Dr. John Hollins, past Chair CACOR Board of Directors, on 2019 February 28 stated: The Ottawa Sustainability Fund (OSFund), an environmental charity, was founded in the spirit of think globally, act locally. Ian Johnson put it this way when he spoke to CACOR’s AGM in 2013. We are all local citizens; we are all global […]
Can the Club of Rome make a difference? Observations from the Vienna meetings
Can the Club of Rome make a difference? Observations from the Vienna meetings Date: 6 December 2017 Speakers: Sheila Murray, Robert Hoffman, and Ted Manning Time: 12-2pm Place: Summerset Officers Mess About the presentation: Every year the International Club of Rome holds an Annual General Assembly to which several CACOR members attend. The importance of […]
A Strategic Approach to Energy and Climate
By Dr. Edward Manning, past Chair CACOR. Preparations for the Club of Rome Climate Change conference 2017. One of the 6 sessions in Vienna, in November 2017, is focused on the specific topic of carbon sequestration. No-one suggests that it is the only solution. It is mainly spurred by interest in seagrass and in other […]
No Sustainable Future without Ethical Values
SAVE THE DATE ! THE AURELIO PECCEI LECTURES & DIALOGUES- Enquiries on the Challenges of the 21st Century 99th LECTURE THURSDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2017 AT 18:00 SHARP No Sustainable Future without Ethical Values Monsignor Prof. Dr. Obiora F. IKE. Executive Director, Globethics.net, Geneva Professor of Ethics and Intercultural Studies, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Nigeria President, Club of Rome […]
Was the Club of Rome Correct – Warning of a Global Collapse of Resources and Population?
Author: Bill Pugsley, Ottawa. Today we review a study from Australia that compares the business as usual scenario to 2100 presented by the Club of Rome in its Limits to Growth book to the observed trends in population, resource depletion and pollution for the last 40 years.Results indicate a very close match and leads to […]