Comments on: Setting Sights for a Sustainable Future http://blog.nau.com/2007/08/20/setting-sights-for-a-sustainable-future/ dedicated to stirring the pot Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:40:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Tyler Cheung http://blog.nau.com/2007/08/20/setting-sights-for-a-sustainable-future/#comment-26959 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:52:45 +0000 http://blog.nau.com/2007/08/20/setting-sights-for-a-sustainable-future/#comment-26959 I agree that "sustainability" is one of those large umbrella catch phrases that can refer to the human population on so many levels. I suppose we are used to thinking of it on ecological terms, i.e. trying to achieve some sort of thermodynamically stable/minimized entropy ecological model that is pleasing to us both aesthetically and morally. So, it's interesting, and refreshing that Sightline has broadened the definition to include publich ealth/epidemiology, economic disparity and other trends besides the traditional ones we usually associate with the term. I suppose at some point, you can argue that sustainability is in danger of becoming a non-political euphemism for progressivism/liberalism but in this day and age, we are sorely lacking in that department so it can only be a good thing. I agree that “sustainability” is one of those large umbrella catch phrases that can refer to the human population on so many levels. I suppose we are used to thinking of it on ecological terms, i.e. trying to achieve some sort of thermodynamically stable/minimized entropy ecological model that is pleasing to us both aesthetically and morally. So, it’s interesting, and refreshing that Sightline has broadened the definition to include publich ealth/epidemiology, economic disparity and other trends besides the traditional ones we usually associate with the term.

I suppose at some point, you can argue that sustainability is in danger of becoming a non-political euphemism for progressivism/liberalism but in this day and age, we are sorely lacking in that department so it can only be a good thing.

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