Sustainability is defined as an awareness of global interconnectivity and how local actions have far-reaching consequences, requiring innovative solutions and good governance to ensure environmental stewardship and social justice for the future. The document discusses how society both supports sustainability through actions like using paperless billing, shopping locally, and solar power, but also contradicts it by recycling less than believed, overusing hybrid vehicles, and not adopting permanent water-saving landscaping.

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Sustainability
By: Sarah, Nik & Matt

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What is Sustainability?
According to Dr. Charles L Redman, Director of the School of
Sustainability at Arizona State University, says that, “sustainability
is an awareness of the connectivity of the world and the
implications of our actions. It is finding solutions through
innovative approaches, expanding future options by practicing
environmental stewardship, building governance institutions that
continually learn, and instilling values that promote justice.”

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Our Definition…
 Knowing what we do locally has effects globally
 Finding ways to educate the general population about the link
between our lifestyles and global warming/pollution

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How does society act?
Examples of how we contribute to sustainability:
 Paperless bills = less deforestation
 Shopping locally – less reliability on fossil fuels for transporting
product
 Use of solar power – reusable natural energy instead of using
traditional electric sources

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How society contradicts…
 Recycling has less effect than what they believe, even though it
promotes awareness
 Buying paper or plastic bags when shopping, instead of
bringing their own cloth shopping bags
 Buying hybrid cars, but driving them irresponsibly (BAD
PRIUS!)
 Throwing away end of life products (i.e. batteries)
 Recycling bottles, but keep purchasing them
 Reducing water use for landscaping, but not having drought
resistant plants

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What do you like about the
definition?
WE LIKE IT!