pando | sustainable communities (network)

June 10, 2014
Pando.sc is an online community with a professional focus, where researchers, academics, and public and private-sector practitioners share knowledge, network, and collaborate on sustainability solutions that can be enacted at the community level - such as green building, reduction and recycling of local waste, water management, participatory democracy, land use, and much more. 

Pando is a collaboration between:

What can I do on Pando?
On Pando | Sustainable Communities, you'll enjoy opportunities to meet, discuss, share and collaborate with professionals researching and working on community-level sustainability solutions.

Key features include:
* the opportunity to post, view, and connect through professional profiles;
* current, high-quality content tailored to your professional and research interests;
* moderated, members-only discussion forums;
* a place to share sustainability success stories and cutting-edge research;
* calendars to post events of interest;
* functions to arrange in-person meetings at posted events;
* opportunities to post and browse requests for proposals and job opportunities;
* advanced search features enabling you to locate colleagues, tools and resources most relevant to you

Join the conversation! Register online to become a member.


 

The Path to Sustainable Development, by Jeffrey Sachs

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"Sustainable Development". Sorry... what?

December 15, 2013
What does "the three pillar concept of sustainability" mean?

It means the pursuit of economic development with respect to social and environmental principles. It means economic growth, but taking into account the needs of man and nature as well.

I don't totally agree with this definition, which is definitely the best known and most widely utilized, but some the world's largest and most powerful organizations do agree: Brundtland Commission Report 1987, Earth Summit 1992 and Agenda 21, Johannesb...

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