This document provides an introduction to sustainability, including definitions of key terms, frameworks, and principles. It discusses definitions of environment, policy, scale, and jurisdiction. It examines definitions of sustainable development and interdisciplinarity. It explores conceptual tools for understanding sustainability such as the sustainable development triangle, the 3 Es model, and the healthy community model. Finally, it outlines some principles of sustainability such as using materials in continuous cycles and encouraging desirable human traits.
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5. en·vi·ron·ment
in-'vI-r&(n)-m&nt, -'vI(-&)r(n)-
[n] 1 : the circumstances, objects, or
conditions by which one is surrounded
2 a : the complex of physical, chemical,
and biotic factors (as climate, soil, and
living things) that act upon an organism or
an ecological community and ultimately
determine its form and survival b : the
aggregate of social and cultural
conditions that influence the life of an
individual or community.
- Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, 2004
7. environmental
effects
…are felt, and modified, in 3 main
ways - through the flows of:
MATERIALS
ENERGY
INFORMATION
-> fundamental ‘spheres of
influence’ for sustainability
8. policy
…a course or general plan of
action to be adopted by a
government, party, person, etc.
- Concise Oxford Dictionary
9. policy
…a selected, planned line of
conduct in the light of which
individual decisions are made
and coordination achieved
- Webster’s Encyclopedic Dictionary
14. jurisdiction
- the legal power to administer and
enforce the law
- the exercising of this power
- the region within which this
power is valid or in which a
person has authority
- authority
- Webster’s Encyclopedic Dictionary
16. Sustainable development:
meeting the needs of the
present without compromising
the ability of future generations
to meet their own needs.
– World Commission on Environment and
Development (1987): Our Common Future
21. Elements of sustainability
Economy
- World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987
•money and capital
•employment
•technological growth
•investment
•market forces
22. Elements of sustainability
Society
- World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987
•human diversity (cultural, linguistic, ethnic)
•equity (dependence / independence)
•quality of life
•institutional structures and organization
•political structures
25. Sustainability: PROBLEMS
Depletion of finite resources
– fuels, soil, minerals, species
Over-use of renewable resources
– forests, fish & wildlife, fertility, public funds
Pollution
– air, water, soil
Inequity
– economic, political, social, gender
Species loss
– endangered species and spaces
- WCED, 1987
26. Sustainability: SOLUTIONS
Cyclical material use
– emulate natural cycles; 3 R’s
Safe reliable energy
– conservation, renewable energy,
substitution, interim measures
Life-based interests
– health, creativity, communication,
coordination, appreciation, learning,
intellectual and spiritual development
27. Two key sustainable development concepts:
EQUITY
LIMITS TO GROWTH
-WCED 1987
28. Two key sustainable development concepts:
the concept of needs, particularly the essential
needs of the world’s poor
EQUITY
-WCED 1987
29. Two key sustainable development concepts:
EQUITY
• the quality of being fair or impartial;
fairness; impartiality
• something that is fair and just.
-dictionary.com
30. Contrast with:
EQUALITY
• the state or quality of being equal;
correspondence in quantity, degree,
value, rank, or ability.
• uniform character, as of motion or
surface.
-dictionary.com
31. Two key sustainable development concepts:
the idea of limitations (ecological, technological,
and social) which affect the environment’s
ability to meet present and future needs
LIMITS TO GROWTH
-WCED 1987
32. Two key sustainable development concepts:
LIMITS TO GROWTH
- quantitative and qualitative limits
- living within the regenerative and
assimilative capacities of the planet
-WCED 1987
33. Sustainable development...
implies limits
Not predefined absolute limits, but
limitations imposed by:
– the ability of the biosphere to absorb the
effects of human activities
– adaptability of human social and political
organization
– technology
34. Sustainable development
and economic growth
Economic growth must be made:
– less material intensive (‘dematerialization of
the economy’)
– less energy intensive
– more equitable in its impacts
Economic growth may be reduced or
curtailed to meet limitations imposed by
environment, technology, or society
35. Institutional gaps impeding
sustainable development
2 major gaps:
fragmented decision making
– narrow mandates, jurisdictional rigidity,
lack of communication and coordination
lack of accountabiity
– failure to make the bodies whose policy
actions degrade the environment
responsible for their actions
38. CONSERVER
SOCIETY
Sustainable civilization:
•Cyclical flows of materials
•Appropriate energy usage
Energy Efficiency
RENEWABLE
Waste Minimization
Toxics control
LOW
THROUGHPUT
ENERGY
MATERIALS
Low-quality
Heat Energy
Low-volume
Nontoxic
Waste
Materials
40. Sustainable development...
considers future and present
needs when making decisions
about:
–resource and energy use
–technological development
–direction of investments
–social, political & institutional
change...etc. etc. etc.
