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Sustainability and
Sustainable Development
Dr. Andrew Wallace PhD
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Overview
What do we mean; sustainability?
What do we mean; sustainable
development?
Why do we need sustainability or
sustainable development?
How can we achieve sustainability?
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What do we mean;
sustainability? A dictionary definition:
of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting
or using a resource so that the resource is not
depleted or permanently damaged [Webster's]
meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations
to meet their own needs.
[Brundtland Commission]
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What do we mean;
sustainability? Resources
What we have
Production
What we make
Life style
How we use it
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What do we mean; sustainable
development? Sustainable development is a socio-
ecological process characterized by the
fulfilment of human needs while
maintaining the quality of the natural
environment indefinitely. [wikipedia]
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What do we mean; sustainable
development? Maintain our socioeconomic system
indefinitely!
Oxymoron
Our current socioeconomic system depend on
exponential growth
We have finite resources
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Why do we need sustainability?
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Environment
Pollution
Soil erosion
Pesticides
Waste disposal
How effective are efforts to
combat these problems?
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Starvation and Poverty
About 800 million
people go hungry
Efforts to stop hunger,
starvation and poverty
in the world has come
to a halt
Yet we have more
food than we can eat!
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Global Warming
Climate change
How effective are we
at combating this?
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Rain Forests
From 14% to 6%
Estimated that it could
be gone by mid 21st
century
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Why do we need sustainable
development? The current socio-economic system
Growth
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The current socio-economic system
Business
Government
People
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How can we achieve
sustainability? Society as:
Technology
People
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How can we achieve
sustainability? The technical aspects of society should be
run by those who are experts in the
technology
The people part run by true democracy
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How can we achieve
sustainability? The technical aspects run with the
following goal:
Highest possible standard of living for as long
as possible
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Highest standard of living
Units of productions managed by experts
No profit
Minimise energy
Minimise waste
Balance production with demands
/ needs
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For as long as possible
Minimise environmental impact
Balance the needs of society
with the needs of the eco-system
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Balance
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Balance
To balance the system we propose a
system using energy rather than money
Energy is needed to run anything
Money is debt and value is subjective
Therefore not a true measure of the system
Energy credits are given equally to all
citizens
They decide what is to be produced
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Enter Technocracy!
Technocracy offers
a alternative socio-
economic system
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Summary
There are a number of complex problems
in the World today
The underlying cause is the current socio-
economic system
Technocracy aims to replace the current
system with an alternative system
Technical aspects rules by experts
No money but energy credits