On March 5th, I had the honor of testifying at a European Parliament hearing on the Economic Role of Heritage in a Time of Financial Crisis. Below is my testimony. Thank you Dr. Gutiérrez-Cortines for inviting me here for this important hearing. Europeans generally understand the components of sustainable development: environmental responsibility, economic responsibility, and …
Read more »Recently I had the privilege of participating in an international symposium in Paris organized and hosted by VMF, Les Vieilles Maisons Francaises. VMF was celebrating its 50th anniversary as an organization committed to preserving France’s incredible built heritage. The theme of the symposium was “Heritage and Sustainable Development: a Question of Education”.“ As I have written …
Read more »As I’ve written before (May 31, 2008) much of the world has a better understanding of whatSustainable Development means than we do in North America. Graphically Sustainable Development looks like this: Sustainable Development requires environmental responsibility, economic responsibility, and social/cultural responsibility. Further for a community to be viable there needs to be a link between environmental …
Read more »The link between heritage conservation and sustainable development is well understood in many parts of the world. The United Kingdom in particular is at the cutting edge in making the link, but so are many countries in the developing world. However, this is an area where for the most part North Americans are far behind …
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