'What will be the legacy of the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development? Will it... more 'What will be the legacy of the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development? Will it be remembered as an 'historic' watershed, as we now regard the 1992 Rio Earth Summit? Will it serve to catalyse and renew commitments for the failed promises of Rio? Will Johannesburg generate results that will be worthy of celebration, or will it lead to yet another meaningless global photo opportunity? We publish this Memorandum a few months before the Summit, at a critical juncture of renewed political momentum. It is our contribution to the debate on both the desired outcomes of the Summit and the critical path for the sustainable development agenda in the next decade. The composition of the Memorandum's authorship reflects the diversity of our international network, from North and South, from East and West, from NGOs, science, politics, and business. The meetings of the Memorandum Group were convened in both the venues of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio and the forthcoming Johannesburg Summit, as well as Berlin, the capital of an EU Member State whose government has started to take serious steps towards translating sustainability into concrete policy. The launch of the Memorandum will take place in New York, which serves as both the financial capital of the world and the seat of the United Nations. The Memorandum raises the central but oft-forgotten question 'Development yes, but what kind of development and for whom?' Its recommendations are grounded firmly in the principles of ecological sustainability and equity. The text concentrates on elaborating on the mutual and intricate relationship of ecology and equity, while not pretending that it deals exhaustively with poverty eradication in all its manifold dimensions. It combines a critical account of the post-Rio decade with a rich set of proposals how to change the paradigms of unsustainable development and to promote civic, social and environmental rights. In spite of different views on the ongoing process of globalisation the authors agree about the urgent need to re-integrate markets in a framework of social and environmental regulations and limitations on a local, regional, national and global level. The demand for a redistribution of rights and resources stands in the very centre of the memorandum. The authors enjoy the privilege of being able to generate new ideas removed from the constraints and pressures of official decision-making processes. Nevertheless, we do hope that the Memorandum's comprehensive set of recommendations might assist the official preparatory process and ultimately the elaboration of the Summit's final outcomes. We are convinced that Memorandum's conclusions represent elements of the new sustainability agenda that will hopefully shape the work of the international community in the years to come.' (extract)'Die UN-Konferenz ueber Umwelt und Entwicklung von Rio de Janeiro im Jahr 1992 hatte 'nachhaltige Entwicklung' zum neuen Namen fuer Fortschritt erklaert. Die Idee fand weltweit Anklang, doch Ergebnisse lassen eher auf sich warten. Zehn Jahre nach Rio wird der 'Weltgipfel fuer nachhaltige Entwicklung', der Ende August 2002 in Johannesburg stattfinden wird, ein Anlass sein, Bilanz zu ziehen. Darueber hinaus wird auch dieser Gipfel sich vornehmen, auf die Herausforderung zu antworten, die sowohl chronische Armut wie ressourcenhungriger Reichtum in der Welt von heute darstellen. Dieses Memorandum umreisst eine Agenda zu Oekologie und Gerechtigkeit fuer das gerade angebrochene Jahrzehnt. Es wurde von einer 16-koepfigen Gruppe von Aktivisten, Intellektuellen, Managern und Politikern entworfen, die von der Heinrich-Boell-Stiftung zusammengebracht worden sind, um sich in die globale Debatte aus einer zivilgesellschaftlichen Perspektive einzuschalten. Weder ist das Memorandum ein politisches Programm noch eine Expertenstudie, sondern es moechte ein 'Memorandum' im woertlichen Sinne sein: es versucht, ins Gedaechtnis zu rufen, worum es eigentlich geht. Das Johannesburg Memorandum: zieht Bilanz der Entwicklungen im Jahrzehnt seit Rio; skizziert eine konkrete 'Johannesburg Agenda' zur Ueberwindung des obsoleten fossilen Entwicklungsmodells in Nord und Sued; zeigt auf, wie die Lebensbedingungen und Lebensrechte der marginalisierten Mehrheit auf diesem Planeten direkt mit dem Zustand ihrer Umwelt zusammenhaengen; verdeutlicht, dass die tatsaechliche Wohlstands-Trennungslinie mittlerweile quer durch jede Gesellschaft geht und die lokalisierten Armen von den globalisierten Reichen trennt; konzipiert Entwicklungslinien fuer einen 'gerechten Wohlstand' im 'globalen Norden'; entwickelt eine ambitionierte Programmatik fuer Oekologie und Gerechtigkeit: Alternativen zur Privatisierung globaler Gemeinschaftsgueter sowie zur Liberalisierung der Finanzstroeme und des Welthandels, Rechte fuer Buerger und communities, oekologische Signale fuer die Globalen Maerkte, neue globale Institutionen.' (Autorenreferat)Available from…
