Reintegrating humankind and human affairs within the dynamics of the Earth's community of life. Ecologically-enhancing, humanly-fulfilling way of life and thought, driven by the creative intelligence of all people.
Life-long process of individual unfolding, involving better understanding of one's true self, of the meaning and purpose of one's life, and of one's mutuality with fellow humans and with the rest of nature.
Your path in life. Your passion. Your purpose. What it is you are here on earth to do. What it is you would do with your life even if you weren't paid.
Hidden and more hideous faces of global poverty: Actually, there is more poverty in the world than we realize — than we officially acknowledge. And, ironically, we're all in it together.
My illustrated highlights of Oli Mould's book "Against Creativity". Would highly recommend the book followed up by the work of Hannah Arendt, Paulo Freire, etc.
Quest for Prosperity: Culture and EconomyAsad Zaman
Quaide-Azam Lecture at 33rd AGM & PSDE Conference. Prosperity has been misunderstood as wealth, whereas it should refer to human development. Dramatic changes in worldviews and policies would result from re-defining prosperity correctly
Life-long process of individual unfolding, involving better understanding of one's true self, of the meaning and purpose of one's life, and of one's mutuality with fellow humans and with the rest of nature.
Your path in life. Your passion. Your purpose. What it is you are here on earth to do. What it is you would do with your life even if you weren't paid.
Hidden and more hideous faces of global poverty: Actually, there is more poverty in the world than we realize — than we officially acknowledge. And, ironically, we're all in it together.
My illustrated highlights of Oli Mould's book "Against Creativity". Would highly recommend the book followed up by the work of Hannah Arendt, Paulo Freire, etc.
Quest for Prosperity: Culture and EconomyAsad Zaman
Quaide-Azam Lecture at 33rd AGM & PSDE Conference. Prosperity has been misunderstood as wealth, whereas it should refer to human development. Dramatic changes in worldviews and policies would result from re-defining prosperity correctly
Leadership Concerns in the 21st centurysarah_ichi07
The first slide will show a short activity about defining leadership in one's own words. Then the presenter will let the listeners imagine that they still live in 1913 not 2013. Next the presenter will ask the listeners about the events that took place in 1913 and if they were the leader or the president at that time, what could they have done to their country? The presenter then would explain that the leadership for the 21st century is a subtle and complex topic because none of us knows what the future holds for the upcoming 87 years of this 21st century.
We need collective wisdom to form sustainable anti-structures to creatively develop approaches to re-name the world, to provide new meanings. We need new symbolic universes that promote spirituality and sustainability and that appeal to the young.
This presentation shows the different between the mainstream NGOs as the classical methods and alternative NGO which is widely used now among different organizations .
An excellent white paper outlining the importance of multi-partnerships to develop community & social innovation for complex human service & social issues.
Globalisation not only refers to ‘real-life’ empirical processes and phenomena but also carries a more profound meaning in social sciences: it is a concept and a theoretical perspective that alters the way in which scholars interpret social reality. This causes tensions and controversies within academic debates, which this paper approaches by presenting a juxtaposition between “methodological nationalism” and “cosmopolitanism”. This paper explores how the critiques against methodological nationalism are related to the rise of globalisation as a research paradigm in the 1990s; and, drawing particularly on Ulrich Beck’s writings, presents the main points of this critique as well as the basic premises of the cosmopolitan research agenda as promoted by Beck. I suggest that the academic globalisation controversy should be understood not so much in terms of contradicting arguments about empirical reality but rather as a normative struggle over the political direction of social sciences. It follows that the very critique against methodological nationalism is itself subject to criticism from the same normative standpoint it projects on the traditional scholarship. The paper concludes with a reflection on the relevance of this debate for doing social research.
CREATIVITY: Renew Your Thinking, Transform Your LifeEfiong Etuk
A global mass creativity campaign. Setting right the way we think about ourselves and the purpose of our life, so that humankind may thrive and flourish into the infinite future.
Leadership Concerns in the 21st centurysarah_ichi07
The first slide will show a short activity about defining leadership in one's own words. Then the presenter will let the listeners imagine that they still live in 1913 not 2013. Next the presenter will ask the listeners about the events that took place in 1913 and if they were the leader or the president at that time, what could they have done to their country? The presenter then would explain that the leadership for the 21st century is a subtle and complex topic because none of us knows what the future holds for the upcoming 87 years of this 21st century.
