12 videos tagged sustainable
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Achim Steiner
How can we make better use of resources?
As resources become less abundant, resource efficiency will be critical if we are to continue along a path of positive economic development. Achim Steiner illustrates ways in which…
Recorded: 22 January 2008
Achim Steiner
Are our lives becoming more sustainable?
The United Nations, through their Environment Programme (UNEP), publishes a periodic report on the state of the planet called the Global Environment Outlook. Last year’s report,…
Recorded: 22 January 2008
C.S. Kiang
Can China grow its economy sustainably?
Professor Kiang discusses the Chinese government’s approach to sustainable development. China has had to pay a costly price for the economic miracle of the past thirty years.…
Recorded: 13 May 2007
Marie-Claire Cordonnier-Segger
How do global trade laws work?
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger tackles the weighty issue of global economic and trade reform in this two-part series. In this first clip, she gives a brief explanation of the historical…
Recorded: 13 May 2007
Marie-Claire Cordonnier-Segger
How can investment law be made sustainable?
In part two of this two-part series, Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger examines ways in which investment law must change in order to help bring about a more sustainable economic model.
…Recorded: 13 May 2007
Bill Joy
How do we make industry more sustainable?
Bill Joy believes that the necessary steps for industry are first to reduce the quantity of materials used in the manufacturing process, then to reuse and recycle them where at…
Recorded: 10 September 2006
Takashi Kiuchi
What can nature teach us about living sustainably?
Mr Kiuchi describes the wake-up call he received while visiting a rainforest in northern Borneo. He realized that nature is in itself entirely sustainable, and that it is people…
Recorded: 8 September 2006
Richard Heinberg
What is peak oil? (Part 2)
Professor Heinberg explains that the theory of peak oil has its roots in the work of US petroleum geologist M. King Hubbert. Hubbert first alerted the world to America’s falling…
Recorded: 19 October 2005
Sim Van der Ryn
How can design be part of a sustainable future?
Sim Van der Ryn believes we are witnessing the end of an industrial-mechanical era, in which nature is seen as a free resource to be used without regard for the consequences. What…
Recorded: 19 October 2005
Sim Van der Ryn
What is the cutting edge of ecological design?
Architect Sim Van de Ryn describes what he believes to be the leading edge of contemporary design. He talks about biomimicry, which uses the way nature works as a basis for design.…
Recorded: 19 October 2005
William McDonough
What might a sustainable city look like?
The Chinese plan to build housing for as many as 400 million of its citizens by 2017. With this in mind the Chinese government commissioned world famous eco-architect Bill McDonough…
Recorded: 21 April 2005
Tony Juniper
What might a sustainable society look like?
Tony Juniper talks about the relentless pursuit of economic growth at any cost. He then suggests ways in which new economic paradigms and new kinds of globalization can help meet…
Recorded: 8 December 2004
