February 6, 2023
Eric Miller, Director of Ecological Footprint Initiative at York University, will give a talk titled “GDP is Gross, Wellbeing is Better” at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15 at the MCLA Feigenbaum Center for Science and Innovation, Room 121. The presenter will attend via zoom.
As part of MCLA’s Green Living Seminar series, this event is free and open to the public.
About Eric Miller
Eric Miller is the Director of the Ecological Footprint Initiative, Footprint Data
Foundation (FoDaFo) Secretary-Treasurer, and Course Director at York University. Miller
manages multiple projects and partnerships of the initiative including the production
of the National Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts. He teaches the footprint-related
courses, supports students and project staff, and supports the Footprint Data Foundation
as its Secretary-Treasurer. His prior work as a consulting economist has informed
governments, industry, think-tanks, and non-governmental organizations. His earlier
career in public service had him leading the team of economists in the Ontario Ministry
of Natural Resources, after he had worked for the Ontario Ministry of Environment
and for Environment Canada.
MCLA’s annual Green Living Seminar Series continues through April 19, presenting a series of lectures on the theme of “Capitalism and the Environment.” Every semester, the Green Living Seminar Series centers around a different topic, timely and relevant to current sustainability issues. Seminars take place on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m.
The 2023 series is a presentation of the MCLA Environmental Studies Department. Podcasts will be posted online following each presentation: http://www.mcla.edu/greenliving
About MCLA
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by educators who care deeply about teaching, and about seeing their students thrive
on every level of their lives. In nearly every way possible, the experience at MCLA
is designed to elevate our students as individuals, leaders, and communicators, fully
empowered to make their impressions on the world. In addition to our 128-year commitment
to public education, we have fortified our commitment to equitable academic excellence.
For 10 of the last 12 years, MCLA has been named a Top Ten College by U.S. News and
World Report. MCLA also appears on the organization’s list of top National Public
Liberal Arts Colleges. Since the list was created, MCLA has risen to #33 as a Top
Performer on Social Mobility and ranks first among all Massachusetts liberal arts
schools, which measures how well schools graduate students who receive Federal Pell
Grants. Learn more at www.mcla.edu.