We need collective wisdom to form sustainable anti-structures to creatively develop approaches to re-name the world, to provide new meanings. We need new symbolic universes that promote spirituality and sustainability and that appeal to the young.
This presentation shows the different between the mainstream NGOs as the classical methods and alternative NGO which is widely used now among different organizations .
An excellent white paper outlining the importance of multi-partnerships to develop community & social innovation for complex human service & social issues.
Globalisation not only refers to ‘real-life’ empirical processes and phenomena but also carries a more profound meaning in social sciences: it is a concept and a theoretical perspective that alters the way in which scholars interpret social reality. This causes tensions and controversies within academic debates, which this paper approaches by presenting a juxtaposition between “methodological nationalism” and “cosmopolitanism”. This paper explores how the critiques against methodological nationalism are related to the rise of globalisation as a research paradigm in the 1990s; and, drawing particularly on Ulrich Beck’s writings, presents the main points of this critique as well as the basic premises of the cosmopolitan research agenda as promoted by Beck. I suggest that the academic globalisation controversy should be understood not so much in terms of contradicting arguments about empirical reality but rather as a normative struggle over the political direction of social sciences. It follows that the very critique against methodological nationalism is itself subject to criticism from the same normative standpoint it projects on the traditional scholarship. The paper concludes with a reflection on the relevance of this debate for doing social research.
CREATIVITY: Renew Your Thinking, Transform Your LifeEfiong Etuk
A global mass creativity campaign. Setting right the way we think about ourselves and the purpose of our life, so that humankind may thrive and flourish into the infinite future.
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When speaking of personal transformation and rebuilding the social order, one often hears the objection that this is Utopian, meaning an impossible dream. However, one of the requirements of such a transformation is precisely to have a positive vision of the future. Before beginning a building, all good architects make drawings and models to portray what they have in mind. Actors visualize their performance before going onto the stage. Successful companies develop a shared vision to which all staff members can commit themselves.
Humans and the environmentLECTURE 1Environment and P.docxsheronlewthwaite
Humans and the
environment
LECTURE 1
Environment and Policy
Dr Aideen Foley [email protected]
Objective
Explore environmental policy with
an emphasis on the actors and
values that shape it.
Key content
Environmental and social principles
relating to policy-making
Regulatory, market-based and non-
legislative policy tools.
Environmental policy challenges,
successes and failures
Module
overview
1. Humans and the environment
2. Environmental principles
3. Social principles in
environmental policy-making
4. Environmental governance and
participation
5. Fundamentals of sustainability
6. Environmental regulation
7. Environmental issues as market
problems
8. Environment and business
responsibility
9. Climate change policy
10. Climate change ethics
Module
overview
Assessment
2 x 3500 word learning journals.
1 question to consider each week.
Critical thinking is key.
1-5 due by 6pm, November 12th
6-10 due by 6pm, January 14th
Assignment clinics:
Lectures 5 and 10.
Humans and the Environment
How do people ‘value’ the environment?
How do people perceive environmental risk?
Key concepts
▪ Environmental worldviews
▪ Cultural Theory of risk
▪ Political economy of risk
Why does this matter?
If we consider misplaced values and
perceptions as one cause of
environmental problems, we need to
understand theoretical frameworks that
attempt to explain peoples’
relationships with the environment in
order to respond to that.
1. Environmental worldviews
Environmental values, like all psychological and social constructs,
are found ‘within’ human individuals, institutions and societies,
and find expression and representation across all human
activities, relationships, and cultural products.
Reser, J.P. and Bentrupperbäumer, J.M., 2005. What and where are environmental values? Assessing the
impacts of current diversity of use of ‘environmental’and ‘World Heritage’values. Journal of Environmental
Psychology, 25(2), pp.125-146.
Ecocentric
The person is not above or
outside of nature. E.g. Deep
ecology, eco-feminism.
Biocentric
Does not distinguish
between humans and other
life on Earth.
Environmental worldviews
Commonly shared beliefs that give groups of people a sense
of how humans should interact with the environment.
Anthropocentric
Humans should manage
Earth's resources for our
own benefit. E.g. Planetary
management, stewardship,
‘no-problem’.
