Eric Britton

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Francis Eric Knight Britton (born in Boston, Massachusetts on 27 June 1938) is an American development economist and sustainability activist who has lived and worked in Paris France since 1969. Trained in the physical sciences and economics, his special skill lies in creating independent, interdisciplinary, cross-cultural peer networks that work in open partnerships for problem solving and policy counsel for government, the private sector, and volunteer and community groups in a range of problem areas involving technological change, sustainable development and social justice. In 2001 and 2002 he served as Chairman of the International Jury for the Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities. Britton was awarded the Stockholm Challenge Prize for the Environment in 2000 and the World Technology Network Environment Award in 2002.

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• The Commons: Open Society Sustainability Initiative
• The Kyoto World Cities 20/20 Challenge Initiative
• Tax Shifts for Sustainable Development and Social Justice
• The New Mobility Agenda
• New Ways to Work in an Information Society
• World Car Free Days
• Grist interview of June 2005
• Google references