[This post was written by Sam Medina, Charlie Zigmond, and Thomas Yabrough.] The codependent pillars of sustainability (equity, environmental, economic) are typically not focused on as a whole, and therefore sustainable practices commonly fall short of their intentions or adversely affect another pillar. This concept of “sub-optimization” is a poisonous characteristic of haphazard attempts at [...]
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Electronics recycling and sustainability
Posted in Greenwashing, SHP Summer 2011, Student work, What is Sustainability? on August 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Sustainability, The Cost of Doing Business, and Greenwashing
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[This post was written by Teresa Celestine, Scott Demming, Stephanie Lewis, and Stephanie McCarthy.] Sustainability is not only defined in terms of how things should be done in order to reduce material consumption and waste, but practical in ways that are actually being put to use by various individuals and organizations. Speaking from a purely [...]
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