USSEE
Officially founded in the spring of 2000, members of the USSEE represent academia, government agencies, businesses, non-profit organizations, grassroots organizations, elected government officials and concerned individuals in the field of ecological economics.
The United States Society for Ecological Economics provides a venue for a holistic and strong community of ecological economists, social and natural scientists, and people who care for the well-being of this planet and its inhabitants so as to allow its diverse membership to easily communicate with and learn from each other on a regular basis. We believe this will better enable members of the United States Society for Ecological Economics to develop solutions to our most pressing economic, social and environmental problems.
Ecological economics is a transdisciplinary field of inquiry that facilitates understanding between economists, ecologists and many others interested in real solutions to environmental problems and the integration of new ideas to create a sustainable world. It includes a preanalytic vision of the economy as a part of the relevant whole, i.e. planet Earth, which is a thermodynamically open, but materially finite system.
Consequently the field addresses the optimal scale of the economy, efficiency in the allocation of resources (goods & services), and the equitable distribution of this resource flow among alternative people, and between humans & other species.
The USSEE is a charter chapter of the International Society for Ecological Economics. To join the USSEE you must join the ISEE.
