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About the Talk我們每個人的生活方式，直接或間接影響着地球的資源消耗、碳排放和自然環境。而過度發展、消費和浪費所造成的氣候逆轉會給地球與人類帶來極大的威脅。保護大自然不僅利人，而且也可以應當益己。我們邀請到香港天文台前台長李本瀅博士與大家分享生活中你可能看不到的「有」與「無」，決策上你可能會忽略的「取」與「捨」，亦不會影響生活質素， 更可從中穫益。About the Author李博士先後於香港英皇書院和香港大學就讀，之後輾轉加入天文台工作，於2009年成為第十四任天文台台長。除了處理日常繁重的公務外，天文台台長還撰寫「台長網誌」，與市民大眾分享台長及其團隊專業的見解和客觀的想法。議題從日常天氣現象，氣候變化，到歷史故事和科學進程，可謂包羅萬有。 2011年，香港天文台把 網誌内的文章結集成書，取名《台長札記》（索書號: QC990.C6 H6643 2011 ）。這書為香港政府長期暢銷刊物之一。2011年離開服務了31年的香港天文台後，李博士重返校園學習西班牙語及音樂，又繼續發展他對中西文化的興趣愛好，並參與慈善工作，真是退而不休，多彩充實。備註：李本瀅博士擁有個人網誌http://www.boon-ying-lee.blogspot.hk/ 分享他的所見、所聞和所想，歡迎覧閱。For enquiries, please contact Kevin Ho at 2358-6761.
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2013-11-14
Library Multifunction Room (LG4), HKUST Library
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This event was held in conjunction with HKUSTs 2010 Environment Week.About the BookThe Great Disconnect / by Bill Barron
(Multiple locations HD75.6 .B3627 2009)The world economy has grown to the limits of what our planet can sustain. Climate change is the most talked about, but we are also reaching limits of water, crop land, and marine fisheries. The biosphere is too stretched; the system cannot continue as it has for the past several decades."Moving to a more sustainable development path will require making truly basic changes in what, how, and how much is produced and consumed. That, in turn, will require nothing less than restructuring the economy, a make over of consumer lifestyles, and re-examining values."In this work, Dr. Barron raises important questions. Asking these questions is the only way we can ever hope to reach possible answers. Questions like:What is the difference between economic growth and economic development?Can continuing technological advances allow indefinite economic growth?Can market mechanisms substitute for limited natural resources?Once our basic material needs are met, what is the "good life"?
About the Author Prof. Bill Barron is a faculty member of HKUST Division of Environment. An environmental economist, he received his PhD in Economics for Public Decision Making from the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins in 1980. From 1980-1986 he worked at the USs renowned Oak Ridge National Laboratory on assessing energy technologies. He has also served as an advisor on energy issues to the Liberian and Pakistani governments.A Hong Kong resident for over 20 years, Prof. Barrons work has focused on environmental aspects of transport policy, urban planning, and energy use. He also works with the public policy think tank Civic Exchange, in both advisory (Board of Directors 2003-05) and research capacities.Before joining the newly created Division of the Enviroment, Prof. Barron was a member of HKUSTs Institute for the Environment, which published his book The Great Disconnect in 2009.For enquiry, please contact Victoria Caplan at 2358-6786.
(Multiple locations HD75.6 .B3627 2009)The world economy has grown to the limits of what our planet can sustain. Climate change is the most talked about, but we are also reaching limits of water, crop land, and marine fisheries. The biosphere is too stretched; the system cannot continue as it has for the past several decades."Moving to a more sustainable development path will require making truly basic changes in what, how, and how much is produced and consumed. That, in turn, will require nothing less than restructuring the economy, a make over of consumer lifestyles, and re-examining values."In this work, Dr. Barron raises important questions. Asking these questions is the only way we can ever hope to reach possible answers. Questions like:What is the difference between economic growth and economic development?Can continuing technological advances allow indefinite economic growth?Can market mechanisms substitute for limited natural resources?Once our basic material needs are met, what is the "good life"?
About the Author Prof. Bill Barron is a faculty member of HKUST Division of Environment. An environmental economist, he received his PhD in Economics for Public Decision Making from the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins in 1980. From 1980-1986 he worked at the USs renowned Oak Ridge National Laboratory on assessing energy technologies. He has also served as an advisor on energy issues to the Liberian and Pakistani governments.A Hong Kong resident for over 20 years, Prof. Barrons work has focused on environmental aspects of transport policy, urban planning, and energy use. He also works with the public policy think tank Civic Exchange, in both advisory (Board of Directors 2003-05) and research capacities.Before joining the newly created Division of the Enviroment, Prof. Barron was a member of HKUSTs Institute for the Environment, which published his book The Great Disconnect in 2009.For enquiry, please contact Victoria Caplan at 2358-6786.
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2010-04-22
Library Gallery (G /F), HKUST Library
