All Blog Posts Tagged 'sustainability' (2)

UN High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability Report released

The 22-member Panel, established by the Secretary-General in August 2010 to formulate a new blueprint for sustainable development and low-carbon prosperity, was co-chaired by Finnish President Tarja Halonen and South African President Jacob Zuma. The Panel's final report, "Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing", contains 56 recommendations to put sustainable development into practice and to…

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Added by David Woolfson on February 1, 2012 at 7:30am — No Comments

IDEALISM AND REALISM

When we say that we need a new vision for the future, what we are really saying is that we actually need a vision for the future. This necessitates a unified global vision that allows different nations and cultures to co exist peacefully without the fear of impending doom or disaster of any kind. What we need in sustainability is the integration of a comprehensive and holistic vision that extends through all of the dimensions of global life and addresses the needs of humanity now and into…

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Added by David Wilson Siegert on July 29, 2010 at 8:30pm — No Comments