning.)

Consultant to Canadian Government Interdepartmental Task Force on Beaufort Sea Development. (Authored report: Notes for the Interdepartmental Task Force on Beaufort Sea Development, 21 pp.)

Advisor to the the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (CARC) Ottawa, and Committee for Original Peoples Entitlement (COPE), Inuvik, N.W.T., re: claims negotiations on land use planning and development mechanisms. (Authored report on Concepts and Institutions for Development Planning in the Beaufort Sea Region, 26 pp. + app.)

1981-83 Informal advisor to the Government of the N.W.T. and Northern Affairs

Program (DIAND) on Northern Land Use Planning. (Attended several invitational workshops and meetings on program design and implementation.)

1980 Advisor to the Committee for Original Peoples Entitlement (COPE), Inuvik,

N.W.T., in relation to claims negotiations on planning mechanisms for Beaufort Sea development. (Authored report: A Proposal for a Beaufort Sea Regional Planning Council, 14 pp.)

1977 Consultant to Greater Vancouver Regional District on Agricultural Land Use

Policy. (Co-authored report on Agriculture and Uncertainty: Keeping the Options Open, 20 pp. [with H.C. Davis])

1974 Ecological consultant to Bains, Burroughs, Hanson, Architects on the Jericho

Park Site Development Proposal. (Provided general ecological data to project group and authored sections of final design report on water and wildlife aspects of park development.)

1973- 87 Ecological consultant to Eikos Design Group Ltd.

(Provided data or text for several small project reports.)

1973 Consultant to Eikos Design Group on Nanaimo Community Plan Study and Nanaimo Harbour Development Proposal Environmental Impact Study (Environment Canada). (Provided data and ecological text for planning and

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impact reports.)

1972 Ecological consultant to Eikos Design Group Ltd., on the Burrard Inlet Park Environmental Impact Study (Authored sections of final report to City of Port Moody).

1972-73 Consulting Member of Steering Committee, Urban Ecosystems Project,

Institute of Ecology. (Helped design and organize an international conference on the urban ecosystem, and co-authored “Toward the Urban Ecosystem,” [with C. Istock and F. Stearns] in: The Urban Ecosystem: A Holistic Approach (F. Stearns and T. Montag, eds.). Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross. (pp. 15-31).

1971 Ecological consultant to Canadian Environmental Sciences Ltd., on the

Chilkoot Trail Provisional Master Plan Study (Klondike Gold Rush International Historic Park Planning Project). (Authored ecological sections of park concept plan prepared for National and Historic Parks Branch.)

1970 Policy advisor on environment, Western Liberal Policy Conference,

Edmonton, 6-8 June. (Authored background paper and delivered keynote address, “Environment: The Way it Is,” to Pollution and Ecology Workshop.)

1970-71 Ecological consultant to Canadian Environmental Sciences Ltd., on Cariboo

Regional District Regional Planning Study. (Authored ecology and environment sections of the of the Cariboo Regional Plan, the first of the Regional District regional plans).

Invited Workshop participant in conference on “Managing Canada’s Water Resources,” Ottawa, February 1971

i) Selected Programs in Continuing Education:

2009 Participant in public discussion/debate with Prof Mark Jaccard (SFU)

on ‘limits to growth’

2008 Participant in series of public lectures on sustainability issues. 1983-90 Participating Instructor in Training Course(s) for Native Band Planners

1988 Co-organizer and instructor, Municipal Workshop on “Planning Sustainable

Communities”

1982 Course organizer and instructor, “Impact Assessment in Regional Planning”

1978-79 Member, Steering Committee, Second Environmental Impact Assessment Conference (also presented paper)

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1977-79 Participating instructor in annual Community and Regional Planning Short

Course

1977-80 Instructor in Short Course on “Environmental Impact Assessment”

1976 Contributed paper on ecological factors to the Conference on Natural Resource Inventory

1975 Instructor and seminar leader, Regional Planning Short Course for the

Corporation of B.C. Land Surveyors

Instructor and seminar leader, Short Course on “Population Density: Myths and Realities”

1975-76 Member, Steering Committee, Environmental Impact Assessment Conference

(also presented paper)

