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Paul Murray Picture source: Panos Pictures and Mark Henley Beyond Decadence Engaging the Sustainab le Self Paul Murray

Paul Murray Picture source: Panos Pictures and Mark Henley Beyond Decadence Engaging the Sustainable Self Paul Murray

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Page 1: Paul Murray Picture source: Panos Pictures and Mark Henley Beyond Decadence Engaging the Sustainable Self Paul Murray

Paul Murray Picture source: Panos Pictures and Mark Henley

Beyond Decadence

Engaging the

Sustainable Self

Paul Murray

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Our agenda

• What influences sustainability?• our role as individuals?• The significance of personal core values

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Paul Murray Image: John Macneil ww.popsci.com/environment/article/2005-06/how-earth-scale-engineering-can-save-planet

Sustainability

A technological

problem?

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or a people

problem?

© Panos Pictures and Martin Chivers

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Humanity’s Impact

I = P x A x T

I = Impact; P = Population; A = Affluence*; T = Level of Technological Advance

* or decadence?

(Source: Ehrlich and Holdren 1972)

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1950 1970 1990 2010 2030 20500

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World Population Growth to 2100 Source: Population Reference Bureau 2010

Population: rising fast

2008: 6.7 billion

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Affluence: Rising fast

© Panos Pictures and Martin Chivers

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Technology: the solution?Raises living standards?

Inspires us?

Reduces waste?

Reduces pollution?

Saves lives?

Improves mobility?

Creates jobs?

Improves efficiency?

DUPONT: reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 72% 1991-2007

DOW CHEMICALS: 22% energy efficiency gains between 1994-2004 and 2004; 25% more by 2015

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Technology’s limits?

Unintended outcomes? http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov

Life cycle impacts?

Poor take up?Distraction?

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Human frailty: ChernobylSource: Panos Pictures and Gerd Ludwig

© Panos Pictures and Martin Chivers

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BHOPAL

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ValuesHuman Behaviour Matters

Technology has its role

Governments have their role

Businesses have their role

Institutions have their role

Communities have their role

People influence all the above

People’s actions matter

People’s values influence their behaviour

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Behavioural influences

Behaviour

Economic climate

Social norms

External Infrastructure

Skills

Knowledge

Understanding

Beliefs

Attitudes & automatic thoughts

Prevailing Values

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Engaging The Sustainable Self

Changing the way we think: and act

Understanding: it’s not just up to others - institutions, governments, NGOs

YOU and ME: Personal Change

Mobilising our values, attitudes, beliefs

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Sustainability Training

Making meanin

g

Making connectio

ns

Cultivating

motivation

Feeling empow

ered

Becoming

equipped

Sustainable

behaviour

within & outside

work

Core Values

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Heart of the training: exploring core values

“I value most above other things ….”

1. .......................................................................................................................

2. .......................................................................................................................

3. .......................................................................................................................

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Earth Charter

Global transformation charter

Core principles/values

UN Millennium Declaration

Core

principles/values

Forum For the Future

Sustainability Charity Educational values

Oxfam

Development Charity Global citizenship

values

BT Plc

Global corporation Suggested corporate

values

Care and respect for

life

Ecological integrity

Social and economic justice

Democracy, non-

violence and peace

Respect for nature

Freedom

Equality

Shared

responsibility

Solidarity

Tolerance

Respect and

integrity

Commitment and cooperation

Co-operation and

learning

Openness

Compassion

Fun

Value and respect

for diversity

Concern for the environment

Commitment to

sustainable development

Commitment to

social justice and equity

Sense of identity and self esteem

Belief in people to make a difference

Respect for equity

Respect for the

integrity of natural systems

Respect for the

interests of future generations

Self determination

Diversity and

tolerance

Compassion for others

Recognition of the

rights of non-humans

Sustainability Values?

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Exploring your values can be • inherited from ......?• learned from ........?• influenced by .......?• mobilised by ........?

Are these REALLY our core values?

Are they ‘should have’ values?

Do our actions align with our core values?

(When no one is looking)

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Engaging our values• To cultivate positive attitudes

Care; compassion; respect; openness

• To cultivate empowering beliefs• To motivate learning• To motivate behaviours

TO CHANGE

TO NATURE

TO OTHERSTO OURSELVES

© Univ Plymouth/ Fotoflite/ Panos Pictures and Jez Coulson/NASA respectively

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Engaging the Sustainable Self

The Sustainable

Self

Awareness

Understanding

Motivation

Values attitudes

Empowerment

Beliefs

Knowledge

Skilful

MeansPractice

Right Awareness

Right Values

Right Attitudes

Right Beliefs

Right Knowledge

Skilful means

Right Practise

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Engaging the Sustainable Self affects

What we do How we feel

How we do How we influence

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The Sustainable Self

• Sustainability is as much about the individual as anything else

• The Sustainable Self learns from the past, pays attention to the present and is concerned for the future

• Sustainability starts where we sit• Engaging the Sustainable Self will promote

personal, community and planetary wellbeing

..“The thought manifests the word; the word manifests the deed”

(Thict Nah Hanh)

[email protected]

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Human cause

© Panos Pictures and Qilai Shan

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Human effect

© Panos Pictures and Mark Henley