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“Non-governmental organizations play a vital role in the shaping and implementation of participatory democracy. Their credibility lies in the responsible and constructive role they play in society. Formal and informal organizations, as well as grass-roots movements, should be recognized as partners in the implementation of Agenda 21. The nature of the independent role played by non-governmental organizations within a society calls for real participation; therefore, independence is a major attribute of non-governmental organizations and is the precondition of real participation.”

Paragraph 27.1

United Nations Agenda 21

In November 1998 Friends of the Earth published a report commissioned from independent consultants. Entitled ‘Perceptions of National Barriers to Local Sustainability’ the research categorised these barriers to change as political, structural, and institutional. To what extent are those of us working on sustainability bound by our own organisational and cultural conventions?