Making sustainable living easier
A Comissão de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do governo inglês lançou um relatório com algumas propostas para a sustentabilidade ser menos difícil de atingir:
An increasing number of us recycle, insulate our lofts and choose more 'green' products but we are far from living lives that are 'sustainable' for future generations. It’s a well quoted statistic but still a powerful one – if the whole world consumed as we do in the UK we would need three planets to sustain everyone.
The economic, environmental and social consequences for people and the planet from this excessive and unequal resource use make the goal of sustainable lives not a 'nice to have' some day but an essential priority for governments right now.
We suggest using four key pillars to underpin policies for more sustainable lives:
- A clear positive vision for sustainable lives that engages all players and is clear about the priorities for action to achieve the goal of sustainable lives.
- Making it easy by providing a framework that uses the full spectrum of levers and incentives to 'enable' us to do the 'right thing' more easily.
- Working with others through better collaboration and better partnerships between national and local governments, civil society organisations, businesses, communities and people themselves. They all play a vital role in the transition to sustainable lives.
- Building capabilities and using evidence to create better understanding of what works in practice and using this knowledge in policy making.
An increasing number of us recycle, insulate our lofts and choose more 'green' products but we are far from living lives that are 'sustainable' for future generations. It’s a well quoted statistic but still a powerful one – if the whole world consumed as we do in the UK we would need three planets to sustain everyone.
The economic, environmental and social consequences for people and the planet from this excessive and unequal resource use make the goal of sustainable lives not a 'nice to have' some day but an essential priority for governments right now.
We suggest using four key pillars to underpin policies for more sustainable lives:
- A clear positive vision for sustainable lives that engages all players and is clear about the priorities for action to achieve the goal of sustainable lives.
- Making it easy by providing a framework that uses the full spectrum of levers and incentives to 'enable' us to do the 'right thing' more easily.
- Working with others through better collaboration and better partnerships between national and local governments, civil society organisations, businesses, communities and people themselves. They all play a vital role in the transition to sustainable lives.
- Building capabilities and using evidence to create better understanding of what works in practice and using this knowledge in policy making.