Sustainability

Lansdale Honorary Doctorate Part 7

BRUCE LANSDALE HONORARY DOCTORATE PART 7 THE POWER OF MYTH IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT   BY   Bruce M. Lansdale ATTITUDES TOWARD THE NATION The other myth which has been changing rapidly in my years in Greece relates to the attitude of the rural population to their country, to being Greek, to being a Greek Orthodox. …

Lansdale Honorary Doctorate Part 7 Read More »

The End of Poverty Part 6

THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS              2005 PART VI Chapter 5: Bolivia’s High-Altitude Hyperinflation Chapter 6: Poland’s Return to Europe Chapter 7: Reaping the Whirlwind: Russia’s Struggle for normalcy Chapter 8: China: Catching Up After Half a Millennium Chapter 9: India’s Market …

The End of Poverty Part 6 Read More »

Sustainable Agriculture Part 1

THE EARTHSCAN READER IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EDITED BY JULES PRETTY EARTHSCAN          2005 PART I   PART I: AGRARIAN AND RURAL PERSPECTIVES   Introduction to Part 1: Agrarian and Rural Perspectives by Jules Pretty Part 1 of this Reader in Sustainable Agriculture focuses on seven agrarian and rural perspectives on agricultural sustainability by Albert Howard, Aldo …

Sustainable Agriculture Part 1 Read More »

Future Food & Seed Part 4

Book Review Introduction In Part 4 of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed we learn that: “This manifesto is the outcome of a joint effort among participants in the meetings of the International Commission on the Future of Food, held in late 2002 and early 2003 in Tuscany, Italy.” “We urge people and …

Future Food & Seed Part 4 Read More »

The Ascent of Man Part 6

THE ASCENT OF MAN  JACOB BROWNOWSKI MACDONALD FUTURA PUBLISHERS                        1973 PART VI   Chapter 6: The Starry Messenger The first science in the modern sense that grew in the Mediterranean civilization was astronomy, the science that guides us through the cycle of the seasons. All settled cultures have a calendar to guide their plans. The …

The Ascent of Man Part 6 Read More »

Lansdale Honorary Doctorate Part 6

BRUCE LANSDALE HONORARY DOCTORATE PART 6 THE POWER OF MYTH IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT   BY   Bruce M. Lansdale   MYTHS WHICH INFLUENCE THE NATION Two major aspects of people’s thinking have a very profound impact on their attitudes to their country and their sense of pride toward what the Greeks call patrida, something more …

Lansdale Honorary Doctorate Part 6 Read More »

The End of Poverty Part 5

THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS              2005 PART V Chapter 4: Clinical economics The rich world dominates the training of Ph.D. economists, and the students of rich-world Ph.D. programs dominate the international institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World …

The End of Poverty Part 5 Read More »

Future Food & Seed Part 3

Book Review Introduction In Part 3 of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed we learn that: “In India we deeply believe that this amazing universe, this amazing planet, this amazing earth is connected through the web of food, the web of life.” “In India we have an Upanishad that says, ‘If you give …

Future Food & Seed Part 3 Read More »

The Ascent of Man Part 5

THE ASCENT OF MAN  JACOB BROWNOWSKI MACDONALD FUTURA PUBLISHERS                        1973 PART V   Chapter 5: The Music of the Spheres Even very primitive peoples have a number system. Born on Samos, about 580 BC, the first genius and founder of Greek mathematics, was Pythagoras. He said there is a harmony in nature, a unity in …

The Ascent of Man Part 5 Read More »