With respect to the attached report obtained from the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) I have the following statement to offer, in my capacity as a professional social worker contracted by members of the affected community to advocate for “social justice and uphold and protect fundamental human rights as enshrined in the South African Constitution” (Policy guidelines for Course of Conduct, Code of Ethics and Rule for Social Workers, SACSSP). [Read more…]

Posted on April 14th, 2008 by Louis
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“Under no circumstances whatsoever can an economic process, or interest, be above the reverence of life.”
Manfred A Max-Neef.

This assertion by Chilean ‘barefoot economist’ Manfred Max-Neef was offered as the conclusion to his address to a packed audience at the Gordon Institute of Business Science two years ago, as an overriding principle for what he terms a “trans-disciplinary economics of sustainability”. [Read more…]

Posted on April 14th, 2008 by Louis
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