Why doesn't sustainability seem to be working?

The sustainability movement has been going since the 1950s, and ‘sustainability’ is now part of mainstream narrative, awareness and growing action. Yet when sustainability continues to be seen and introduced into organisations as an add-on rather than a process or foundation, how much change is it actually supporting?

In this week’s episode we explore the inconvenience of sustainability, thinking about where positive change has been enabled, the impact of greenwashing; what some of the limitations may be and what opportunities are emerging for wider-level transformation when sustainable is understood as a ‘verb rather than a product.

In this episode we reference the following:

• There You Go - Survival International (short cartoon)
• Earth In Mind - David Orr (book)
• Schumacher College - Education College & movement (website)
• Inside COP: Is The US Still In? - Outrage & Optimism (podcast)
• Indigenous protestors demand to be heard - Washington Post (news video)
• Earthshot Prize - Global mission & award (website)
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