The
politics of sustainable development
Former Canadian Environment Minister Charles Caccia looks
at the political implications of sustainable development, at the consequences
that flow from two different interpretations of this concept, at the stumbling
blocks on the road to its implementation and at Canadian experiences in attempting to put sustainable development
into practice through legislation and other means.
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Using the Precautionary Principle
Canada and many other countries have
signed on to the concept of using the Precautionary Principle to reduce the risk
of harm, but how do you apply it?
Ken Ogilvie, Executive Director of Pollution Probe, has produced an important
paper on this complex issue, Applying
the Precautionary Principle to Standard Setting.
In addition, the Canadian government is seeking comments on a new discussion
paper on the precautionary approach/principle.
Sustainability
and Environmental Assessment
A team headed by Robert Gibson of the University of Waterloo produces a set
of principles on how to apply sustainability to environmental assessment.
(MS Word document – 195KB)
Forty
principles for sustainability
A German research group has released a
book Sustainable Policy: Analysis of problems and principles for
sustainability, to show links among the three traditional sectors of
sustainability.
New millennium, new regulations
Pioneering economic initiatives and information technology
are creating a new model of pollution control for developing countries.
Biomimicry: What would Nature do?
A growing number of industry leaders see biomimicry as part of the mosaic of tools that people are looking for to increase sustainability.
Competing Paradigms in the Development
of Social and Economic Indicators
Clifford Cobb and Craig Rixford review the assumptions underlying two approaches for providing information. The work is relevant to sustainability since monitoring development based on sustainability principles relies almost solely on the use of indicators.
The NEXT Industrial Revolution
"Eco-efficiency," the current industrial buzzword, will neither save the environment nor foster ingenuity and productivity, say William McDonough and Michael Braungart. They propose a new approach that aims to solve rather than alleviate the problems that industry makes.
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