CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 28 JULY 2008 “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou […]
THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 21 JULY 2008 “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for […]
THE DECAYING SOCIAL FABRIC – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE ON MONDAY 14 JULY 2008 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom – 1 Kings 10:8 In the introduction to the book “A Fragile Social Fabric?” the Canadian authors […]
LIVING SUSTAINABLY IS LIVING RESPONSIBLY – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 07 JULY 2008 “Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom” – 1 Kings 10:8 The term Sustainable Development was used by the Brundtland Commission and […]
TRULY A GENTLEMAN – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 30 JUNE 2008 “Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house” – “And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; […]
CHRONICLING A CAREER – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 23 JUNE 2008 “We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labour prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ” – 1 Thessalonians 1:3 The day is […]
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 16 JUNE 2008 “Then I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people – The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall. Wherever you hear the […]
THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVOLUTION – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 09 JUNE 2008 “When you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away” – Luke 21:9 In February 1999 Lester Brown, president of the Worldwatch […]
THE CARIBBEAN ECONOMY: FROM PERIL TO STABILITY – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 02 JUNE 2008 “Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. He has delivered us from […]
CREATIVITY AND PRAISE – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN APPEARS IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 26 MAY 2008 PUERTO RICO AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he” – Proverbs 29:18 When one is faced with changes which are due to the external […]