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Strong Sustainability for New Zealand

Submitted by James Samuel on 10 November 2009 - 11:39am | updated 10 Nov 2009 | Story

I saw this booklet at a gathering of The Natural Step last week in Nelson. It has a lot to recommend it, and when Denis Tegg brought it to my attention today, I thought it should be posted here on Transition Towns.

UNDESD/SANZ Think Tank paper principles and scenarios
Updated: 3 September 2009

NEW: PDF now available for download here. Press briefing (with audio) here.

The independently reviewed and published UNDESD/SANZ Think Tank paper, Strong Sustainability for New Zealand: Principles and Scenarios, has been officially released at a press briefing at the Science Media Centre in Wellington on 3 September 2009.

The 52-page booklet (pictured right) costs NZ$19.99 and can now be ordered from the publisher, Nakedize, or directly from us. From 14 September, you will also be able to order the booklet directly from us.

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Rimu's picture

It's a great read

Submitted by Rimu on 10 November 2009 - 11:59am.

It's a great read. So many clear recommendations for changes in ways that just. make. sense.

However after reading it I truly realised how far we have to go and how big the task ahead of us is. I thought I had a handle on that before, but I didn't...

It's not that the changes themselves will be horrible or technically difficult, it's that the mental shift needed to perceive them as necessary and positive is quite big.

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xxancroft's picture

Really appreciate this report

Submitted by xxancroft on 15 November 2009 - 2:04pm.

Really appreciate this report particularly with its Kiwi context.  Circulate to your friends and colleagues.

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