Culture and Sustainable Development

Culture as Fourth Pillar of Sustainable Development by Keith Nurse (PDF)

I am hoping to find a relevant content about Philippine cultural heritage and cultural industry/enterprises. In this paper, is concludes that culture has a central role in strategic development of Small Islands Developing States (e.g. Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritus, etc.) SIDS are not unlike the Philippines. Archipelago, cultural diversity, Western colonial history, developing state.
Currently, festival parades are being created and marketed for tourism along with ecotourism in the Philippines. Cultural enterprises. Institutional. Check. Independent film, contemporary arts, new media and community arts practice are in place and thriving. Cultural enterprises, cultural heritage and traditional knowledge. Multi-local. Check. But somehow, "culture as sustainable development" is yet to be conceived in our minds, let alone practices. Why?

I don't know. But maybe, the youth should start digging up artifacts. Youth, as culture and sustainability catalysts, should rise up to the challenge.

Enter: Philippine Youth and Sustainable Development (PDF)