Exploring … Sustainability Diagrams & Definitions Sustainability PowerPoint Series c reated by the Sust

1. Exploring… Sustainability Diagrams & Definitions Sustainability PowerPoint Series created by the Sustainability Task Force, Stark State College September, 2010

2. Sustainability Classic Definition “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” BrundtlandCommisions, 1987

3. Sustainability Definitions "Improving the quality of human life while living within the carrying capacity of supporting eco-systems."~Caring for the Earth: A Strategy for Sustainable Living. (Gland, Switzerland: 1991). (IUCN - The World Conservation Union, United Nations Environment Programme, World Wide Fund for Nature). "Sustainability is 'long-term, cultural, economic and environmental health and vitality' with emphasis on long-term, 'together with the importance of linking our social, financial, and environmental well-being.” "Sustainability encompasses the simple principle of taking from the earth only what it can provide indefinitely, thus leaving future generations no less than we have access to ourselves.” "Sustainability may be described as our responsibility to proceed in a way that will sustain life that will allow our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren to live comfortably in a friendly, clean, and healthy world."

4. Sustainability Definitions "Sustainability is meeting the needs of all humans, being able to do so on a finite planet for generations to come while ensuring some degree of openness and flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances." ~Jerry Sturmer, Santa Barbara South Coast Community Indicators "Sustainability is a dynamic condition which requires a basic understanding of the interconnections and interdependency among ecological, economic and social systems. Sustainability means providing a rich quality of life for all, and accomplishing this within the means of nature." ~Jaimie P. Cloud, Cloud Institute "A sustainable society is one that is far-seeing enough, flexible enough, and wise enough not to undermine either its physical or its social systems of support." ~Donella H. Meadows, et al., The Sustainability Institute, "Beyond the Limits" "Sustainability is an economic state where the demands placed upon the environment by people and commerce can be met without reducing the capacity of the environment to provide for future generations." ~Paul Hawken, The Ecology of Commerce

5. Sustainability Definitions “Sustainable Development is positive change which does not undermine the environmental or social systems on which we depend. It requires a coordinated approach to planning and policy making that involves public participation. Its success depends on widespread understanding of the critical relationship between people and their environment and the will to make necessary changes." ~Hamilton Wentworth Regional Council "Improving the quality of human life while living within the carrying capacity of supporting eco-systems.“ ~Caring for the Earth: A Strategy for Sustainable Living. (Gland, Switzerland: 1991). (IUCN - The World Conservation Union, United Nations Environment Programme, World Wide Fund for Nature). "Sustainability is 'long-term, cultural, economic and environmental health and vitality' with emphasis on long-term, 'together with the importance of linking our social, financial, and environmental well-being.“ "The key to moving toward a sustainable future is the marriage between best pedagogical practices that produce critical thinkers and self regulated (people who have learned how to learn) life long learners, with the content of education for sustainability.“ ~Giselle Martin-Kniep, Author, Consultant

6. Sustainability Classic Venn Diagram Social Environment Economic Equitable Bearable Viable “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” BrundtlandCommisions, 1987

7. Sustainability Diagram http://opportunitygreen.com/green-business-blog/2010/05/08/visualizing-sustainability/

8. Sustainability Diagram http://knol.google.com/k/-/-/oml631csgjs7/xhrhmn/sustainability1.gif

9. Sustainability Diagram http://www.reliableprosperity.net/explore.html

10. Sustainability Diagrams - Business http://www.carillionplc.com/sustainability_reports/2006/assets/documents/multimedia/sun_diagram.jpg

11. Sustainability Diagrams - Business http://nslw.org/images/ecostep_large.png

12. Sustainability Diagrams - Business http://www.verifysustainability.com/App_Themes/VS_Web/Images/Sustainability%20PIE%20graph%203.jpg

13. Sustainability Diagrams - Transport

14. Sustainability Diagrams - Communities http://www.ecotownforleicestershire.coop/sustainability-objectives.html

15. Sustainability Diagrams - Communities

16. Sustainability Diagrams - Biomimicry

17. Sustainability Diagram http://www.eatwelldogood.com/images/sustainability_diagram5.jpg

18. Sustainability Diagram http://www.biw.kuleuven.be/LBH/lbnl/forecoman/img/ccycle-e.jpg

19. Sustainability Additional Resources http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r73WfmbVI4Y&feature=player_embedded

20. Sustainability Task Force For more information… Contact: Stefanie Smith, Sustainability Coordinator Email: ssmith2@starkstate.edu