The ball would be the greatest wonder known, and people would come to behold it, to be healed, to gain knowledge, to know beauty and to wonder how it could be. People would love it, and defend it with their lives, because they would somehow know that their lives, their own roundness, could be nothing without it. If only the Earth were just a few feet in diameter. Meetings and workshops take place about every 6 weeks at various locations around the county. They are open to all interested parties.
Representation is from all sectors of the community.
Sustainable Development aims to achieve a good quality of life in a good quality environment. Resource use and waste management are balanced to retain the potential of the environment to sustain future generations and their needs. The Forum is currently developing a series of 'position papers' on key environmental issues. These 'position papers' will lead to the setting of achievable targets for environmental improvement in Cork. In this the millennium year, the current rate of species extinctions is estimated to outnumber the total extinctions of 65 million years ago which wiped out the dinosaurs.