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Sustainability Designing a Planet Worth Inheriting

Sustainability Designing a Planet Worth Inheriting. Monty Hempel Center for Environmental Studies University of Redlands. What does academic success mean in a world of ecological failure?. What does financial success mean in a world of ecological failure?.

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Sustainability Designing a Planet Worth Inheriting

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  1. Sustainability Designing a Planet Worth Inheriting Monty Hempel Center for Environmental Studies University of Redlands

  2. What does academic success mean in a world of ecological failure?

  3. What does financial success mean in a world of ecological failure?

  4. What do both academic success and financial success mean in a world of wrenching social inequality?

  5. Another Perspective Monty Hempel

  6. Thank you slide Sustainability A Ray of Sunshine Monty Hempel

  7. Human well-being depends on:1. Ecological Life Support SystemsAir, water, soils, climate system, nutrient cycles, biotic communities2. Economic Support Systems Markets, income, wealth, employment, trade, property rights 3. Social Support Systems Equity, education, health care, law & governance, culture, libertyEasier to remember as The 3 “E”s : Environment, Economy, Equity Monty Hempel

  8. The Three Pillars of Sustainability each is indispensable, all are interconnected.

  9. Sustainability: The 3 “E’s” ENVIRONMENT Sustainability

  10. A Sustainable Future ENVIRONMENT Sustainability Monty Hempel

  11. Web of Interconnections The 3 “E”s Monty Hempel

  12. The Three “E”s ENVIRONMENT Pollution & Resource Conflict ECONOMY EQUITY Monty Hempel

  13. The Three “E”s ENVIRONMENT ECONOMY EQUITY Class & Property Conflict Monty Hempel

  14. The Three “E”s ENVIRONMENT Growth Control Conflict ECONOMY EQUITY Monty Hempel

  15. Conflicting Goals ENVIRONMENT Pollution & Growth Resource Control Conflict Conflict “Glocal” Integration “Green, Profitable & Fair” ECONOMY EQUITY Class & Property Conflict adapted from Scott Campbell, 1996 Monty Hempel

  16. Art Education Civic Heritage Economic Efficiency & Sufficiency Ecosystem Health Jobs with Living Wages Creating a Sustainable Future Human Health Participatory Democracy Equity & Social Justice

  17. Sustainability: A Bequest? What we leave to future generations. Monty Hempel, University of Redlands Monty Hempel, University of Redlands

  18. Sustainability ultimately depends on our capacity to empathize with future generations of people andanimals, and on our ethical sense of obligation to treat them as we would want to be treated. Baby gets a shot. Monty Hempel

  19. Future Generations Monty Hempel

  20. SUSTAINABILITY Iroquois Ethics: Looking out for the Seventh Generation Monty Hempel

  21. Meeting human needs for… s Source: Nancy Dickson, Harvard Monty Hempel

  22. Meeting human needs for… s Source: Nancy Dickson, Harvard Monty Hempel

  23. Rules-of-Thumb for Sustainability INPUT RULE RENEWABLES: Harvest rates of resources must be within the regenerat-ive capacity of systems that produce them. NONRENEWABLES: Rates of depletion must not exceed the rate at which ecologically sound, long-term resource substitutes are developed. OUTPUT RULE Waste and pollution from a community must not exceed the assimil-ative capacity of its bioregion and must not degrade future absorp-tive capacity or any other important ecolog-ical services. (Note: residuals exported beyond the bioregion must be accounted for.) Adapted from Ismail Serageldin, 1993) Monty Hempel Monty Hempel

  24. Source: Wellesley Institute Monty Hempel

  25. Overview of the Vision 2050 project World Business Council on Sustainable Development

  26. Monty Hempel

  27. Climate change Ozone depletion Air & waterpollution Acidification Over-population Species extinction Eutrophication Soil erosion Genetic modification Fossil fuel depletionHealth of the Ocean noise radiation Freshwater depletion Oil Spills Solid waste Deforestation Food safetyLoss of open space Toxic chemicals Desertification Monty Hempel

  28. Interlockingslow-motion crises • Climate Disruption • Ocean Health (e.g., Overfishing, Acidification) • Biodiversity Crash • Water-Stressed Regions • Food Systems? Energy? NASA Blue Marble Monty Hempel

  29. Academic success won’t mean much in a world of ecological failure -- James Farrell We are taught very well by what we are not taught. Monty Hempel NASA Blue Marble

  30. The Future

  31. A Future of Historical Surprise?

  32. Talking about the future means stepping out on thin ice…

  33. Four Visions of the Future Market Forces Market optimism, hidden and enlightened hand Policy Reform Stewardship through better technology and management Fortress World Social chaos, fragmentation, authoritarian “solutions” Great Transition Progressive social evolution, human solidarity and the art of living Tellus Institute

  34. 250 Years of Change Population CO2 Water Use Paper Consumption Motor Vehicles Species Extinction GDP Loss of Tropical Forest N. Hemisphere Surface Temperature Foreign Investment Ozone Depletion Fisheries Exploited 1800 2000

  35. Perceptions of Environmental Change Over Time Scientist Politician (“skyrocketing”) (modest growth) 1,000,000 years 4 years Business Manager Investor (slight increase) (no change) 1 year a few days/a few months Monty Hempel

  36. The Paradox of Sustainability Sustainable Planet Earth the Pyramids a Civilization Community Long Lived Short Lived (Time) a Human Being Individual living cell Unsustainable Monty Hempel

  37. Two Time Frames:The Paradox of Sustainability Sustainable Historical (millennium) time frame 1,000 year time frame the Pyramids Planet Earth Egyptian Civilization Community Long Lived Short Lived (Time) a Human Being Individual living cell 1 billion year time frame Geological time frame Unsustainable Monty Hempel

  38. Global Trends 1750-2000 Population, GDP, FDI, Dams, Water Use, Fertilizer, Urban Population, Paper Consumption, McDonalds, Motor Vehicles, Telephones, International Tourism 1 Monty Hempel

  39. Global Trends 1750-2000 CO2, N2O, CH4, Ozone Depletion, Surface Temperature, Floods, Fisheries Decline, Shrimp, Nitrogen, Deforestation, Land Developed, Global Biodiversity 2 Monty Hempel

  40. The Population Spike The Consumption Spike 2011

  41. Various Radiatively Important Features of Atmospheric Composition Have Changed over the Last Century

  42. Courtesy of Hunter Lovins

  43. World water use km3/ year

  44. Marine fish catch

  45. Smoke particles, Ductwork, or Termites? Chris Jordan Monty Hempel Monty Hempel

  46. Chris Jordan Monty Hempel Monty Hempel

  47. One million plastic cups –the number of plastic cups used by airlines on U.S. flights every six hours – Chris Jordan (Plastic Cups, 2007) – Chris Jordan Monty Hempel Monty Hempel

  48. SUSTAINABILITY • a video essay • a personal journey • a new worldview • a way to thrive when living in a world of wounds and wonders

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