Announcements
New Island Industrial Ecology Publications
18 Aug 2022 in
Island Industrial Ecology (Islands)
Telesford, J. N. (2022). Restructuring Island Tourism: Using the Socioeconomic Metabolism (SEM) and Multilevel Perspective (MLP) as Models for Transitioning to Sustainable Island Tourism. In I. Bethell-Bennett, S. A. Rolle, J. Minnis, & F. Okumus (Eds.), Pandemics, Disasters, Sustainability...
New Island Industrial Ecology Publications
30 May 2022 in
Island Industrial Ecology (Islands)
Singh, S. J., Huang, T., Nagabhatla, N., Schweizer, P.-J., Eckelman, M., Verschuur, J., & Soman, R. (2022). Socio-metabolic risk and tipping points on islands. Environmental Research Letters, 17(6), 065009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac6f6c
Mijts, E., Ballantyne, J....
Sustainable Island Futures 2022
30 May 2022 in
Island Industrial Ecology (Islands)
The fourth Sustainable Island Futures (SIF) will take place on 9 June, 2022 and is co-hosted by SISSTEM at the University of Aruba, the Islands section of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE), & the Metabolism of Islands (MoI). Times are:
5:00 - 8:00 PST8:00 - 11:00 EST9:00 ...
New Island Industrial Ecology Publications
29 Mar 2022 in
Island Industrial Ecology (Islands)
Rahman, S., Singh, S., & McCordic, C. (2022). Can the Caribbean localize its food system? Evidence from biomass flow accounting. Journal of Industrial Ecology, pg. 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13241
Bahers, J.-B., Singh, S., & Durand, M. (2022). Analyzing...
Sustainable Island Futures 2022 - Call for Abstracts
12 Mar 2022 in
Island Industrial Ecology (Islands)
The SIF 2022 is inviting abstracts and intent to participate at the 4th symposium co-hosted by SISSTEM at the University of Aruba, the Islands section of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE), & the Metabolism of Islands (MoI). Small island states are characterized by a strong...
Why do we need an island circular economy?
27 Feb 2022 in
Island Industrial Ecology (Islands)
On 23 - 24 Feb 2022, the University of Mauritius in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Regional Integration and International Trade and the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Secretariat organized a two-day virtual brainstorming workshop on the theme ‘’POST COVID-19 ...
Webinar: Implementing circularity in livestock based Food Systems in tropical islands.
27 Feb 2022 in
Island Industrial Ecology (Islands)
On 7-8 March 2022, a webinar organized by CIRAD, Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Green House Gases, and Wageningen University, will propose and discuss methodology on investigating biomass, nutrient and energy flows for Reunion and Madagascar. Tropical Islands are generally isolated...
Metabolism of Islands (MoI) invites expressions of interest to assist in an online course development
29 Nov 2021 in
Island Industrial Ecology (Islands)
The Metabolism of Islands (MoI), a twin initiative of Metabolism of Cities - MoC, is a network of scholars conducting policy-relevant research to support small island economies achieve resource security and self-reliance, and transform them into hubs of sustainability innovation. With an anticipated...
New Island Industrial Ecology Publications
24 Oct 2021 in
Island Industrial Ecology (Islands)
Gkoltsiou, Aikaterini, and Eleni Mougiakou. 2021. “The Use of Islandscape Character Assessment and Participatory Spatial SWOT Analysis to the Strategic Planning and Sustainable Development of Small Islands. The Case of Gavdos.” Land Use Policy 103 (April): 105277...
Plastic waste management in San Andres Island, Colombia
24 Oct 2021 in
Island Industrial Ecology (Islands)
This research advances a study on plastic waste management in San Andres, island part of the Colombian archipelago in the Caribbean. Single-used plastics overload the island area of 57 km2 and affects the touristic sceneries. This research studies the material flows of single-used plastics on...
Sustainable Island Futures, 14 December 2021
26 Aug 2021 in
Island Industrial Ecology (Islands)
A Symposium co-hosted by SISSTEM at the University of Aruba & the Metabolism of Islands (MoI).
Small island states are characterized by a strong dependency on external resources to meet their basic needs which highly contributes to the vulnerability of these territories. The approaches to...
New Island Industrial Ecology Publications
17 Aug 2021 in
Island Industrial Ecology (Islands)
Mohammadi, E., Singh, S. J., & Habib, K. (2021). How big is circular economy potential on Caribbean islands considering e-waste? Journal of Cleaner Production, 317, 128457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128457
Singh, S.J., Fischer-Kowalski, M., Chertow, M. (2021). The...