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Institutions for a sustainable civilization: negotiating change in a technological culture 可持续文明的制度:在技术文化中协商变革

Proceedings 1995 Interdisciplinary Conference: Knowledge Tools for a Sustainable Civilization. Fourth Canadian Conference on Foundations and Applications of General Science Theory Pub Date : 1995-06-08 DOI: 10.1109/KTSC.1995.569159

D. Holdsworth

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Knowledge tools supporting the concept of industrial ecology 支持工业生态概念的知识工具

Proceedings 1995 Interdisciplinary Conference: Knowledge Tools for a Sustainable Civilization. Fourth Canadian Conference on Foundations and Applications of General Science Theory Pub Date : 1995-06-08 DOI: 10.1109/KTSC.1995.569168

J. Lippke

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The politics of sustainability 可持续发展的政治

Proceedings 1995 Interdisciplinary Conference: Knowledge Tools for a Sustainable Civilization. Fourth Canadian Conference on Foundations and Applications of General Science Theory Pub Date : 1995-06-08 DOI: 10.1109/KTSC.1995.569152

David V. J. Bell

{"title":"The politics of sustainability","authors":"David V. J. Bell","doi":"10.1109/KTSC.1995.569152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/KTSC.1995.569152","url":null,"abstract":"Humankind's survival is threatened less by the \"big bang\" of nuclear warfare than by the banal but equally fatal \"whimper\" accompanying the destruction of our natural environment. Who is responsible for this war against nature? Why are we destroying the very basis of existence on this planet? In nearly every instance, we are all at fault. In part, the problem can be traced to the nature of our socioeconomic system. We are suffering from what might be termed a \"global lifestyle disease\". We have developed a rapacious economy that values little its effects on the natural environment. Until very recently, these effects were omitted from our economic measures and equations. Nature was an \"externality\" whose abundance and infinite resilience were taken for granted. We stand at an important juncture in our political development. We must appreciate and understand the significance of political changes if we are going to be successful in achieving progress in the three areas of sustainable development: economy, environment and social equity. The politics of sustainability is the politics of survival in the 21st Century.","PeriodicalId":283614,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1995 Interdisciplinary Conference: Knowledge Tools for a Sustainable Civilization. Fourth Canadian Conference on Foundations and Applications of General Science Theory","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130218016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Group problem solving: if we could save the Earth, how would that be done? 集体解决问题:如果我们能拯救地球，会怎么做?

Proceedings 1995 Interdisciplinary Conference: Knowledge Tools for a Sustainable Civilization. Fourth Canadian Conference on Foundations and Applications of General Science Theory Pub Date : 1995-06-08 DOI: 10.1109/KTSC.1995.569155

S. Regoczei, M. Havas

{"title":"Group problem solving: if we could save the Earth, how would that be done?","authors":"S. Regoczei, M. Havas","doi":"10.1109/KTSC.1995.569155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/KTSC.1995.569155","url":null,"abstract":"Characterizing something as a problem commits us to coping with the problem in a problem-solving mode. Furthermore, while individuals might make a difference, a large-scale task such a saving the Earth would call for a group problem-solving configuration. Communication, cooperation, shared vision and negotiation introduce new complexity and often unanticipated emerging phenomena. If group members are selected to provide divergent views and if they respect each other and are willing to co-operate, the unanticipated emerging phenomena are likely to be extremely valuable. Groups may include not only individuals and roles, but also abstract agents such as corporations or ethnic units with their own set of cultures, values, and power interests. Environmental, political, commercial and family problems are typical of those that have to be addressed in a group context. We had a class of 14 students engaged in group problem-solving. Our main observation of this self-directed, self-organizing group was that they easily got side-tracked and they lacked the motivation to stick to the original task of problem solving. A good deal of effort went into group self-maintenance activities. This behavior parallels the state of climax communities in an ecosystem. Striking a balance between effort spent on self-maintenance and productive output is a managerial problem. Optimal solutions to this problem may not exist in a self-organizing, self-maintaining and self-managing group. The net output of the problem-solving process may not necessarily be a solution but rather a better-thinking problem-solver.","PeriodicalId":283614,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1995 Interdisciplinary Conference: Knowledge Tools for a Sustainable Civilization. Fourth Canadian Conference on Foundations and Applications of General Science Theory","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133802704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Multinational corporations and their enablers 跨国公司和他们的支持者

