Discussion Roundtable

Sustainability, Lifestyle and Global Consumption


Opening Remark by Leader
Procedure
Lead Papers
Comments and Recommendations from Participants (by name and address)
Summary of Comments from Participants
Summary of Recommendations from Participants
Assessment of Results of Discussion Roundtable and Conclusion
Closing Remark by Leader

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Lead Papers

Vassily A. Agaphonoff, Dr. Ahsan Uddin Ahmed, William M. Alexander, Mark Anielski, Elena BIVOL,Danny Cassimon, Jim Christiansen, Dr. Parzival Copes, Stevan Dedijer, George L. De Feis, Dr. John C. Dernbach, Dr. ir. J.Dewulf and J. Mulder and H.J. van der Kooi and J. de Swaan Arons,Professor Gerard D’Souza and Ramkumar Bendapudi, David S. Evans and C. Coulthard and I. Henderson and P. Jones, Dr. Hans W. Gottinger, Dr. Yuriy Grynyuk, Dr. Tee L. Guidotti, Xiaohui Hao, Shahidul Haque, MD. Hasibur Rahman and ,Hasida Yasmin,Raghbendra Jha and K.V. Bhanu Murthy, ANITA KON, Isabelle Lambiel, Tonu Lausmaa, Ming Lei, David S. Liebl, Dr. Sue L.T. McGregor, Faysal Abdel-Gadir Mohamed and Nimat Abdel-Karim Ahmed, Dr. Yew-Kwang Ng, S.G. Patil* and L.B. Hugar* and M.S. Veerapur* and J. Yerriswamy* and T. Cross† and A.C. vanLoon† and G.W. vanLoon†,Roland Prelaz-Droux, Alfredo Quarto, E.Mohan Reddy , Dirgha N. Tiwari (Dr. Eng.),Professor Helene Savard


Vassily A. Agaphonoff

Rainbow Keepers Rostov Group
Paper title: World Economic-Ecological Model
rkrostov@don.sitek.net
Dr. Ahsan Uddin Ahmed

Head
Environment and Development Division
Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad (BUP)
BANGLADESH
Paper title: Challenges to Achieve Sustainable Development in Bangladesh in a Warmer World bup@bdcom.com, neelormi@juniv.ed
William M. Alexander

Emeritus Professor of World Food Politics
California Polytechnic State University
www.jadski.com/kerala
Kerala contains the only large population on Earth which has already achieved human sustainability, that is, very low consumption of the Earth's resources and zero population growth at the same time.

Mark Anielski

Executive Director
Centre for Performance Measurement & Management (CPMM)
Faculty of Business
University of Alberta
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Senior Fellow
Redefining Progress (San Franscisco / Washington D.C.)
http://www.rprogress.org
and
President
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Paper title: Towards an Inclusive Yardstick of Societal Well-being Paper title: How Modified National Accounts, using the Genuine Progress Indicator or the ISEW, might be used to Manage the Sustainable Well-being of Societies
anielski@ualberta.ca
Elena BIVOL

Researcher in public administration
Vice Manager of NGO Bios
Paper title: EARTH CHARTER
clima@moldova.md
valentin@bios.moldova.su
elena@bios.moldova.su

Danny Cassimon

Assistant Professor of Development Finance
University of Antwerp
Universitary Faculties Saint Ignatius Antwerp-UFSIA(UFSIA)
Department of Applied Economics
Antwerp
Belgium
Telephone: +32-3-220.41.37
Paper title: FINANCING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT USING A FEASIBLE TOBIN TAX
danny.cassimon@ufsia.ac.be
Jim Christiansen

Sierra Club
France
Paper title: How to Influence Business Organizations on Issues Related to Managing the Earth in the Long Term
James_Christiansen@rens.com
Dr. Parzival Copes

Emeritus Professor of Economics
Department of Economics and Institute of Fisheries Analysis
Simon Fraser University
British Columbia
Canada V7V 2E5
Paper title: On the harmonization of interacting impacts upon human beings, use of resources, economic growth and environmental needs.
copes@sfu.ca
Stevan Dedijer