The rationale and justification for the TARAhaat.com designed by the Development Alternatives (DA... more The rationale and justification for the TARAhaat.com designed by the Development Alternatives (DA) Group is the present rural marketplace in India. The scenario is briefly described in the succeeding sections. Activating higher levels of production and consumption in rural markets is urgently needed to build fast growing, globally competitive and resilient economies in developing nations. Despite the explosive growth of the Internet world-wide, the benefits of information technology (IT) have yet to reach the Third World village. The slow penetration of IT into the rural economy underlies the greatest threat today to global sustainable development; accelerating it may well be the most effective means for overcoming this threat. Transforming the rural economy needs a whole new approach to delivery of information, goods and services based on environmentally sound technology, local enterprise and effective communication. TARAhaat is, for the family, a window to the world connecting to ...
A controversy at the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress on the topic of closing domestic ivory... more A controversy at the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress on the topic of closing domestic ivory markets (the 007, or so-called James Bond, motion) has given rise to a debate on IUCN's value proposition. A cross-section of authors who are engaged in IUCN but not employed by the organization, and with diverse perspectives and opinions, here argue for the importance of safeguarding and strengthening the unique technical and convening roles of IUCN, providing examples of what has and has not worked. Recommendations for protecting and enhancing IUCN's contribution to global conservation debates and policy formulation are given.
The central issue of sustainable national development is the creation of sustainable livelihoods.... more The central issue of sustainable national development is the creation of sustainable livelihoods. Some IS million jobs have to be created every year to close the un-employment gap in India by the year 2015. Conventional industrialisation is important to maintain competitiveness in a globalising economy but it can hardly create one or two million jobs a year. Employment in agriculture is also reaching a plateau. Thus 10 million additional jobs will have to be created, off-farm and outside conventional industry, every year. Only mini and micro industries are capable of creating this many jobs. To create these jobs without further destroying the environment or the resource base, and in the process generating the goods and services needed by local people, totally new types of jobs of technology and different types of enterprises will be needed from those that exist today. Developing these will, in turn, need new approaches to the innovation and delivery. This paper describes the role of...
It is the challenge of Johannesburg to move beyond KO, yet it is the danger of Johannesburg to re... more It is the challenge of Johannesburg to move beyond KO, yet it is the danger of Johannesburg to regress behind KO. The Rio Conference on Environment and Development strove to address two major crises: the crisis of nature and that of justice. Environmentalistsoften from the Northwere expected to take into account the desire of the majority of the world's citizens for a life beyond poverty and distress. By contrast, developmentalists-* often from the South-were called upon to recognize the disastrous repercussions * ofa deteriorated nature base. Typically, environmentalists were seen to be opposing deforestation, chemical agriculture or expansion of power plants, while 8 SUMMER2002 all the Rio documents, the demand of the South for recognition and equity has. largely been frustrated during the past decade, reinforcing the fear of many Southerncountries of falling hrther behind and remaining forever excluded from the blessings of the modern world. Against this background, the South-and in particular South Africa-intend : to transform Johannesburg into a development summit rather than an environment * summit. While Rio was considered to be dominated by the North, it is hoped that * Johannesburg will be the Summit for the South. Indeed, the conference title "World : Summit for Sustainable Development" clearly reflects the intention to elevate "development" on the political agenda. Yet, we believe that focusing on a development agenda as if the worldwide crisisof nature did not exist