Richard Sandbrook

The executive director of the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development, Sandbrook worked toward sustainable development -- the idea that natural resources don't have to be depleted in the drive toward "progress". Rather than demonize big business, Sandbrook sought to enlist large companies to embrace more environmental practices. As a result, he was criticized both by environmental groups, who thought he was too close to big business, and by corporations, who didn't like the way he brought "uncomfortable truths" to the surface. Sandbrook was also one of the founders of the British arm of Friends of the Earth, worked on the United Nations project "Growing Sustainable Business" for the past three years, and chaired the "Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor" project to bring clean water and proper sanitation to the world's poor. He died December 11 from cancer. He was 59. From This is True for 11 December 2005 Suggestions for further reading: The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey Sachs Amazon Price: $11.56 Customer Review: I'm Polish and I recall very well the "shock therapy" advised by Jeffrey. I have a very strong negative opinion about the plan because of the pain it induced during its execution and its result. I was just curious how Jeffrey will sell his "work" in ...   Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella H. Meadows Amazon Price: $13.57 Customer Review: This book was a hard one to really get interested in. Things are connected to other things, and the connections are sometimes complicated. Since I am an ecologist, perhaps this is a bit too obvious. Author Donella Meadows writes well (...   Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen Amazon Price: $11.56 Customer Review: If economic theory, public policy or development theories are not part of your day to day life, then this will be a very difficult book to get through. There are a lot of good points, obviously, but they're literally made in almost every sentence. In...   Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew ... by Thomas L. Friedman Amazon Price: $18.45 Customer Review: This book presents Friedman's analysis of the current state of the world, how climate change, growing populations, and limited fossil fuels are presenting a triple whammy to the status quo, and how the only way forward is with green technologies. Fri...   Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (Substantially Revised) by Lester R. Brown Amazon Price: $11.53 Customer Review: Every citizen, especially those seeking positions of leadership, should be required to read this book. It is very balanced and fact-driven, and one senses no particular political agenda behind it. One of the best books I have read this year.   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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