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September/October 2002 Living Now
World Summit Ponders Earth’s Future

The World Summit on Sustainable Development, held August 26-September 4, in Johannesburg, South Africa, brought together world leaders, international agencies, citizen groups, and others to address some of the most fundamental problems facing humanity today. Among the issues discussed were reversing the destruction of earth's basic ecological systems, building a world both sustainable and secure, and elevating the status of women.

At the last Earth Summit (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), sustainable development was put forward as an alternative to our current economic model. In the ten years between Rio and Johannesburg, global consciousness about sustainability increased while global environmental problems actually worsened.

For more information on what happened at the Summit and what you can do, go to www.worldwatch.org/worldsummit/ or www.earth-policy.org.