Proceedings 1995 Interdisciplinary Conference: Knowledge Tools for a Sustainable Civilization. Fourth Canadian Conference on Foundations and Applications of General Science Theory Pub Date : 1995-06-08 DOI: 10.1109/KTSC.1995.569172

G.A. Jameison

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Understanding and achieving sustainable systems through contingency planning and education 通过应急计划和教育了解和实现可持续发展的系统

Proceedings 1995 Interdisciplinary Conference: Knowledge Tools for a Sustainable Civilization. Fourth Canadian Conference on Foundations and Applications of General Science Theory Pub Date : 1995-06-08 DOI: 10.1109/KTSC.1995.569181

A. Guy

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Is the UN-organisation a lost case? The vulnerability of devotional and the invulnerability of aggressive relationships 这个联合国组织是败诉了吗?虔诚关系的脆弱和攻击性关系的坚不可摧

Proceedings 1995 Interdisciplinary Conference: Knowledge Tools for a Sustainable Civilization. Fourth Canadian Conference on Foundations and Applications of General Science Theory Pub Date : 1995-06-08 DOI: 10.1109/KTSC.1995.569153

R. Starkermann

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Plutonium-is any non-zero quantity sustainable? 钚——任何非零的量都是可持续的吗?

Proceedings 1995 Interdisciplinary Conference: Knowledge Tools for a Sustainable Civilization. Fourth Canadian Conference on Foundations and Applications of General Science Theory Pub Date : 1995-06-08 DOI: 10.1109/KTSC.1995.569156

T. Brogden

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Philosophy for sustainable society?? 可持续社会的哲学?

Proceedings 1995 Interdisciplinary Conference: Knowledge Tools for a Sustainable Civilization. Fourth Canadian Conference on Foundations and Applications of General Science Theory Pub Date : 1995-06-08 DOI: 10.1109/KTSC.1995.569173

V. Zeman

{"title":"Philosophy for sustainable society??","authors":"V. Zeman","doi":"10.1109/KTSC.1995.569173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/KTSC.1995.569173","url":null,"abstract":"If the problem of the sustainable society and sustainable growth is to be fully incorporated into the various overall conceptions we have of ourselves and our place in the world, it is questionable whether we can afford to neglect its relation to philosophy. It is within this context that we attempt to argue two points which may or may not be obvious, depending on the angle of approach to the concept of the sustainable society. (1) While the call for new knowledge (new in both the quantitative and qualitative sense) is the most obvious requirement for any progress towards a sustainable society, we cannot expect that such knowledge will be transphilosophical or transideological (i.e. universally acceptable) in any absolute sense. (2) It is far from clear whether any conception of eco-philosophy can fit the bill for a new philosophical underpinning and focusing of our thought and action; the re-focusing and enlargement of our philosophical traditions seems to be a more viable project. Historically, the threat of nuclear conflict in the 1950s and 1960s may serve as the closest possible analogy: hardly any new philosophy was a direct product of such a threat; however, it clearly strengthened various efforts towards so-called \"philosophy of man\".","PeriodicalId":283614,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1995 Interdisciplinary Conference: Knowledge Tools for a Sustainable Civilization. Fourth Canadian Conference on Foundations and Applications of General Science Theory","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124372901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Acceleration, smoke and consequences. A disorder of orders 加速，烟雾和后果。秩序混乱

Proceedings 1995 Interdisciplinary Conference: Knowledge Tools for a Sustainable Civilization. Fourth Canadian Conference on Foundations and Applications of General Science Theory Pub Date : 1995-06-08 DOI: 10.1109/KTSC.1995.569169

J. Robbins

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