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Comenius ProjectGreen Skills for Global Change
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The sustainability‘Game’
EU Comenius ProjectGreen Skills for Global Change
IES Santa Clara. Sain stu!ents team" Santan!er #eeting
2015 April 16thInternational Conference on Sustainability and
DevelopmentAuthors: anuel !"me#$ Ale%andro Cuesta$ &ilar
Cifri'n
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The goal$
The goal of the game is to becomesustainable.
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%&hat is Sustainable'Sustainability(
There’s no e)actly !e*nition.
&hat !oes it really mean(
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+runtlan!’s ,e*nition
The most simle one an! easier tocomunicate$
-Sustainable !eeloment is !eelomentthat meets the nee!s of the
Presentt /ithout
comromising the ability of future generations
to meet their o/n nee!s0
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1arl23enrick 4ob5rt’s
,e*nition$It /as roose! in 6787 by 1arl23enrickan! grou of
Scienti*cs
It is base! on the 9atural Cycles in the
+ioshere an! the :ithoshere an! the Thermo!ynamics
la/s.
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+ioshere$ :ayer of the earth /here life is ossible
Cycles are fast an! /ell balance!
Cycles are oen /ith resect to energy an! close!/ith resect to
matter.
:ithoshere$ :ayer of the earth ‘/here the matter
comes from’
Geological Cycles are slo/ an! interact /ith thebiological
cycles" acting as a ‘base’ for life.
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‘Sustainability is the caacity of our human societyto continue
in!e*nitely /ithin these natural cycles’
‘Sustainable !eeloment is the !eelomentto/ar!s that
sustainability state’
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4oot causes of
unsustainability62 4elatiely large ;o/s of materials from
theearth’s crust that are being e)tracte!
2 Physically inhibit nature’s ability run cycles
?2 &e are creating barriers to eole meeting
their basic nee!s
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The rinciles to /in
the game The con!itions of success @the only /ay tobecome
sustainableA
These keys hae no riority" they are enough
an! they are necessesary.
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62 9ature is not subject to systematically
increasingconcentrations of substances e)tracte! from the
earth’s crust.2 9ature is not subject to systematically
increasing!egra!ation by hysical means
?2 Peole are not subjects that systematicallyun!ermine their
caacity to meet their nee!s.
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%3o/ to !o that(
62 Correct managing of the natural resources
Using resources more eBciently
4e!ucing unnecessary resource use
S/itching to consuming rene/able resources
2 G:+=: agreement
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nce /e hae accomlishe! these rinciles" /e/oul! hae /in the game.
9o/ /e are sustainable.
CongratulationsD
