What does Sustainability Mean?

At Act NOW! we think that sustainabiliy goes beyond the environment.  Human systems are so interconnected with natural systems that it is impossible for us to talk about one without mentioning the other!  Here’s three types of sustainability that we focus on:

Environmental Sustainability:

What does environmental sustainability mean to you?

Food for thought:

Stories about the environment and our world:  Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

Slam peotry about climate change: “Carry the One” – Spoken Word poetry by George Watsky

Brave New Voices – “Speak Green” Spoken Word

Social Sustainability:

What does social sustainability mean to you?

Food for thought:

Stories about poverty: Daughter of Fortune and The House of the Spirits by Isabelle Allende.

Poetry about women and war: Suheir Hammad: Poems of war, peace, women, power

Slam Poetry on gang violence: Gemini – What are you fighting for

Economic Sustainability:

What does economic sustainability mean to you?

Food for thought:

Organizations that promote innovation and social entrepreneurship: Stanford Centre for Social Innovation and Ashoka Fellows

Film about corporate responsibility: The Corporation