There have been some serious thinks, with the word sustainable devolopment.
Last year, I went to a symposium on global ethicals. What I learned was
sustainable development does not imply business as usual or an easy way out
for corporations. In fact, in means quite the opposite, you will always have
companies that will try to save a buck because "profit is not ethics." But
there is a new breed of corporation trying to develop, the ones who realize
that people do not want business as usual. These companies are working
torwards sustainable development, whether that means redefining thier goals,
outcomes, or even the technology and science they use. They are re-learning
, but I think this ideology takes time because it takes restructuring.
Obviously, I am not talking every company, but some out there are trying, and
sustainable may just mean business not as usual. What the outcomes are
remain unknown, but I don't think it
is reasonble just to wash your hands of an idea which can do some good.
You are right, if one sector fails, then nothing will be accomplished, but
then
thats why there are watch-dog groups out there trying to make sure that
doesn't happen.
In a message dated 7/28/00 12:48:52 AM !!!First Boot!!!,
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<< he first part of your sentence is correct. I have not read the paper.
And, at risk of being charged with having a closed mind, I see no reason to.
Sustainable growth simply can't happen. If one region or economic sector
continues to grow without control, rest assured that it is being subsidized,
and quite heavily too, by another region(s) or part of the economy.
I have worked in this area of study for a LONG time; long enough to learn to
distrust the discussions that tend to rage around current environmental
fads. I suspect that this world will never attain a voluntarily sustainable
state, but that sustainability will eventually arrive, imposed upon us by
the collapse of the biosphere, one ecosystem at a time.
The result will be sustainable -- for some.
I also suspect that the process has already begun, and while I have no idea
how long it will take, I fear for my grandsons -- and hope the rest of us
can slow it down. Somehow.
[log in to unmask] - Tallahassee, FL - revelling in Prokofiev's Sixth as
I write.
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