Sustainability Axioms and Good Q@Is: Understanding Social and Environmental Stewardship
The Heinberg's Axioms outline the essential principles of sustainability, emphasizing responsible resource management and the need for balanced growth. It highlights the importance of using renewable resources at a slower pace than they are replenished and reducing the use of non-renewable resources. Additionally, it addresses the detrimental effects of pollution on the biosphere. Good Q@Is, on the other hand, provides guidelines for meaningful and thought-provoking questioning that leads to genuine discussions and diverse perspectives.
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Heinbergs Axioms 1. Societies that use resources unsustainably will collapse. Unless they find more resources. But resources are limited and finite.
Heinbergs Axioms 1. Societies that use resources unsustainably will collapse. Unless they find more resources. But resources are limited and finite. 2. Growth in both population and/or consumption is ultimately unsustainable
Heinbergs Axioms 1. Societies that use resources unsustainably will collapse. Unless they find more resources. But resources are limited and finite. 2. Growth in both population and/or consumption is ultimately unsustainable 3. Renewable resources must be used at a slower rate than they re being renewed
Heinbergs Axioms 1. Societies that use resources unsustainably will collapse. Unless they find more resources. But resources are limited and finite. 2. Growth in both population and/or consumption is ultimately unsustainable 3. Renewable resources must be used at a slower rate than they re being renewed 4. Rate of use of unrenewable resources must decline more quickly than they re being depleted
Heinbergs Axioms 1. Societies that use resources unsustainably will collapse. Unless they find more resources. But resources are limited and finite. 2. Growth in both population and/or consumption is ultimately unsustainable 3. Renewable resources must be used at a slower rate than they re being renewed 4. Use of unrenewable resources must decline more quickly than they re being depleted 5. Pollution is unsustainable when it harms the biosphere. Rate of activity that pollutes must decrease.
Good Q@Is: Demand an answer & need to be asked Matter to the community people care Allow for reasonable inquiry and possible change of mind Produces genuine disagreement & divergent answers Is focused and narrow
Kinds of Q@I (aka Stasis): FACT Is X the case? Is X true? DEFINITION What is X? INTERPRETATION Can X be considered Y? What is the significance of X? CONSEQUENCE Will/did X cause Y? VALUE Is X good? POLICY Should someone Z do X?
