In continuing support of the field, Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies has volunteered to provide the Society with its preliminary headquarters. John Ehrenfeld, Visiting Fellow at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and emeritus director of the MIT Technology, Business and Environment Program, will serve as the Society's executive director. One pioneering example of industrial ecology is the industrial district of Kalundborg, Denmark where firms have joined together to reduce environmental impacts by exchanging energy, water, and materials. In Kalundborg, the byproducts of one company become valuable resources for another. Yale University research scholar.
Industrial ecology is a young field that has grown exponentially.
Since an inaugural conference convened by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1991, the field has been the focus of numerous international conferences in Scandinavia, France, India, Austria, the US, and Japan and numerous research projects. Industrial ecology is also central to several academic programs including the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies' graduate program in industrial environmental management and the undergraduate degree program in industrial ecology at the Norwegian University Science of Science and Technology. In February, the Society will open its doors to membership. David Allen, University of Texas, Austin, Tex. All Rights Reserved.