Consultant Integrated Intelligence: Biological - Individual - Technological - Governing - Social system
Department of Business Administration
Lund University
Sweden
and
Croatia
Paper title: Global Intelligence for Development of
a. Poor and
b. Small Countries
stevan.dedijer@fek.lu.se
sdedijer@du.tel.hr
George L. De Feis

Executive Director
American Managemen Association-Operation Entreprise
1601 Broadway
gdefeis@amanet.org
New Contact Information, effective 2/14/00
George L. De Feis
Executive Director & CEO
U.S. Chess Federation
U.S.A.
Please use the following e-mail for the future: gldefeis@aol.com
Paper title:
An insight to Managing the Four-Legged Stool of Sustainable Development: Involve Youth Early
http://www.operationenterprise.com
Dr. John C. Dernbach

Associate Professor
School of Law
Widener University
U.S.A.
Paper title: Sustainable Development as a Framework for National Governance
John.C.Dernbach@law.widener.edu
Dr. ir. J.Dewulf and J. Mulder and H.J. van der Kooi and J. de Swaan Arons

Prof. Dr. ir. Herman Van Langenhove
Department of Organic Chemistry
Ghent University
Coupure Links 653
Gent
Belgium
herman.vanlangenhove@rug.ac.be
Dr. ir. Jo. Dewulf
Department of Organic Chemistry
Ghent University
Gent
Belgium
Jo.Dewulf@rug.ac.be
The Netherlands
J.deSwaanArons@STM.TUDelft.nl
Paper title: The Search for a Parameter Quantifying Technological Sustainability: Development of a Sustainable Coefficient
Professor Gerard D’Souza and Ramkumar Bendapudi

Ramkumar Bendapudi
West Virginia University
Doctoral Student and Graduate Research Assistant
Div. of Resource Management
West Virginia University
Morgantown
West Virginia
and
Professor Gerard D’Souza
Div. of Resource Management
Paper title:
"U.S Conservation Policies and Sustainable Development Principles: Consistency or Contradictory?"
gdsouza@wvu.edu

David S. Evans and C. Coulthard and I. Henderson and P. Jones

David S. Evans
CSC Project Management Services
Sr. Risk Analyst
Paper title: Risk Analysis to Measure Sustainable Development Elements for Large Construction Projects
CSCDaveE@cs.com
Dr. Hans W. Gottinger

Professor of Economics
University of Maastricht (RL)
International Institute for Environmental Economics and Management
Germany
Paper title:
Sustainability: Marco vs Micro
hg528@bingo.baynet.de
hg528@bingo-ev.de
gottih@rpi.edu
hwgott@aol.com
Dr. Yuriy Grynyuk

Ukrainian State Forestry University
(Stradch Forest Research Station)
Ukraine
Paper title: Forest Wealth as a One of the Basis of Sustainable Development in Ukraine

Paper title: Ecological Education in Aspect of Sustainable Development Consciousness
grinrost@forest.lviv.ua
Dr. Tee L. Guidotti

Dr. Tee L. Guidotti, MD, MPH
Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Department of Public Health Sciences
Paper title: ASSESSING THE HEALTH OF URBAN ECOSYSTEMS
Paper title: Sustainable Development can only be sustained if it is socially responsive
eohtlg@mail.gwumc.edu
Xiaohui Hao

Researcher in Resources, Environment and Sustainable Development
Chief of Resource and Environment Division
Associate Professor
Institute of Spatial Planning and Regional Economy
The State Development Planning Commission
China
Paper title: Policies and Measures for mitigating GHGs in Chinese Power Sector
haoxh@mx.cei.gov.cn
Hasida Yasmin, MD. Hasibur Rahman and Shahidul Haque

Member Directors
Environment and Agricultural Development Studies Centre

Dhanmondi
Bangladesh
Paper title: Environmental Pollution in Bangladesh
icms@bdcom.com

Raghbendra Jha and K.V. Bhanu Murthy

Raghbendra Jha
Professor
Indira Gandi Insitute of Development Research
General Vaidya Marg
Goregaon (E)
India
rjha@igidr.ac.in
http://www.igidr.ac.in/facu/rjha.htm
and
Dr. K.V. Bhanu Murthy,
Reader in Economics
Professor
University of Delhi

