the sustainability imperative extension’s call to action jerry hembd university of wisconsin-...

17
The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin- Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry Oregon State University

Upload: micah-sturgeon

Post on 11-Dec-2015

218 views

Category:

Documents


1 download

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin- Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry

The Sustainability ImperativeExtension’s Call to Action

Jerry HembdUniversity of Wisconsin-Superior/Extension

Viviane Simon-BrownExtension ForestryOregon State University

Page 2: The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin- Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry

Overview

• Systems thinking• Empty and full world model• Evolving community views• Seven big economic ideas• Six essential steps for Extension

Page 3: The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin- Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry
Page 4: The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin- Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry

Sustainability Basics

• Time (and change)• Relationships• Resilience

Page 5: The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin- Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry

Systems Thinking

• Systems consist of individual but interrelated parts

• Systems depend on the relationships among the parts as much as the parts themselves

• These relationships make the whole greater than the sum of its parts

• When you dissect the system, you destroy the pattern of relationships

Page 6: The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin- Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry

SolarEnergy

EnergySource

FunctionsSink

Functions

Resources

Finite Global Ecosystem

Waste Heat

Energy

Resources

RecycledMatter

Natural Capital (Ecosystem)

Manmade Capital (Economy)

Growing Economic Subsystem

HumanWelfare

Economic services

Ecosystem services

Source: Daly, Herman. Ecological Economics. Island Press, 2004

Page 7: The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin- Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry

World Population, 10,000 BC to Present

Page 8: The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin- Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry

World population from 1800 to 2100, based on UN 2004 projections and US Census Bureau historical estimates.

World Population Projections

Page 9: The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin- Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry
Page 10: The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin- Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry
Page 11: The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin- Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry

Societal Pressure on Earth Systems

Source: International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, 2004

Page 12: The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin- Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry

Societal Pressure on Earth Systems

Source: International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, 2004

Page 13: The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin- Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry

SolarEnergy

GrowingEconomicSubsystem

Energy Energy

SourceFunctions

SinkFunctions

Resources Resources

Finite Global Ecosystem

Waste Heat

RecycledMatter

Natural Capital (Ecosystem)

Manmade Capital (Economy)

HumanWelfare

Economic services

Ecosystem services

Source: Daly, Herman. Ecological Economics. Island Press, 2004

Page 14: The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin- Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry

Evolving Views of the Community

Unconnected or silos view Interconnected or linkages view

Interdependent, nested, or systems view

EnvironmentEconomy

Society

EnvironmentEconomy

Society

Environment

Society

Economy

Page 15: The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin- Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry

Conceptual Reform in Economics: Seven Big Ideas

• Adjust economic scale• Shift from growth to development• Make prices tell the ecological truth• Account for nature’s contributions• Apply the precautionary principle• Revitalize commons management• Value women

Source: Gardner, Gary, and Prugh, Thomas, Project Directors. State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2008.

Page 16: The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin- Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry

Framework for Planning111

1 Focus on 1 problem/1 solution: climate change & sustainable living education

2 Use existing in-situ distribution system3 Address the total lifestyle footprint4 Walk the talk 5 Help communities rethink municipal

systems6 Return to essential land-grant

institutional values

Page 17: The Sustainability Imperative Extension’s Call to Action Jerry Hembd University of Wisconsin- Superior/Extension Viviane Simon-Brown Extension Forestry

Conclusion

Preamble to the Earth Charter, June 2000 We stand at a critical moment in Earth’s history, a time when humanity must choose its future.

…Towards this end, it is imperative that we, the peoples of Earth, declare our responsibility to one another, to the greater community of life, and to future generations.