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dc.date.accessioned 2008-01-30T07:40:06Z
dc.date.available 2008-01-30T07:40:06Z
dc.date.issued 2002-11
dc.identifier.citation Du Plessis, C. 2002. The Real Sustainability Challenge. USGBC International Conference and Expo, Austin, Texas, USA, November, 2002, pp.1-14 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1995
dc.description.abstract Solving the environmental problems of industrialised countries will not mean much if your very survival is threatened by the social fall-out of an exploitative economic growth model. One does not fight terrorism and hatred with violence, but with compassion, and the first step towards compassion is to understand the nature of your relationship with the "other", with those on the outside. The real sustainability challenge is not to develop the perfect assessment system or toolkit or an unlimited energy source - it is to change our current relationships with each other and with nature from one that is based on the rights of individuals or groups of individuals to one that is based on reciprocal responsibility. It is in meeting this challenge that developing countries can perhaps provide the biggest contribution to sustainable development en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Sustainability en
dc.subject North South conflicts en
dc.subject Africa en
dc.subject Development challenges en
dc.subject Indigenous knowledge en
dc.subject Ubuntu en
dc.title The Real Sustainability Challenge en
dc.type Conference Presentation en
dc.identifier.apacitation The Real Sustainability Challenge. (2002) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1995 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation The Real Sustainability Challenge. (2002) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1995"The Real Sustainability Challenge." (2002): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1995 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation The Real Sustainability Challenge. (2002) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1995"The Real Sustainability Challenge." (2002): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1995The Real Sustainability Challenge; 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1995 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AB - Solving the environmental problems of industrialised countries will not mean much if your very survival is threatened by the social fall-out of an exploitative economic growth model. One does not fight terrorism and hatred with violence, but with compassion, and the first step towards compassion is to understand the nature of your relationship with the "other", with those on the outside. The real sustainability challenge is not to develop the perfect assessment system or toolkit or an unlimited energy source - it is to change our current relationships with each other and with nature from one that is based on the rights of individuals or groups of individuals to one that is based on reciprocal responsibility. It is in meeting this challenge that developing countries can perhaps provide the biggest contribution to sustainable development DA - 2002-11 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Sustainability KW - North South conflicts KW - Africa KW - Development challenges KW - Indigenous knowledge KW - Ubuntu LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2002 T1 - The Real Sustainability Challenge TI - The Real Sustainability Challenge UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1995 ER - en_ZA


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