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Is sustainability a slow or fast change? What changes are present day solutions and which are long-term solutions? | 2. Is sustainability a slow or fast change? What changes are present day solutions and which are long-term solutions? | ||
What is the balance of profits and sustainability? | 3. What is the balance of profits and sustainability? | ||
What is the definition of Sustainability? Lifestyle, products, CO2? | 4. What is the definition of Sustainability? Lifestyle, products, CO2? | ||
Is less bad of sustainability actually good? What is the goal of sustainability? What is sufficient? | 5. Is less bad of sustainability actually good? What is the goal of sustainability? What is sufficient? | ||
Are things really measureable? | 6. Are things really measureable? | ||
Where should the solution come from? Is there a universal answer? | 7. Where should the solution come from? Is there a universal answer? | ||
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Revision as of 13:17, 9 September 2009
Welcome to the Future of Sustainability in 2030
Group Members
Yojiro Fukaya
Eric Lam
Ynzhu (Carrie) Ma
Hugh Malkin
Kay Mei Tan
Introduction
"Meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
Research Questions
What is the history?
How did sustainability start?
What are the driving forces in the past?
Who/what does sustainability effect the most?
Who is the best/worst at sustainability?
How is sustainability measured?
Why does sustainability matter?
What is most important to sustain?
What does sustainability mean?
Do we need to be sustainability
How sustainability can effect on economy?
How sustainability can effect on our life?
Why do we need sustainability now?
What is the motivation for companies to work for sustainability?
How will growth in developing countries effect on sustainability?
Can technological development solve environmental issues dramatically?
What is the urgent issue relating to sustainability?
What can we do as a individual?
1. What is the purpose of sustainability? Why does it matter? What is it? 2. Is sustainability a slow or fast change? What changes are present day solutions and which are long-term solutions? 3. What is the balance of profits and sustainability? 4. What is the definition of Sustainability? Lifestyle, products, CO2? 5. Is less bad of sustainability actually good? What is the goal of sustainability? What is sufficient? 6. Are things really measureable? 7. Where should the solution come from? Is there a universal answer?
Driving Forces
Name, description, enablers, inhibitors, paradigms, experts, timing, web resources
Greed
Pain
Information
Politics
Entertainment
Business
Attitudes
Affected by Intelligence, needs, and personality
Values
Basic convictions
What is right, what is wrong
Value system
Terminal values and Instrumental values
Beliefs
Scenarios
References
Erasumus prof. Michael Braungart (co-author Cradle to Cradle)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B8fTujfL30
Robert Rubinstien (Green Investment)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBUV1PJE8r4
The Limits to Growth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Limits_to_Growth
Books
Natural Capitalism
Limits to Growth
Triple Bottom Line
News Articles
New Green Business
http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/24/smallbusiness/trash_talker_terracycle.fsb/index.htm?postversion=2009032512
http://www.terracycle.net/