TREN 2P94 REVIEW Introduction to Sustainability

1. TREN 2P94 REVIEW Introduction to Sustainability

2. http://www.brocku.ca/tren/courses/tren2p93/ These notes available via the online course outline on Isaak / Sakaior (after lectures) at:

3. en·vi·ron·ment[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, 2012

4. environment • [n] the totality of surrounding conditions.

5. From ‘pristine’ ‘natural’ environments…

6. …through all kinds of urban environments…

7. St. Lawrence Market, Toronto Quinta Fay, Gustine, California Yates Street Heritage District, St. Catharines Old Town, Hastings, East Sussex

8. Sherman Avenue North, Hamilton, Ontario La Oroya, Peru Love Canal, New York Dharavi district, Mumbai, India

9. …through industrial environments…

10. …to defined natural and anthropogenic environments at all scales.

11. policy • …a course or general plan of action to be adopted by a government, party, person, etc. • - Concise Oxford Dictionary

12. policy • …a selected, planned line of conduct in the light of which individual decisions are made and coordination achieved • - Webster’s Encyclopedic Dictionary

13. Conceptual tools

14. scale - an ordered series of graduated quantities, values, degrees, etc. - relative magnitude • - Webster’s Encyclopedic Dictionary

15. scale may be: • - physical / geographical • ranking based upon size, dimension, geographical subunit, etc. • - ecological • individual, deme, community, population • - jurisdictional • local, municipal, regional, federal, global

16. scale GLOBAL / MACRO LOCAL / MICRO United Nations . . governments . . ngos / community groups . individuals earth continent country province region municipality neighbourhood household individual spatial jurisdictional /decision making

17. 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 or agency has authority - authority • - Webster’s Encyclopedic Dictionary

18. Sustainable development

19. 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

20. Elements of sustainability Environment Economy Society - World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987

21. the sustainable development triangle

22. Elements of sustainability Environment Economy Society - World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987

23. Elements of sustainability Environment • biodiversity • materials • energy • biophysical interactions - World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987

24. Elements of sustainability • money and capital • employment • technological growth • investment • market forces Economy - World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987

25. Elements of sustainability • human diversity (cultural, linguistic, ethnic) • equity (dependence / independence) • quality of life • institutional structures and organization • political structures Society - World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987

26. informationand decision making

27. 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. Applied POLICY

28. Fragmented decision-making private other interests public community groups federal / national ISSUE municipal provincial / state regional - after Barrett and Kidd, 1991

29. private private other other public public interests interests community community federal/ federal/ ISSUE ISSUE groups groups national national municipal provincial/ municipal provincial/ state state regional Integrated decision-making - after Barrett and Kidd, 1991

30. decision making • reactive

31. decision making • reactive • (‘end of pipe’)

32. decision making • anticipatory • reactive

33. decision making • anticipatory • (planning for • change) • reactive

34. decision making • radical • anticipatory • reactive

35. decision making • radical • (fundamental; • root causes) • anticipatory • reactive

36. radical • anticipatory • reactive decision making

37. 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 • radical • anticipatory • reactive

38. values, ideologies and strategies values ideology strategies

39. interactions amongstvalues / ideologies / strategies values ideology strategies

40. interactions amongstvalues / ideologies / strategies values individual, cultural, social, spiritual, moral

41. interactions amongstvalues / ideologies / strategies values individual, cultural, social, spiritual, moral Definable sets of values constitute ideologies (e.g. Industrial Capitalism, Marxism, Christianity, Liberalism, Socialism, Conservatism, Judaism)

42. interactions amongstvalues / ideologies / strategies values individual, cultural, social, spiritual, moral Definable sets of values constitute ideologies (e.g. Industrial Capitalism, Marxism, Christianity, Liberalism, Socialism, Conservatism, Judaism) …which give rise to strategies practical applications of ideologically consistent ideas, actions, policies and programs

43. interactions amongstvalues / ideologies / strategies values ideology strategies

44. interactions amongstvalues / ideologies / strategies values ideology strategies

45. interactions amongstvalues / ideologies / strategies values ideology strategies

46. interactions amongstvalues / ideologies / strategies values ideology strategies

47. interactions amongstvalues / ideologies / strategies values ideology strategies

48. interactions amongstvalues / ideologies / strategies values ideology strategies • feedback loop allows for reflection, • re-evaluation, adaptive management

49. interactions amongstvalues / ideologies / strategies values ideology strategies • if no feedback loop: inflexible, unresponsive

50. interactions amongstvalues / ideologies / strategies values ideology strategies dogma