Sustainability vs Flourishing
Author: Ken Homer Issue: 2023-04-05
Sustainability vs Flourishing
by Ken Homer
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Transcript:
Ever since the Brundtland Report in 1987, the word “sustainability” has come to dominate much of our public discourse when we talk about our collective future.
However, sustainability does not evoke the kind of compelling vision for humanity's future that we need if we are to rise to the challenges of our time.
We choose to refer to creating a “flourishing future” where we heal our relationships to each other and to the Earth.
Sustainability is the neutral point on the continuum between a horrifying future and one worth living into.
Here are just a few of the markers of progress we need to achieve along that continuum.
We believe that given the opportunity, virtually everyone would prefer that their work contributes to a flourishing future.
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