O World Project SCIENCE
SPIRITUAL
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The second phase
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project focuses on Science, Philosophy and Spirituality. Following the intention of promoting inclusiveness and solidarity the O World Project features interviews with prominent scientists, philosophers,
O World Project activists, business leaders and
spiritualists from many faiths and practices, who share their
perspectives on the current state of humanity, our relationship with the earth, and our evolution as a species.
Interview Dr. William Rees Creator of Ecological William Rees is a Professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia (UBC). His teaching and research emphasize the public policy and planning implications of global environmental trends and the necessary ecological conditions for sustaining socioeconomic activity. Much of his work is in the realm of ecological economics and human ecology. He is best known in this eld for his invention of 'ecological footprint analysis', a quantitative tool that estimates humanity's ecological impact on the ecosphere in terms of appropriated ecosystem (land and water) area. Dr. Rees was awarded a UBC Killam Research Prize (1996) in acknowledgement of his research achievements
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In 2012, Rees won the Blue Planet Prize - the coveted award given to global leaders who make a