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Camping at T llberg Episode 3: An Evening of Standing Ovations

Posted on June 28, 2009

Gro Harlem Brundtland is relating stories from her childhood as a Norwegian refugee in Stockholm during World War II, leading her little brother safely across streets, and the unexpected apology she received from her father, when she was 12 or 13, because he had cut her off in a debate and declared her simply wrong.It's lovely to hear these stories from this living legend in the sustainability movement. She is making an argument for principled pragmatism which she claims not to fully understand. This is Scandinavian modesty, as she is one of principled pragmatism's most successfu...

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