would signify sliding back behind Rio. It would be a : regression of sorts, a rollback in the growing sensibility toward the finiteness of the : natural world. And it would be a disservice to the South, since equity can no longer. be separated from ecology. Instead, fulfilling the ambition of KO requires the effective response to the demand for equity arising from the South, but in a manner which takes full account of the bio-physical limits of the Earth. Some claim that humanity faces a choice between human misery and natural catastrophe. This choice is false. We are convinced that human misery can be eliminated without catalyzing natural catastrophes. Conversely, natural catastrophes can indeed be avoided without condemning people to a life of misery. Getting ready to meet this challenge, however, requires revisiting the * technologies, the institutions and the world views that dominate the globe today. : SHRUG OFF COPYCAT DEVELOPMENT I Partly through imposition, partly : through attraction, the Northern development model has shaped Southern desires,offering tangible examples not only of a different, but of a supposedly better life. * After decolonization, the newly gained political independence notwithstanding, the : South set its sights on the industrial style of life and moved to catch up with the : richer countries. And after the fall of communism, countries in Eastern Europe and ' Central A& jumped to embrace capitalism and the glittery products of the free * market. The winner takes allincluding imagination. Where countries want to go, : what they thrive to become, has most often not emerged naturally from their : respective history and traditions, but has been forged by emulation of the Northern. model. In this way, dignity has been identified with becoming modern, and * The conventional distinctions between North and South are misleading-these are diplomatic artifacts. Instead, the real global divide runs through each society-between the globalized rich and the localized poor. SUMMER2002 9 * Consequently, there is no escape from the conclusion that the world's growing 10 SUMMER 2002 * this class into the worldwide circuit of goods, communication and travel, most I2 SUMMER 2002
It is the challenge of Johannesburg to move beyond KO, yet it is the danger of Johannesburg to re... more It is the challenge of Johannesburg to move beyond KO, yet it is the danger of Johannesburg to regress behind KO. The Rio Conference on Environment and Development strove to address two major crises: the crisis of nature and that of justice. Environmentalistsoften from the Northwere expected to take into account the desire of the majority of the world's citizens for a life beyond poverty and distress. By contrast, developmentalists-* often from the South-were called upon to recognize the disastrous repercussions * ofa deteriorated nature base. Typically, environmentalists were seen to be opposing deforestation, chemical agriculture or expansion of power plants, while 8 SUMMER2002 all the Rio documents, the demand of the South for recognition and equity has. largely been frustrated during the past decade, reinforcing the fear of many Southerncountries of falling hrther behind and remaining forever excluded from the blessings of the modern world. Against this background, the South-and in particular South Africa-intend : to transform Johannesburg into a development summit rather than an environment * summit. While Rio was considered to be dominated by the North, it is hoped that * Johannesburg will be the Summit for the South. Indeed, the conference title "World : Summit for Sustainable Development" clearly reflects the intention to elevate "development" on the political agenda. Yet, we believe that focusing on a development agenda as if the worldwide crisisof nature did not exist would signify sliding back behind Rio. It would be a : regression of sorts, a rollback in the growing sensibility toward the finiteness of the : natural world. And it would be a disservice to the South, since equity can no longer. be separated from ecology. Instead, fulfilling the ambition of KO requires the effective response to the demand for equity arising from the South, but in a manner which takes full account of the bio-physical limits of the Earth. Some claim that humanity faces a choice between human misery and natural catastrophe. This choice is false. We are convinced that human misery can be eliminated without catalyzing natural catastrophes. Conversely, natural catastrophes can indeed be avoided without condemning people to a life of misery. Getting ready to meet this challenge, however, requires revisiting the * technologies, the institutions and the world views that dominate the globe today. : SHRUG OFF COPYCAT DEVELOPMENT I Partly through imposition, partly : through attraction, the Northern