Description:
Today’s episode is a slightly different format compared to the one we’ve been developing over the last few shows, as we wanted to take advantage of an interesting public conversation that was held at Concordia University a few weeks ago. It was a panel called “What, if anything, is sustainability?†which was a part of the Annual Sustainability Across Disciplines Conference hosted by the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability.
You’ll notice that the Brundtland Commission definition (of Sustainable Development) is mentioned quite a few times in the episode. Just in case you need a refresher here it is:
“Sustainable development is the kind of development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.â€
from: Brundtland, G. H. (1987). Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future. United Nations.
Music featured in this episode:
- Intro “R U Well†and “Lay it on me†by Best Fern
- Outro “Plans fall through†by Alexia AvinaMusic
- Also sampled Parallel Universe, Listen and sound effects: aimless 1C87, Mystery Peak2 + Clean and Pompous Fanfare Trumpet
Speakers:
- Dr. Raymond Paquin, Interim Director of the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre / Department of Management, John Molson School of Business
- Dr. James Grant, Professor, Biology
- Dr. Amy Poteete, Associate Professor, Political Science
- Dr. Matthias Fritsch, Professor, Philosophy
- Dr. Pedro Peres-Neto, Professor, Biology
- Cheryl Gladu, PhD Candidate
Readings mentioned in the piece:
- Meadows, D. H., Meadows, D. L., Randers, J., & Behrens, W. W. (1972). The limits to growth. New York, 102, 27.
- Costanza, R., d’Arge, R., De Groot, R., Farber, S., Grasso, M., Hannon, B.,& Raskin, R. G. (1998). The value of ecosystem services: putting the issues in perspective. Ecological economics, 25(1), 67–72.
- Jonas, H. (1985). The imperative of responsibility: In search of an ethics for the technological age. University of Chicago press.
- You can read more about elephants migrating to Botswana in a recent article in Quartz.
If you missed the episode we mentioned on managing the commons, you can check it out here.
