SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT A Process of Reconciliation A. Dale

Natural Systems Human Systems SocialEcological Economic SOCIALECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO RESOURCES – SOCIAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND ECONOMIC – IS FUNDAMENTAL TO ITS IMPLEMENTATION. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT A Process of Reconciliation The social imperative to ensure the development of democratic systems of governance that can effectively propagate and sustain the values that people wish to live by The ecological imperative to live within the global biophysical carrying capacity and maintain biodiversity The economic imperative to ensure that basic needs are met worldwide

Trust Reciprocity Mutuality Co-operation Time Social Fabric and Social Capital - Cox 1995 Community Natural Systems Human Systems SocialEcological Economic Social Imperatives

Networks Nested Systems Cycles Flows Development Dynamic Balance Limits Diversity - Adapted from Capra 1996 Ecological Imperatives Natural Systems Human Systems SocialEcological Economic

Creativity and Innovation Diversity Dynamic Balance (stable Governance) Technological Clusters (Co-operation) Network Strategics Economical Imperatives Natural Systems Human Systems SocialEcological Economic

Knowledge-Based Economy Knowledge – Based Economy Sustainable Development Products Production Processes Industrial Ecology Decarbonization Life-Cycle Analysis Full Cost Accounting Eco-efficiency Pollution Prevention Services Substitution Dematerialization Design for Dissambley Design for the Environment Life-Cycle Analysis

Essential System Conditions For both Local and Global Reconciliation Resilience Diversity Stability Networks Dynamic Balance Sustainable Development Global Context Communities People Natural Systems

Once we realize that just about anything that is true of our relationship with our homes is true concerning our neighbourhoods, regions, and nations, then thinking locally will mean acting globally, and that means saving the world. - Gallagher 1993