Welcome to the website of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics

CANSEE is the Canadian chapter of ISEE, the International Society for Ecological Economics. ISEE endeavours to facilitate understanding between economists and ecologists in pursuit of a vision of a sustainable future, through trans-disciplinary research and dialogue.

CANSEE fosters interdisciplinary research, activities and dialogue among natural and social scientists, to deepen understanding of the interactions between humans and nature and to inform the sustainable stewardship of our common natural, human, social and produced capital endowments. We recognize that economies of communities, regions, and countries are imbedded in and dependent upon nature’s capacity to sustain ecological goods and services for present and future generations.

The CANSEE mandate is to promote an understanding of this reality through research, education and practice, and to inform policy development and decision-making in government, communities, businesses and other organizations.

We believe that a world governed and grounded in sustainability and ecological economic principles and practices will lead to a sustainable future, for the common good.