Is the Oregons Sustainability Forum Hillarys Global Village?
By Rodney R. Stubbs NewsWithViews.com June 20, 2003 Sustainable Development, sustainable communities, and biodiversity are new terms that emerged since the early 1990s. They were the primary focus of the Sustainability Forum in the last week of May 2003 at the Hilton Hotel in Portland, Oregon. There were more than 250 presenters, perhaps as many as 3,500 attendees, keynote speakers included Green Party candidate for Vice President LaDuke and Oregon’s Governor Ted Kulongoski. A principle focus is on, “.why and how organizations have integrated sustainability into their planning for the future.” Attendees are informed that the current systems (a.k.a. American Free Enterprise, Democracy, and local/systms governance), “.do not adequately value many environmental and social impacts.” Perhaps the most important issues were discussed in the sessions focused on governance for Sustainability. The proponents of sustainability openly state that Power and Authority are key to the promotion of thei
