Panelists discuss moving past rhetoric in closing plenary session at USSEE 2013 conference
The closing plenary session at the USSEE 2013 conference featured two panelists who shared their views on “Building Our Economy: Moving Past Rhetoric to a Just and Sustainable Future”. Nancy Folbre (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) presented her perspectives in a lecture entitled, “Accounting, Pink and Green: Valuing Human, Social and Environmental Capital”. Riane Eisler (Center for Partnership Studies) discussed her ideas in a lecture entitled, “Moving Past Rhetoric to a Just and Sustainable Future”. The plenary session was moderated by USSEE President Valerie A. Luzadis of SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
Dr. Nancy Folbre is Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Her research explores the interface between political economy and feminist theory with a particular emphasis on the value of unpaid care work. She is the author of Greed, Lust, and Gender: A History of Economic Ideas and Valuing Children: Rethinking the Economics of the Family.
Dr. Riane Eisler is the co-founder and president of the Center for Partnership Studies, an organization working to develop social wealth indicators through its Caring Economy Campaign. She is internationally known for her groundbreaking contributions as a systems scientist and attorney working for human rights. She is author of The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics and The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future.