Hi all
Just wanted to share 2 particular viewpoints.
Firstly is an article by Fred Krupp, the president of the not-for-profit Environmental Defense Fund in the US.
http://www.strategy-business.com/press/16635507/08201
This echoes Fiona Waterhouse's discussion on aligning business incentives during the hypothetical discussion on Tuesday. It also outlines kind of the thinking behind why carbon emissions trading is now the predominant strategy around the world.
Second is an article about Van Jones, Time Magazine's Environmental Hero in 2008. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/01/12/090112fa_fact_kolbert?printable=true
This echoes Peta Ashworth's discussion on perhaps engaging the unemployed in green initiatives.
Hope you find them informative.
Ben
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ReplyDeleteI know we've all gone home - but I said i would do it - so here are the notes and main points raised from discussion about Bangladesh, after the Oxfam Presentations. See what you think.
Critical Issues -
- access to information
- infrastructure
- catchment wide environmental degradation
- general health - water-borne diseases, stress of uncertainty, loss of income/livelihooods
Responses -
- Education - Locally/on-site and internationally
- Cross border co-operation - for Migration and wider catchment basin issues (deforestation upstream)
- Bottom up approach - activism from community level, holding gov't and NGOs accountable for their actions
- Partnerships rather than commissions
Personal Reflection -
For me the Oxfam presentation reminded me of the true reality of Climate Change. All to often, accross the two weeks, did I find myself consumed by statistics and even prone to merely accepting that certain areas would be just lost - with little regard for what that really 'translated' to on the ground.
Talking about the issues as we did, proved useful, however direct feedback from Oxfam as a leading NGO about their experiances, and what action they found to be most 'effective' would have provided a greater level of insight in to the affected areas.