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

Lesław Michnowski


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, 3(2), 31–50. Retrieved from https://ph.pollub.pl/index.php/preko/article/view/4660

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Lesław Michnowski 

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

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