History of ISIE
In January of 2000, a group of leaders from diverse fields who share an interest in promoting industrial ecology gathered at the New York Academy of Sciences. The group decided the time had come to create an international society. They formed a steering committee and began planning the launch of a new society dedicated to supporting research, applications, and communication related to the rapidly growing field of industrial ecology.
The mission of the ISIE is to promote the use of industrial ecology in research, education, policy, community development, and industrial practices. In order to accomplish this mission, ISIE seeks to build a community of interest, support cumulative learning, produce quality research, and promote social change.
In February 2001, the International Society of Industrial Ecology formally opened its doors to membership. The formation of ISIE is another important step in the establishment of the field of industrial ecology and the steering committee welcomes anyone with an interest in the field to join them at the start of what will be an exciting first year for ISIE.
Governance
Acknowledgments
The School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University has agreed to serve as the temporary international secretariat for the International Society of Industrial Ecology. We appreciate their generous assistance.
The ISIE would also like to thank AT&T, The Environmental Research and Education Foundation, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and an anonymous donor for their generous support.
Bylaws
The ISIE membership adopted amended bylaws in December 2007 (PDF, 30kb)
ISIE Council
| PRESIDENT | |
| Marina Fischer-Kowalski | Vienna University (Austria) |
| PRESIDENT-ELECT | |
| Roland Clift | University of Surrey (United Kingdom) |
| TREASURER | |
| Joule Bergerson | |
| SECRETARY | |
| Claudia Binder | |
| COUNCILORS | |
| Edgar Hertwich | NTNU (Norway) |
| Reid Lifset | Yale University (USA) |
| Marian Chertow | Yale University (USA) |
| Ramesh Ramaswamy | Resource Optimization Initiative (India) |
| Sangwon Suh | University of Minnesota (USA) |
| Thomas Theis | University of Illinois (USA) |
| Valerie Thomas | Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) |
| STUDENT LIAISON | |
| Ming Xu | Arizona State University (USA) |
| NOMINATING COMMITTEE | |
| Diana Bauer | USA | Glen Peters | Norway | Tracy Casavant | Canada | Paulo Ferrao | Portugal | Arpad Horvath | USA | Sinichiro Nakamura | Japan |
ISIE Committees
ISIE Officers and Staff:
| John Ehrenfeld | Executive Director |
| Beverly Chevalier | Program Coordinator |