PPT-Why Sustainability is Irrelevant

Ian Dunn GALAPAGOS CONSERVATION T RUST I now want to come to sustainability itself and the values that might encourage it From a Darwinian point of view the problem is that sustainability is all about longterm benefits of the world or of the ecosystem at the expense of shortterm benefits Darwinism encourages precisely the opposite values Shortterm genetic benefit is all that matters in a Darwinian world Superficially the values that will have been built into us will have been shortterm values not longterm . Charlie McDermott, LEED AP. Planning Department Manager. C&S Companies. Transportation Research Board. Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP). Completed research:. ACRP 08-01: Sustainable Airport Construction Practices. Presentation for NAM . Marshall . Jinlong. Wang. July 2013. Contents . Aluminum Association and Aluminum Products . Approach to Sustainability. Actions to Sustainability. Future Opportunities . The Aluminum Association . …. in the eye of the Beholder. A (. recently . retired) . practitioners . view. Georgene Geary, P.E.. GGfGA Engineering, . LLC. Green and Blue Highways Symposium. Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sustainability University Transportation Center (MATS-UTC). MUN Botanical Garden. Food Security and Sustainability. Where does our food come from in Canada?. MUN Botanical Garden. Food Security and Sustainability. How about Newfoundland:. Where does our Food Come From?. Snapshot of FIU. What is Sustainability?. Social. Responsibility. Environmental. Stewardship. Economic. Prosperity. Triple Bottom Line. Why is. going . green. . ?. epa.gov. Florida International University. in global fisheries . . U. Rashid Sumaila. Fisheries Economics Research Unit. Sea Around Us project. UBC Fisheries Centre. r.sumaila@fisheries.ubc.ca. World Oceans Day Panel Presentation, United Nations, Headquarters, New York, June 8, 2010 . What is sustainability . . It is a natural progression from children appreciating and enjoying nature to understanding that nature is fragile and its resources are finite.. Sustainable practices are things we can do to help our communities, suburbs, towns, cities, farms, parks and open spaces. . Applying Design Thinking in an Interim Course. “In many American children’s stories (and other stories too), the characters live “happily ever after”. “Sustainability is the art of the ‘ever after,’ the art of assuring that people in the future will have what they need to lead fulfilling lives.” (Jim Farrell). Galatians 1:6-9. Introduction. God’s word always relevant. Man’s basic needs unchanged. Problems not new. Introduction. Not everyone accepts this as true. Longing for religious expression while denying the power of the Gospel. Meghann Jarchow, Matthew Sayre, Shane Nordyke, and Paul Formisano. Sustainability Program, University of South Dakota. Education focused on sustainability is . not . based on a shared consensus of important concepts or curricular organization.”. (a)I never know what to do with my hands when I am giving a talk. (b)For instance, when I am making an oral report in history class, I have trouble with my hands. (c)Sometimes I put them behind me. (d)At other times I hide them in my pockets. (e)A good speaker does not pause very much while he is speaking. (f)Often I clasp my hands in front of me to keep them from shaking while I am speaking. . GOVERNANCE OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS. A BRIEFING. Prepared . for . ENMA899. – Fall 2013. Polinpapilinho . Katina. November 15, 2013. Norfolk, VA. Agenda. Purpose of this briefing. Explore usability of . sustainability . II. Training 23/11/2011. Warwick Debating Society. Proudly sponsored by. Things to note. 1. ) You can show why different areas of the other side’s argument is wrong; the explanation can be wrong (i.e. the argument’s justification does not make sense); the example can be wrong (i.e. it is either irrelevant or invalid); or the link can be wrong (it is irrelevant to the debate. Vocabulary Unit D Academic Words 6-10 In Social Studies, we compared the cultural heritage of the Native Americans and the Europeans. Cultural: (adj.) relating to the ideas, customs and social behavior of a society