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The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action

The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action. Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin-Superior/Extension. Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry Oregon State University. Overview. Systems thinking Empty and full world model Evolving community views Seven big economic ideas

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The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action

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  1. The Sustainability ImperativeExtension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin-Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry Oregon State University

  2. Overview • Systems thinking • Empty and full world model • Evolving community views • Seven big economic ideas • Six essential steps for Extension

  3. Sustainability Basics • Time (and change) • Relationships • Resilience

  4. Systems Thinking • Systems consist of individual but interrelated parts • Systems depend on the relationshipsamong the parts as much as the parts themselves • These relationships make the wholegreater than the sum of its parts • When you dissect the system, you destroy the pattern of relationships

  5. Finite Global Ecosystem Empty World SolarEnergy Energy Energy SinkFunctions Growing Economic Subsystem SourceFunctions Resources Resources RecycledMatter Economic services Human Welfare Ecosystem services Natural Capital (Ecosystem) Manmade Capital (Economy) Source: Daly, Herman. Ecological Economics. Island Press, 2004 Waste Heat

  6. World Population, 10,000 BC to Present

  7. World Population Projections World population from 1800 to 2100, based on UN 2004 projections and US Census Bureau historical estimates.

  8. Societal Pressure on Earth Systems Source: International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, 2004

  9. Societal Pressure on Earth Systems Source: International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, 2004

  10. Finite Global Ecosystem Full World SolarEnergy Energy Energy GrowingEconomicSubsystem SourceFunctions SinkFunctions Resources Resources Economic services RecycledMatter Human Welfare Ecosystem services Natural Capital (Ecosystem) Manmade Capital (Economy) Source: Daly, Herman. Ecological Economics. Island Press, 2004 Waste Heat

  11. Evolving Views of the Community Economy Environment Economy Environment Society Society Environment Society Economy Unconnected or silos view Interconnected or linkages view Interdependent, nested, or systems view

  12. Conceptual Reform in Economics: Seven Big Ideas • Adjust economic scale • Shift from growth to development • Make prices tell the ecological truth • Account for nature’s contributions • Apply the precautionary principle • Revitalize commons management • Value women Source: Gardner, Gary, and Prugh, Thomas, Project Directors. State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2008.

  13. Framework for Planning 111 1Focus on 1 problem/1 solution: climate change & sustainable living education 2Use existing in-situ distribution system 3Address the total lifestyle footprint 4Walk the talk 5Help communities rethink municipal systems 6Returnto essential land-grant institutional values

  14. Conclusion Preamble to the Earth Charter, June 2000 We stand at a critical moment in Earth’s history, a time when humanity must choose its future. … …Towards this end, it is imperative that we, the peoples of Earth, declare our responsibility to one another, to the greater community of life, and to future generations.

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