“…sowing and planting of trees had to
be regarded as a national duty of
every landowner, in order to stop the
destructive over-exploitation of
natural resources…”
John Evelyn (1662), English writer, gardener and diarist
Planetary management
“It is a well-provisioned ship, this on which we
sail through space. If the bread and beef above
decks seem to grow scarce, we but open a
hatch and there is a new supply, of which
before we never dreamed. And very great
command over the services of other ...
Urban Hub 29 : Worlds within Worlds 1 - Entangled CosmosPaul van Schaık
No one vision is sufficient in and of itself – visions can guide but only by collaborative action in a creative generative process can visions grow and become part of an ongoing positive sociocultural reality.
Without taking into account the many worldviews that currently co-exist and crafting ways of including them in a positive and healthy form we will continue to alienate vast sections of all communities of humankind
This volume deals with the predominately ‘exterior’ -that which can be measured or seen. ‘Behaviour’and‘Systems’.quadrants.
The Cosmos
Urban Hub 30 adds predominately the ‘interior’ – that which is felt. ‘Psycho’ and ‘Cultural’ quadrants – making the ‘whole’
The Kosmos
A series of graphics from integralMENTORS integral UrbanHub work on IMP and Thriveable Cities This work shows the graphics from a dynamic deck that accompany a presentation on Visions & WorldViews and Thriveable Cities. The history of the co-evolution of cities, evolving WorldViews, Visions & Mindsets in urban Habitats and technology is presented in an integral framework. Integral theory is simply explained as it relates to these themes. This volume is part of an ongoing series of guides to integrally inform practitioners.
The Self, Meaning and Sustainability
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Ekalavya Multiversity, an Ecumenopolis - a spiritual university“ is for making a world city, a democratic globe. People make assets, people are our assets.this concept works towards a culture that; sees inner development as important, recognizes there is a conjunction of eastern and western approaches - of the rational analytical and the imaginative intuitive; crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries; encourages the spiritual and ethical dimensions of all courses; is non-hierarchical in structure and that helps people find their own spiritual path.Humane Physics as Sustainable Spirituality. Humane physics is a suitable education program for evolution of humanity, being a life long education in their lifetime i.e., what one need have to learn and observe in their lifetime. If the purpose of development--as presently conceived--is to increase material amenities, then sustainable development will certainly help us to continue to consume, but it will not help us attain inner fulfillment. Therefore, sustainable spirituality--the idea that true progress is movement toward inner fulfillment, toward self-realization-- must be embraced by the sustainable development program. Spiritual progress subsumes material development, as people cannot pursue spiritual growth without adequate basic necessities such as employment, food, shelter, education, and medical care. So, the purpose of development, guided by a sense of spiritual progress, is to help us pursue personal and social pursuits that foster inner growth and communion with people and nature. Activities such as sports, art, music, theater, yoga, meditation, hiking, etc., do not simply fill our lives with more material things, instead they fill our lives with enjoyment, purpose and meaning.
The Needs of Our Age: Chinese and Baha'i Viewpoints Joe Carter
This presentation explores and compares the Chinese and Baha'i viewpoints on the needs of our age: in particular the need to enlarge our consciousness and our allegiance to include the whole planet; and the need to build a global community that is both materially and spiritually advanced, and that draws on all of our collective heritage.
WRI’s brand new “Food Service Playbook for Promoting Sustainable Food Choices” gives food service operators the very latest strategies for creating dining environments that empower consumers to choose sustainable, plant-rich dishes. This research builds off our first guide for food service, now with industry experience and insights from nearly 350 academic trials.
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A brief about organic farming/ Natural farming/ Zero budget natural farming/ Subash Palekar Natural farming which keeps us and environment safe and healthy. Next gen Agricultural practices of chemical free farming.
Characterization and the Kinetics of drying at the drying oven and with micro...Open Access Research Paper
The objective of this work is to contribute to valorization de Nephelium lappaceum by the characterization of kinetics of drying of seeds of Nephelium lappaceum. The seeds were dehydrated until a constant mass respectively in a drying oven and a microwawe oven. The temperatures and the powers of drying are respectively: 50, 60 and 70°C and 140, 280 and 420 W. The results show that the curves of drying of seeds of Nephelium lappaceum do not present a phase of constant kinetics. The coefficients of diffusion vary between 2.09.10-8 to 2.98. 10-8m-2/s in the interval of 50°C at 70°C and between 4.83×10-07 at 9.04×10-07 m-8/s for the powers going of 140 W with 420 W the relation between Arrhenius and a value of energy of activation of 16.49 kJ. mol-1 expressed the effect of the temperature on effective diffusivity.
