Sustainability and reuse

truly sustainable, the overall demand for natural resources must be less than
the biocapacity.
Sustainability
• The concept of sustainability is composed of three pillars: economic,
environmental, and social—also known informally as profits, planet, and
people.
Economic sustainability
• A sustainable economy is one which provides for the greatest amount of general
well-being for the least amount of resource use
and environmental harm.
Suply and demand
• Modern industrialised economies over-produce.
• The constant drive for economic growth is partly connected to population
growth and increases in standard of living.
Economic sustainability
• “We do not need to invent sustainable human communities. We can
learn from societies that have lived sustainably for centuries. We can
also model communities after nature’s ecosystems, which are
sustainable communities of plants, animals, and micro-organisms. A
sustainable human community must be designed in such a manner that
its technologies and social institutions honor, support, and cooperate
with nature’s inherent ability to sustain life.” (Fritjof Capra)
New economics
• Steady-state
• Circular
• Localised
• Solar
Ways to be economically sustainable:
• Commit to shopping at local businesses and restaurants • Commit to
purchasing the majority of your clothes from thrift and second hand stores.
Environmental sustainability
• Environmental sustainability is responsibly interacting with the planet to
maintain natural...

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