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[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94385403 Tom Friedman interview] based on his new book ''Hot, Flat and Crowded'' [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94385403#94381412 excerpt/intro] 09/08
 
[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94385403 Tom Friedman interview] based on his new book ''Hot, Flat and Crowded'' [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94385403#94381412 excerpt/intro] 09/08
  
[http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R804091000?itemMD5=f37e3e3e20c9781750e21e54e04cc6bc Interview] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Sachs Jeffrey Sachs], an economist interested in ecological and social justice issues.  Author of the excellent book [http://books.google.com/books?id=PNI9tqKVicIC&dq=sachs+end+of+poverty&source=gbs_navlinks_s ''The End of Poverty'']
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[http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R804091000?itemMD5=f37e3e3e20c9781750e21e54e04cc6bc Interview] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Sachs Jeffrey Sachs], an economist interested in ecological and social justice issues.  Author of the excellent book [http://books.google.com/books?id=PNI9tqKVicIC&dq=sachs+end+of+poverty&source=gbs_navlinks_s ''The End of Poverty''].  Here's a more recent [http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/jeffrey-sachs-common-wealth-the-th-interview.php?campaign=TH_sbl_intview text interview], with a reference to his new book [http://www.amazon.com/Common-Wealth-Economics-Crowded-Planet/dp/1594201277 Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet]

Revision as of 18:11, 25 December 2009

This page relates to economic sustainable development in Third World countries. Protecting the environment is not possible, or even desirable, without eliminating hunger and poverty.

See also Environmental Justice

Globalization, Entrepreneurship, Colonialism,Consumption, and Sustainability


Haiti: Saving the Environment, Preventing Instability and Conflict 28 April 2009. Reversing a decades-long trend of environmental destruction is essential to Haiti’s development, social and economic stability and, ultimately, security. video overview


See "We Are Still Here" in Earth Odysseyor e-book on the origins of Darfur, Sudan.

Audio

Tom Friedman interview based on his new book Hot, Flat and Crowded excerpt/intro 09/08

Interview with Jeffrey Sachs, an economist interested in ecological and social justice issues. Author of the excellent book The End of Poverty. Here's a more recent text interview, with a reference to his new book Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet