ENVISIONING A FAIRER FUTURE: ENVISIONING A FAIRER FUTURE: Sustainability, Security & Happiness Sustainability, Security & Happiness on a Finite Planet on a Finite Planet

Matters of Time--- Matters of Time--- Time & Tempo In the Biospheric Time & Tempo In the Biospheric

EconomyEconomy

Calvin B. DeWitt, Professor

Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Calvin B. DeWitt - Augustana Convocation - 2/4/10

From: C. Nikiforoff, 1959. A Reappraisal of the Soil. Science Vol. 129, p. 189.

From: C. Nikiforoff, 1959. A Reappraisal of the Soil. Science Vol. 129, p. 189.

From: C. Nikiforoff, 1959. A Reappraisal of the Soil. Science Vol. 129, p. 189.

William Blake:

Dr R W Cartwright/SANZ/DESDNZ

BIOSPHERE

SOCIOSPHERE

ECONOSPHERE

Strong Sustainability Model

Essayist & Farmer Wendell Berry concludes:

Care of the earth is our

most ancient,

most worthy &

most pleasing▪ RESPONSIBILITY

▪[Paraphrased]

This Presentation, and more on the Biospheric Economy, & Kaikoura Whales and Oil

will be available at:

http://nelson.wisc.edu/people/dewitt

On Wednesday, April 17

Strong sustainability for New Zealand Sustainable Aotearoa New Zealand Inc (SANZ)

1. Strong sustainability is the prerequisite and foundation of any human development, whether social, economic or technological.

2. Strong sustainability means the preservation of the integrity of all ecological systems in the biosphere.

3. Ecological integrity means the ability of an ecosystem to recover from disturbance and re-establish its stability, diversity and resilience.

4. A strongly sustainable human society lives and develops as an integral part of ecosystems that have ecological integrity.

5. Ethics, values and ‘world views’ directly support strong sustainability because people know that they are integral to the ecological systems of the biosphere. Therefore, people desire the integrity of those systems.