Category Archive for 'Ethics'
Sunday 11 Mar 2012
Forget peak oil. The population of the finite earth has now passed peak natural resources of ALL kinds. The destructive negative feedback loop powered by fear, greed, and power grabs, that is currently bedeviling much of the planet, is strong evidence that this condition is well known, even if none dare speak of it. As [...]
Jock Gill | Climate Change, Democracy, Economy, Election, Empowerment, Ethics, Politics, Religion
Friday 27 Jan 2012
By: Farooq Hassan January 24th, 2012 “The Supreme Court (SC) heard Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in response to a notice for contempt on January 19, who told the seven-member bench that while he had the highest regard for it, but could not comply with its wishes. The PM said that he had not intended [...]
Tags: constitution, money laudering, Pakistan, president, supreme court
Jock Gill | Civil Rights and Equality, Democracy, Empowerment, Ethics, Islam, Politics
Friday 22 Jul 2011
Description: This is an interdisciplinary activity for grades 9 – 12, revolving around use of biochar to mitigate climate change and promote sustainable agriculture / horticulture. It involves climate science, plant science, and chemistry. Advanced students will also encounter some elementary combustion science and thermodynamics, soil science, and botany. The activity includes hands-on construction and [...]
Jock Gill | Agriculture, Biochar, Biomass, Climate Change, Education, Empowerment, Energy, Ethics, IBI, iCan, NASA, Pyrolysis, Technology, TLUD
Tuesday 21 Dec 2010
Carbon negative solutions are the only way we can honestly address the integrated and hard challenges posed by the synergy of: 1] Climate disruption; 2] Ocean warming; & 3] Ocean acidification. All of these problems are driven by too high levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. Simply reducing the rate at which we add to [...]
Jock Gill | Agriculture, Climate Change, Community, Economy, Energy, Ethics, Technology
Saturday 27 Nov 2010
I have some reservations about the notion that everything must be monetized for profit. I am confident that both Benjamin Franklin and Adam Smith would have soundly rejected this monotonic focus on “profit”. My limited experience in working with in development at the bottom of the pyramid is that for profit efforts create a situation [...]
Jock Gill | Community, Democracy, Economic Justice, Ethics, Propaganda
Saturday 27 Nov 2010
Dr. Farooq Hassan Barrister at Law, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court Pakistan, (QC), Attorney at Law, (US), Special UN Ambassador for Family, Professor, Harvard (Synopsis of address given at the International Conference on Family as a Value: In Religion, Tradition And Modernity” on 26-27 November 2010. Antalya/TURKEY organized for the Journalists and Writers Foundation by [...]
Jock Gill | Civil Rights and Equality, Community, Culture, Ethics, Islam, Religion
Friday 22 Oct 2010
Dr. Farooq Hassan Barrister at Law, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court Pakistan, (QC), Attorney at Law, (US) Special UN Ambassador for Family, Professor, Harvard (Synopsis of address given at the Round Table of the 2010 Rhodes Forum on 10th October 2010 at Rhodes, Greece) I am honored to address today this distinguished gathering [...]
Jock Gill | Community, Culture, Ethics, Islam, Religion
Saturday 16 Oct 2010
Commentary by: Jock Gill How are we going to reduce Vermont’s carbon footprint and at the same time protect Vermont’s agricultural heritage and family farms, create local jobs, and stimulate small business formation? Is utility-scale wind part of the solution? I would suggest the answer is no. For a number of reasons, utility-scale turbines are [...]
Jock Gill | Agriculture, Climate Change, Community, Culture, Economy, Empowerment, Energy, Ethics, Technology, Vermont
Saturday 19 Jul 2008
Madrid: 19 July Dear & eminent colleagues: I wish to bring you in picture about a truly historic meeting convened here on the invitation of the Saudi monarch. This conference had been convened for a most crucial dialogue between the three monotheistic faiths. Saudi King Abdullah appealed for “constructive dialogue” to end disputes between the [...]
Jock Gill | Community, Culture, Ethics, Islam, Religion
Thursday 17 Jul 2008
By: Dr. Farooq Hassan, D.Phil.; BA (Juris),MA,M. LiTT (OXON); DCL (Columbia),DIA(Harvard); Sen.Adv.Sup.Ct. (Pakistan), Barrister at Law (UK),Attorney at Law(US). Astute analysts on Pakistan are generally astonished that despite the lapse of four months since the February 18 elections, there is no substantive change in the federal governments outlook, image or composition. Indeed even major policies, [...]
Jock Gill | Civil Rights and Equality, Democracy, Election, Ethics, Islam
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