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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. A Process of Reconciliation. A. Dale. The social imperative to ensure the development of democratic systems of governance that can effectively propagate and sustain the values that people wish to live by.

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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  1. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT A Process of Reconciliation A. Dale

  2. Thesocial imperative to ensure the development of democratic systems of governance that can effectively propagate and sustain the values that people wish to live by The ecological imperative to live within the global biophysical carrying capacity and maintain biodiversity The economic imperative to ensure that basic needs are met worldwide SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTA Process of Reconciliation Social Ecological Economic Human Systems Natural Systems AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO RESOURCES –SOCIAL,ECOLOGICAL,ANDECONOMIC– IS FUNDAMENTAL TO ITS IMPLEMENTATION.

  3. Social Imperatives Community • Trust • Reciprocity • Mutuality • Co-operation • Time • Social Fabric and Social Capital • - Cox 1995 Social Ecological Economic Human Systems Natural Systems

  4. Ecological Imperatives • Networks • Nested Systems • Cycles • Flows • Development • Dynamic Balance • Limits • Diversity • - Adapted from Capra 1996 Social Ecological Economic Human Systems Natural Systems

  5. Economical Imperatives • Creativity and Innovation • Diversity • Dynamic Balance (stable Governance) • Technological Clusters (Co-operation) • Network Strategics Social Ecological Economic Human Systems Natural Systems

  6. Life-Cycle Analysis Full Cost Accounting Pollution Prevention Industrial Ecology Decarbonization Eco-efficiency Services Substitution Life-Cycle Analysis Design for Dissambley Dematerialization Design for the Environment Knowledge-Based Economy Production Processes Knowledge – Based Economy Sustainable Development Products

  7. Natural Systems People Communities Global Context Sustainable Development Essential System Conditions For both Local and Global • Reconciliation • Resilience • Diversity • Stability • Networks • Dynamic Balance

  8. Once we realize that just about anything that is true of our relationship with our homes is true concerning our neighbourhoods, regions, and nations, then thinking locally will mean acting globally, and that means saving the world. - Gallagher 1993

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