In case you want to read my cooking exploits - go to islandexperiment.blogspot.com. This blog is the start of an analysis of the architecture of Mauritius, and some general architectural commentary, that will one day get me a Phd in architectural history, or maybe a published book. However, I start writing on something completely different ...
The climate change debate needs to be re-examined. The IPCC is increasingly losing credibility because of academic shoddiness, and perhaps even some falsified information. At the very least, the climate-change skeptics appear to have a point that there are a number of significant jumps in logic, or questionable interpretations of data, that throw the whole CO2 emission argument into doubt.
I'm going to leave the CO2 debate up to people who are real scientists, and instead try to re-frame the debate. Alan Atkisson wrote an article recently on worldchanging.com entitled 'Pushing the reset button on sustainable development'.
Lets start by returning to a definition: The World Business Council for SD said: "SD involves the simultaneous pursuit of economic prosperity, environmental quality, and social equity." (Gissen 2002: 185). A more detailed definition came from the WCED of 1987 - society's ability to meet its current needs and fulfil its greatest potential without compromising its ability to address its needs and potentials in the future.
Anyway, life beckons ... To be continued with specific reference to the need to focus on the Brown as well the Green agendas.
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