Eco-Humanism and Popular System Dynamics as Preconditions for Sustainable Development

Lesław Michnowski

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Published: Jul 1, 2008

Issue Vol. 3 No. 2 (2008)

Articles

Is There a Best Ethic of Sustainable Development?
Paul T. Durbin

5-14
From Sustainable Development to Management of Sustainable Ecosocial Systems
Johann Baumgärtner

15-19
Perspectives and Problems in Sustainable Development
Antoni Sánchez

21-23
Sustainable Value
Chris Laszlo

25-29
Eco-Humanism and Popular System Dynamics as Preconditions for Sustainable Development
Lesław Michnowski

31-50
Albert Schweitzer’s Ethics of Respect for Life and Ecophilosophy
Zdzisława Piątek

51-61
Sustainable Development – Utopia or Real Possibility?
Lech W. Zacher

63-68
Selected Aspects of Environmental Processes in Holistic Nature Related Education in the Light of Sustainable Development Concepts
Jan Sandner

69-80
Does Technology Support Sustainable Development?
Konrad Waloszczyk

81-88
Renewed EU Sustainable Development Strategy: What Does it Mean for Poland?
Lesław Michnowski

89-128
Sustainable Development from Reverse Logistics Perspective
Adam Sadowski

129-132
Reflection About Sustainable Development (Is Sustainable Development Fiction, Utopia, Illusion or Swindle?)
Wiesław Sztumski

133-139
Book Review: Chris Laszlo, Sustainable Value: How the World’s Leading Businesses Are Doing Well by Doing Good, Standford University Press, 2008
Artur Pawłowski

141-142
Book Review: Chris Laszlo, Sustainable Value, 2008
Artur Pawłowski

143
Book Review: John Ikerd, Crisis and Opportunity: Sustainability in American Agriculture, University of Nebraska Press, 2008
Artur Pawłowski

145
Book Review: John Ikerd, Small Farms Are Real Farms: Sustaining People Through Agriculture, University of Nebraska Press, 2008
Artur Pawłowski

147
Book Review: Zdzisława Piątek, Pawi ogon, czyli o biologicznych uwarunkowaniach kultury, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2007
Ignacy S. Fiut

149
Letter to the Editorial Office: Professor Henryk Skolimowski Answers
Henryk Skolimowski

153
Letter from the President of the European Academy of Science and Art
Felix Unger

155

Authors

Lesław Michnowski

leslaw.michnowski@neostrada.pl

Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee for Futures Studies “Poland 2000 Plus,” Al. 3 Maja 2 m. 164, 00-391 Warszawa, Poland, Poland

Abstract

This article is parallelly published by Luis T. Gutierrez in the Solidarity, Sustainability, and Non-Violence Research Newsletter. This article is an overview of a book by the author: “Vision of sustainable development society – future of the world from cyberneticist perspective” (in Polish), published by Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee for Futures Studies “Poland 2000 Plus”. This book contains my conclusions from – System of Life reality conceptual model based – systems analysis of global crisis essence and world society sustainable development, especially information, conditions creating. The main thesis of mine is: to avoid global catastrophe, NO LIMITS TO WISDOM BASED GROWTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMANKIND.

Keywords:

global crisis, sustainable development, feedback, feed forward, economic planning, ecosystem management, social change, political science, interdisciplinary research, System Dynamics, dynamic monitoring

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Michnowski, L. (2008). Eco-Humanism and Popular System Dynamics as Preconditions for Sustainable Development. Problemy Ekorozwoju Problems of Sustainable Development, 3(2), 31–50. Retrieved from https://ph.pollub.pl/index.php/preko/article/view/4660

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