Tom Burke: 'We are challenged by a democratic dilemma'

From Tom Burke , Founding Director, E3G This is a great theme that is massively under discussed. At its highest level we are challenged by a democratic dilemma. To tackle the suite of issues surrounding a transition to sustainable development we must agree and adopt public policies governing many aspects of personal, economic and political behaviour that will be consistently maintained over at least several decades. However, democracy thrives on there being an axis of choice around which to …

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Commentary from Tim Smit, Chief Executive, The Eden Project

From Tim Smit, Chief Executive, The Eden Project Democracy and Sustainability is a great subject and one which has, to my knowledge only been addressed elliptically, that is to say in the context of other narratives. I have recently finished a book by Lewis Hyde, The Gift (an old book, but new to me), that addresses some aspects of this and have also, on holiday, just completed Paul Hawken's new tome, Blessed Unrest, which is very interesting, if a little romantic, on the same subject. To …

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