Global
Inequality, Ecology and the Search for Justice
Lecture: Wednesday, December 3,
2008
7:00 pm, Free
La Casa de la Maria
800 Bosque Road, Montecito
Lecturer:
Wolfgang Sachs
Does living
in harmony with natural systems suggest how we might achieve justice
and fairness in our relations with each other? Join one of the world's
leading eco-philosophers as he explores the link between ethics and
sustainable living.
Dr. Sachs is Senior Research Fellow at the Wuppertal Institute for
Climate, Environment, and Energy in Germany, a member of the Club of
Rome, and author of numerous publications, including Fair Future:
Limited Resources and Global Justice, the Development
Dictionary and Planet Dialectics.
For information:
Philip Grant
805.845.7222
http://www.worldculture.org
Seminar and
Lecture
Fair
Wealth:
Cultural
Signposts for a Solar Economy
Saturday,
December 6, 2008
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Concord House: 1407 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara
Speaker:
Wolfgang Sachs
Dr. Wolfgang
Sachs, Senior Research Fellow at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate,
Environment and Energy in Germany and member of the Club of Rome, will
discuss the requirements of a global commitment to sustainability and
fairness in resource development. Dr. Sachs is a prolific writer and
much respected active voice in current debates about the impact of
globalization and industrial technology. Dr. Sachs is head of the
interdisciplinary project on "Globalization and Sustainability"
and participated in the "Stock Exchange of Visions" project
in 2007.
Click here for
a printer-friendly flyer for the IWC seminar
Click here for this
month's
Editorial Essay by Wolfgang Sachs