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. r <br /> • <br /> • <br /> Term first coined by the U.N. World Commission on <br /> SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT • Environment and Development (Bnmdtland <br /> Commission) in Our Coftutron Future (198 <br /> • <br /> • <br /> • Sustainability —the Goal Sustainable Development was defined as... <br /> • "Development that meets the needs of the present <br /> • • generation without compromising the ability of <br /> - Sustainable Development —The thinking, future generations to meet their own needs." <br /> practices, and programs needed to achieve <br /> • <br /> that goal <br /> • <br /> • <br /> • <br /> • <br /> • <br /> "NATURAL CAPITALISM" ZERO EMISSIONS RESEARCH INITIATIVE (ZERI) <br /> Paul Hawken, Amory & Hunter Lovins <br /> Book Natural Capitalism: Creating Tke Next Iadastial Revohilion • Begins with premise well known to most businesses - ' <br /> eliminate waste everywhere you can. <br /> • Waste is material you have paid for but get no value from <br /> • Radically increase productivity in the way we use • <br /> energy and natural resources. • ZERI encourages organizations and communities to "do more . <br /> with less until everything is done without producing waste." <br /> • Shift to biologically inspired production models and <br /> materials. • All forms of waste should be eliminated including all <br /> environmental wastes: liquid, gaseous, hazardous & solid wastes. ' <br /> • Move to a "service and - flow" business modeL <br /> • Multi - functional closed-loop systems eliminates wastewibere by- <br /> •. Reh7V¢St in natural capitaL - product of one process becomes feedstock for another.. - - <br /> • At each step in the closed loop cycle new products & jobs can be <br /> created, employee health is protected, & the environment improves. <br /> • <br /> • <br /> ECO- EFFECTIVENESS ALL APPROACHES AGREE ACHIEVING <br /> Bin McDonough SC Michael Braungart (Boole Cradle to Cradle) SUSTAINABILITY REQUIRES ENHANCED <br /> Guided by the Principle Found Everywhere in Nature: SOCIAL EQUITY <br /> "Waste Equals Food" • <br /> •Applying sustainable development requires every individual, <br /> Design goods and services so that materials produced by society .culture, and cla must be treated fairly and have access to an • <br /> can be safely recirculate back into one of two distinct global equitable share of the stocks and flows of nature. <br /> metabolisms: • This is not just about altruism. It's also about self- interest. <br /> > The biosphere, which includes the cycles of nature - • An additional 80 -90 million people are joining an already <br /> • > The technosphere, which are the cycles of industry and crowded planet each year. The demand for family wage jobs, • <br /> . include the extraction raw materials from nature good homes, affordable energy, healthcare, education, good food <br /> etc is consequently rising exponentially. <br /> • <br /> • <br /> If a community does not provide these basic goods and - <br /> This Process Creates New Industries And Jobs, services in an equitable manner and treat all community <br /> Protects People, And Conserves The Environment members equitably, unrest as well as unsustainable practices will <br /> grow. <br /> • <br /> • <br /> • <br /> 2 <br /> • <br /> • <br /> • <br /> • <br />