What is sustainability?
Improving present living conditions without jeopardizing future generations
“Living within our planet’s means, such that the Earth and it’s resources
can sustain us, and the rest of Earth’s living things, for the foreseeable
future”
“Not depleting the Earth’s natural capital”
“… developing solutions that work in the long term … while maintaining
fully functional ecological systems…”
Jay Withgott and Scott Brenan . 2007. Essential Environment: the
science behind the stories, 2nd edition. Pearson Benjamin Cummings
Sustainability
seeks to provide the best outcomes for the human and natural environments
both now and into the
indefinite
future.
"Meeting present needs without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their needs."
UN Brundtland Commission (1987) Our Common
Future
There are three aspects of sustainability
from http://www.loretobay.com/cms/page1111.cfm
- Environmental sustainability
- Social sustainability
- Economic sustainability
There is a small, active and diverse group within the FIT community
(faculty, staff, students and others) that are attempting to inculcate the
concepts of sustainability into all aspects of what we do at FIT.
This group, among other things, organizes a
yearly conference on Sustainable
Business and Design. This year's conference will be held on April
2, 2009
titled:
Putting Sustainability into Action.
To facilitate communication amongst those working to advance the movement
towards sustainability at FIT, we have set up a Sustainability Listserv
If you would like to help in this effort or are interested in advancing
sustainability issues at FIT,
click here to be added to the Sustainability Listserv
FIT
Faculty Senate Ad-hoc Sustainability Committee established Spring 2009
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