ENV201H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Natural Capital, System Dynamics
Document Summary
Un came out with this commission in 1983 to address the deteriorating environment condition and resources while acknowledge global poverty exist. They balanced environmental concern and global economy. Came out with brundtland report: in 1987. Last three look at economic opportunity and development. Reviving growth and changing quality of growth. Hard because it had two different contradicting ideas: sustainable: a process or activity that can be maintained without exhaust or collapse; maintained over long term. More about maintaining: development: the act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; growth. Talk about three e"s looks back into the brundtland report. Sustainability and resilience: sustainability : maintains rather than exhausts social and ecological systems, resialiance: the capacity of a system to absorb disturbance and keep functioning the same way. Holistic resilience of whole system not just one. Strategic competency: science and experiential knowledge drive management. Sustainability initiatives: winter olympics, vancouver, hewlett-packard environmental sustainability, mississauga"s strategic plan.