1974 Seminar leader, Cowichan Valley Regional Planning Workshop

1974-75 Instructor and seminar leader for series on “The Implications of Growth for Canada” (a series complementary to the Westwater Lecture Series on the same topic)

1973 Seminar leader and principal resource person in seminar on “The Resolution of

Local Planning Issues,” Fort St. John, B.C. 1972 Organizer and sole lecturer, Short Course on “Environmental Quality

Planning”

Lecturer and discussion leader in seminar series on “The Limits of Growth,”(with H.C. Davis)

Sole interviewee and discussant on C.C.E-produced cable T.V. program on urban affairs, “Are There Limits to Urban Growth?”

1971 Organizer and principal instructor in Short Course on “Ecosystems: Man and

Nature,” Manning Park Lodge

1970 Member, Planning Committee and Panelist for Conference on “Environmental Management: A B.C. Priority”

1969 Participating instructor, Short Course on Urban Planning in Rural Regions

j) Radio, television, print media interviews

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On-Going - Frequent interviewee/contributor to local and national electronic and print media, including the Vancouver Sun, Georgia Straight, National Post, CKNW (Vancouver), Global TV, TVOntario, CBC Radio and Television (English and French) on sustainability-related topics ranging from eco-footprint analysis and urban form, through biodiversity loss and climate change, to ‘peak oil’ and the folly of biomass fuels (I no longer keep track).

2009 Featured participant in BBC-TV program with Sir David Attenborough on

how many people the planet can support (repeated several times in Fall-Winter 2009-10)

2009 Interviewed for a feature article on me and my research, Rees’s Thesis,

published in Vancouver Magazine 42 (2): 55-60. 2006 Several radio and TV interviews and commentaries on urban sustainability

inspired by the World Urban Forum (CBC and CKNW) 2005 Interviewed by journalist for Time Magazine for feature article on me in

recognition of my ecological footprint concept (see “Taking Measure,” p. 50 in the Science section of October 10 edition of Time).

Guest commentator/interviewee on Bill Good’s CKNW “News Talk” radio

program on escalating energy prices and potential ‘peak oil’ phenomenon. 2004 Guest commentator/interviewee on Bill Good’s CKNW “News Talk” radio

program on the risks and impacts of net-pen salmon farming.

1998-05 Numerous short commentaries and interviews on local, national and international media on environmental and sustainability issues.

2003 “Waking the Sleepwalkers: A Human Ecological Perspective on Prospects for

Achieving Sustainability,” Dr Rees’ Lead paper in the 2003 Hammond Lectures (which was dedicated to exploring Rees’ ecological footprint concept), was broadcast on CBC Radio’s prestigious Ideas series in the Fall of 2003 and has since been repeated at least twice.)

1997 Featured debater (vs. Laura Jones of the Fraser Institute) on the Raif Mair Program, CKNW. Vancouver, BC 22 April, 1997.

Featured interviewee on environmental quality issues, the Fanny Keifer Show, CKNW. Vancouver, BC, 9 April, 1997.

1996 The Ecological Footprint of Japan. Interview on radio Japan, 26 November, 1996.

Featured interviewee on BCTV evening news re: Ozone Depletion, Global Change, and Development Policy.

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Featured interviewee on CBC Radio (the Early Edition) on fossil fuel use, global change, and energy policy.

Several other local radio interviews.

1995 Featured interviewee on CBC Radio’s “Early Edition” on Ozone Depletion and Global Change. 6 October, 1995

Featured interviewee in “Footprints on the Earth,” a special one-hour science program built around my “ecological footprint” concept as applied to human settlements (produced by the Knowledge Network, broadcast 24 January, 1995).

Several other interviews/appearances on Cable TV.

1994 Featured interview for forthcoming program on sustainable community. Vancouver: The Knowledge Network , 8 June 1994

“Environment and Global Strife.” Invited presentation to Physicians for Nuclear Responsibility (and Shaw Cable TV). Nanaimo, BC: 13 May, 1994.

Invited commentator and resource person following performance of the play: “Mamu: The Currency of Life.” Vancouver: Headlines Theatre Company, 24 May 1994.

1992 Several CBC “Early Edition” and newspaper interviews on global change and

local planning or development issues.

