Global Sustainability (Jan 2020)
Multispecies sustainability
- Christoph D. D. Rupprecht,
- Joost Vervoort,
- Chris Berthelsen,
- Astrid Mangnus,
- Natalie Osborne,
- Kyle Thompson,
- Andrea Y. F. Urushima,
- Maya Kóvskaya,
- Maximilian Spiegelberg,
- Silvio Cristiano,
- Jay Springett,
- Benedikt Marschütz,
- Emily J. Flies,
- Steven R. McGreevy,
- Laÿna Droz,
- Martin F. Breed,
- Jingchao Gan,
- Rika Shinkai,
- Ayako Kawai
Affiliations
- Christoph D. D. Rupprecht
- ORCiD
- Research Department, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan
- Joost Vervoort
- Research Department, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Chris Berthelsen
- Activities and Research in Environments for Creativity, Aotearoa, Auckland, New Zealand
- Astrid Mangnus
- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands Urban Futures Studio, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Natalie Osborne
- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia
- Kyle Thompson
- Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Andrea Y. F. Urushima
- Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Maya Kóvskaya
- Department of Social Science & Development, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Maximilian Spiegelberg
- Research Department, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan
- Silvio Cristiano
- Department of Environmental Science, Informatics and Statistic, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy
- Jay Springett
- Institute of Atemporal Studies, London, UK
- Benedikt Marschütz
- Independent Scholar, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Emily J. Flies
- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Steven R. McGreevy
- ORCiD
- Research Department, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan
- Laÿna Droz
- Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Martin F. Breed
- ORCiD
- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Jingchao Gan
- Graduate School of Humanities, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
- Rika Shinkai
- Research Department, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan
- Ayako Kawai
- Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2020.28
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 3
Abstract
The sustainability concept seeks to balance how present and future generations of humans meet their needs. But because nature is viewed only as a resource, sustainability fails to recognize that humans and other living beings depend on each other for their well-being. We therefore argue that true sustainability can only be achieved if the interdependent needs of all species of current and future generations are met, and propose calling this ‘multispecies sustainability’. We explore the concept through visualizations and scenarios, then consider how it might be applied through case studies involving bees and healthy green spaces.
Keywords
- earth systems
- interdependence
- more-than-human
- policies
- politics and governance
- system control and optimization
