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Karl-Henrik Robèrt, M.D., Ph.D. (born 1947), is a Swedish cancer scientist and an important figure in the worldwide sustainability movement. He is known for the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development - also known as The Natural Step Framework, after the not for profit promoting and applying it - a framework that lays out the system conditions for sustainability, that arose from his consultations with municipalities, businesses, government departments, environmental organizations, and the arts community. Having secured the imprimatur of the King of Sweden, The Natural Step was launched with attendant television coverage and distribution of educational material to every school and household in Sweden.〔 The FSSD/The Natural Step framework sets out the system conditions for sustainability, as well as guidelines to systematically approach compliance with the principles. The framework has been applied to fields as diverse as agriculture, forestry, energy systems, information and selection of tools for sustainable development, green building and the ecological management of river basins.〔DuBose, J. and A. Pearce, A. (1997). ("The Natural Step as an Assessment Tool for the Built Environment," ) Proceedings of the 1997 CIB Conference on Green Building, Paris, France, June. Retrieved: 2007-04-09.〕〔Tippett, J. (2005). (“The Value of Combining a Systems View of Sustainability with a Participatory Protocol for Ecologically Informed Design in River Basins," ) Journal of Environmental Modeling and Software 20 (2): 119-139.〕 The Natural Step aims to be both scientifically based and readily understandable in its articulation of principles for sustainability.〔Hawken, P. (1995). (“Taking The Natural Step.” ) ''In Context'' 41: 36〕 Robèrt also founded the (Swedish Doctors for the Environment (LfM) ), one of the many professional networks that originally was connected to The Natural Step Foundation. ==Cancer research== His 1979 doctoral dissertation, at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, studied leukemia.〔Robèrt, K.H. (1979). (Libris: ''Functional characterization of blood lymphocytes in chronic lymphocytic leukemia'' )〕 As head of the Division of Clinical Hematology and Oncology at the Department of Medicine at the Huddinge Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden〔Blekinge Institute of Technology. (World Student Environmental Summit: Speakers ). Karlskrona, Sweden. Retrieved on: 2011-09-17.〕 and director of research at the Karolinska Institute, he conducted research and lectured widely on several forms of cancer, including leukemia, lymphoma and lung cancer.〔Sustainability and Appropriate Technology Videos (About Karl-Henrik Robert ). The Natural Step, Part IV. Retrieved on: 2011-09-17.〕 From his study of cancerous cells, he realized that “cells are the unifying unit of all living things. The difference between our cells and the cells of plants are so minor that it's almost embarrassing; the makeup is almost identical all the way down to the molecular level.” The natural and the human world are both built of cells. His studies led him to realize that cancer rates and other threats to global health, would only increase with increasing concentrations of pollutants and other unsustainable mechanisms. His focus on toxins and their health implications, led him to see the link between these and a systems perspective on future health.〔Ashoka: Innovators for the Public. (Profile: Karl-Henrik Robert ). Prepared when Robert was elected to the Ashoka Fellowship in 2009. Retrieved on: 2011-09-18.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karl-Henrik Robèrt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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