Category: Issue 1 Number 2
By Yorgos “George” Marinakis
george@JournalofSustainability.com
When asked to define sustainability, most refer to the landmark Report of the Brundtland Commission, “Our Common Future.” But that report defines “sustainable development,” not...
by Dean Yannias, dyannias@hotmail.com
Kulturdämmerung
Conceited ones, you think you are height
Of civilized society to date
You may turn out to be its very blight:
By chopping off its roots you seal its fate.
This constant craving...
by Margo Donaldson
margo@JournalofSustainability.com
In the dim past, before you went to Hampshire College
Decades before there were carbon credits and the Prius®, before upcycling and papercrete, most of America was involved in a massive conservation movement. It was...
by Mr. Critical
mrcritical@JournalofSustainability.com
Mr Critical recently had the misfortune to have breakfast with a woman of the whining liberal persuasion. [ She came attached to some otherwise delightful people.] Only moments into our meal this lady launched into an all too...
by Editors, editors@JournalofSustainability.com
Holistic Management International (HMI) is a success story in the business of sustainability. Founded in 1984 by Allan Savory, already 30 million acres worldwide and the people who depend on those lands currently benefit from their...
by Robin Seydel, robins@lamontanita.coop
Food as a basic human need has, in its production, distribution and consumption, the ability to transform the societal and environmental paradigm. The first agricultural revolution, occurring some 10,000-12,000 years ago, did...
By
Yorgos “George” Marinakis, George@JournalofSustainability.com
Many
of us remember the first photographs of earth taken from space by
moon-bound astronauts. We remember the first time we saw the
beautiful blue earth floating in...
By editors, editors@JournalofSustainability.com
When
asked to define sustainability, most refer to the watershed Report of
the Brundtland Commission, “Our Common Future.” That report
defines sustainable development, not sustainability. Is...
By
Editors, editors@JournalofSustainability.com
To get the latest thinking on local and regional public transit design, we talked with Mark Sprick, Transportation Planning Manager at
the Mid-Region Council of Governments in Albuquerque, New Mexico....
by Brad Pettitt
Continued from Part 1:
Towards
a Stronger Sustainability Framework
A
stronger understanding of environmental sustainability affirms
sustainability as a deeper cultural and philosophical issue, as one
that needs to address the...
by
Editor, editors@JournalofSustainability.com
Holistic
Management International (HMI) is a success story in the business of
sustainability. Founded in 1984 by Allan Savory, already 30 million
acres worldwide and the people who depend on those lands currently
benefit...
by Brad Pettitt,* b.pettitt@murdoch.edu.au
*Acting
Dean, School of Sustainability, Institute for Sustainability and
Technology Poicy, Faculty of Sustainability, Environment and Life
Sciences, Murdoch University, 6150, Western Australia
By
mid 2006...