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Collaboration To Build A Sustainable Future
Sustainability and how to cope with a changing global environment is being collaboratively researched, collectively contemplated with a view to practical responses. The work of building a viable future is being tackled on many fronts, including China, United Arab Emirates, Africa, the Meditteranean, Latin American and the Caribbean. Breakthroughs in technology and communications could make it possible to bypass the dirty legacy of industrialised economies, but this will be contingent upon passion and commitment if we are to meet the challenges of the coming marathon.
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Goodbye Most Potent Greenhouse Gas Within Four Years?
Sulfur Hexaflouride 6 has been assessed as having a global warming potential 22,000 that of CO2 over a 100 year period. Yet this potent greenhouse could be a thing of the past in as little as four years.
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Necessary and Biblically Justifiable to Marry Farming and Biodiversity
Farming need not be iminical to the environment. Biodiversity is still possible where responsible farming practices are in place, and there is a need for farmers to be aware that their practices in water usage and pollution impact beyond the boundaries of their farm.
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Pancesila: Indonesian Example Common Ethics
Leading figures from Indonesia's six institutionalised religions have agreed to make Pancasila (five principles) the cornerstone for a common ethics for society and their nation. The five tenets are: belief in one Supreme God, a just and civilized humanity, unity of Indonesia, democracy led by the wisdom of deliberations among representatives, and social justice for all people.
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One Step Closer Human Rights for Disabled
The United Nations has approved a draft Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. New Zealand's Ambassador Don Mackay hopes that the convention will encourage states to "...develop different ways of thinking about disability issues. Once you get a paradigm shift... and people adopt a 'can do' approach, a whole lot of other things flow from there."
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