development model has shaped Southern desires,offering tangible examples not only of a different, but of a supposedly better life. * After decolonization, the newly gained political independence notwithstanding, the : South set its sights on the industrial style of life and moved to catch up with the : richer countries. And after the fall of communism, countries in Eastern Europe and ' Central A& jumped to embrace capitalism and the glittery products of the free * market. The winner takes allincluding imagination. Where countries want to go, : what they thrive to become, has most often not emerged naturally from their : respective history and traditions, but has been forged by emulation of the Northern. model. In this way, dignity has been identified with becoming modern, and * The conventional distinctions between North and South are misleading-these are diplomatic artifacts. Instead, the real global divide runs through each society-between the globalized rich and the localized poor. SUMMER2002 9 * Consequently, there is no escape from the conclusion that the world's growing 10 SUMMER 2002 * this class into the worldwide circuit of goods, communication and travel, most I2 SUMMER 2002
Landscape planning is one of many design activities amenable to a common set of tools and methods... more Landscape planning is one of many design activities amenable to a common set of tools and methods, which also apply to the design of objects, buildings, settlements, spaces, industrial plants, social institutions and many other human concerns. Progress in the systematic theory of design over the past two decades has led to new multidisciplinary applications of great academic interest and practical value. They have, however, been based primarily on economic and aesthetic criteria. To meet the emerging concerns of human well-being, the ...
Development that can take families, communities and nations to higher levels of peace and prosper... more Development that can take families, communities and nations to higher levels of peace and prosperity is a universal dream. However, as we enter a new millennium after years of unbridled industrialization, this dream remains unfiilfilled for nearly half of the world’s population.
The nuclear hyperfine spectra of H35Cl and H37Cl have been studied in the limit of zero external ... more The nuclear hyperfine spectra of H35Cl and H37Cl have been studied in the limit of zero external magnetic field by a molecular-beam magnetic resonance spectrometer. Thirteen lines of the H35Cl spectrum were observed in the range 20–230 kHz, and eight lines of the H37Cl spectrum were observed in the range 20–140 kHz. The spectra were analyzed by a zero-field magnetic
'What will be the legacy of the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development? Will it... more 'What will be the legacy of the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development? Will it be remembered as an 'historic' watershed, as we now regard the 1992 Rio Earth Summit? Will it serve to catalyse and renew commitments for the failed promises of Rio? Will Johannesburg generate results that will be worthy of celebration, or will it lead to yet another meaningless global photo opportunity? We publish this Memorandum a few months before the Summit, at a critical juncture of renewed political momentum. It is our contribution to the debate on both the desired outcomes of the Summit and the critical path for the sustainable development agenda in the next decade. The composition of the Memorandum's authorship reflects the diversity of our international network, from North and South, from East and West, from NGOs, science, politics, and business. The meetings of the Memorandum Group were convened in both the venues of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio and the forthcoming Johannesburg Summit, as well as Berlin, the capital of an EU Member State whose government has started to take serious steps towards translating sustainability into concrete policy. The launch of the Memorandum will take place in New York, which serves as both the financial capital of the world and the seat of the United Nations. The Memorandum raises the central but oft-forgotten question 'Development yes, but what kind of development and for whom?' Its recommendations are grounded firmly in the principles of ecological sustainability and equity. The text concentrates on elaborating on the mutual and intricate relationship of ecology and equity, while not pretending that it deals exhaustively with poverty eradication in all its manifold dimensions. It combines a critical account of the post-Rio decade with a rich set of proposals how to change the paradigms of unsustainable development and to promote civic, social and environmental rights. In spite of different views on the ongoing process of