Community Essay: Sustainability science – and what’s needed beyond science

Abstract

Educating broadly about the science and technologies of sustainability is essential, because it convinces us that a successfully sustainable future is being undermined. The reason we need to seek a world view compatible with sustainability becomes evident. Education helps to remove the scales from our eyes; it can cure our blindness. But then we have to take the other step – deal with our addiction and denial.

Keywords

• sustainability
• geoecology
• stewardship
• sustainability
• human-environment relationship
• human impact
• population growth
• quality of life
• globalization
• environmental protection
• social attitudes
• social responsibility
• regionalism
• rights of future generations
• environmental education
• environmental stress
• long term effects