(par 9.4.1) Prince Charles warns human exploitation of nature is ‘insanity’
Prince Charles warns human exploitation of nature is ‘insanity’ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-royals-environment-climatechange-trfn-idUSKBN293100 By Megan Rowling (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Humans should remember they are part of nature and stop exploiting it to avert environmental and climate catastrophe, Britain’s heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles said on Tuesday. Interviewed by Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood on BBC radio, he urged society to draw […]
(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 […]