"Understanding the Carbon Cycle: Processes, Human Impacts, and Strategies for...MMariSelvam4
The carbon cycle is a critical component of Earth's environmental system, governing the movement and transformation of carbon through various reservoirs, including the atmosphere, oceans, soil, and living organisms. This complex cycle involves several key processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, and carbon sequestration, each contributing to the regulation of carbon levels on the planet.
Human activities, particularly fossil fuel combustion and deforestation, have significantly altered the natural carbon cycle, leading to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and driving climate change. Understanding the intricacies of the carbon cycle is essential for assessing the impacts of these changes and developing effective mitigation strategies.
By studying the carbon cycle, scientists can identify carbon sources and sinks, measure carbon fluxes, and predict future trends. This knowledge is crucial for crafting policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions, enhancing carbon storage, and promoting sustainable practices. The carbon cycle's interplay with climate systems, ecosystems, and human activities underscores its importance in maintaining a stable and healthy planet.
In-depth exploration of the carbon cycle reveals the delicate balance required to sustain life and the urgent need to address anthropogenic influences. Through research, education, and policy, we can work towards restoring equilibrium in the carbon cycle and ensuring a sustainable future for generations to come.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT GREEN WASHING IS!.pdfJulietMogola
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One of the key areas we work in is Artificial Reefs. This presentation captures our journey so far and our learnings. We hope you get as excited about marine conservation and artificial reefs as we are.
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Willie Nelson Net Worth: A Journey Through Music, Movies, and Business Venturesgreendigital
Willie Nelson is a name that resonates within the world of music and entertainment. Known for his unique voice, and masterful guitar skills. and an extraordinary career spanning several decades. Nelson has become a legend in the country music scene. But, his influence extends far beyond the realm of music. with ventures in acting, writing, activism, and business. This comprehensive article delves into Willie Nelson net worth. exploring the various facets of his career that have contributed to his large fortune.
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Introduction
Willie Nelson net worth is a testament to his enduring influence and success in many fields. Born on April 29, 1933, in Abbott, Texas. Nelson's journey from a humble beginning to becoming one of the most iconic figures in American music is nothing short of inspirational. His net worth, which estimated to be around $25 million as of 2024. reflects a career that is as diverse as it is prolific.
Early Life and Musical Beginnings
Humble Origins
Willie Hugh Nelson was born during the Great Depression. a time of significant economic hardship in the United States. Raised by his grandparents. Nelson found solace and inspiration in music from an early age. His grandmother taught him to play the guitar. setting the stage for what would become an illustrious career.
First Steps in Music
Nelson's initial foray into the music industry was fraught with challenges. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue his dreams, but success did not come . Working as a songwriter, Nelson penned hits for other artists. which helped him gain a foothold in the competitive music scene. His songwriting skills contributed to his early earnings. laying the foundation for his net worth.
Rise to Stardom
Breakthrough Albums
The 1970s marked a turning point in Willie Nelson's career. His albums "Shotgun Willie" (1973), "Red Headed Stranger" (1975). and "Stardust" (1978) received critical acclaim and commercial success. These albums not only solidified his position in the country music genre. but also introduced his music to a broader audience. The success of these albums played a crucial role in boosting Willie Nelson net worth.
Iconic Songs
Willie Nelson net worth is also attributed to his extensive catalog of hit songs. Tracks like "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," "On the Road Again," and "Always on My Mind" have become timeless classics. These songs have not only earned Nelson large royalties but have also ensured his continued relevance in the music industry.
Acting and Film Career
Hollywood Ventures
In addition to his music career, Willie Nelson has also made a mark in Hollywood. His distinctive personality and on-screen presence have landed him roles in several films and television shows. Notable appearances include roles in "The Electric Horseman" (1979), "Honeysuckle Rose" (1980), and "Barbarosa" (1982). These acting gigs have added a significant amount to Willie Nelson net worth.
Television Appearances
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31. Human-Centered Development:
Human well-being as the supreme good and
primary purpose of development.
The rest of nature as resources to be exploited to
human ends.