Pitampura
India
Paper title:
Sustainability: Behavior Property Rights and Economic Growth
and
Dramatic play presentation: Chetan Awakens (about the Environment and writen to teach children )
by Dr. K.V. Bhanu Murthy
kvbm@del3.vsnl.net.in
bsmm@vsnl.com
ANITA KON

Săo Paulo
Brasil
Paper title:
Regional Distribution of the Working Population in a Developing Country: The Case of Brazil
anitakon@pucsp.br
anitakon@exatas.pucsp.br
Isabelle Lambiel

Paper title:
Sustainable Development: How to make a change?
isabellelambiel@hotmail.com
Tonu Lausmaa

Renewable Energy
Re-En Centre TAASEN
Estonia
Paper title: About a Sustainable Economy Definition
tlausmaa@teleport.ee
Ming Lei

Associate Professor of Peking University(P.R.China)
Associate Professor of Donated Chair of Kyoto University(Japan)
Guanghua School of Management
Peking University
P.R.China
and
Division of Societal System Planning for Energy
Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Japan
Paper title: Integrated System of Economy-Environment Accounting of China (CSEEA)----System Design and Trial Estimation (1992)
leiming@gsm.pku.edu.cn
mlei@uji.energy.kyoto-u.ac.jp
David S. Liebl

University of Wisconsin
Engineering Solid & Hazardous Waste Education Centre
Madison
U.S.A.
Poster presentation: Indicators of Sustainable Development in the Context of Community, Social and Economic Development Programming throughout the United States
LIEBL@EPD.engr.wisc.edu
Dr. Sue L.T. McGregor

Professor
Coordinator, Peace and Conflict Studies
Mount Saint Vincent University
166 Bedford Highway
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Paper title: The Role of Families in Sustainable Development (Proposal for an Open Informal Discussion Roundtable)
sue.mcgregor@msvu.ca
SMCGREGO.Employee.msvu@msvu1.msvu.ca
SMCGREGO@msvu1.msvu.ca
http://www.msvu.ca
Faysal Abdel-Gadir Mohamed and Nimat Abdel-Karim Ahmed

United Nations Development Programme
Bahrain Registry
Manama, Bahrain
Paper title: Impact of Globalization on Small Island States
undpbah@batelco.com.bh
Dr. Yew-Kwang Ng

Professor
Department of Economics
Monash University
Paper title: Why do Economists Overestimate the Costs of Public Spending on Research and Environmental Protection
Paper title: Overestimation of costs of Public Spending on Research and Environmental Protection
kwang.ng@buseco.monash.edu.au
S.G. Patil* and L.B. Hugar* and M.S. Veerapur* and J. Yerriswamy* and T. Cross† and A.C. vanLoon† and G.W. vanLoon†

*University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India and †Queen’s University, Kingston
Gary W. vanLoon
Department of Chemistry
Queen's University
Kingston, ON
Canada,
Paper title: Measures of agricultural sustainability – a study in South India
vanloon@chem.queensu.ca
Roland Prelaz-Droux

Maitre d'enseignement et de recherche
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Switzerland
Paper title: Measurement and management of sustainable development in Switzerland, China, Tunisia, Vietnam, and Senegal.
Roland.Prelaz-Droux@epfl.ch
Alfredo Quarto

Executive Director
Mangrove Action Project
Port Angeles
USA
Paper title: Towards Local Community Involvement in Mangrove Rehabilitation and Sustainable Management in the Developing World
mangroveap@olympus.net
web site: http://www.earthisland.org/map/map.html
E.Mohan Reddy

Master of Communications and Journalism (MCJ)
Joint Director (Corporate Communications)
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited
Paper title: Socio Economic impact of Oil and Gas Drilling and Production Activity for Sustainable Development
ongcpr@vsnl.com
Professor Helene Savard

Ecosystem Management
School of Environmental and Resource Sciences
Fleming College
Lindsay
Ontario
Canada
Paper title: Ecosystem Management, Sustainable Living and Environmental Citizenship
hsavard@sympatico.ca
HSAVARD@flemingc.on.ca

Dirgha N. Tiwari (Dr. Eng.)

Environmental Economist
Kathmandu, Nepal
Paper title:
Environmental Accounting, Sectoral and Economywide Sustainability: Indicators and Implications of Environmental-economic Policies in Nepal
dntiwari@hotmail.com

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