From brianczech@juno.com Wed Dec 1 15:57:02 2004 Received: from mxe5.u.washington.edu (mxe5.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.168]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.13.1+UW04.08/8.13.1+UW04.08) with ESMTP id iB1Nv1AN097302 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 15:57:01 -0800 Received: from outbound-mail.nyc.untd.com (outbound-mail.nyc.untd.com [64.136.20.164]) by mxe5.u.washington.edu (8.13.1+UW04.08/8.13.1+UW04.09) with SMTP id iB1Nv0f6021096 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 15:57:00 -0800 Received: from outbound21-sr.nyc.untd.com (webmail32.nyc.untd.com [10.141.27.172]) by smtpout06.nyc.untd.com with SMTP id AABA46YTMAVCYPPS for (sender ); Wed, 1 Dec 2004 15:56:27 -0800 (PST) X-UNTD-OriginStamp: 8HoE4FrEOK8USZFmyhyUVXfVjKZhor91tBHkdjJqEsrm/QZJ8F3K+A== Received: (from brianczech@juno.com) by webmail32.nyc.untd.com (jqueuemail) id KDS72NT5; Wed, 01 Dec 2004 15:55:49 PST Received: from [64.136.26.235] by webmail32.nyc.untd.com with HTTP: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 23:55:32 GMT X-Originating-IP: [64.136.26.235] Mime-Version: 1.0 From: "brianczech@juno.com" Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 23:55:32 GMT To: consbio@u.washington.edu, TWS-L@LISTSERV.VT.EDU, ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: SCB encouraged to elect board supporting position on economic growth X-Mailer: WebMail Version 2.0 Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <20041201.155549.14360.6583@webmail32.nyc.untd.com> X-ContentStamp: 3:5:941807666 X-MAIL-INFO: 203d353c4c4911b97ca5bc81917c2835dca8a931cd75f8d8dcb998280ddc61a9cc4848713891f871715959618865715d6969016d78411d811da5b858a53db8e1cd9999b1b108e96dd508086565e5199d081d0101f5bc85dd18c818dc48c9dc7148f8c188 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __JUNO_FROM 0, __JUNO_FROM_VALID 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __STOCK_SUBJECT3 0' The Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE) is devoted to educating publics and polities on the fundamental conflict between economic growth and environmental protection, including biodiversity conservation. CASSE executive and advisory boards believe one of the most effective educational tools, especially for policy makers, is the professional society position statement. CASSE recently began advocating a peer-reviewed position on economic growth. The CASSE position has been E-signed by over 400 individuals, including leading figures in ecological economics and conservation biology, and has been endorsed by several NGOs. (Additional signatures are welcome: http://steadystate.org/PositiononEG.html.) The CASSE position has also served as a template for several professional societies, including the Society for Conservation Biology’s North America Section, which adopted a position on economic growth earlier this year. In the years to come, CASSE will advance its mission by identifying and assisting individuals who are willing and able to advocate the steady state economy as a sustainable alternative to economic growth. This aspect of CASSE business begins with the current SCB elections for Board of Governors. Candidates were polled with the following question: “Do you support the adoption of a position on economic growth by SCB such as the position adopted by the North America Section?” The results are posted at www.steadystate.org under “Current business.” To summarize, CASSE endorses: President Elect: Luigi Boitani Secretary: Paul Beier Chapter Representative: Tom Sisk Humanities: Dale Goble For the European Section Board, CASSE endorses Donat Agosti, Cagan Hakki Sekercioglu, Renato Massa, and Alain Pagano. CASSE looks forward to working with the 2005 SCB Board of Governors and with the European Section in educating international publics and polities on the fundamental conflict between economic growth and biodiversity conservation. Brian Czech, President Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy Arlington, VA WWW.STEADYSTATE.ORG .