Sustainability Alliance of the Mountains

SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCE of the MOUNTAINS (SAM)

November 28, 2007 - North Carolina Arboretum

Session Title: Understanding Sustainability

Convener: Ian Booth E-Mail ibooth@sustainablenow.us

SESSION 'HEADLINES':

Development pace is prodding awareness
How do we rise above "sloganeering" to real understanding
Either or "economy or environment" and polarity thinking - strengthen relationships - collaboration
Present "new economic model" - new opportunity - Margo Flood's "metric" strategy
New modeling vs. classic economic models
Schools/colleges working with associations/business creates new work opportunities
Local history uniting with emerging technologies
Cross institutions/colleges
Languaging for team building
Short run vs. long term development strategies measured by how much it saves vs. how much it consumes.
Not a bourgeois economy - Green Corps jobs as the connecting point, sharing social, capital by new interaction modes. Hands on skill-building.
Community foundation is a catalyst. Use building as the consciousness building strategy.
The default economy is currently the "retirement" economy. Use "economics" and climate as in "HUB" for community. "Urban Climate Lab. Credible data. Austin owns its own utility - must rise above old corporate model. Living laboratory.

*NECESSARY/DESIRED ACTION: (Declarative Statements)

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SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCE of the MOUNTAINS (SAM)