Background
Norgaard, Richard Bruce was born on August 18, 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of John Trout and Marva Dawn (Andersen) Norgaard.
(Modernity promised control over nature through science, m...)
Modernity promised control over nature through science, material abundance through technology and effective government through rational, social organization. Instead of leading to this promised land it has brought us to the brink of environmental and cultural disaster. Why has there been this gap between modernity's aspirations and its achievements? Development Betrayed offers a powerful answer to this question. Development with its unshakeable commitment to the idea of progress, is rooted in modernism and has been betrayed by each of its major tenets. Attempts to control nature have led to the brink of environmental catastrophe. Western technologies have proved inappropriate for the needs of the South, and governments are unable to respond effectively to the crises that have resulted. Offering a thorough and lively critiques of the ideas behind development, Richard Norgaard also offers an alternative co-evolutionary paradigm, in which development is portrayed as a co-evolution between cultural and ecological systems. Rather than a future with all peoples merging to one best way of knowing and doing things, he envisions a future of a patchwork quilt of cultures with real possibilities for harmony.
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Norgaard, Richard Bruce was born on August 18, 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of John Trout and Marva Dawn (Andersen) Norgaard.
Bachelor of Arts Economics, University of California-Berkeley, 1965. Master of Science in Agricultural Economics Oregon State University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University of Chicago, 1971.
Instructor Oregon College Education, 1967-1968. Assistant professor agricultural and resource economics University California, Berkeley, 1970-1976, associate professor, 1976-1977, 80-87, associate professor energy and resources, 1987-1992, professor energy and resources, since 1992. Project specialist Ford Foundation, Brazil, 1978-1979.
Environmental consultant to international development agencies. Science committee on problems of the environment United States National Research Council. Founding chairman board Redefining Progress, 1993-1997.
Science advisory board United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2000-2004. Member independent science board California Bay-Delta Authority, 2007-2008, United Nations Environment Programme Institute Panel Sustainable Resource Management, since 2009, Delta Stewardsh Council. Lead author 5th Assessment of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
(Modernity promised control over nature through science, m...)
Active civil rights, environmental, and peace organizations. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, member American Economics Association, International Society Ecological Economics (president 1998-2001, past president 2002-2003), Federation American Scientists, Association Environmental and Resource Economics, American Institute Biological Sciences (board directors since 2000, treasurer since 2004).
Married Marida Jane Fowle, June 19, 1965 (divorced). Children: Kari Marie, Marc Anders. Married Nancy A. Rader, June 5, 1993.
Children: Addie Nelle, Mathiesen Rader.
