Sustainability applies to everybody. But everybody applies it differently, by defining and shaping it differently-much as water is edged and shaped by its container. It is conceived in absolute terms but underpinned by a great diversity of relatively "green"-and sometimes contradictory-practices that can each make society only more or less sustainable. In Practicing Sustainability, chefs, poets, music directors, evangelical pastors, skyscraper architects, artists, filmmakers, as well as scientific leaders, entrepreneurs, educators, business executives, policy makers, and the contrarians, shed light on our understanding of sustainability and the role that each of us can play. Each contributor addresses what sustainability means, what is most appealing about the concept, and what they would like to change to improve the perception and practice of sustainability. What emerges from their essays is a wide spectrum of views that confirm an important insight: Sustainability is pursued in different ways not only due to different interpretations, but also because of varying incentives, trade-offs, and altruistic motives. Practicing and achieving sustainability starts with a willingness to look critically at the concept. It also means enabling rich and vigorous discussion based on pragmatism and common sense to determine a framework for best ideas and practices. With time and the much needed critical thinking, sustainable development will become a more integral part of our culture. By sharing experiences and crisp insights from today's savants, Practicing Sustainability serves as a stepping stone to the future.

InhaltsangabeBiographical Information Preface, It's Different: Sustainability and Touchy Trade-Offs, Editors Acknowledgements Foreword, Michael Spence Editorial, Klaus Schwab Editorial, Sustaining Sustainability: Thoughts on Managing Trade-Offs and Competing Considerations, Robert Rubin Editorial, Sustainability: Can You Get There, If You Don't Know Where "There" Is? George Whitesides  1. What Medical Equipment Taught Me About Sustainability, Robert Malkin 2. Food: The Ultimate Answer, José Andrés 3. A Village of Hope: The Interplay of Sustainability and Community Development, Mark Templer 4. TradeOffs in Sustainable Development, Homi Kharas 5. Sustainable Skyscrapers and the Well-Being of the City, Richard Cook 6. Dimensional Stability, Heidi Williamson 7. Sustainability: A Tale of Twin Brothers, Ken Wilson 8. Cooperation and Sustainability, Simon Levin 9. The Sincerity of Purpose: Sustainability and World Peace, Arun Gandhi 10. Recycling Reinvented: Music and Sustainability, José-Luis Novo 11. Connectivity and Sustainability: Perspectives from Landscape and Urban Design, Diana Balmori 12. Nutrition and Sustainability, Marc Van Ameringen 13. A Poet in the Car Company: Sustainability of Passion and Profitability, David Berdish 14. The Need for Sustainable Heretics, Freeman Dyson 15. Performance with Purpose, Dave Haft 16. The Business of Sustainability: A Different Design Question, Gregor Barnum 17. Sustaining Population Health, Jacqueline Sherris 18. The Struggle to Make Sustainable Change in Global Health, Laurie Garrett and Zoe Liberman 19. Economic Growth and Sustainability Rooted in Financial Literacy, John Hope Bryant 20. Approaching the Future with Optimism, Robyn Beavers 21. A Decent Place to Live, Jonathan Reckford 22. From Field to Market: Changing our Focus, Gerald Steiner 23. Joules: The Currency of Sustainability, Chandrakant Patel 24. Spoons or Tractors: Sustainable Development as Rapid Productivity Growth in Developing Nations, Robert Atkinson 25. Unlocking the Energy of Business to Effect Change, Meg Crawford 26. Put it on Paper: Lowering Healthcare Costs, Una Ryan 27. Mind the Gap: A Different Take on Sustainability, Matthew Taylor 28. Sustainable Scientific Research, K.R. Sreenivasan 29. Energizing Sustainable Development, V.S. Ramamurthy and Narendar Pani 30. The Importance of Sustainability in Helping the Poor, Mechai Viravaidya 31. Why is Waste a Dirty Word? Melanie Walker 32. How Much Is Enough? Making It Personal, Toinette Lippe 33. Teaching Sustainability in the Anthropocene Era, Kai Lee and Richard Howarth 34. Don't Sustain; Advance, Kevin Finneran 35. Changemakers for Sustainability, Karabi Acharya 36. What Social Entrepreneurs Taught me about Sustainability, Mirjam Schöning 37. An Emotional Connection with Sustainability through Documentary Films, Heather MacAndrew and David Springbett 38. Conserving Energy for Tomorrow without Sacrificing Quality of Our Lives, Scott Tew 39. Sustainability of Our Ocean Resources, James Barry 40. Will it Last? Will it Endure? Andrea Coleman and Barry Coleman 41. The Holistic Enchilada: Moving Toward Food System Sustainability, Wayne Roberts 42. Bringing Organizational Sustainability to Public Postsecondary Education, Christopher Hayter and Robert Hayter 43. Ensuring Connections, Harvey Locke 44. Beyond the Status Quo: Catalyzing Sustainability in the Arts, Jane Milosch 45. Historic Preservation: The Real Sustainable Development, Donovan Rypkema 46. Bending Toward Justice: The Search for Sustainable Energy, Michael Brune Afterword, M.S. Swaminathan