Community Essay: Sustainability science – and what’s needed beyond science

• Main Author: Paul H. Reitan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2005-04-01
• Series: Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
• Subjects: sustainability; geoecology; stewardship; human-environment relationship; human impact; population growth; quality of life; globalization; environmental protection; social attitudes; social responsibility; regionalism; rights of future generations; environmental education; environmental stress; long term effects
• Online Access: http://ejournal.nbii.org/archives/vol1iss1/communityessay.reitan.html
• ISSN: 1548-7733

Educating broadly about the science and technologies of sustainability is essential, because it convinces us that a successfully sustainable future is being undermined. The reason we need to seek a world view compatible with sustainability becomes evident. Education helps to remove the scales from our eyes; it can cure our blindness. But then we have to take the other step – deal with our addiction and denial.