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...neither can we afford to downplay the problems we face nor think that sustainable development will happen of its own accord. At the dawn of this new century, we must make a choice. We have the human and material resources needed to achieve sustainable development, not as an abstract concept but as a concrete reality. At Johannesburg the world's peoples must come together: to demonstrate our strong sense of common destiny, to show that we take this challenge seriously and ultimately to exercise greater responsibility, for one another as well as for the earth on which our progress...
...healthier future, including green industry, green architecture, green energy, green transportation and even a greener approach to wilderness preservation. All of them have been explored before, but never so urgently as now. What gives such endeavors their new credibility is the hope and notion of sustainable development, a concept that can be hard to implement but wonderfully simple to understand...
...book features scripture enunciated by Muhammad before the Prophet's takeover of the Arabian Peninsula, and so omits lines arguably forged in combat, like 9:5, the Sword Verse: "Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them." From such verses emerged the Muslim concept of holy war. Noting their absence, Family Policy Network head Joe Glover says, "Sells whitewashes Muhammad...
...little choice but to do their exploring the old-fashioned way - in a comfortable chair with a stack of books. Duffy, a lecturer at Britain's Lancaster University, pulls no punches in her critique of the political nature of "green" tourism. It is, she argues, a fundamentally capitalistic, neoliberal concept that fails to deliver on claims that it significantly benefits development and conservation while bolstering host countries' revenues. At the heart of the debate is ecotourism's place at the "blue-green" end of the environmentalist spectrum, where even nature has an intrinsic economic value. "Ecotourism," says Duffy, becomes...
...theater on the Great White Way; now entire films do.) Playing on the silver screen are remakes of Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and the old TV mini-series The Bourne Identity. Our President is a revival of sorts, at least genetically. Come to think of it, the whole concept of remixing is a kind of musical cloning. Or in the case of Elvis, whose sobs welled up from his hips, his return to the Top 10 is a sort of musical cryogenics...