Can we achieve sustainability?
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About the video: ‘Can we achieve sustainability?’
Karl-Henrik Robèrt draws hope from new technologies and new cultural movements emerging around issues of sustainability. But he says we must accelerate this global transition. This will require a great deal of negotiation and strong leadership. He takes encouragement from the fact that politicians and business leaders are increasingly addressing the issues and taking concrete action.
Total views: 7,773
Filmed: Montreal, Canada on 21 April 2006
Credits: Camera - Sylvie Van Brabant, Interviewer - Kelly Baxter, Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2006 Big Picture TV/ The Natural Step
About Karl-Henrik Robèrt
Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt is one of the world’s foremost sustainability experts. In 1988 he founded The Natural Step in Sweden, an international environmental non-for-profit that coaches organizations to become role models in sustainability. A surgeon by training, Dr Robèrt is a prominent cancer scientist. As a former Director of Research at the Karolinska Institute he has lectured widely on leukemia, lymphoma, lung cancer and their clinical implications.
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