World at the Crossroads: Towards a sustainable, equitable and liveable world [Paperback]

1. Food and Energy2. Sustainable, Equitable Economics3. The Personal Energy BudgetHans-Peter Darr4. Understanding Biofuel Dynamics in Developing CountriesThe Need for the Local ContextOmar Masera and Priya Deshingkar5. The Value of Indigenous KnowledgeThe Case of Water and Soil Conservation Ecosystems in Sri LankaD L 0 MendisIIPolitics and Society6. The Roots of UnsustainabilityColonization in Space and TimeFranck Amalric and Tariq BanuriBuilding a Sustainable Food SystemAnne H EhrlichEnergy Constraints on Sustainable Development PathsWouter Biesiot and Henk Mulder7. People's Empowerment: A Condition for a Sustainable, Equitable and Liveable World?Grazia Borrini Feyerabend8. Improving Health: A Key Factor in Sustainable DevelopmentAndrew Haines9. The Relevance of Military Expenditures to Sustainable and Equitable DevelopmentSamuel E Okoye10. The Power Politics of Sustainability, Equity and LiveabilityJaap de Wilde11. Can Sodeties be Changed Quickly Enough?Robert A Hinde12. Summary and RecommendationsPhilip B Smith and Samuel E OkoyeIndexThirty years ago the Russell-Einstein Manifesto warned humanity that our survival is imperilled by the risk of nuclear war... In the spirit of that Manifesto, we now call on all scientists to expand our concerns to a broader set of interrelated dangers: destruction of the environment on a global scale, and denial of basis needs for a growing majority of humankind. The Dagomys Declaration (1988) of the Pugwash Council. Originally published in 1994Smith, Philip B. ; Okoye, Samuel E. ; Wilde, Jaap de ; Deshingkar, PriyaUS? Pugwash Nederland, 1994