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Wolfgang Sachs

Wolfgang Sachs is fellow at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Energy and the Environment in Germany. He is the author of Development Dictionary.

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Transition Strategies • Richard Heinberg, Wolfgang Sachs & Vandana Shiva

Issue 246 • January/February 2008 • Gandhi's Gift: The Power Of Nonviolence > Keynotes

Three prominent Resurgence writers explore some options relating to globalisation, peak oil and the industrialisation of agriculture.

In My Own Words: Fair Future • Wolfgang Sachs

Issue 245 • November/December 2007 • The Moral Economy > Reviews

It will not be possible to develop successful economics in the 21st century based on the 19th-century model. There will be no equity without ecology.

SINK IT OR SHRINK IT • Wolfgang Sachs

Issue 222 • January/February 2004 • Natural Governance > Reviews

Alternatives to Economic Globalisation

FAIRNESS IN A FRAGILE WORLD • Wolfgang Sachs

Issue 214 • September/October 2002 • Challenge at Johannesburg > Feature Articles

Equity cannot be separated from ecology.

RICH IN THINGS, POOR IN TIME • Wolfgang Sachs

Issue 196 • September/October 1999 • Myth of Progress > Feature Articles

Poverty of time degrades the wealth of goods.

THE SPEED MERCHANTS • Wolfgang Sachs

Issue 186 • January/February 1998 • Natural Spirituality > Feature Articles

Speed gives the illusion of power and pleasure. But it also brings environmental destruction.