globalisation the authors agree about the urgent need to re-integrate markets in a framework of social and environmental regulations and limitations on a local, regional, national and global level. The demand for a redistribution of rights and resources stands in the very centre of the memorandum. The authors enjoy the privilege of being able to generate new ideas removed from the constraints and pressures of official decision-making processes. Nevertheless, we do hope that the Memorandum's comprehensive set of recommendations might assist the official preparatory process and ultimately the elaboration of the Summit's final outcomes. We are convinced that Memorandum's conclusions represent elements of the new sustainability agenda that will hopefully shape the work of the international community in the years to come.' (extract)'Die UN-Konferenz ueber Umwelt und Entwicklung von Rio de Janeiro im Jahr 1992 hatte 'nachhaltige Entwicklung' zum neuen Namen fuer Fortschritt erklaert. Die Idee fand weltweit Anklang, doch Ergebnisse lassen eher auf sich warten. Zehn Jahre nach Rio wird der 'Weltgipfel fuer nachhaltige Entwicklung', der Ende August 2002 in Johannesburg stattfinden wird, ein Anlass sein, Bilanz zu ziehen. Darueber hinaus wird auch dieser Gipfel sich vornehmen, auf die Herausforderung zu antworten, die sowohl chronische Armut wie ressourcenhungriger Reichtum in der Welt von heute darstellen. Dieses Memorandum umreisst eine Agenda zu Oekologie und Gerechtigkeit fuer das gerade angebrochene Jahrzehnt. Es wurde von einer 16-koepfigen Gruppe von Aktivisten, Intellektuellen, Managern und Politikern entworfen, die von der Heinrich-Boell-Stiftung zusammengebracht worden sind, um sich in die globale Debatte aus einer zivilgesellschaftlichen Perspektive einzuschalten. Weder ist das Memorandum ein politisches Programm noch eine Expertenstudie, sondern es moechte ein 'Memorandum' im woertlichen Sinne sein: es versucht, ins Gedaechtnis zu rufen, worum es eigentlich geht. Das Johannesburg Memorandum: zieht Bilanz der Entwicklungen im Jahrzehnt seit Rio; skizziert eine konkrete 'Johannesburg Agenda' zur Ueberwindung des obsoleten fossilen Entwicklungsmodells in Nord und Sued; zeigt auf, wie die Lebensbedingungen und Lebensrechte der marginalisierten Mehrheit auf diesem Planeten direkt mit dem Zustand ihrer Umwelt zusammenhaengen; verdeutlicht, dass die tatsaechliche Wohlstands-Trennungslinie mittlerweile quer durch jede Gesellschaft geht und die lokalisierten Armen von den globalisierten Reichen trennt; konzipiert Entwicklungslinien fuer einen 'gerechten Wohlstand' im 'globalen Norden'; entwickelt eine ambitionierte Programmatik fuer Oekologie und Gerechtigkeit: Alternativen zur Privatisierung globaler Gemeinschaftsgueter sowie zur Liberalisierung der Finanzstroeme und des Welthandels, Rechte fuer Buerger und communities, oekologische Signale fuer die Globalen Maerkte, neue globale Institutionen.' (Autorenreferat)Available from…
The rationale and justification for the TARAhaat.com designed by the Development Alternatives (DA... more The rationale and justification for the TARAhaat.com designed by the Development Alternatives (DA) Group is the present rural marketplace in India. The scenario is briefly described in the succeeding sections. Activating higher levels of production and consumption in rural markets is urgently needed to build fast growing, globally competitive and resilient economies in developing nations. Despite the explosive growth of the Internet world-wide, the benefits of information technology (IT) have yet to reach the Third World village. The slow penetration of IT into the rural economy underlies the greatest threat today to global sustainable development; accelerating it may well be the most effective means for overcoming this threat. Transforming the rural economy needs a whole new approach to delivery of information, goods and services based on environmentally sound technology, local enterprise and effective communication. TARAhaat is, for the family, a window to the world connecting to ...
A controversy at the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress on the topic of closing domestic ivory... more A controversy at the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress on the topic of closing domestic ivory markets (the 007, or so-called James Bond, motion) has given rise to a debate on IUCN's value proposition. A cross-section of authors who are engaged in IUCN but not employed by the organization, and with diverse perspectives and opinions, here argue for the importance of safeguarding and strengthening the unique technical and convening roles of IUCN, providing examples of what has and has not worked. Recommendations for protecting and enhancing IUCN's contribution to global conservation debates and policy formulation are given.
