FYI... Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- PCSD's Draft Report to the President Available for Review The President's Council on Sustainable Development's (PCSD) Draft Report to the President is available for review and comment at http://www.whitehouse.gov/PCSD. PCSD is taking public comment on this draft until Monday, February 8, 1999. It will then finalize the recommendations in this report. Written comments can be submitted to PCSD using an email report comment form available on their web site. The Council's current charter is to forge consensus on policy, demonstrate implementation, get the word out about sustainable development, and evaluate progress in four specific areas: 1) domestic policy options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; 2) next steps in building the new environmental management system of the 21st century; 3) promoting multi-jurisdictional and community cooperation in metropolitan and rural areas; and 4) policies that foster the U. S.' leadership role in sustainable development internationally. This report will fulfill this charter and culminate work in all four areas. The Council is interested in hearing from the public on the following questions: 1) How can the Council improve its proposed findings and recommendations in the areas of climate change, metropolitan and rural strategies for sustainable communities, environmental management, and international leadership? 2) Are there any major omissions among the Council's set of policy recommendations? 3) How can the Council generally improve the report? 4) How can the Council maximize exposure of the report and have it contribute to and influence active policy debates? 5) How can the Council and the President use the report to engage the public and leaders from all sectors to promote sustainable development? Citation - CBEP News Online Issue # 4-04 > January 29, 1999 ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker Division of Environmental Management & Design Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 84 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 64-03-325-3841 ************************************
