News
-
Filter by year:
- 2026
- 2025
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
Calling Small Island Nations Climate Leaders and Professionals
The [RECOVER project](https://clareprogramme.org/project/resilience-to-climate-vulnerability-and-environmental-risk-recover-focus-on-small-islands/) (under the CLARE program) is launching a 6-month mobility & peer mentorship program designed exclusively for professionals …
Documentary Climate Blueprint: Dominica is now available for streaming!
“Climate Blueprint: Dominica”, a documentary by ODI and Twenty Twenty Studios, explores what it really means for a small island …
Documentary "Turning the Tide"-coral reef restauration project Aruba is now live!
World Oceans Day is celebrated globally on June 8th to honour the vital role oceans play in sustaining life and …
UAUCUU Student Research Exchange Collected Papers 2025 Published
Every year students from the University of Aruba (UA) and University College Utrecht (UCU) work together on community-based research projects …
New Publications on Island Sustainability
Rahman, S., Singh, S., & McCordic, C. (2022). Can the Caribbean localize its food system? Evidence from biomass flow accounting. …
UAUCU Student Research Exchange Collected Papers 2022 Published
Every year students from the University of Aruba (UA) and University College Utrecht (UCU) work together on community based research …
Why do we need an island circular economy?
On 23 - 24 Feb 2022, the University of Mauritius in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Regional Integration …
Virtual 2021 Sustainable Island Futures Symposium III
On December 14 2021 the Sustainable Island Futures (SIF) symposium III took place, hosted by The Metabolism of Islands & …
Dr. Eric Mijts defended his dual doctorate at Ghent University and University of Antwerp
Dr. Eric Mijts defended his dual doctorate successfully on the 26th of November 2021 in Belgium. The title of this …
New doctoral thesis: “Can a small island be sustainable? The role of material stocks and livestock in shaping the sociometabolic transition of the past, present and future on the Greek island Samothraki”
Dr. Dominik Noll successfully defended his doctoral thesis titled: “Can a small island be sustainable? The role of material stocks …
New doctoral thesis: "Trash is just treasure in the wrong place: The social metabolism of waste in Grenada"
Dr. Allison Elgie successfully defended her doctoral dissertation titled "Trash is just treasure in the wrong place: The social metabolism …
MoI invites expressions of interest to assist in an online course development.
The Metabolism of Islands (MoI), a twin initiative of [Metabolism of Cities - MoC](https://metabolismofcities.org/), is a network of scholars conducting …
MoI member takes the reins of Redonda Island
Johnella Bradshaw, one of the founding members of the Metabolism of Islands (MoI) has been appointed as the Redonda Ecosystem …
Inaugural Board of "Island Industrial Ecology" Section
The "Island Industrial Ecology" (or Island-IE) announces its inaugural board of seven members. Proposed by Simron J. Singh, along with …
"Island Industrial Ecology" launched
The MoI is delighted to announce "Island Industrial Ecology", a new section of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE). …
Special Issue on the "Metabolism of Islands" Concluded
The open access special issue "Metabolism of Islands" is now concluded and available online. The nine contributions in this issue …
Special Issue: Metabolism of Islands
The open-access journal SUSTAINABILITY has extended its deadline till 30 September 2020 for contributions to the special issue titled Metabolism …
Special issue: Onwards to island sustainability futures - An exploration of the SDGs on islands
The Island Studies Journal invites contributions for a special section on the theme: "Onwards to island sustainability futures - An …
MoI members visit the US Virgin Islands
Dr. Simron Jit Singh and Dr. Kumaraswamy Ponnambalam, members of the MoI, visited the US Virgin Islands on the invitation …
Metabolism of Islands website launched
The Metabolism of Islands (MoI) is a twin initiative of the Metabolism of Cities (MoC). Special thanks to Paul Hoekman …
Island nations: Recycling natural disasters
Peter Stirling writes about the research being conducted by the MoI team in ENVISION. Read full story>
Development of Metabolism of Islands
During the month of October 2018, one of Metabolism of Cities’ co-founders, Paul Hoekman, visited the University of Waterloo in …
This Tiny Country Says It Can Beat Climate Change
Hurricane Maria turned Dominica into a foreign-funded laboratory for stormproofing an entire nation. Progress so far is hard to see. Read …