54. • radical
• anticipatory
• reactive
Industry
• change in demand
- less consumption
- alternative consumption
• change in process
- clean technology
- elimination of toxics
• sewage treatment plant
- ‘end of pipe’ solution
• environment
and
economy
and
society
• environment
and
economy
• environment
or
economy
55. Northern
Telecom
based in Canada
42 plants in various countries
manufacturer of electronic components
(telecommunications)
1988: 1000+ tonnes of CFCs per year
1992: 0 tonnes of CFCs used per year
Historical
example:
56. Original Process
1) raw components and grease
2) manufacturing and assembly process
3) clean off grease with CFCs
4) finished product
57. Revised process
1) raw components, no grease
2) manufacturing and assembly process
3) no need to clean off grease with CFCs
4) finished product
58. Environment AND Economy
$1 million to develop new process
$4 million savings in first year (no
CFCs)
$50 million savings to year 2000
international environmental prize ->
great publicity
contract with Mexico for industrial
innovation (very lucrative)
61. • radical
• anticipatory
• reactive
Industry
• change in
demand for
product
• change in
industrial
process
• sewage
treatment
plant for
wastes
62. • radical
• anticipatory
• reactive
Industry
• change in
• demand for
product
• change in
• industrial
process
• sewage
• treatment
• plant for
wastes
Biodiversity
• apply
landscape
ecology
principles
to human
activity
• establish
national
parks (12%)
to protect
habitats
• zoo / seed
bank for
endangered
species
Transportation
63. • radical
• anticipatory
• reactive
Industry
• change in
demand for
product
• change in
industrial
process
• sewage
treatment
plant for
wastes
Biodiversity
• apply
landscape
ecology
principles
to human
activity
• establish
national
parks (12%)
to protect
habitats
• zoo / seed
bank for
endangered
species
Transportation
• complete
redesign of
our cities
• alternative
fuels for cars
• catalytic
converters
66. interactions amongst
values / ideologies / strategies
values
ideologies
Definable sets of values constitute
individual, cultural, social, spiritual, moral
Short form summary of basic values that
eliminates the need to engage in deep
philosophical investigations every time action is
required
70. environmental values
values ideology strategies
• holistic perspective
• everything is connected to everything else
• parts can only be understood in the context
of the whole
• nature as a living organism or system
(after Macdonald, D. 1991. The Politics of Pollution.
McClelland and Stewart, Toronto: p.33)
71. environmental values
values ideology strategies
• humans living within nature
-> inherent value of other organisms and
inanimate objects
• limits to growth
(after Macdonald, D. 1991. The Politics of Pollution.
McClelland and Stewart, Toronto: p.33)
72. environmental values
values ideology strategies
• appropriate technology
• matching the scope and scale of technology
to the task at hand
• principles of durability and efficiency
• recognition that new technology brings both
benefits and problems
73. environmental values
values ideology strategies
•appropriate scale
• appropriate sizes for institutions, social
organizations, communities
•accessible and accountable decision-making
in public and private sectors
75. environmental ideologies
values ideology strategies
• technological optimism
• sustainable development (Brundtland Commission)
• social ecology (Murray Bookchin)
• deep ecology (Arne Naess)
• ecofeminism (Françoise D’Eaubonne)
• various ‘green’ political parties
many variants: e.g., alliances with socialism,
feminism, peace movement, etc.
examples of
77. • reform environmentalism (traditional
bureacracies and political action)
• direct action and intervention (e.g. Earth First!)
• single-issue lobbying / intervention groups
(e.g., Save the Rouge Valley System)
• permanent organizations (e.g., Greenpeace)
• alliances and coalitions
(e.g., Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain)
• round tables, forums (e.g., National Round Table on
the Environment and the Economy)
environmental strategies
and strategists
87. To be useful, principles of
sustainability must:
be easily understood
be applicable in many contexts
be transferrable across scales
translate well from fundamental values
into applied policy and practical action
identify possibilities for radical
transformative change AND
positive incremental change
88. Some
Principles of Sustainability
in the literature:
Our Common Future (WCED 1987)
Principles defining sustainable development (OSEM 1989)
Defining a sustainable society (Robinson et al . 1990,1996)
Agenda 21 (1992)
Six principles of sustainable development (ORTEE 1992)
Guideposts for a sustainable future (Nickerson 1993)
Framework for Sustainable Development (CIDA 1994)
The Natural Step (Robert et al . 1994)
Sustainability Principles (ORTEE 1994), etc.
90. Guideposts for Sustainability
(after Nickerson, 1993)
Activities are sustainable when they:
1. Use materials in continuous cycles.
2. Use continuously reliable sources of
energy.
3. Encourage desirable human traits
(equity; creativity; communication;
coordination; appreciation; intellectual
and spiritual development).
One example:
91. Guideposts for Sustainability
Activities are not sustainable when they:
4. Require continual inputs of non-renewable
resources.
5. Use renewable resources faster than their
rate of renewal.
6. Cause cumulative degradation of the
environment.
7. Require resources in quantities that could
never be available for people everywhere.
8. Lead to the extinction of other life forms.
98. Disciplinary:
of or pertaining to a discrete branch
of learning
knowledge within generally accepted
boundaries
99. Disciplinary:
often associated with discipline-specific
vocabularies, methods, and assumptions
Examples of disciplines:
sociology, philosophy, biology,
political science, chemistry, economics,
geography, mathematics...
100. Multidisciplinary:
standard disciplinary approaches are
applied to a common research question,
problem or issue
insights achieved through an approach
which is essentially additive rather than
integrative
101. Multidisciplinary:
a spontaneous coalescence of these
disparate approaches is anticipated
arguably the approach which produces the
most substantive research results
104. Interdisciplinary:
the issue, problem, or concern defines the
disciplinary expertise which is brought to
bear
…arguably the most effective policy-
oriented problem-solving approach
105. Interdisciplinary:
a level of integration which involves more
than an additive analysis of the
disciplinary perspectives
insights are achieved through an
approach which is explicitly integrative ->
an a priori attempt is made at synthesis
across disciplinary boundaries
110. Transdisciplinary:
recognizes the interconnectedness of all
aspects of reality and knowledge
Goal: distinctions amongst disciplines are
eliminated completely
111. Transdisciplinary:
“an attempt to transcend the dynamics of
a dialectical synthesis to grasp the total
dynamics of reality as a whole”
Examples of transdisciplinary endeavour:
– general systems theory
– phenomenology
