Tag: Community
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The Event Horizon and Sustainable Development
OPISAC programs do not use fear. They do not say that the world will end soon. They do not cry about some distant event horizon people will quickly forget until the next cry comes forth. Read more
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Unintended Consequences and Good Intentions
The Law of Unintended Consequences explains what happens when people do something with good intentions, but the result is not what they expected Read more
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Public Servants and Self-Proclaimed Leaders
Self-professed leaders who forget their role as public servants pose risks to organizations and the people they serve. Read more
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Ideology In Sustainable Design
Understanding the link between ideology and the local context helps both program designers and policymakers to be more successful, benefiting recipients of assistance. Read more
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Authoritarian Environmentalism and Hobson’s Choice
Environmental authoritarianism is a governance approach that emphasizes centralized, top-down decision-making in the implementation of environmental policies. Read more
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Philosophy and Sociology in Sustainable Design
The underlying effort to introduce a large-scale, decentralized, and semi-autonomous program necessitates a multidimensional approach that integrates legal, economic, sociological, and philosophical considerations. Read more
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Rights, Responsibilities, and Social Integration
The concept of individual rights is fundamentally tied to societal integration, as the acknowledgment and exercise of these rights depend upon societal structures, norms, and legal systems. Read more
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Power, Control, and Accountability
There seem to be many “sustainability experts” who believe that dominance over the people, forcing them to act or react in certain ways, and controlling the individual and their behavior is the best, if not the only path forward Read more