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 SUSTAINABILITY / ENOUGHNESS 

Unrestrained growth threatens Earth’s biosphere. I believe we need sustainable development: meeting present needs without compromising the future. Each generation should leave the next at least as much wealth per capita as it inherited, where wealth includes both manmade & natural capital.  Economies should be based on people & environment friendly technologies, renewable energy use, and resource recycling. Their health should be gauged by indicators of sustainability and human well being. To transition to future sustainability, we need education that promotes new values and a long-term, global perspective.  (Note: Some valuing sustainability will value “enoughness-- maximizing well-being, while minimizing consumption--and embrace a lifestyle based on “small is beautiful” philosophy.)

Related Words, Beliefs, Background -- 45 entries               Discussion from The Worldview Literacy Book

WV Theme #23A: Sustainability --Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries

appreciates how Ecosystem services benefit humans see problems with fossil fuel use, values renewable energy
concerned about Global Warming appreciates need for resource recycling

summary Wikipedia article: Sustainability

 

WV Theme #23B: Enoughness --Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries

practices voluntary simplicity, Simple Living to some degree appreciates Sustainable Living type lifestyles
lifestyle choice inspired by religion/Christian Views Poverty &Wealth   values global citizen Ecosharing type ethic
   

More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #23A: Sustainability 

Sustainable Development (from online encyclopedia)
Ecological Economics (from online encyclopedia)
Steady State Economy  (from online encyclopedia)
Climate Change (from online encyclopedia)
Stewardship (from online encyclopedia)
Sustainability Measurement (from online encyclopedia)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (from online encyclopedia)
The Limits to Growth (from online encyclopedia, about 1972 book: lead author Donella Meadows)
Various Definitions of Terms Related to Sustainability  
Sustainability Now (references, links, etc from engineering perspective)
Links on Sustainable Development
International Institute for Sustainable Development
The Worldwatch Institute
The Sustainability Institute (founded by Donella Meadows)
Links on Sustainability and Corporate Environmentalism
Earth Observatory (NASA website)
Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (at UC Berkeley)
National Resources Defense Council -- global warming
NY Times archive of articles on global warming and climate change
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
The Rocky Mountain Institute
The Ethic of Zero Growth
Engineers for a Sustainable World
Sustainable World Coalition
World Resources Institute
Plan B 2.0: Rescuing A Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble, by Lester R. Brown (entire book online)
Earth Trends: Environmental information (includes detailed searchable database, from World Resources Institute)
The Unsustainability of Development
Energy Use and Sustainable Development
"As Permafrost Thaws, Scientists Study the Risks" by Justin Gillis (Dec 16 2011 NY Times article)
"Shock as Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice Releases Deadly Greenhouse Gas"  (Dec 2011 article in The Independent/UK)
"Monster Greenhouse Gas Levels Seen" (CBS News report, November 3 2011)
"Climate Change: The Heat is On" (article from The Economist October 22 2011)
2010 - 2011: Earth's most extreme weather since 1816? by Jeff Masters, meteorologist
"Climate Change: It's Bad and Getting Worse" by Dahr Jamail (June 2011 Al-Jazeera news story)
"State of the Ocean: Shocking Report Warns of Mass Extinction" (news story on Huffington Post May 2011)
Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed, and a Sustainable Future by Saleem H. Ali (review at Forbes of  2009 book)
"Setting Boundaries: Ten Guidelines to Save Earth" by David Biello (in Dec 2009 Scientific American)
"A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030" by M. Jacobsen and M. Delucchi  (in Nov 2009 Scientific American)
The Biology and Business of Biofuels: Climate and The Challenges of Sustainable Fuels (2008 UCTV program)
Greenhouse Reduction - Underground Storage of Carbon Dioxide (2008 UCTV program)
"Is the Future of Biofuels in Algae?" by J. Donovan and N. Stowe (Renewable Energy World article Jun 2009)
The Power of Renewables, by Matthew Wald (from March 2009 issue of Scientific American)
How Meat Contributes to Global Warming, by Nathan Fiala (from Feb 2009 issue of Scientific American)
"What Does the Arab World Do When Its Water Runs Out?" by John Vidal (from Feb 2011 The Guardian)
"Facing the Freshwater Crisis" by Peter Rogers (Aug 2008 article re: sustainable use of water from Scientific American
"The Next Big Biofuel" by Tim Padgett (in Time February 9 2009)
"Climate Change: The Tragedy of the Himalayas, by Bryan Walsh"  (in Time December 14 2009)
"Uncle Sam Needs to Solve the Energy Crisis" by Jeffrey Sachs (in Time June 9, 2008)
Earth: The Sequel, by Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn (more about this 2008 book on treehugger website)
Special Issue Scientific American Magazine:  Energy Solutions for a Sustainable World (Sep, 2006 issue)
"21st Century Strategies for Sustainability" by Hazel Henderson (2005 article / economic focus)
Special Science Magazine Series on the State of  the Planet (written late 2003)
Climate Ark's Sustainability Initiatives Solutions
"Skeptics Find Fault With U.N. Climate Panel" by Elisabeth Rosenthal  (Feb 8 2010 NY Times article)
books Cool It and The Skeptical Environmentalist, by Bjorn Lomborg  
Correcting Myths from Bjorn Lomborg
Manmade Global Warming Claims--Hundreds of Scientists Dissent (2008 US Senate Minority Report)
Climate Change--2005 floor speech by Sen. James Inhofe ("greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American public")
quotes about sustainability from the Sustainable Communities Network

More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #23B: Enoughness 

Affluenza  (from online encyclopedia)
Small is Beautiful (about the classic 1973 book, from online encyclopedia)  
Buy Local (from online encyclopedia)
Thrifting (from online encyclopedia)
Criticism of SUVs (from online encyclopedia)
Worldview Watch issue #1: Expanders and Restrainers
How Much is Enough?: The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth, by Alan Durning (summary of book)
"How Much is Enough?", by Vicki Robin (article) 
Too Much (website providing "commentary on excess and inequality")
Freecycle (website connecting "people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free")
Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty by R. Thurow and S. Kilman
Revisiting Economic Man, by Alexia Eastwood (2010 article on Share the World's Resources website)
"The Great Recession: America Becomes Thrift Nation, by Nancy Gibbs" (cover story in Time April 27 2009)
"How to Live With Just 100 Things," by Lisa McLaughlin (article in Time June 16 2008)
The Enoughness Pledge
Calculate Your Ecological Footprint
Small is Beautiful: An Introduction to E.F. Schumacher, by Noah Enelow
The E.F. Schumacher Society
Enoughness, by Bill McKibbon  (natural world perspective)
Living the Good Life and Continuing the Good Life by Helen and Scott Nearing (more about this classic book)
The Not So Big Life, by Sarah Susanka (2007 book by architect and author of The Not So Big House)
For American Consumers, How Much is Enough? by Jeffrey Shaffer (May, 2007 CSM article)
"Humanure: Goodbye Toilets, Hello Extreme Composting," by Adam Fisher (from Time December 14 2009)
Yahoo Directory: Voluntary Simplicity
Yahoo Directory: Budget Management--Thrift
Frugal Family -- Advice and Tips for the Tightwad
Frugal Families (emphasizing simple living, homesteading)
The Dollar Stretcher
The Simplicity Resource Guide
quotes related to simplicity
quotes related to material possessions

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