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Leonard Angel
Director, Institute for Ethics and Global Justice (Winter 2013 Contact Person)
Philosophy & Humanities Faculty, Douglas College
(Ethics; Democracy; Sustainability; Global Justice Policies; Renewable Planet Authority; Secular Wisdom Institutes Global Parliamentary Assembly)
Interests :
Renewable Planet Authority:
Since 1980 the human community been measurably over-using the renewable resource base of the earth. (By 2007 it is at about 125% by the global hectare measure.) Because the over-use is international, there needs to be an international authority to reduce human use of the resources of the planet to under 100% of the resource base. The development of such an international authority is the project to be advanced.
Secular Wisdom Institutes:
The pioneering of methods and implementation of such methods for developing secular wisdom institutes.
Global Parliamentary Assembly:
There are two main kinds of democratic deficit: despotism, and the lack of a suitable structure for input. There are many despotic states; but all citizens in the world face the second deficit, since at the moment there is no democratic representation of citizens around the world. The theory and practice behind creating a global parliamentary assembly needs to be developed.
Upcoming Events(or Recent):
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Campaign for the United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (Ongoing: 2007 April to . . .)
2012 July 8: UNPA Campaign Meeting
Meet Andreas Bummel, Secretary-General of the Campaign The Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly is an initiative to give citizens,
not just countries, a direct voice at the UN.The UNPA campaign, headquartered in Germany, is a global network of parliamentarians
and non-governmental organizations advocating direct representation of citizens at the
United Nations. A consultative parliamentary assembly is envisaged as a practical first step
towards establishing a directly-elected world parliament with co-decision powers over
the UN system. This initiative has been endorsed by 826 members of national parliaments
in 102 countries, including 74 MPs and Senators from Canada.Meet Andreas Bummel, Secretary-General,
Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) <http://www.unpacampaign.org/>
A short presentation will be followed by discussion and refreshments.Sunday, July 8, 2012, 12:30 to 2:30 pm
Hewett Centre, Unitarian Church,
949 W.49th Ave. at Oak St.
Vancouver
All welcome.
No charge & Free Parking.
Contact Larry Kazdan at (604) 874-9982,
or e-mail: lkazdan@shaw.ca <mailto:lkazdan@shaw.ca>
Sponsored by the World Federalist Movement Canada¿Vancouver Branch
which meets at this location the third Thursday of every month.
The general public is cordially invited to attend.
World Federalists support the development of a global community based on
the rule of law and democratically accountable international institutions.
Leonard's Comment on Endorsing the UNPA
People all around the world are working (officially, only since the end of April
beginning of May 2007) for global citizen's voices in what would/will be called
the United Nations Parliamentary Assembly. This would/will be one of the most important
transformations the world has seen--a voice for each person in the world through people
who are not controlled by any nation-state government. The plan is open to each citizen
of the world to endorse. Please check it out, and, if you're agreeable to it, as I expect
you will be, endorse it. Then you can say to your children/grandchildren/friends/friends'
children or grandchildren etc in the many decades to come: "I supported its development
when it was still a dream." It's being supported by Boutros Boutros-Ghali (former
Secretary-General of the UN), Vaclav Havel (former President of Czechoslovakia), hundreds
of parliamentarians around the world, etc. It's still a dream, but it's a vivid one, acted
on by many Nobel Prize winners, etc etc.
To check it out, go to UNPA Campaign.org or UNPA Campaign.ca or KDUN, and,
if you need questions answered, find the FAQ (November 2006, under documents,
under old documents, EN (for English)) for frequently asked questions.
Once your questions are satisfactorily answered, go back to the main page
and find the appeal sheet to sign up.
Previous Events:
Can We Save Planet Earth? Dr. Leonard Angel,
Philosophy Dept., Douglas College
On the personal and the political: 3 R's and a new global institution.
Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Hewett Centre, Unitarian Church,
949 W.49th Ave. at Oak St., Vancouver.
All welcome. Free Parking. No charge. Followed by discussion and refreshments.
An activity of the:
World Federalist Movement Canada - Vancouver Branch
More meeting background at:
http://bit.ly/WorldEnvironmentalAuthority
Sponsored: " Global Democracy at th UN: Why, How, When" (Michael Byers, UBC; Terry Farrell, Douglas College; Melissa Baril, SFU) Thurs. Nov. 15th, 2007 Unitarian Church (49th and Oak) 7:30 PM sponsored by World Federalist Movement Canada Vancouver Branch
Talks with discussion (Leonard angel):
"Ecological catastrophes: Preventable or not?" August 16th Unitarian Church (49th and Oak) 7:30 PM sponsored by World Federalist Movement Canada Vancouver Branch
"Measuring the ecological over shoot" July 19th Unitarian Church Vancouver, sponsored by World Federalist Movement Canada Vancouver Branch, part 2 in a series of 4 lecture/discussions
"Symptoms of global ecological problems" June 21 Unitarian Church Vancouver, sponsored by World Federalist Movement Canada Vancouver Branch, part 1 in a series of 4 lecture/discussions
Re: Secular Wisdom Institutes 2007:
January 26, February 16, March 30, and April 27, there will be four one day (9am-5pm) workshops sponsored by the BC Humanist Association on "Science, Meditation, and Wisdom". There is no fee for any workshop. Registration is with Leonard Angel (Leonard_Angel@douglascollege.ca ) by the previous Friday of any workshop. For further information call Leonard Angel 604-876-6925.
Re: Global Parliamentary Assembly:
January 18, 2007 Unitarian Church at 49th and Oak in Vancouver: Leonard Angel will give a brief presentation on the various kinds of democratic deficits and the way in which a Global Parliamentary Assembly would rectify some of them. This will co-ordinate with the proposal for a UN Parliamentary Assembly. (Larry Kazdan will also make a brief presentation on a similar topic as well.)
