This was written by me several days ago but I had saved it first and forgot to post it.
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Last night (March 11, 2008), Torsten from oikos Koln (a student organization similar to Net Impact) spoke about his organization and the role they intend to play in educating future managers about incorporating sustainability issues. One statement by him that caught everyone's attention was the suggestion that in Germany, many still see these ideas as "liberal/left" ideas and hence may resist adopting them.
As Tom Nist pointed out, most of us were under the impression that sustainability movement is well to the left of center here in the U.S. but was a mainstream idea in continental Europe. I am not sure if this reflects the inherent resistance to the "push" to adopt programs such as Green Dot or legislation such as WEEE. Does this mean that in the absence of such a regulatory regime, Europeans may adopt practices similar to ours? I don't think so, but the picture seems much more layered and complex than what we assume it is.
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Naga,
I would throw caution to this post. This is one persons view that we're looking at here.
I think there is a fundamental cultural difference between the US and Germany. Our ideas of extremest left might be slightly different that theirs. And by slightly I mean vastly.
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