Moving from the Charter to concrete problems

Small informal meeting, 22nd October 2004

A small meeting in a private apartment, organised by a friend with six students, was an opportunity to ask ourselves some questions about the development of the city of Tbilisi.

The city is becoming uglier and the air unbreathable due to all the old cars brought in from Western Europe. But everyone wants one and cars make it easier to get a job !

This example of the conflict between economics and ecology speaks for itself. The principle I had put forward of a “larger effort of active protection and careful management of the environment” also seems a bit feeble up against the breadth of the problems. We talked about cities that encourage “environment-friendly transport” and economically sustainable development projects like solar energy, to give one example.

The experience once again illustrated that as long as there’s plenty of room for debate, the Charter makes it possible to get to very concrete questions quickly.


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Série de Conférences-débats, Tbilissi, octobre 2004 Globalisation, diversity and minorities : discussion among teachers over the Charter’s first principle Mondialisation, diversité et minorités : débat entre enseignants autour du principe 1 de la Charte Individual and public responsibilities Responsabilités individuelle et publique De la Charte aux problèmes concrets Reflections of a reality : Civil society, terrorism, democracy, concrete actions Reflets d’une réalité : Société civile, terrorisme, démocratie, actions concrètes De l’incrédulité à l’intérêt prudent From incredulity to cautious interest Humanisme nouveau et diversité des cultures Petite réunion à la section philosophique de l’Université de l’Etat, le 28 octobre 2004 Small meeting in the State University’s philosophy department, 28th October 2004 A group of actors around the text of the Charter Un groupe d’initiative autour du texte de la Charte Des pistes pour continuer : propositions d’initiatives Plans to go on with : initiative proposals	Accueil Activités Activités régionales Europe Géorgie et pays du Caucase Série de Conférences-débats, Tbilissi, octobre 2004 Publié le 1er juillet 2005 Traductions disponibles en : français (original) . Moving from the Charter to concrete problems par Ina Ranson Thèmes généraux liés : Environnement .
	Small informal meeting, 22nd October 2004 A small meeting in a private apartment, organised by a friend with six students, was an opportunity to ask ourselves some questions about the development of the city of Tbilisi. The city is becoming uglier and the air unbreathable due to all the old cars brought in from Western Europe. But everyone wants one and cars make it easier to get a job ! This example of the conflict between economics and ecology speaks for itself. The principle I had put forward of a “larger effort of active protection and careful management of the environment” also seems a bit feeble up against the breadth of the problems. We talked about cities that encourage “environment-friendly transport” and economically sustainable development projects like solar energy, to give one example. The experience once again illustrated that as long as there’s plenty of room for debate, the Charter makes it possible to get to very concrete questions quickly.