We cannot meet human needs for all in ways that undermine the ecological systems that are the ultimate determinants of our health, writes Trevor Hancock. ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST Last week, I suggested that true prosperity is doughnut-shaped, but I did not define what I mean by true prosperity, nor what Doughnut Economics means for this region. I will explore the first of these topics this week and the second next week. One understanding of true prosperity can be found in many faiths, where it is not primarily about material wealth but about mental, social and spiritual wealth. For example, Paramhansa Yogananda, the first Indian yoga master to live and teach permanently in the West, wrote in 1939 that true prosperity is “being able to supply your mental and spiritual needs, as well as the physical,” and that it involves having “at your command the things that are necessary for your existence.”
In the face of demolitions, very little will be left of Karachi
Business
December 22, 2020
KARACHI: Sustainable development remains a distant dream in Pakistan, as the government fails to consider an integrated planning approach, which takes into account the aspirations of communities and the vulnerability of the natural environment.
It resorts to destroying what it considers is ‘unplanned’. Architect and planner Arif Hasan held this attitude responsible for making people homeless and jobless in Karachi. Gentrification gets promoted and all that looks “bad/ugly” gets removed; and removing is “something we are very good at”.
Karachi has grown to a great extent. “If we look at stops and terminals, they have sprung up out of necessity, not out of the planning process,” he said, and now if all these were removed, very little would be left of Karachi.