A new interdisciplinary field emerged: the Ethics of Sustainability (see textbook attached). There are some movements and institutes focusing on this important initiative (see links below). How could your expertise contribute to Sustainability Ethics?
http://rockethics.psu.edu/climate/sustainability-ethics
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/environmental_ethics/lesson4.html
http://www.humansandnature.org/ethical-aspects-of-sustainability-article-51.php
http://sustainabilityethics.com/
http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/sustainability-ethical-foundations-71373239
http://pt.slideshare.net/uclaextensionppp/sustainability-ethics-course
Sustainability ethics have grown out of environmental ethics. The World Commission on Economic Development brought the idea of sustainability to the global stage in 1987. The United Nations sponsored this study of the relationship between economic development and the environment, published as "Our Common Future," also known as "The Brundtland Report." Prior to this, the United Nations had struggled to find a way to address global environmental problems. The industrialized countries had proposed international treaties and action, but the developing nations had prioritized the need for economic development, with little interest in environmental regulation. The commission provided the conceptual framework for coordinated action, proposing that all nations have a stake in fostering economic development, but of a new kind: sustainable. It proposed sustainability as an integral framework, in which economic development, social equity, and environmental protection are seen as inseparably related goals.
Sustainability ethics have grown out of environmental ethics. The World Commission on Economic Development brought the idea of sustainability to the global stage in 1987. The United Nations sponsored this study of the relationship between economic development and the environment, published as "Our Common Future," also known as "The Brundtland Report." Prior to this, the United Nations had struggled to find a way to address global environmental problems. The industrialized countries had proposed international treaties and action, but the developing nations had prioritized the need for economic development, with little interest in environmental regulation. The commission provided the conceptual framework for coordinated action, proposing that all nations have a stake in fostering economic development, but of a new kind: sustainable. It proposed sustainability as an integral framework, in which economic development, social equity, and environmental protection are seen as inseparably related goals.
Dear Alfredo,
I am sure Monsanto and bosses of some corporations have no idea about it!
The Helene V. Smookler course (slideshare link above) has this interesting figure
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