2011.12.14 (Wednesday)

 

Public Forum 3:

Questioning ‘Sustainability’

 

Moderators:    Dr. Vinod Raina (BGVS, India)

                        Dr. Li Siu-leung (Lingnan University)

 

Speakers (15 minutes each in the first round)

 

(1) Prof. Wen Tiejun (Renmin University of China)

(2) Prof. Sam Moyo (African Institute for Agrarian Studies, Zimbabwe)

(3) Mr. Jorge Santiago (Civil Society Movement, Chiapas, Mexico)

(4) Prof. Ariel Salleh (University of Sydney, Australia)

 

Questions and Discussion (90 minutes)

 

Speakers’ Profiles

(1) Prof. Wen Tiejun (Renmin University of China)

Prof. Wen Tiejun is Executive Dean, Institute of Advanced Studies for Sustainability and Dean, School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China.

 

(2) Prof. Sam Moyo (African Institute for Agrarian Studies, Zimbabwe)

Prof. Sam Moyo is Executive Director of the African Institute for Agrarian Studies in Harare, Zimbabwe, and is currently President of the Council for the Development of Social Research inAfrica.

 

(3) Mr. Jorge Santiago (Movement of Civil Society, Chiapas, Mexico)

Mr Jorge Santiago is former Director of Indigenous Mexican Social and Economic Development where he has worked since the 1970s, in over 200 indigenous communities in Chiapas, Mexico.

 

(4) Prof. Ariel Salleh (University of Sydney, Australia)

Prof. Ariel Salleh is a researcher in Political Science at the University of Sydney, and co-editor of the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism. Her books include Eco-Sufficiency & Global Justice (editor, 2009) and Ecofeminism as Politics.