Presentation at the STEPS Conference 2010 - Pathways to Sustainability: Agendas for a new politics of environment, development and social justice
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Molly Anderson: Co-creation of Sustainable Futures
1. Co-creation of Sustainable Futures STEPS Conference on Pathways to Sustainability University of Sussex - September 24, 2001 Molly Anderson College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor, Maine USA [email_address]
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3. Purpose of the IAASTD: Assess the impacts of AKST on the following development goals—past, present and future: • Reducing hunger and poverty • Improving rural livelihoods and human health • Facilitating equitable and environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable development
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10. From Adger et al. 2001 Global Environmental Management Populism Reliance on external experts Internal empowerment Market-oriented solutions Grassroots political change Neo-liberal policies Challenges to neo-liberalism Top-down, centralized Bottom-up, dispersed
11. Techno-optimism High fear (preoccupation w/ competition) Low fear Interest in self-protection and self-aggrandizement Interest in hoarding and profiting from AKST and other agricultural resources (IPR and other mechanisms) (Global Environmental Management) Interest in social justice, cooperation, diverse perspectives, precautionary approaches to technology (Populism) Interest in sharing AKST and other resources through open-source or fairer mechanisms