Date and Time: Thursday 18 March 2010, 7-30pm
Venue: Room 3.407 School of Engineering,
University of Auckland,
Speaker: Dr John Peet
Dr John Peet is a Life member of ESR and a retired Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury. His background experience was in the petroleum industry. John’s main focus in recent years has been sustainable development. He is the author of a book on Energy and the Ecological Economics of Sustainability, and has presented many papers on systems, sustainability and the ethical requirements of stakeholder involvement.
Abstract :
Why do so many government policies – especially those related to energy or resource use or technology – almost always turn out to be a lot less successful than they should be?
John suggests it is because – as a generalisation – we actually don’t speak the same language! Nor do we necessarily follow the same ethics. For these reasons, we badly need a means whereby the two professional groups seriously engage in some form of discussion, to build mutual understanding and a policy framework for genuine sustainability. He will present some suggestions along those lines as a basis for discussion.
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