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R. Bruce Hull writes and teaches about building capacity in sustainability professionals who collaborate at the intersection of business, government, and civil society. The views are his and are not endorsed by any organization with which he is affiliated.

Sustainable development is a moral obligation

Posted on May 7, 2012 by admin

Sustainable development  promotes world peace, human dignity and the continuous improvement of human potential.  It requires careful stewardship of our environmental, economic, and cultural commons. Leadership for sustainable development takes many forms, reflecting the leader’s talents and intentions.   I focus … Continue reading →

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Tea Party’s Sustainable Development Horror Story

Posted on April 28, 2012 by admin

This story has all the makings of a best-seller, perhaps that is why so many people are paying attention. Heroes: Hard-working, God-fearing, law-abiding, nation-loving people who feel marginalized and betrayed by a government that has grown too large and unresponsive, … Continue reading →

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The Agenda 21 Kneejerk

Posted on April 28, 2012 by admin

Name-calling and disinformation become dangerous when they short-circuit reason.  And that is what is happening in state after state. In Arizona it’s Senate Bill 1507.  In Alabama it’s House Bill 618.  In Tennessee it is House Joint Resolution 587. Related … Continue reading →

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Leadership for Global Sustainability

Posted on April 21, 2012 by admin

Leadership for sustainability in a global society requires: –       Pluralism: Leadership requires boundary spanning to find, see, and create opportunities, a mindset to interpret and decode situations from multiple, often competing points of view, an openness to understand other people’s … Continue reading →

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Learning Sustainability By Doing Sustainability

Posted on April 15, 2012 by admin

Adaptive management, also called collaborative adaptive management (CAM), has deep roots in the sustainabilty professions reaching back at least to Aldo Leopold’s emphasis on community, ecology, and prudence. CAM reflects a shift in worldview from arrogance, control, and technocracy to … Continue reading →

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2050 Malthusian

Posted on March 28, 2012 by admin

The development trajectory leading to 2050 suggests demand for resources and ecosystem services will increase dramatically: a quadrupling of the world economy, 2 billion more people to feed, most of them living in cities, and a few billions more middle … Continue reading →

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Getting to 2050

Posted on March 21, 2012 by admin

The dimensions of the coming change are staggering.  The first half of the 21st Century will be transformative.  At the beginning of this century, North America and Europe accounted for over 60% of the world’s middle class spending; only 10% … Continue reading →

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India: A Resilient World Leader in 2050

Posted on March 2, 2012 by admin

India must overcome the same serious challenges facing many emerging economies: immense rural to urban migration, rapid growth and industrialization, massive infrastructure needs, corrosive corruption, large cultural divides, and an uneasy relationship with meddling foreign nations and transnational organizations. Despite … Continue reading →

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Sustainability Warfare

Posted on March 1, 2012 by admin

India’s enormous economic growth, deep cultural divisions, fragile infrastructure, and stressed ecological systems may make it one of the least sustainable places on earth.  But I just returned from Mumbai and I wonder if the opposite is more accurate. The … Continue reading →

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A story is the responsibility of the traveler

Posted on February 29, 2012 by admin

I went away. Now I’m back.  Life at home continued without me.  My return flight, with layovers, starts at New Delhi’s wonderful new airport and ends too many hours later in Virginia with my wife waiting near baggage claim.  I … Continue reading →

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