(par 9.4.1) Brundtland Commission Report – Our common Future
Brundtland Commission Report World Commission on Environment and Development (1987) Our Common Future See D. Hinrichsen, Our Common Future: A Reader’s Guide The Brundtland Report Explained (London: Earthscan Pub., 1987) <http://www.are.admin.ch/are/en/nachhaltig/international_uno/unterseite02330> Substantial development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It […]
(par 9.4 ) The Economy Vs. The Environment – Is There A Conflict?
The Economy Vs. The Environment: Is There A Conflict? http://www.ecoiq.com/dc-products/prod_conflict.html By Dennis Church, April 17, 1992 The truth, of course, is that most of us care more about our standard of living than we do about the health of some species we seldom if ever see. And the truth, even harder to admit, is that most […]
(par 9.4 ) The climate crisis calls for an immediate capping – not decapitating of capitalism
The climate crisis calls for an immediate capping – not decapitating – of capitalism https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-05-03-the-climate-crisis-calls-for-an-immediate-capping-not-decapitating-of-capitalism/ By Jeff Rudin The still-to-be-answered challenge in finding a way out of the impasse of the climate crisis is not what constitutes an ‘entirely new economy’ – the answers are plentiful – but rather how to achieve it. More particularly, this […]