Sue Riddlestone Chief Executive & co-founder
BioRegional www.bioregional.com
Practical proposal for Rio+20 to deliver a Green & Fair Economy, Sustainable
Development & Eradication of Poverty
Ecological Footprint
Ecological Footprint Atlas 2008, Global Footprint Network
Carbon
The challenge - decline of Biodiversity
Source: Living Planet Report, Zoological Society London, Global Footprint Network, WWF
One Planet Living – it can be done
BioRegional projects and companies - Paper (93% EF) - wood products (85% transport CO2) - BedZED eco-village (71% personal CO2)
Our approach to implementing sustainability
1 Zero carbon
2 Zero waste
3 Sustainable transport
4 Sustainable materials
5 Local and sustainable food
6 Sustainable water
7 Land and wildlife
8 Culture and heritage
9 Equity and local economy
10 Health and happiness
One planet living and ten principles
A simple, holistic concept & framework to communicate & implement sustainability
Developed by BioRegional from experience - scale-able
One planet living projects around the world
Brighton
Portugal
South Africa
China
Canada
San Francisco Washington DC
London Olympics
Sutton
UAE
Proposal: At Rio+20 UN and civil society 1. Make a statement recognising environmental limits & planetary
boundaries in a world with a large, growing human population;
2. Commit to act to define & deliver a safe operating space within the timeframe that science tells us is needed;
3. Create a flexible multilateral framework to enable this, including; a. National & Global Roadmaps/Action Plans framed though per
capita eco-footprint & Sustainable Development Goals, Indicators, simple common language for sustainability, education and training
b. A new “Intergovernmental Panel on Resources”
c. A “Solutions Bank” of peer reviewed solutions for sustainability;
d. Economic and Monetary Regulatory Framework
e. Natural Capital and Resource Use Strategies
f. Enable uptake of renewable energy