OU on the BBC: Reith 2000: Respect for the Earth

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To mark the new millennium, the Reith Lectures invited a team of thinkers to discuss the implications of the changing world on the planet.

29 Aug

2006

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An article about sustainable economic development, part of the BBC/OU's website for Reith Lectures 2000, 'Our Common Future'. Read more : Our common economic future

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For many, the theme of this year's BBC Reith Lectures 'Respect for the Earth', begins and ends with environmental issues. Yet even a sustainable environment... Read more : Our common environmental future

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The BBC Reith Lectures 2000 theme, 'Respect for the Earth' is inextricably entwined with respect for the needs of others. More subtly than either economic... Read more : Our common social future

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Saturday, 01st April 2000

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