Irish Doctors' Environmental Association (IDEA)   • Date
submitted: 1 Nov 2011   • Stakeholder type: Major Group   •
Name: Irish Doctors' Environmental Association (IDEA)   •
Submission Document: Download Keywords: Green economy (5 hits),
Full Submission  RIO + 20 submission by the Irish Doctors
Environmental Association (IDEA):  Commitment to Sustainable
Development:  Instead of acting like predators on the earth, the
human species will act as stewards.  Time is running out.  The
Earth is the complex, living system that sustains our species.
Living systems can die. There are a variety of life-threatening
symptoms that stem from the systemic pathology that is
afflicting our planet and undermining its capacity to maintain
the delicate balance, which sustains life as we know it. The
symptoms are well known as they make up the multifaceted crisis
due to unsustainable development that we are addressing in
Rio+20. As in treating any medical emergency, all life
threatening symptoms must be treated while the underl