RE: [GreenYes] Fwd:Corporate highjacking of Rio+10 Summit

["Chris Cloutier" <chris@e4partners.com>]

There is a very good article on this topic, “Talking with the Donkey” that is available at:

http://mitpress.mit.edu/journals/JIEC/JIE2.3_Harri_51-72.pdf

 

Makes a strong case….

 

Chris Cloutier

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-greenyes@grrn.org [mailto:owner-greenyes@grrn.org]On Behalf Of Helen Spiegelman
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 3:42 PM
To: Doug Koplow; eric@ecocycle.org; gary@garyliss.com; greenyes@grrn.org
Subject: Re: [GreenYes] Fwd:Corporate highjacking of Rio+10 Summit

 

Here, in bold type, are the wise words of Doug Koplow, for us to re-read. Thanks, Doug!

At 04:22 PM 05/08/2002 -0400, Doug Koplow wrote:

Any agreement, be it by a government or a voluntary coalition of NGOs and businesses, must have a hammer.  Terms need to lay out tasks and explicit timelines.  The timelines can be incremental ones, though the pace of change needs to be reasonably robust.  Mechanisms to measure and publicize progress (or lack thereof) need to be implemented from the outset ...