Sustainability
 
The Principles of Sustainability
We all have needs and wants. In a sustainable future;
 
The System Conditions for Sustainability (from The Natural Step)
 
In the sustainable future, people are not subject to conditions that systematically undermine their capacity to meet their needs, and in meeting their needs, nature is not subject to systematically increasing concentrations of substances extracted from the earth’s crust, concentrations of substances produced by society or degradation by physical means
 
The Principles for Sustainable Development (ABCD)
 
We will apply the Backcasting Methodology; we will 
  • Start with a vision of future success

Step A
  • Baseline our present position and trajectory

Step B
  • Develop multiple scenarios that address B and satisfy A

Step C
  • Step forward to a sustainable future by reaching for the low hanging fruit first to achieve early wins and building financially viable, flexible platforms that grow in the strategic direction of the vision of future success
Step D
 
“Focus on what you want to achieve, not on what you want to avoid”
From the business wisdom of Richard Pratt AC
 
“The obscure we eventually see. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.”
Edward R. Murrow
 
“Problems cannot be solved at the same level as they were created.”
Albert Einstein
 
“When you have exhausted all the possibilities, remember this . . . . you haven't”
Thomas A. Edison