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In such a situation, inhabitants of the global North can and should opt for a new economic and social vision based on quality of life, rather than quantity of stuff, with reduced work time and ecological sustainability at its core.

I think the proper goal is summed up in Professor Schor's remark, ``... [we] should opt for a new economic and social vision based on quality of life, rather than quantity of stuff, with reduced work time and ecological sustainability at its core.»

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«This tool is designed to help us evaluate a fishery system's performance toward achieving economic, community and ecological sustainability — the «triple bottom line,»» said co-author James Anderson, director of the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems at the University of Florida.

By expanding NOAA research — now at about $ 10 million, but the agency requested a 50 % boost for FY 2011 — the agency would be able to do more ecological and technological analysis to improve and monitor the sustainability of aquaculture operations.

Dr. Julia Steinberger, Lecturer in Ecological Economics at the Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds, said:

Ashwani Vasishth (USA) is an Associate Professor in Environmental Planning, and directs the Master of Arts in Sustainability Studies at Ramapo College and is also engaged with urban ecology projects from within a social - ecological - systems perspective, at http://sustainablejc.org.

The outcome statement of the Rio +20 Conference on Sustainable Development (2012) centred around ecological sustainability.2 If countries of the world are serious about the commitment made at Rio, then the MDGs need to evolve into a new framework; sustainability was not at their heart, and it is increasingly clear that without such an orientation, various «development» goals are impossible to meet for both the current and future generations.3 As the report of the UN System Task Team on the post-2015 development agenda says, «the proposed vision and framework for the post-2015 agenda must be fully aligned with that (Rio +20) outcome».4 Accordingly, the theme of sustainability should be running through all the post-2015 goals (as should the themes on equity and human rights), even as more specific environmental targets such as halting the erosion of biodiversity could be specified in one of the goals.

CSR can make a significant contribution towards sustainability and competitiveness, especially as a growing number of holiday makers prefer to stay at hotels which meet high ecological and social standards.

She is currently a graduate student at the University of Vermont's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, pursuing her MS in Leadership for Sustainability, with a concentration in Ecological Economics.

In this sense, Speth's arguments are not far from that of the socialist movement of the twenty - first century, which is aimed at the core values of social justice and ecological sustainability.

Kirsten Balding at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, is a huge advocate of using Global Footprint Network's Ecological Footprint calculator to teach students about sustainability.

This is what you get when one of Ireland's most experienced low energy builders creates a home for his own family, with help from one of the country's foremost ecological architects — a modern and elegant passive house that pays detailed attention to sustainability at every turn.

They too are aimed at accelerating sustainability at a district level, and use a model based upon strong stakeholder engagement and district governance to develop projects that reduce ecological footprint, promote community action and civic entrepreneurship, and generate green jobs.

However, if China is hoping for real growth in Africa (and at home), sustainability — whether we call it political, social or ecological — can not be an after thought.

What there was not at Istanbul Fashion Week, however, were any other brands following the example of NEJ and Argande, Yeşilist writes, noting that the last Stockholm Fashion Week, by contrast, had more than 20 eco-designers: «Using organic and ecological fabrics is not just about social responsibility or sustainability, it makes brands more competitive, more attractive.»

Paper presented at The Ninth Biennial Conference of The International Society for Ecological Economics on Ecological Sustainability and Human Well - being, December 16 - 18, 2006, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India.

Lucy Slinger, Ph.D., Sustainability Degree Coordinator at Viterbo University, and Ecological Advocate of Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration will be facilitating an Awakening the Dreamer Workshop.

And as for those pesky environmentalists, the developers plan to garner their support (or at least lessen their opposition) for the new cities, hotels and factories in the desert by proceeding according to sustainability principles (these principles, according to The Marker (Hebrew link) are: no construction in nature preserves, preservation of ecological corridors, basing new development on renewable energy and meeting environmental regulations.)

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