“ (…) And let us see if we, in our own time, can move the world to a just and lasting peace.” John F Kennedy White curtains drape to the floor accompanied by a captain’sContinue reading
Tag: Sustainable Development
The Age of Sustainable Development – Why give aid? Or not (Uganda gay laws example)
The President of Uganda signed a controversial bill that would see homosexuals jailed for life. The Netherlands (first to grant same-sex marriage), Denmark (first to legally recognize same-sex relations) and Norway stood up for theContinue reading
The Age of Sustainable Development – A Brief History of Economic Development
For thousands of years humanity lived in ‘civilised’ communities practicing agriculture. With the exception of some leaders, everybody was poor. Grand structures have been build and some civilizations were powerful and seemingly prosperous, but economic and technological advancement were nil Place aContinue reading
The Age of Sustainable Development – Happiness
Netherlands was ranked in the top 5 happiest countries, together with Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and Sweden[1]. I couldn’t help but to smile and increase the average Dutch happiness for a brief moment. I’ve only justContinue reading
The Age of Sustainable Development – Introduction
“Leave no one behind.” You may be thinking about some war movie, but in this case that has nothing to do with what I am referring to. It is actually the first of theContinue reading