         
Event: Target Earth: The grand scale problems of the 21st century" by JamesEvent: Target Earth: The grand scale problems of the 21st century" by James On: Wednesday 12th of March, 2008 From: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Contact: 21st Century School Website: http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/registration Venue: Oxford University Museum of Natural History Lecture Theatre Details: At the start of the 21st century, humankind finds itself on a non-sustainable course - a course that, unless it is changed, will lead to catastrophes of awesome consequences. Severe climate change, water shortages, mass famines, global pandemics, global terrorism...All these mega-problems are interrelated and need a long-term view of the future. They are global problems and cannot be solved by one country alone. |