The web “Earthcast” has been organized by climate change publisher Earthscan to launch author Tim Jackson’s most recent book Prosperity Without Growth. Jackson, economics commissioner on the UK Sustainable Development Commission and a professor of sustainable development at the University of Surrey, will lead the webcast. Victor, an ecological economist in York’s Faculty of Environmental Studies will join Jackson and Robert Costanza, professor at the University of Vermont, to discuss how to change economies for a low-carbon future, opportunities that the financial crisis presents, and the Copenhagen conference.

Participants must register for the webcast, which will take place on Wednesday. Nov. 25 at 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.

About Peter Victor: In his book Managing Without Growth, published in 2008, Victor challenges the priority that rich countries give to economic growth as an overarching objective of economic policy. He argues that growth could dramatically slow without leading to massive unemployment, if people cut back on the amount of time they spend at work.

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