Sustainable development

Many respected thinkers seem to believe that humanity is in a period of inevitable economic and technological progress. This view of the future, fuelled by heady advances in technology, is particularly prevalent in the information industry. It reflects a new conception of the human species, one in which human societies are seen as free of dependence on the natural world.

Putting a computer in every home while wiping out half of the world's plant and animal species, however, could hardly be considered an economic success.

Long-term sustainability 

Agenda 21 

Johannesburg summit 2002 

The role of NGOs 

Education and wisdom