Archive | May, 2004
Back from Afghanistan: Unanswered Questions
by Laurent Demarta, Pertuis, France I recently lived for three months in Afghanistan. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) had sent me with a team of three others to a remote valley in the Indu Kush, at an altitude of more than 2000 meters. The weather was clear and icy cold. Our house was built of round [...]
Continue reading...Still Against Free Trade
14. May 2004
A Review of William Easterly’s “The Elusive Quest for Growth” by Julian Dautremont-Smith In “The Elusive Quest for Growth,” William Easterly methodically explains that previous approaches to development — such as “closing the financing gap,†education, population control, structural adjustment lending, and debt forgiveness — have all failed because they fail to take into account [...]
Continue reading...Summary of the 2004 Annual Meeting of the WSC-SD
8. May 2004
Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden – March 17-20, 2004 by Philip Michael Sheehy Forum discussion Thread What makes a city sustainable? How can our society develop solutions to the problems associated with rapid urbanization? What types of initiatives — local, regional and global — are plausible? What can students do? The answers to these [...]
Continue reading...Summary of Workshops Presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the WSC-SD
8. May 2004
Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden – March 17-20, 2004 Saturday 8 May 2004, by Philip Michael Sheehy Workshop 1 Cambridge 2020: A Local Perspective Presenters: Karim Abdul-Matin, Elke Hodson, Philip Sheehy, Masahiro Sugiyama, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Goals – Provide a framework for students to explore the theme of sustainable cities; however, rather than [...]
Continue reading...Summary of the 2004 Annual Meeting of the WSC-SD
8. May 2004
Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden – March 17-20, 2004 by Philip Michael Sheehy What makes a city sustainable? How can our society develop solutions to the problems associated with rapid urbanization? What types of initiatives — local, regional and global — are plausible? What can students do? The answers to these questions do not [...]
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