Credited contributor to CBC “Nature of Things” special on the global economy and its ecological implications.

Featured “profile,” Don’t Blame Rio: Summit Defined Issues, Rees says” UBC Reports 16 July 1992 (p.3)

Panel participant in Where Do We Go From Here, BC Open Learning Agency and TVOntario national follow-up broadcast to the Rio “Earth Summit.” Burnaby BC, 10 June 1992.

Featured in several repeating cablevision productions on the Rio “Earth Summit” (June 1992), Atmospheric Change, and Ozone Depletion.

Panel participant on CBC Radio’s Almanac discussing the issues raised by the Rio “Earth Summit,” 4 June 1992.

Commentator on CBC Radio’s Early Edition re: the strengths and weaknesses of the Rio “Earth Summit.” 2 June 1992.

Interview on ecology and status of Northern Cod stocks as an example of

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human ecology in disequilibrium for CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks. 26 February 1992.

Interview with The Knowledge Network on “necessary conditions for sustainability” for forthcoming programs on Sustainable Development. 13 January 1992.

1991 Interview with Eve Savory, CBC-TV News on environmental aspects of the constitutional debate. 8 October, 1991.

Interview with Rogers Cablevision on the GVRD Green Zone initiative (7 October, 1991).

Interviewed by CBC-TV on water exports in context of global change and free trade, 20 March 1991

1990 Member of Rogers Cable TV panel on atmospheric change and the implications of the City of Vancouver Task Force report Clouds of Change, videocorded for repeated broadcast on 20 January 1990.

Recorded half-hour feature interview on Ecology, Development, and Global Change for Rogers Cable TV for repeated local and national broadcast. 1 December 1990.

Featured in Vancouver magazine (descriptive article and full-page colour photograph) as one of 10 Vancouver citizens prominent in the “green” movement and as instrumental in the success of Clouds of Change (Final Report of the City of Vancouver Task Force on Atmospheric Change) November 1990.

Interviewed by CJAD Montreal on relationships among Canadian energy policy, free trade, and global climate change. 30 October 1990

Feature interview for The Weather Network on the economic and political implications of Clouds of Change (Final Report of the City of Vancouver Task Force on Atmospheric Change). 9 October 1990.

Interviewed by CBC-TV (French) on solid waste management and recycling. Week of 28 May 1990.

The Reality and Politics of Atmospheric Change. Re-broadcast on the Knowledge Network, Fall 1990. (Originally presented as a member of “The Ozone Crisis Panel” at the 1990 Annual Meeting, British Columbia Environmental Network. Vancouver, 1 April 1990).

Interviewed by CBC International Service on the organization and content of Globe ‘90. 20 March 1990.

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Interviewed by CBC Saskatchewan on “green consumerism” and so-called “environmentally friendly” products. 31 January 1990.

Interviewed by CBC’s The Journal (Bill Cameron) for feature on global environmental change and economic policy. 25 January 1990.

Interviewed by CBC-TV Vancouver on marketing environmentally friendly products and the federal “Environmental Choice” program. 15 January 1990.

1989 Interviewed on CBC Vancouver’s “Almanac” on the implications of global environmental change for First-World/Third-World relations. 25 October 1989.

Interviewed by BC-TV News for special feature on global warming and BC’s options for a sustainable future. October 1989.

Interviewed by CBC-TV Vancouver (French) on consumerism and “environmentally friendly” products. September 1989.

Interviewed by CBC’s David Suzuki on 9 and 14 June 1989 for special “Sunday Morning” series on Environment: A Matter of Survival (Producer, Anita Gordon) (Broadcast 16,23,30 July and 6,13 August 1989).

Interviewed by CBC-TV’s science reporter, Eve Savory, for “The National” on ecological implications of Canadian energy policy 30 June 1989: Broadcast on “The National” 2 July 1989.

Featured interview on CBC Vancouver’s “Daybreak” on the implications for the BC forest sector of potential global warming (11 July 1989).

Interviewed by CBC’s “The National” (Eve Savory) on ecological implications of Canadian energy policy 30 June 1989. (Broadcast on “The National,” 2 July 1989.

