While attending a conference for sustainability professionals (as a speaker as well as attendee) I had a thought that this room will LOVE
Social Engineering....I've seen that term kicked around as an opposition / attack on sustainable concepts. Wonder if we really believe that "traditional" development is free of social engineering pressure? Is building a business, moving a wetland or human community for the benefit of another community, or making laws or rules is not social enginnering? Certainly, encouraging the development (and affecting the development pace/directions of) less-advanced nations (especially for the advantage or profit of others) is social engineering
IMHO it's ALL social engineering...just some is better-intentioned than others, and some has less likelihood of bad outcomes.



I leave it also with a modicum of satisfaction that the towns I enjoy frequenting in this area often do successfully display the type of balance I'm espousing. 
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