Here is a very interesting and useful comment about Lecture/Chapter 2 of the new textbook Facing up to Global Warming and thanks to Paul O'Gorman for sharing it:
"I like this fourth element in the
economy-ecology-social nexus, which I found in “Spiritual Dimensions of
Sustainable Development – Project” on the Earth Charter site. The inspiration
for this project crystallized at the Earth Charter +10 Conference in Ahmedabad,
India, which called for deepening the general understanding of sustainable
development that considers sustainability based on distinct but interrelated
ecological, social and economic dimensions. The former Dutch prime minister
Ruud Lubbers stated: "We may even begin to speak about four ‘P's: People,
Planet, Profit and ‘Pneuma' " Earth Charter International Council Co-Chair
Steven C. Rockefeller commented: "There is a fourth pillar - the global
ethical and spiritual consciousness that is awakening in civil society around
the world and that finds expression in the Earth Charter. This global ethical
consciousness is in truth the first pillar of a sustainable way of life,
because it involves the internalization of the values of sustainable human
development and provides the inspiration and motivation to act as well as
essential guidance regarding the path to genuine sustainability."
To learn all about the Earth Charter access their information pack here.
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