Featured interview on CBC-TV Evening News on the merits and demerits of so-called “green products” (7 June 1989).

Interviewed by CBC-TV’s “Down to Earth” for series on global change. 5 June 1989.

Several other minor interviews on local radio media on sustainable development, “green products,” and environmental planning in May and June 1989.

Featured interview on CBC’s “Morningside” on the ecological consequences of climatic change (7 February 1989, repeated on “The Best of Morningside,” same day evening).

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VI. THESIS STUDENTS SUPERVISED AS PRINCIPAL OR CO-PRINCIPAL

ADVISOR (Since 1980 only)

i. Master’s Degree Students Continuing Yu Kuki (MSc, Planning)Julie Tran (MSc, Planning) Completed or Graduated 2010 Nancy Pepper “Water and Sustainability: California’s Legislative Framework” Matthew Thompson “Globalization, Localization: Whither Food Policy?”2009 Jeca Glor-Bel “Assessment of UBC’s climate change strategies and action plan”2007 Marlene Cummings “Conservation Area Planning for Climate Change”2006 Colleen Brown “Planning Alternative Energy Options in the GVRD”

Krista Munro “Assessing GIS Software for Biodiversity Conservation in BC”

Angela Hobson “How Planners Use Available Data on Sensitive Ecological Sites”

Beverly Suderman “A Tool for Invasive Plant Species Management and Control”

Maria Stanborough “Extending Blue-Box Recycling to Multiple Family Dwellings”

Lisa Larson “What do Planners Know about ‘Peak Oil’ (and what should they be doing about it)”

Brett Dolter “What Motivates People to Join Eco-Villages?”

2005 Tom Lancaster “Stormwater Management in the GVRD”

Barbara Everdene “Taking Responsibility for Sustainability: The Sustainability Performance Managements Systems Model…”

Melissa Johnson “Voices in Favour: A Study of Public Support for a Third Crossing

of Burrard Inlet” 2004 Harmony Folz “Treating Consumption: Strategies For Promoting A Sustainable Lifestyle”

Hugo Blomfield “Frontier Society: Perpetuation and Misrepresentation of Humankind in Outer Space Policy”

2003 Elaine Anderson: “Criteria for Sustainable Agriculture and a Sustainability Assessment of three GVRD Municipal Agricultural Plans”

Aaron Bergbusch: “A Sustainability Action Plan for the UBC Graduate Student

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Society”

Paige Dampier: “The Anglican Concept of ‘Stewardship’: Lessons for Sustainability Planning?” Judith Duncan: “The Role of Supply Management in Sustainable Development Amy Boeckner: “An Evaluation of Canada’s Action Plan for Food Security” 2002 Jonah Spiegelman: “Industrial Ecology? The Case of the Big Bend Incinerator”

Karly Henny: “Institutional Arrangements to Facilitate Industrial Ecology” 2001 Barbara Montgomery: “Ecological Tax Reform: Who Benefits? Who Pays?

(Rees on leave, 1999 –2000) 2000 Brenda Dobson: “Using GIS in Wildlife Habitat Planning in Banff National Park” 1999 Chad Nelson: “Is Sustainability Planning Happening?: The Case of Vancouver Island” Emmanuel Prinet: “Third World Development: The Kerala Anomaly” 1998 Rob Barrs: “Urban Agriculture: The False Creek Case”

Barbara Mugabe: “An Assessment of the BC Paint Recovery (Deposit) Program”

1997 Claire Hughes: “Urban Agriculture and Sustainable Urban Development: A Case study of Nairobi Kenya”

1996 Lyle Walker: “The Influence of Dwelling Type and Residential Density on the Appropriated Carrying Capacity [Ecological Footprints]of Canadian Households”

1994 Jennie Moore: “What’s Stopping Sustainability? Examining the Barriers to Implementation of Clouds of Change”

1993 Yoshihiko Wada: “ The Appropriated Carrying Capacity (ACC) of Tomato Production: Comparing the Ecological Footprints of Hydroponic Greenhouse and Mechanized Open Field Operations”

1991 Donna Sanford: “An Evaluation of B.C.’s Agricultural Pesticide Regulations 1990 Sharon Bailey: “Creating Sustainable Communities”