The central issue of sustainable national development is the creation of sustainable livelihoods.... more The central issue of sustainable national development is the creation of sustainable livelihoods. Some IS million jobs have to be created every year to close the un-employment gap in India by the year 2015. Conventional industrialisation is important to maintain competitiveness in a globalising economy but it can hardly create one or two million jobs a year. Employment in agriculture is also reaching a plateau. Thus 10 million additional jobs will have to be created, off-farm and outside conventional industry, every year. Only mini and micro industries are capable of creating this many jobs. To create these jobs without further destroying the environment or the resource base, and in the process generating the goods and services needed by local people, totally new types of jobs of technology and different types of enterprises will be needed from those that exist today. Developing these will, in turn, need new approaches to the innovation and delivery. This paper describes the role of...
It is the challenge of Johannesburg to move beyond KO, yet it is the danger of Johannesburg to re... more It is the challenge of Johannesburg to move beyond KO, yet it is the danger of Johannesburg to regress behind KO. The Rio Conference on Environment and Development strove to address two major crises: the crisis of nature and that of justice. Environmentalistsoften from the Northwere expected to take into account the desire of the majority of the world's citizens for a life beyond poverty and distress. By contrast, developmentalists-* often from the South-were called upon to recognize the disastrous repercussions * ofa deteriorated nature base. Typically, environmentalists were seen to be opposing deforestation, chemical agriculture or expansion of power plants, while 8 SUMMER2002 all the Rio documents, the demand of the South for recognition and equity has. largely been frustrated during the past decade, reinforcing the fear of many Southerncountries of falling hrther behind and remaining forever excluded from the blessings of the modern world. Against this background, the South-and in particular South Africa-intend : to transform Johannesburg into a development summit rather than an environment * summit. While Rio was considered to be dominated by the North, it is hoped that * Johannesburg will be the Summit for the South. Indeed, the conference title "World : Summit for Sustainable Development" clearly reflects the intention to elevate "development" on the political agenda. Yet, we believe that focusing on a development agenda as if the worldwide crisisof nature did not exist would signify sliding back behind Rio. It would be a : regression of sorts, a rollback in the growing sensibility toward the finiteness of the : natural world. And it would be a disservice to the South, since equity can no longer. be separated from ecology. Instead, fulfilling the ambition of KO requires the effective response to the demand for equity arising from the South, but in a manner which takes full account of the bio-physical limits of the Earth. Some claim that humanity faces a choice between human misery and natural catastrophe. This choice is false. We are convinced that human misery can be eliminated without catalyzing natural catastrophes. Conversely, natural catastrophes can indeed be avoided without condemning people to a life of misery. Getting ready to meet this challenge, however, requires revisiting the * technologies, the institutions and the world views that dominate the globe today. : SHRUG OFF COPYCAT DEVELOPMENT I Partly through imposition, partly : through attraction, the Northern development model has shaped Southern desires,offering tangible examples not only of a different, but of a supposedly better life. * After decolonization, the newly gained political independence notwithstanding, the : South set its sights on the industrial style of life and moved to catch up with the : richer countries. And after the fall of communism, countries in Eastern Europe and ' Central A& jumped to embrace capitalism and the glittery products of the free * market. The winner takes allincluding imagination. Where countries want to go, : what they thrive to become, has most often not emerged naturally from their : respective history and traditions, but has been forged by emulation of the Northern. model. In this way, dignity has been identified with becoming modern, and * The conventional distinctions between North and South are misleading-these are diplomatic artifacts. Instead, the real global divide runs through each society-between the globalized rich and the localized poor. SUMMER2002 9 * Consequently, there is no escape from the conclusion that the world's growing 10 SUMMER 2002 * this class into the worldwide circuit of goods, communication and travel, most I2 SUMMER 2002
