Submitted by joshua on Thu, 2006-08-10 21:30.
General Discussion on the Approach as a Whole
Feedback from Hazel Henderson (received by e-mail on August 10th 2006 and posted here upon request):
"My congratulations to Dr. Michael Ben-Eli for a comprehensive document. My overall comment is that of course, the document is "Western" and could use some of the multi-cultural approaches of the 16 Principles of the Earth Charter (www.earthcharter.org )".
"Regarding the Intro and Definition of Sustainability, I would substitute "stewarding" for the sexist term "husbanding" which might turn off half your audience. Also, the term "wealth" needs defining up front, because so many people are brainwashed to equate wealth with money (worthless pieces of paper or blips on computer screens)".
"I worry about dropping inter-generational equity from the definition of sustainability -- even though the needs of future generations are indeterminate, so is the carrying capacity of interpenetrating ecosystems from global to local. The criterion of measurability has lead to many "fallacies of mis-placed concreteness" to quote Alfred North Whitehead."
For more information about Hazel Henderson go to:http://www.hazelhenderson.com/