Down to Earth: five years from Rio

Article Abstract:

The Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro in 1992 may have been flawed in many respects but has resulted in some progress and has served to highlight practical limitations of international environmental efforts. Environmental efforts initiated at the local and national level may be the most accurate measure of the summit's success. Financial constraints, a changing international scene, and crises within international governing bodies have limited the summit's goals.

International aspects, Environmental movement, Environmentalism, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, 1992

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Top-down democratization in Tanzania

Article Abstract:

Significant political developments are underway in Tanzania, with a shift towards democracy having progressed steadily during the 1990s. This process has received relatively little attention, as it has taken place slowly and undramatically. Tanzania has had to travel a great distance at has sought to become a liberal democratic society. It has done so without the ruling Revolutionary Party of Tanzania being pushed aside by the opposition.

Political aspects, Democracy, Tanzania

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An instrument panel for Spaceship Earth

Article Abstract:

The author offers a possible design for an instrument panel controlling the planet, based on the concept of R. Buckminster Fuller that the Earth can be seen as a spaceship. Using data from 13 demographic aspects, the panel can diagnose countries to anticipate problems and develop timely interventions.

Models, Environmental aspects, Earth, Environmental policy, Fuller, R. Buckminster, Control panels

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