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SUMMARY:Making Progress Toward Sustainable Societies in the Context  of Gl
 obal Climate Change - Dr Don Huisingh (Senior Scientist in Sustainable Dev
 elopment\,  University of Tennessee )
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CONTACT:Dr Dick Fenner
DESCRIPTION:Many people regard Don Huisingh as the father of the Cleaner P
 roduction concept.   He is dedicated to interdisciplinary education and in
 tegrated approaches to defining and solving society’s problems. He has a
 ddressed topics ranging from toxic substances and hazardous waste in indus
 try and the home to the philosophical\, ethical\, and political implicatio
 ns of improper land-use management\, human population growth and control\,
  and energy use. \n\nHis work has focused on Pollution Prevention/Waste Re
 duction approaches to managing toxic substances and hazardous wastes. He h
 as developed policies\, concepts\, and technologies to help government and
  industry identify sustainable approaches to pollution prevention and wast
 e minimization. He seeks to improve environmental quality by integrating t
 hese preventive approaches with traditional pollution-control approaches. 
 \n\nDr. Huisingh is active in many national and international organization
 s\, including UNEP\, UNIDO\, WHO\, Asian Development Bank\, and the World 
 Bank. He holds part-time faculty positions at the International Institute 
 for Industrial Environmental Economics (Lund University\, Sweden)\, the Un
 iversity of Massachusetts (Lowell)\, and Monterrey Tec (Technological Inst
 itute of Monterrey\, Mexico). \n\n \n     \n\n
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LR0
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