Great Regulars: Basically, Dai Dong's work finished with

the 1972 Stockholm conference. Ecology with a broad poverty-reduction, social justice, harmony with nature focus was on the world agenda. Unfortunately, the spirit of Dai Dong--or what is also called "Deep Ecology"--had no visible spokesperson, after [Alfred] Hassler retired, with the possible exception of Arne Naess, a philosopher from Norway. [Maurice] Strong, influenced by the idea of the importance of the "Third World," pushed to have the UNEP headquarters in Kenya. He was the first director and both he and UNEP then disappeared from the scene for the rest of the decade.

It is not likely that the Rio Summit in June 2012 will again be able to focus world attention on ecologically-sound development practices.

from René Wadlow: fellowship of Reconciliation: Dai Dong (A World of Great Togetherness)

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