Materialistic – little regard for ethical values,
such as humaneness, sustainability, etc.
Success of development measured in quantitative
terms – usually monetary.
32. Integral Development:
The well-being of the entire community of life systems .
Interdependence, interrelatedness, interpenetration of
all things – human and non-human.
Mutual-enhancement.
Inherent right of non-human beings to exist & flourish.
Integral human mode of living within the larger
community of life systems.
Human well-being is best served in the context of the
well-being of all other Earth components.
33. Integral Development:
Planetary-consciousness – thinking and acting
within the context of the whole Earth.
All life-supporting economic and non-economic
actions – sensitivities toward all of nature.
Mutually-enhancing ways of producing,
consuming, living, relating.
Ecologically-sustaining, humanly-fulfilling,
socially-inclusive criteria of success and
progress.
34. Here’s a selection of provocative insights, intriguing
perspectives, and alternative proposals brought together
to encourage and expand meaningful public and global
conversations on ways to:
Restore and maintain harmonious, mutually-
enhancing human presence with non-human members
of the Earth community.
Strengthen the Earth’s capacity to continue to support
human and non-human life into the infinite future.
35.
36. “The work of the future will be friendly toward the
environment and will accept the environment’s friendliness
toward us; it will be interdependent rather than competitive
and bellicose toward other humans; it will not exaggerate
individualism or jingoism or nationalism, but will have a
planetary worldview about it; it will not be about
controlling the environment; it will not fall into the fallacy of
an infinitely expanding mode of thinking about a finite
reality, namely the Earth and its gifts to us; it will not
succumb to economic determinism; it will look for its values
and its creativity beyond technology alone.”
-Gregory Bateson (Paraphrased by Matthew Fox)
37. “While humans do have their own
distinctive reality and unique value, these
must be articulated within a more
comprehensive context. Ultimately humans
find their own well-being [sic] within this
context. To consider that one is enhanced
by diminishing the other is an illusion.”
-Thomas Berry
38.
39. “We need to reinvent the human within the community
of life systems. … In our efforts to reduce the other-
than-human components of the planet to subservience
… we have brought the entire set of life systems of the
planet, including the human, to an extremely
dangerous situation. Radical new cultural forms are
needed … [to] place the human within the dynamics of
the planet rather than place the planet within the
dynamics of the human.”
-Thomas Berry
40. “But shaping the [planetary] future … is
not something that can be accomplished by
solitary individuals working alone.
Therefore, it is necessary to consider which
social institutions are most likely to
sponsor positive actions, and how we can
develop more of them.”
-Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
41. “Nature reveals itself to us as a system
in a perpetual state of transformation. …
Everywhere in nature we see effort.
Why should its generative or preservative
action be stopped in man?”
-Lecomte du Noüy
42. “To build a sustainable civilization
we must learn how to foster global
partnership culture, self-organized
enterprises, and intricate, intelligent,
committed communities protected by
community-serving hierarchies.
Nothing less will do.”
-Robert G. Dyck
43. “The more we come to grips with our true nature as
humans and our place in the harmony of nature, the
more socially and ecologically responsible we are
likely to become. … The more socially and
ecologically responsible we become, the less
acquisitive, the less consumption-driven, and the less
adversarial we are likely to be. Of course, the less
acquisitive and the less consumption-driven we are,
the better for a finite Planet Earth and for posterity.”
-Efiong Etuk
44. “What we need is to explore our
beings, our heart and soul, our
inner selves, the causes of the
violence in which we engage.”
-Matthew Fox
45. “The way [forward] is through an overarching moral
and ethical system of values (metavalues) that
transcends the values within and differences between
various groups, be they hunters, conservationists,
corporations, or ethnic groups. … Once these
metavalues are accepted and expressed in thought and
action and are shared with others of like spirit [we
become] part of the transpersonal actualizing
brotherhood of mankind.”
-Michael W. Fox
46. “Mankind is on the threshold of a new stage in its
development. We should not only promote the
expansion of its material, scientific, and technical
basis, but, what is most important, the formation
of new value and humanistic aspirations … since
wisdom and humaneness are the ‘eternal truths’
that make the basis of humanity.”
-I. T. Frolov
47. “The necessity to unite with other living
things, to be related to them, is an
imperative need on the fulfillment
of which man’s sanity depends.”
