In this paper, Professor Tim O’Riordan responds to papers by Ian Christie and Sara Parkin. He considers the relevance of a variety of ‘tipping points’ to sustainability politics, suggesting that we could witness the emergence of a ‘democratic tipping…
In this contribution to The Environment Foundation’s March 2008 event on Democracy and Sustainability, Forum for the Future founder Sara Parkin reflects on whether political parties get in the way of the collaborative democracy that is needed to tackle sustainability.
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In the build-up to the ‘Democracy & Sustainability’ event held at the Dana Centre in March 2008, SustainAbility polled its Faculty members to see what they thought. This report contains some of the responses.
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In this discussion paper for The Environment Foundation’s March 2008 events and discussions on democracy and sustainability, Ian Christie critically examines four propositions: democracy is crucial for humane and just sustainable development; democracy poses huge problems for sustainable development;…