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Sustainability and Sustainable Practices
on this page: recommended listening related: education, planetary boundaries, 2017 flickr: [|biodiversity] recommended reading: [|Filling in the Development Blanks] editing: [|Sustainable Development Report]

Here's the big picture: **those seeking sustainability need to practice the behaviours we are keen to foster**.

When viewed as a transformative process from what's not sustainable toward sustainability, we need to be aware of the changes at hand for ourselves, our community and the world.

The big trends are an appreciation of environmental ethics, social responsibilities and a sexier notion of environmental well-being. Get there early! Here we present recommended books, videos and podcasts that showcase sustainable practices around the world.

Wiki
Education millenium goals Recycling wbcsd iy2017

Wikipedia
[|Sustainable_development]

Headlines
[|Against Sustainability] [|Unilever Finds That Shrinking Its Footprint Is a Giant Task - NY Times] http://wp.maydayblog.com/2013/11/the-sustainable-business-circuit-is-becoming-a-tiresome-jargon-filled-parody-of-itself - [|@bmay] http://sustainablebusinessforum.com/lilemarr/77091/consumer-electronics-show-enough-momentum-sustainability http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/sustainability-word-you-shouldnt-use http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-kaye/being-sustainable-being-faithful_b_897294.html

Sustainable Tourism
iy2017

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YouTube
[|Sustainability Media Lab]

Three Pillars of Sustainability
Sustainable Development identifies three pillars; economic, social and environmental that need to be in place for a development to work now and in the future. This concept is sometimes known as the Triple Bottom Line. at the confluence of three constituent parts. || This diagram recognises that human society cannot exist without a supportive natural environment and that an economy is not possible without a viable human society. This concept is known as Strong Sustainability. ||
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 * [|Venn diagram] of sustainable development:



History
The [|Brundtland Commission] coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of sustainable development as development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."

Listening
[|Demystifying sustainability] - Author and environmental scientist Haydn Washington aims to demystify sustainability, so that everybody can understand what the issues are.

Jeremy Rifkin: The Empathic Situation [|Advancing Sustainability - Radio New Zealand] [|Can Consumption Become Sustainable?]

Editing
[| Sustainable Development Index] [|Sustainable Development Notebook]

Guidebook "Sustainable Tourism for Development"
 * Books and manual about sustainability in tourism**

Flickr groups
City Parks ( [|City Parks]) World Energy ([|World Energy] ) World Food ( [|World Food]) World Museums ( [|World Museums]) World Mountains ( [|World Mountains]) World Trees ( [|World Trees]) World Parks ([|World Parks]) World Water ([|World Water] ) World Climate ([|World Climate])

http://www.flickr.com/groups/sustainablebuilding http://www.flickr.com/groups/sustainablemarketing http://www.flickr.com/groups/sustran http://www.flickr.com/groups/sustainableseattle
 * More Flickrgroups**

LinkedIn
[|Sustainability]

Elsewhere on the Web
[|Filling in the Development Blanks: Ron Mader] [|Forum for the Future (UK)] http://idealog.co.nz/ecoinnovator [|Waging Peace with Intelligent Design] [|Design for the Triple Top Line] [|E3G] [|The Story of Stuff]

CSE
http://sustainable-economy.org

Blogs
[|Sustainable Options]

Reviewing ...
Well-being and Sustainable Development http://www.defra.gov.uk/sustainable/government/what/priority/wellbeing/index.htm Wellbeing has long been an implicit goal of Government policy, and recently it has been increasingly identified as an explicit aim in a wide range of policies at local, regional and national level. Work under the UK 2005 sustainable development strategy, //Securing the Future,// has bought together a range of policy makers and stakeholders to explore the role of an explicit wellbeing focus in policy making, and to develop [|national wellbeing indicators].

Education
[|Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education]

Misc

Could we find ways to make 'sustainable practices' as interesting and fun as possible for the general public?

Are we modeling the practices we would like to see?

Flow (book review) Natural step

UK-Mexico Sustainable Development Dialogue
The UK-Mexico Sustainable Development Dialogue was launched in Mexico in October 2008.

Mexico and the UK: Strengthening the Strategic Partnership http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/en/press/?contenido=28822

Videos


 * **Watch:** [|Chris Teo-Sherrell from Palmerson North talk about his views on the waste.]
 * **Watch:** [|Graham McBride from Waikato talk about his eco-home]
 * **Watch:** [|Angela Hair from the Hawkes Bay tells us about her ideas for mimicking nature in terms of water use in the home]
 * **Watch:** [|Suzanne Takiwa talk about Taupo District Council’s biking initiative]
 * **Watch:** [|Anne Lister talk about what the Gisborne District Council is doing to their reduce energy use and their upcoming "All Black Day"]
 * **Watch:** [|Yolande Cumming from Raglan discuss a great car pool idea with her friend]
 * **Watch:** [|Odile Balas from the Hawkes Bay tell us about her ideas for communal community living]
 * **Watch:** [|Hawkes Bay school boy Tom Logan talk about transport ideas coming out of the forum]
 * **Watch:** [|Antonio Te Maioha talk about recycling and waste in Raglan]
 * **Watch:** [|Ernie Pitchfork talk about the joys of gardening in Auckland]

Global Oneness
[|Global Oneness Project] is a web-based video initiative exploring how the simple notion of oneness can be lived in our increasingly complex world.

Recommended Viewing
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