Unfortunately, "sustainability" is now linked only to "environment"-related issues.
No one seems to be applying it to political systems, including democracy itself.
After all, it's political systems where corruption enables environmental exploitation and neo-colonialism. "Innovation" focused solely on technology dooms the world to more of the same.
"even for those with the quietest voices" as Dana Bourland mentioned seems to be the piece most often left out of the sustainable-green discussion, even though making green development sustainable for those often carrying the highest risk of illness from the environment makes the most profound sense. How about sustainable, green and affordable? This approach impacts the whole of society.
He really doesn't say much. Sure, add 4 billion people and sustainability is a "must". But hasn't it always been? Read Collapse---civilizations failed because they failed to sustain 1, 2, 3 THOUSAND years ago. It's not a new problem, it's a spreading problem.
It used to be that a region could fail (Inca civilization) but other areas would be unaware of the failure (Maya). Eventually the vast Maya civilization collapsed---before the arrival of the Spanish and the Catholic 'Church', the Maya were down several notches from where they once were. Sustainability is more important as we get closer together and share each other's pollution and other products of wanton consumption.
Totally agree. i live in a LEED Gold building and sustainability is central to our lives. It does not come cheap but we have run out of time to mess up the environment in pursuit of cheap resources.
Yes, I agree with professor Prahalad—in this age of innovation, sustainability isn’t an option! The truth of the matter is it never was! Thus, the economic and environmental consequences we’re experiencing today—for allowing an era of ‘flat-liners’ (i.e. ‘bottom-liners’) to ignore the subject of sustainability, is proof of how important this renewed interest in this area under discussion really is. However (moving forward) sustainability is about innovation, but it’s also about compliance as well. Not in the sense of government regulation, but ‘compliance’ in the sense of being in accord with the designs of creation; and, in harmony with the operations of nature; hence, being in compliance and/or union with all of creation.
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Unfortunately, "sustainability" is now linked only to "environment"-related issues.
No one seems to be applying it to political systems, including democracy itself.
After all, it's political systems where corruption enables environmental exploitation and neo-colonialism. "Innovation" focused solely on technology dooms the world to more of the same.
And we have to wait for next?
Computer Tricks
"even for those with the quietest voices" as Dana Bourland mentioned seems to be the piece most often left out of the sustainable-green discussion, even though making green development sustainable for those often carrying the highest risk of illness from the environment makes the most profound sense. How about sustainable, green and affordable? This approach impacts the whole of society.
He really doesn't say much. Sure, add 4 billion people and sustainability is a "must". But hasn't it always been? Read Collapse---civilizations failed because they failed to sustain 1, 2, 3 THOUSAND years ago. It's not a new problem, it's a spreading problem.
It used to be that a region could fail (Inca civilization) but other areas would be unaware of the failure (Maya). Eventually the vast Maya civilization collapsed---before the arrival of the Spanish and the Catholic 'Church', the Maya were down several notches from where they once were. Sustainability is more important as we get closer together and share each other's pollution and other products of wanton consumption.
Chris Reich InnisfreeRanch.com (Ethic project)
Totally agree. i live in a LEED Gold building and sustainability is central to our lives. It does not come cheap but we have run out of time to mess up the environment in pursuit of cheap resources.
Yes, I agree with professor Prahalad—in this age of innovation, sustainability isn’t an option! The truth of the matter is it never was! Thus, the economic and environmental consequences we’re experiencing today—for allowing an era of ‘flat-liners’ (i.e. ‘bottom-liners’) to ignore the subject of sustainability, is proof of how important this renewed interest in this area under discussion really is. However (moving forward) sustainability is about innovation, but it’s also about compliance as well. Not in the sense of government regulation, but ‘compliance’ in the sense of being in accord with the designs of creation; and, in harmony with the operations of nature; hence, being in compliance and/or union with all of creation.