Addressing the REALLY Big Questions & Identifying the Major Players

Submitted by Christoph on Tue, 2010-09-07 15:09

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What are the really big questions? Who are the major players that routinely influence policy, pace and direction at this level?

Should we continue viewing water as a commodity that can owned and sold, or should we change our perspective and view it as an entity that all living things are entitled too? Is water a human right?
What is the best way to get energy and water to all the corners of the globe with the least ecological impact. ---is it our goal to reach ALL corners or just the major populations?
How much energy is needed and where is it coming from in the future?
What is the goal? Sustaining our current quality of life, having the least amount of ecological impact,

A) What are the really big questions?

How do we provide useable water/energy to the global human population?
What is the goal of putting our energy/water needs on a global grid?
Where is more water needed, where is less water needed?
Should we bring water to the people or give people a way to capture water on their own?
Which areas need water imported and which simply need to redesign their water capturing methods?
What do we do about the countries that can’t put sustainability as their first priority?
How much energy is needed and where is it coming from in the future?
How do we work together, in such a politically polarized world, to come up with a global energy grid?

B) Who are the major players?

Major players:
Profit motives- financial institutions and international corporations that currently control our world resources.
Consumers
Ideological( religion, cultural beliefs, individual morals/ ethical) leaders
Government/Governmental Agencies- G 20
Non-governmental agencies- the non-governmental organizations that are currently playing an active role in implementing water solutions.
Media/Press/Education

Question: what are the motives? The big why?

Expectation: 24/7 availability of electricity @ cheapest cost and environmental cost
Sustainability definition: something that can perpetuate and renew itself with a zero-waste outcome. Regeneration. The global definition is global- a population issue.
Triple bottom line: planet people profit.
The motives differ greatly depending on your viewpoint of place in the world. 3 levels of time: culture (generations), government, economy (quarterly/annual).