Leslie Green: “Community Development and the Northwest Teritories: Northern Land Use Planning Program”

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Kagiso Keatimilwe: “ Consequences of Modernisation in Botswana: Lessons and Alternatives for the Livestock Sector”

1989 Jessie Hill: “A Community Basis for Northern Development”

Paul Sneed: “Planning a Common Ground for an Uncommon Future: Indigenous People, Land-Use Planning, and Sustainable Development in Canada’s North”

1988 Judy Cooper: “Public Participation in the Environmental Assessment and Review Process”

Terry MacDonald: “Inter-Community Cooperation: The Nicola Valley Indian Administration Case”

1987 Ken Leghorn: “Subsistence Activities in Rural Alaskan Communities and the Impact of Commercial Forestry”

Greg Yeomans: “Conflict Resolution Between Agricultural and Urban Land Uses in the Urban Fringe” (with Henry Hightower)

Bob Kuiper: “Tourism as an Approach to Northern Development: the Pangurtung Tourism Pilot Study” (with P. Boothroyd)

Noelle Reeve: “Planning for the Sustainability of Urban Lakes: The Case of Deer Lake” (with Tony Dorcey)

1986 Yuichi Inuie: “Toward a Bio-regional Approach to Regional Development Planning in British Columbia”

1985 Diane Fowler: “The Beaufort Sea Development Impact Assessment Process: A Critique”

Juan Merkt: “Ecology and Behaviour of the Taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis) in Peru” (Thesis in Department of Zoology)

Muriel Kerr: “Analysis of the Norman Wells Pipeline Impact Funding Agreement”

Scott Slocombe: “A Self-Organizational Model for Community Development Planning”

1984 Brenda Dahlie: “Planning for the ‘Bust’ Phase in Resource Boom Towns” (with P. Boothroyd)

Clive Kessel: “Do Existing Institutional Arrangements Impair Native Band Participation in Mega-project Planning? The Case of Port Simpson” (with P. Boothroyd)

Gillian McKee: “EARP as an Environmental Planning Strategy: The Case of the

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Alaska Highway Gas Pipeline”

Steve Olmstead: “Lake Inventory and Classification: A Planning System for the Cariboo Regional District”

John Olynyk: “Environmental Impact Assessment: Effects on Project Planning by the Corporate Sector”

1983 Henry Dembicki: “Monitoring of Northern Mega-projects: Missed Opportunities? Case Study of Norman Wells Oilfield Expansion and Pipeline Project” (with P. Boothroyd)

Richard McKellar: “Conflict and Resource Development”

Paul Perchal: “From Longhouse to Townhouse: The Evolution of On-reserve Housing Policy for Canadian Indians”

Harriet Rueggeberg: “Northern Land Use Planning: A Context for Wildlife Habitat Management and Conservation in the Beaufort Sea-Mackenzie Delta Region”

1982 Greg Woollacott: “Recreation Resource Classification for Planning Clagg Mountain Park, Kitimat, B.C.”

1981 Margaret Davidson: “Policy and Decision-making in the North: The Case of Lancaster Sound”

Leon Kolankiewicz: “Implementation of British Columbia’s Pollution Control Act (1967) in the Lower Fraser River”

Susan Langin: “Resource Development and New Towns: A Woman’s Perspective”

Keltie Voutier: “The Inshore/Offshore Conflict in the Newfoundland Fishery”

1980 Gary Holisko: “The Environmental Assessment and Review Process: An Analysis of the Screening Phase”

Jack Nickel: “Toward an Information Framework for Water Quality Planning: The Fraser River Main Stem Case Study”

ii) Ph.D. Students (since 1980)

Graduated

2008 Meidad Kissinger, “Interregional Ecology and Sustainability in a Globalizing World

2001 Brent Doberstein, “Environmental Assessment as a Tool for Capacity Building for in the Developing World: The Case of Viet Nam”

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2000 Peter Tyedmers, “A Comparative Ecological Footprint Analysis of the Wild Fish Fishery and the Salmon Farming Industry in BC”

