This document discusses sustainability and problem solving. It defines sustainable development as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. It discusses the triple bottom line of sustainability and analyzing problems by finding root causes, anticipating future problems, and assessing situations. As an example, it outlines analyzing where to place a new recycling bin by considering alternatives and criteria to make the decision. It also discusses potential problems with foil and plastic food packets touted as reducing landfill waste.

1. SustainabilitySuperheroes.org
Problem Solving and Decision Making
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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, GUS A. STAVROS CENTER
FOR FREE ENTERPRISE AND ECONOMIC EDUCATION
Deborah Kozdras dkozdras@usf.edu
@usfstavros

2. U.N. Definition of Sustainable
Development
In 1987, the UN Brundtland Commission
defined sustainable development as:
"meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs."
(Report of the World Commission on
Environment and Development.)

3. Sustainability: Triple Bottom Line

4. #cokegivesback

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6. Problem Solving and Decision Making
What is happening?
Make a choice among alternatives Find the root cause
Anticipate future problems

7. Situation Appraisal

8. Recycling Bins
Decision Analysis
Problem
• Where should the new recycling bin be placed?
Alternatives
• Near vending machines, in the employee parking
lot, at the outdoor break area, outside the back
door, by the street entrance.
Criteria
• Easy to get to, near where employees might have
food or drinks, opportunity for other community
members to use the bin, many people pass by it.
Decision
• Should the new recycling bin go by vending
machines, the employee parking lot, the outdoor
break area, outside the back door, or near the
street entrance?

10. Problem Analysis

11. Potential Problem Analysis
• Foil and plastic
packets
• Created to be
affordable in
developing
countries
• Touted to produce
less waste in
landfill

12. https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/7621/nestle-unilever-pg-
among-worst-offenders-for-plastic-pollution-in-philippines-in-beach-audit/