Speaker: Dr John Peet
Joint ESR/IPENZ Event
Date: 4 August 2009, 7.00 pm
Venue: University of Canterbury, School of Engineering Lecture Room 1 (in the Mushroom).
It is becoming increasing clear that humans – and especially in the so-called “developed” nations – must drastically reduce their use of nonrenewable resources and emissions of pollutants, if genuine sustainability is to be achieved. We need to go beyond policies that only result in things getting worse at a slower rate! In this talk, John focuses on the severity of the challenge that faces us all, and puts out a challenge to the Engineering profession to become involved in not only the technical but also the ethical issues.
Dr John Peet is a chemical engineer with background experience in the petroleum industry, whose main focus in recent years has been sustainable development. Author of a book on Energy and the Ecological Economics of Sustainability and papers on systems, sustainability and the ethical requirements of stakeholder involvement.
This lecture is open to anyone interested and members are encouraged to publicise it among friends and colleagues.
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