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The Global Environment with Jeffrey Sachs

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Sachs Explains the 'Tragedy of the Commons'

04 min 09 sec

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Jeffrey Sachs defines his idea of "the tragedy of commons [land]."

Sachs believes that, if common land is "available to everybody" but "controlled by nobody," the land will be "overused to the point of exhaustion."
Jeffrey Sachs: A Dangerous Cliff is Metaphor for US

02 min 15 sec

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Jeffrey Sachs uses the metaphor of driving towards a cliff for the American political climate.

Furthering this analogy, Sachs believes that this cliff might lead to either total global collapse, or, potentially, paradise.
Sachs Reconciles Development with Sustainability

02 min 28 sec

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Jeffrey Sachs discusses the problem of reconciling economic development to sustainable living.

Sachs emphasizes environmental influence by saying that "everything that we do in life depends on a healthy, physical environment."
Jeffrey Sachs Offers Plan to Fight Global Warming

03 min 53 sec

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Jeffrey Sachs speculates on the consequences of ignoring global warming and other crises.

While Sachs is optimistic about the future, he believes "we have to step up" education and policy.
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Mickey Bo D

Posted: 02.04.10, 05:58 PM

Man, I hear ya, I really do, and I would have had a view not too different from your own not so long ago. But whether it comes from Sachs or some other pen pushing suit wearing twat who has never known hardship or suffering, what they're saying has to be of some value. Yes they may have created it, but it is us and our children that are going to change it. Don't let who these notions may come from put you off, break free from the naysaying and the boundaries that close us off from the possibilities of what we can accomplish. Don't centre your anger at anyone or any one issue, allow yourself to at least entertain the notion that we can change things for the better. It may be futile, maybe even naive, but we'd still be in the dark ages if we didn't. Peace bud,

wolfheinl

Posted: 01.06.09, 09:45 PM

I much admire Dr. Sachs, but what the hell is the plastic bottle of water doing next to him?

Globalstomp

Posted: 12.07.08, 05:27 PM

Mr. Sachs is an idiot globalist trying push the phony agenda of global warming. The UN and the banksters are pushing this for taxation and control of our very lives. The millenium development goals are a globalist agenda designed to take control from the people and put it in the hands of a few. This guy is sickening to listen to when you know their ultimate goal is to tax us for the flatulence of our farm animals and other sources when C02 is not a hazard to the planet in any way shape or form. I'm all for not dumping toxic waste or chopping down the rainforest but the globalist like to create situations and then offer a draconian solution to fix the problem they created.