1. Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
A NETWORK OF NETWORKS FOR SUSTAINABILE SCIENCE: A NEW CHALLENGE FOR THE UNIVERSITIES
By Stefano Grego
Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

2. Sustainability is a modification of society comparable to
Agricultural Revolution in late Neolithic
Industrial Revolution
(US EPA)

3. from Ecology To Sustainability
From conservation regardless the human purpose
to sustainable development linking for the first time
the environment to development
from Ecology
To Sustainability
The report carefully defined sustainable development as
‘‘development that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future generations
to meet their own needs.’

4. According to panelists at a recent EPA sponsored Forum (2006), sustainability requires the simultaneous promotion of equitable economic growth, environmental protection, and equity (social well-being)

5. -Cycling of matter- -Biodiversity- -Sustainability-
Solar energy
information
Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
Heat
T i m e
S p a c e
-Cycling of matter Biodiversity Sustainability-
Abiotic environment

6. KOFI ANAN (2001)
“Only by understanding the environment and how it works, can we make the necessary decisions to protect it. Only by valuing all our precious natural and human resources, can we hope to build a sustainable future.
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment is an unprecedented contribution to our global mission for development, sustainability, and peace.”
In other words sustainability is achieved only when there is full reconciliation between
economic development;
meeting, on an equitable basis, growing and changing human needs and aspirations; and
conserving limited natural resources and the capacity of the environment to absorb the multiple stresses that are a consequence of human activities (Hay and Mimura 2006).

7. For 1 kcal production
are necessary kcal

9. Sustainability Science
The sustainable development needs an integrated approach
A new vision of research is necessary to represent in a more precise way the complexity and the multidimensional characteristics of sustainable development
The reserch has to be solution oriented
from Ecology
To Sustainability
Sustainability Science

10. La Scienza della Sostenibilità
It is not a basic or applied research but a sector defined by the problems to be solved
It is a system useful to improve both the knowledge and the action making a dynamic link between them.
It is liking the basic and practical prospective, global and local, from North to South, all academic disciplines from natural and social sciences to engineering and medical sector.
Improved activity and technology
Increase of knowledge
Basic research)
Research based on the necessities
(Sustainability Science)
Applied R&D
(eg. WEHAB R&D)
Modern knowledge
time
Existing technological activity
Dynamic link between knowledge and its use

11. Multidisciplinary Interdisciplinary Agriculture Energy Foresty
Rural sociology
Sustainable science promotes science in each field
Ecological economy
Business
Fishery
Water
Agriculture
Foresty
Energy
Interdisciplinary
Rural sociology
Ecological economy
Sustainable science conducts interdisciplany research
Business
Fishery
Water

12. Transdisciplinary Agriculture Energy Forestry Rural sociology
Ecological economy
Sustainable science (core)
Business
Fishery
Water
Transdisciplinary
Sustainable science is a distinct discipline engaged in a transdisciplinary effort arching over existing disciplines

14. International Conference on Sustainability Science, Tokyo 2009
February 6, 2009
Track 1: Climate Change and Energy
Session 2: Energy Sustainability
Chair : Prof. Vincenzo Naso, CIRPS, Sapienza, the University of Rome

15. International Conference on Sustainability Science, Tokyo 2009

16. ICSS-2010
International Conference on Sustainability Science 2010
Rome - June, 23-25
Faculty of Engineering - Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

18. Arizona State University
ICSS 2012
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
February 22-24, 2012

20. We will never solve our problems using the same kind of thinking
that caused them in the first place
Albert Einstein