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Comment on BABA06: Day 1. BABA has Started! by Gustavo

Gustavo — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:14:45 +0000

Hello BaBA06 fellows…!!!

How nice to recall those such amazing moments in BaBA05.
I hope you enjoy every single moment…
And take this empowerment to the next level…!!!
Hugs from Tokyo.

Gustavo Kishimoto

Comment on Building a better Asia Retreat – Orissa / India 2009 by sumati

sumati — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:32:28 +0000

Dear Naomi

Thank You much for the article and video. I am from Russia, but I love Orissa as my motherland. Please be so kind to help me if it is possible- who are the Odissi teachers on the video? It seems that I recognise my teache`s voice (the man is counting during the music), but i am not sure. It is very important for me! Thank You very much!!

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Comment on First Summary – Contributors Inputs by Anupam Saraph

Anupam Saraph — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:27:00 +0000

I've had the privilege to work with Dana Meadows (see:http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/limits_to_growth:paperback/excerpt) and Malcolm Slesser (see:http://ekvitec.com/seminar02/malcolm.htm) for almost two decades.

Dana spared no effort to underline the challenges of managing systems that grow exponentially. A key generic learning about limits to growth from her: if a systems resource demand grows exponentially, there will be a point after which the growth of the system cannot be sustained.

Malcolm Slesser recognized the insights of Gorgescu Roegen that energy was the key resource for economic activity. Without energy no economic activity can happen. He developed ingenious ways to estimate the rate of growth of economies as well as to find ways to sustain it.

The state of todays world- its conflicts, economic successes and failures and the challenges before nations are a testimony of the insights of these two remarkable persons.

Sustainability, enduring economic activity, is an important prerequisite for development. I am not sure if the debate on what is development is settled even today. The multi trillion dollar debt ridden "developed" nations are borrowing from China in a dramatic reversal of roles.

Should the term Sustainable Development be revised? 20 plus years of use of this term, have we evolved the practice of sustainable development?

Comment on First Summary – Contributors Inputs by Anupam Saraph

Anupam Saraph — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:12:00 +0000

Have you heard of John Bryant, Young Global Leader from Davos? He says the following on poverty:

“There is a difference between being broke and being poor. Being broke is a temporary economic condition, but being poor is a disabling frame of mind, and a depressed condition of your spirit.”

You may like to visit http://www.johnhopebryant.com/ to read about his mission to eradicate poverty through financial literacy.

Or you may like to read The Economist on the role of financial literacy in the recent sub-prime crisis here: http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10958702.

Do you want to comment on Yunus and Grameen’s microfinance and compare and contrast the two missions against poverty?

You will find both Bryant and Yunus on youtube.
Ito, I hope you are going to get our young Asian Leaders up on youtube too!