News
Calling Small Island Nations Climate Leaders and Professionals Jan. 21, 2026
Documentary Climate Blueprint: Dominica is now available for streaming! June 20, 2025
Documentary "Turning the Tide"-coral reef restauration project Aruba is now live! June 19, 2025
UAUCUU Student Research Exchange Collected Papers 2025 Published May 30, 2025
New Publications on Island Sustainability Aug. 18, 2022
UAUCU Student Research Exchange Collected Papers 2022 Published May 16, 2022
Why do we need an island circular economy? Feb. 25, 2022
Virtual 2021 Sustainable Island Futures Symposium III Feb. 3, 2022
Dr. Eric Mijts defended his dual doctorate at Ghent University and University of Antwerp Jan. 19, 2022
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” Jan. 7, 2022
New doctoral thesis: "Trash is just treasure in the wrong place: The social metabolism of waste in Grenada" Jan. 6, 2022
MoI invites expressions of interest to assist in an online course development. Oct. 16, 2021
MoI member takes the reins of Redonda Island June 17, 2021
Inaugural Board of "Island Industrial Ecology" Section March 18, 2021
"Island Industrial Ecology" launched Nov. 10, 2020
Special Issue on the "Metabolism of Islands" Concluded Oct. 15, 2020
Special Issue: Metabolism of Islands June 30, 2020
Special issue: Onwards to island sustainability futures - An exploration of the SDGs on islands May 31, 2020
MoI members visit the US Virgin Islands Dec. 9, 2019
Metabolism of Islands website launched Aug. 15, 2019
Island nations: Recycling natural disasters July 15, 2019
Development of Metabolism of Islands Nov. 10, 2018
This Tiny Country Says It Can Beat Climate Change July 2, 2018
Events
MOI workshop Apr 01, 2025 - May 01, 2025 Waterloo
Turning the Tide: Climate Change, Social Change, and Islandness, Conference in Aruba, 23 - 26 October 2023 Oct 23, 2023 - Oct 26, 2023 Aruba
What’s history got to do with it? Colonialism, structural vulnerabilities and risk accumulation in Small Island Developing States Jun 19, 2023 - Jun 19, 2023 None
Sustainable Islands Futures (SIF) symposium Nov 30, 2022 - Nov 30, 2022 Virtual
Sustainable Island Futures 2022 Jun 09, 2022 - Jun 09, 2022 Virtual
Fourth Sustainable Island Futures (SIF) 2022 - Call for Abstracts Jun 09, 2022 - Jun 09, 2022 Virtual
Implementing circularity in livestock based Food Systems in tropical islands Mar 07, 2022 - Mar 08, 2022 Virtual
Sustainable Island Futures, 14 December 2021 Dec 14, 2021 - Dec 14, 2021 Virtual
Island Waste Challenges and the Potential for a Circular Economy Jun 21, 2021 - Jun 21, 2021 Virtual
