Development
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 JusticeGlobalization, Entrepreneurship, Colonialism,Consumption, and Sustainability
Websites
Causes of poverty slideshow
A motley but interesting set of links
Envisiongood.com has video interviews with a collection of people with interesting ideas.
Video
"Kiva.org: a transparent, web-based microfinance system". Premal Shah, President, video on micro-finance 2008 5 min interview video
Impact of Air Pollution from Household Cooking Fires. More than half the world's population cook their meals with solid fuels over open fires or on primitive stoves inside their homes. UCSFs Lisa Thompson explains that this indoor smoke contains a range of health-damaging pollutants which causes 1.6 million deaths a year. Amy Smith, an amazing MIT engineer and her students have taken on this challenge in Haiti TEDtalk video. UC Livermore lab also has a project in Darfur. video
TEDtalk theme Re-Thinking Poverty includes:
Cat Laine draws on the Greek myth of Tantalus to explain the frustration developing countries face. She shows how we might help communities rich in human capital, but poor in resources and infrastructure, with cleverly engineered solutions. via TEDtalk
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
Kevin Bales is the co-founder of Free the Slaves, whose mission is to end all forms of human slavery within the next 25 years. He's the author of "Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves." Slavery (27 million today) is an important factor in eco-destruction. TEDtalk video
Shaffi Mather explains why he left his first career to become a social entrepreneur, providing life-saving transportation with his company 1298 for Ambulance. Now, he has a new idea and plans to begin a company to fight the booming business of corruption in public service, eliminating it one bribe at a time.
Sunitha Krishnan has dedicated her life to rescuing women and children from sex slavery, a multimilion-dollar global market. In this courageous talk, she tells three powerful stories, as well as her own, and calls for a more humane approach to helping these young victims rebuild their lives.
Articles
Mother Jones Magazine has a series of articles on population (5/10
Books
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
Debal Deb discusses his new book Beyond Developmentality: Constructing Inclusive Freedom and Sustainability. audio
Women raising chickens in Uganda has surprising benefits. LOE.org 2/10