2000 Michael Carr, “Bioregionalism and the Role of Social Capital in Development”

1999 Yoshi Wada, “The Ecological Footprint of Japan”

1998 David Lertzman: “Planning Between Paradigms: Lessons for Planning Theory and Practice from Traditional Ecological Knowledge”

1997 Priscilla Boucher, “Hearing the Voices of Women: Eco-Feminism and the Forest sector in BC”

1994 Mathis Wackernagel: “ Ecological Footprint and Appropriated Carrying Capacity: A Tool for Planning Toward Sustainability”

1993 Sudharto Hadi: “Planning for Industrialization in Central Java, Indonesia”

1992 Mark Roseland: “Toward Sustainable Communities: A Planning Framework for Municipal and Local Governments”

1989 Michael Carley: “Planning in the Modern State: A New Synthesis and Program for Theory”

1988 Dominique Levieil, “Territorial Use Rights in a Peasant Fishery: Its Role in Economic Development of the Lake Titicaca Region of Peru”

1986 Edward Onyebuchi, “Understanding the Household Energy Sector: A Contribution to National Energy Policy in Nigeria”

PhD Students In Progress (working titles only)

Jennie Moore “Redefining the City System: Toward ‘One Planet’ Urban Living”

(expected to complete in 2011-12)

Cornelia Sussmann “Urban Sustainability: The Case of South-East False Creek?” (expected to complete in 2011-12)

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Vanessa Timmer “Interregional Human Ecology and the Unsustainable Entanglement of Nations” (completed 2010)

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Appendix I – Scientific and Popular Strengths of Ecological Footprint AnalysisScientific Attributes of EFA

The success of EFA derives in part from methodological strengths of the method that are both scientifically well-founded and that reflect thinking people’s intuitive sense of reality. On the technical/scientific side, EFA has several qualities that reinforce its credibility as a sustainability indicator. The method:

● acknowledges that humans are biophysical entities that make constant metabolic demands on their supportive ecosystems and that all our manufactured capital and related cultural artefacts impose a parallel and much larger industrial metabolism on the ecosphere;

● recognizes the crucial role of natural capital and natural income (biophysical stocks and flows) in economic development and sustainability;

● accepts that the economy is a fully contained, growing, dependent, sub-system of the non-growing ecosphere;

● recognizes the second law of thermodynamics as the ultimate governor of material transformations and economic activity and that beyond a certain (optimal) scale, the growth and maintenance human enterprise must necessarily accelerate the entropic disordering and dissipation of the ecosphere;

● is closely related conceptually to Howard Odum’s the embodied energy (emergy) analyses and the ‘environmental space’ concept of European analysts.

● corresponds closely to and incorporates all the factors in Ehrlich’s and Holdren’s well-known definition of human impact on the environment: I = PAT, where ‘I’ is impact, ‘P’ is population, ‘A’ is affluence (i.e., level of consumption) and ‘T’ is a technology scalar.

Critiques, modifications and applications of EFA now fill hundreds of pages in the academic literature each year.

The Popular Appeal of EFAEFA has also gained great popular acceptance. It seems to resonate better with the public than do more abstract and impersonal sustainability indicators. Attributes of EFA that help to communicate biophysical reality to the public are as follows:

● The method is conceptually simple and intuitively appealing. Even sceptics recognize that that they have a positive ecological footprint.

● EFA personalizes sustainability by focusing on consumption—everyone is a consumer and must ultimately take responsibility for his/her own ‘load’ on the planet.

● EFA consolidates measurable energy and material flows into a single concrete variable, the corresponding appropriated land/water (ecosystem) area.

● Productive land/water area itself is a powerful indicator that anyone can understand.● Eco-footprint estimates can be compared to finite local and global ‘supplies’ of terrestrial and aquatic

ecosystems (i.e., people and populations can compare their demands to available bio-capacity).● The ‘ecological deficit’—the difference between domestic bio-capacity and a larger eco-footprint—

requires little explanation and many people see it as more important than the fiscal deficits with which their governments are often preoccupied!

Most important, EFA seems to serve as an important consciousness-raising tool as illustrated by the popularity of EFA-oriented web-sites that offer simple calculators that visitors can use to estimate their personal eco-footprints. To reiterate, EFA encourages people to reflect on, and take responsibility for, their personal consumption habits.

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