A very nice review by Tim Rich of "26" - a group of writers, language specialists, editors, designers or publishers:
"Brilliant riposte to unthinking environmentalism that suggests the sacred cow of sustainability produces bullshit as well as, er, milk. This is the sort of entertaining and illuminating polemic that makes you think again – sharper. As me-too sustainability 'commitments' spread through business, this is a hugely useful challenge to complacent and unprogressive thinking."
http://www.26.org.uk/recommended.asp?date=01/07/2008
"Enemies of Progress" has been set up to argue for development without prefixes. One of the most important tasks today, is to undermine the fear-generating perception that human agency, modernity, growth, materialism, want, development, experimentation, technology, infrastructure, political debate and critical engagement - in a word, progress, is a problem.
...er... Objectivist's support
Richard Wiig (Objectivist - Ayn Randist) writes:
"Mr Williams identifies 'sustainability' as a misanthropic regressive philosophy of low aspiration and restraint that will ultimately take us all into poverty and destitution - because the doctrine undermines and destroys progress. It's in interesting book and well written, on a subject that has important implications for the future. I recommend it to all.."
"Mr Williams identifies 'sustainability' as a misanthropic regressive philosophy of low aspiration and restraint that will ultimately take us all into poverty and destitution - because the doctrine undermines and destroys progress. It's in interesting book and well written, on a subject that has important implications for the future. I recommend it to all.."
Press TV
Hopefully this'll still play. Ironically, yet again, I'm being allied to Nigel Lawson... it's slightly embarrassing!
http://www.presstv.com/Programs/player/?id=69731
http://www.presstv.com/Programs/player/?id=69731