SUSTAINABILITY AND ECOLOGY
This book By Christa Wichterich, Jochen Toepfer & Theo Mutter is the first study on the construction of a civil society environmental agenda in East Europe and in the South. It is based on a cross-sectional study of projects and programs run by project partners and regional offices of the Heinrich Boell Foundation in the period of 1996-2000. It is a strategic review of practical and political interventions of partner organizations in Latin America, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe in the area of ecology and sustainability.
INVITATION
SUSTAINABILITY AND ECOLOGY
- TOWARDS A POLITICAL CONCEPT OF ECOLOGY
Book Launch
Time: August 23rd 2002, 10.30 - 12.30 h
Place: Boell Forum, Bateleurs Convention Centre, Global People's Forum,
NASREC Expo Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
Authors Christa Wichterich, Jochen Toepfer & Theo Mutter
This book is the first study on the construction of a civil society environmental agenda in East Europe and in the South. It is based on a cross-sectional study of projects and programs run by project partners and regional offices of the Heinrich Boell Foundation in the period of 1996-2000. It is a strategic review of practical and political interventions of partner organizations in Latin America, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe in the area of ecology and sustainability.
How did the projects attempt to implement the concept of "political ecology"? Which issues and which strategies did they take up in particular political conditions? Which constraints and limitations did they face? What are their strengths and success stories? How could they proceed on their way into a sustainable future? What are the impacts and differences to sustainability concepts in the North? What are the common issues?
The experiences of the project partners can be used as reflections of the problems to build up a civil society environmental monitoring during the Rio Follow Up processes. It shows very clearly that the ecological agenda cannot be separated from social and democratic transformations in these countries.
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Jörg Haas
Senior Officer Ecology and Sustainable Development
Coordinator for Activities on the
World Summit on Sustainable Development Johannesburg 2002
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