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"City leaders aspiring to transform their cities into models of sustainability must look beyond city limits and include in their calculation the global flow of goods and materials into their realm, argue researchers in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences journal Ambio."
Interesting analysis: if we look at the total footprint of cities, how sustainable are they really? Is urbanisation really the key to future sustainability? And what about the social sustainability of cities in a world of increasing inequality? Via Willy De Backer Delete the scoop?
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Another impressive presentation by Richard Heinberg of why we have now entered the post-growth era and what will be the implications for our societies. Via Willy De Backer Delete the scoop?
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"Rather than the vision of competition for scarce resources, the way of the commons is to look for support in what is needed, and not to consumption; to use more than to exchange, in the conviction that there are sufficient resources for all. In its concern for ‘us’ rather than an emphasis on resources; in its ability to share from the standpoint of autonomy as opposed to the idea of an authority that imposes rules when faced with inevitable conflict - this is an anthropocentric vision of cooperation and not a competitive and rational-economic vision. It exercises more concern over access and use than over property. More attention is paid to individual and collective wellbeing in sharing than to competing."
Brilliant article by Spanish professor Joan Subirats in Open Democracy on the "commons", democracy and the internet. Must-read. Via Willy De Backer Delete the scoop?
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Even companies with broad and aggressive environmental commitments are neglecting a core component of sustainability: worker health and safety. Heather Lang reports.
"Growing public concern over environmental issues does not yet fully extend to social issues, particularly worker treatment. Likewise, while many companies compete over environmental leadership, social issues are often critically overlooked."
Very good analysis of one of the often forgotten dimensions of sustainability. Via Willy De Backer Delete the scoop?
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"... a growing community of scientists and social activists, sharing the basic insight that a reduction of energy and material use implies a reduction of gross domestic product (GDP), is gathering under the heading of sustainable degrowth.3 Degrowth obviously entails a fundamental transformation of economic structures. But what precisely are the necessary steps?"
Very good article in Solutions Journal on the need to scale up social innovations for sustainable degrowth if we want to move from the failing growth paradigm to a new paradigm of the good life. Via Willy De Backer Delete the scoop?
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What would the ideal strategic planning engagement look like?
The Weave provides guidance for sustainability practitioners wishing to more deeply engage people in creating their sustainable future Via ddrrnt, David Hodgson Delete the scoop?
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