[This post was written by Sara Scott, Sarah Griswold, and Jamie Price, and complements previous students' analysis of the question What is Sustainability?] Environmentalism and sustainability is a very polarizing topic. There is no shortage of literature and media supporting sustainability. That being said, one has to dig a little deeper to discover literature, or [...]
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Finding value in critiques of sustainability
Posted in Critiques of Sustainability, SHP Spring 2011, Student work, What is Sustainability? on April 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
But I don’t want to!!
Posted in Critiques of Sustainability, SHP Spring 2011, Student work, What is Sustainability? on April 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
[This post was written by Megan Rice and Angelina Peters and complements previous students' analysis of the question What is Sustainability?] This title of this post is not in reference to a toddler being told to go to bed for the hundredth time. Rather, we assert that the title should be the cry among many [...]
“Sustainability” is more than an environmental issue
Posted in SHP Spring 2011, Student work, What is Sustainability? on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
[This post was written by Sara Scott, Sarah Griswold, and Jamie Price, and complements previous students' analysis of the question What is Sustainability?] In covering the first three readings, our group decided to combine all three articles and brainstorm on what the general themes they share that pertain to sustainability.[1] Many people think of sustainability [...]
What is Sustainability? Measurabilty, Intergenerational Equity, & Greenwashing
Posted in SHP Spring 2011, Student work, What is Sustainability? on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
[This post was written by Megan Rice, Angelina Peters, and Dennis Dunn, and complements previous students' analysis of the question What is Sustainability?] Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! A common mantra most people have heard before, but what does that mean and is that what sustainability is? The meaning of sustainability ranges from the formulated academic definition [...]
Environment and development cannot subsist without each other
Posted in SHP Spring 2011, Student work, What is Sustainability? on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
[This post was written by Megan Foster, Grant Russ, and Tina Xiong, and complements previous students' analysis of the question What is Sustainability?] Among the various subjects embedded in the Brundtland Commission report concerning sustainable development, one of exceptional importance is the subject of what precisely should be developed. Those subjects with potential for development [...]
“Sustainability”: Conservative or Liberal?
Posted in SHP Winter 2011, Uncovering & Evaluating Sources, What is Sustainability? on March 12, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Earlier in the quarter, students wondered where sustainability falls within the framework of the standard right-left American political dynamic. Is sustainability inherently a conservative or liberal notion? Might it sometimes contain aspects of both sides of this spectrum? Or perhaps sustainability is not reducible to this familiar dichotomy? A sampling of Internet sources shows that [...]
On the history of sustainability in the Pac NW, Part 2
Posted in History of Sustainability, Uncovering & Evaluating Sources, What is Sustainability? on February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The SHP post “On the history of sustainability in the Pac NW” provides a useful way to think about the regional history of the thing we call “sustainability.” I wrote this post in the hopes that the student who contacted me with that question would engage us in a discussion on this topic for all [...]
Sustainability, social norming, & freedom
Posted in Equity, Implementing Sustainability, What is Sustainability? on February 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A student recently asked: How do we promote sustainable practices amongst people who don’t care about sustainability? Is it within our rights to force sustainable practices/actions on people who don’t care? Why do people who don’t care not care? Can they be changed? Should they be changed? (or is that infringe on their freedoms? Should [...]
“Sustainability” is a malleable practice geared toward human needs
Posted in SHP Winter 2011, Student work, What is Sustainability? on February 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
[Post written by: Teddy Gautier & T. Smith] It is important to remember that the need for sustainability arose from fears relating to present and future living standards, namely, but not limited to, depletion of vital natural resources, poverty, negative impacts on the environment, an anthropocentric view, and a general lack of understanding in terms [...]
Learning from critiques of the history and theories of “sustainability”
Posted in Critiques of Sustainability, SHP Winter 2011, Student work, Uncovering & Evaluating Sources, What is Sustainability? on January 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
[Post written by – Noah Sharpsteen, John Stephenson, Nigel Peltier, Daniel Gray] Works Under Discussion: Ricketts, Glenn M. “The Roots of Sustainability,” Academic Questions (2010) 23: 20-53 Bonevac, Daniel. “Is Sustainability Sustainable?” Academic Questions (2010) 23: 84-101 The overarching discussion consists in the critique of the history and general concept of sustainability. Ricketts critiques sustainability [...]
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