-Erich Fromm
48. “[We are] faced with challenges that may well
imperil civilization as we know it. The old
solutions and procedures for dealing with
political and social problems no longer appear
to work. Hope seems to lie in beginning to seek
new creative solutions, new approaches and
breakthroughs for the global dilemmas we now
face.”
-Willis Harman
49.
50. “Because of the interconnectedness of the
modern world, questions about development can
only be answered within the context of some
picture of a viable global future. … Development
is unlikely to be a matter of continued
exponential growth of GNP; a fundamental
departure from that path seems likely.”
-Willis Harman and John Hormann
51. “Yet the gross national product does not allow for the
health of our children, the quality of their education, or
the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our
poetry or the strength of our marriages; the intelligence of
our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It
measures neither our wit nor our courage; neither our
wisdom nor our learning; neither our compassion nor our
devotion to our country; it measures everything, in short,
except that which makes life worthwhile.”
-Robert Kennedy
52. “Sustainability is a central value, and calls
for flexibility and mutual accommodation
among people, as well as between people
and their natural environment.”
-Ervin Laszlo
53. “Our present educational and social
failure to recognize new bases of
human relationships must change
if we are to survive.”
-Ashley Montagu
54. “What we do to the world’s body, we do
to our own. We are not master’s of this
world, we participate in its life.”
-Thomas Moore
55. “Our bodies reflect or participate in
the world’s body, so that if we harm
the outer body, our own bodies will
feel the effects.”
-Thomas Moore
56. “Our species … must ask itself where it wants to go
and what it wishes to accomplish. The inquiry into
what we are up to, what we can or should do with
ourselves and future generations, should
undoubtedly come first, if for no other reason than
because without an overall design our frenzied
activities can but give rise to colossal disorder –
which is precisely what is beginning to occur today.”
-Aurelio Peccei
57. “Unless individuals, groups, and nations can imagine,
construct, and creatively [devise] new ways of relating
to these complex changes [in the world], the lights will
go out. Unless man can make new and original
adaptations to his environment as rapidly as his
science can change the environment, our [civilization]
will perish...[and] international annihilation will be
the price we pay for a lack of creativity.”
-Carl R. Rogers
58. “It is not possible to use the techniques and
philosophies of the mechanistic paradigm to
heal the effects and devastations of that
paradigm. … Reductionism can certainly be
helpful in fixing our cars, but it has not
proved very helpful in facilitating our
understanding of ourselves, our world,
or the relationships therein.”
-Anne Wilson Schaef
59. “Until and unless we develop a new life-
style which is compatible with the real needs
of human nature, with the health of living
nature around us, and with the resource
endowment of the world … [the crisis] will
become worse and end in disaster.”
-E. F. Schumacher
60. “Everywhere people ask: ‘What can I do?’
The answer is as simple as it is
disconcerting: we can, each of us, work to
put our inner house in order. The guidance
we need for this work cannot be found in
science or technology.”
-E. F. Schumacher
61. “How long would we continue to
worship at the alter of economic
growth, accepting as unfortunate,
but accepting nonetheless,
the damage to the integrity of
creation?”
-Michael Schut
62. “One thing we no longer need to be told is
that we are in the throes of an appalling
crisis. … [T]he message is quite clear: our
entire way of life is humanly and
environmentally suicidal.”
-Philip Sherrard
63. “The ultimate goal of development is
not simply higher incomes, longer life
expectancies, or higher literacy rates,
but rather the capability for people and
communities to realize their full
responsible and creative potential.”
-John G. Sommer
64. “How can we make the quality of life,
rather than open-ended economic
growth, the focus of future thinking?”
-Charlene Spretnak
65. “The major error of the last century
has been the assumption that a total
society can be organized upon an
economic motive, upon profit.”
-Frank Tannenbaum
66. “Whether we examine capitalist free market notions or
Marxism as we have known it, whether we look at
liberalism, welfare statism, or at traditional theories
of Third World development – all of them seem less
and less relevant as events outrace our theoretical
formulations. …It is time to put our most passionately
held assumptions under the microscope. We may find
that they no longer correspond to the emerging
reality.”
-Alvin Toffler
67. “Humanity has the ability to make
development sustainable – to ensure
that it meets the needs of the present
generation without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet
their own needs.”
-The World Commission on Environment and Development