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[23 Jun 2006 | Comments Off | ]
World Urban Forum 3 – Sustainable City or Sustainable Illusion?

HiMY SYeD is sending daily reports from the World Urban Forum to the Spacing Wire. Here is his second report.

7:43 am and it is standing room only at today’s first ’side event’ – ‘One small step for cities, one giant leap for the planet: Practical solutions for cities stepping towards a lighter footprint’
A quick headcount reveals one hundred people present plus media who’ve turned out to chill with ‘Dr. Doom’ otherwise known as ‘Dr. Content’. UBC Professor William Rees is founder of the Ecological Footprint approach. His powerpoint slides illustrate …