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Sustainability
Manifesto
I cannot count the number of times in
my sustainable development work when I have gone rummaging
through file cabinets looking for specific information regarding
a particular fact about sustainability. Out of frustration,
I finally decided to try and put all in one place the many
different details I have accumulated through the last decade
on this topic.
That is the reason for this Manifesto.
It represents what I have discovered through my own work
as well as what I have learned from the cutting edge work
of others on sustainable development – exploring its
meaning and getting inside its application. This writing
is an effort to synthesize and integrate significant amounts
of detail and many ideas that exist on different elements
of the global sustainability picture.
With this information all in one place
I believe anyone can more effectively advance society’s
collective wisdom for this concept and advocate for its important
influence
on the future design and implementation of development projects
and programs that simultaneously impact society and the environment.
The sequence of manuscript sections in the full Manifesto
publication is significant because they represent a hierarchical
development
of background toward the expression of our understanding
for this complex subject area in an almost crescendo-like,
very simple interpretation of sustainability. Following this
interpretation, with all the background information to support
its rationale that even the general public can "put
their arms around," I have provided several sections
that focus upon sustainable development implementation, including
tools to use and means of potential testing for sustainable
outcomes. The Reference
section of the Manifesto publication,
in and of itself, is a valuable document because it offers
what I believe are the most recent systemic thoughts
and comprehensive writings on the subject of sustainability.
Although some of the ideas are my own,
I have also borrowed extensively from many different persons
engaged in sustainable development teaching, research, and
practice in order to identify the extent of our knowledge
in calling attention to the significance of advocating for
sustainability goals in the growing global society. I thank
and congratulate all of those persons for their stimulating
thinking on the subject.
Warren Flint
The Manifesto's contents are listed below.
The side panel of this page also provides links to summaries
of each section in the Manifesto that you can review. Complete
copies of each section or the entire Manifesto can
be obtained by going to the GET
THE MANIFESTO page of this site.
The Manifesto also provides the foundational
reading for group workshops or retreats Five E's offers organizations
or businesses interested in their members exploring the concept
of sustainable development in depth. These facilitated awareness
events can be arranged for by going to the Sustainability
Workshops page of this site.
Manifesto
Contents
(summaries of different sections can be reviewed by clicking on links
below or
links in side panel)
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