It is the challenge of Johannesburg to move beyond KO, yet it is the danger of Johannesburg to re... more It is the challenge of Johannesburg to move beyond KO, yet it is the danger of Johannesburg to regress behind KO. The Rio Conference on Environment and Development strove to address two major crises: the crisis of nature and that of justice. Environmentalistsoften from the Northwere expected to take into account the desire of the majority of the world's citizens for a life beyond poverty and distress. By contrast, developmentalists-* often from the South-were called upon to recognize the disastrous repercussions * ofa deteriorated nature base. Typically, environmentalists were seen to be opposing deforestation, chemical agriculture or expansion of power plants, while 8 SUMMER2002 all the Rio documents, the demand of the South for recognition and equity has. largely been frustrated during the past decade, reinforcing the fear of many Southerncountries of falling hrther behind and remaining forever excluded from the blessings of the modern world. Against this background, the South-and in particular South Africa-intend : to transform Johannesburg into a development summit rather than an environment * summit. While Rio was considered to be dominated by the North, it is hoped that * Johannesburg will be the Summit for the South. Indeed, the conference title "World : Summit for Sustainable Development" clearly reflects the intention to elevate "development" on the political agenda. Yet, we believe that focusing on a development agenda as if the worldwide crisisof nature did not exist would signify sliding back behind Rio. It would be a : regression of sorts, a rollback in the growing sensibility toward the finiteness of the : natural world. And it would be a disservice to the South, since equity can no longer. be separated from ecology. Instead, fulfilling the ambition of KO requires the effective response to the demand for equity arising from the South, but in a manner which takes full account of the bio-physical limits of the Earth. Some claim that humanity faces a choice between human misery and natural catastrophe. This choice is false. We are convinced that human misery can be eliminated without catalyzing natural catastrophes. Conversely, natural catastrophes can indeed be avoided without condemning people to a life of misery. Getting ready to meet this challenge, however, requires revisiting the * technologies, the institutions and the world views that dominate the globe today. : SHRUG OFF COPYCAT DEVELOPMENT I Partly through imposition, partly : through attraction, the Northern development model has shaped Southern desires,offering tangible examples not only of a different, but of a supposedly better life. * After decolonization, the newly gained political independence notwithstanding, the : South set its sights on the industrial style of life and moved to catch up with the : richer countries. And after the fall of communism, countries in Eastern Europe and ' Central A& jumped to embrace capitalism and the glittery products of the free * market. The winner takes allincluding imagination. Where countries want to go, : what they thrive to become, has most often not emerged naturally from their : respective history and traditions, but has been forged by emulation of the Northern. model. In this way, dignity has been identified with becoming modern, and * The conventional distinctions between North and South are misleading-these are diplomatic artifacts. Instead, the real global divide runs through each society-between the globalized rich and the localized poor. SUMMER2002 9 * Consequently, there is no escape from the conclusion that the world's growing 10 SUMMER 2002 * this class into the worldwide circuit of goods, communication and travel, most I2 SUMMER 2002
Landscape planning is one of many design activities amenable to a common set of tools and methods... more Landscape planning is one of many design activities amenable to a common set of tools and methods, which also apply to the design of objects, buildings, settlements, spaces, industrial plants, social institutions and many other human concerns. Progress in the systematic theory of design over the past two decades has led to new multidisciplinary applications of great academic interest and practical value. They have, however, been based primarily on economic and aesthetic criteria. To meet the emerging concerns of human well-being, the ...
Development that can take families, communities and nations to higher levels of peace and prosper... more Development that can take families, communities and nations to higher levels of peace and prosperity is a universal dream. However, as we enter a new millennium after years of unbridled industrialization, this dream remains unfiilfilled for nearly half of the world’s population.
The nuclear hyperfine spectra of H35Cl and H37Cl have been studied in the limit of zero external ... more The nuclear hyperfine spectra of H35Cl and H37Cl have been studied in the limit of zero external magnetic field by a molecular-beam magnetic resonance spectrometer. Thirteen lines of the H35Cl spectrum were observed in the range 20–230 kHz, and eight lines of the H37Cl spectrum were observed in the range 20–140 kHz. The spectra were analyzed by a zero-field magnetic
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