Sharing the abstract and the structure of the anthropocentry environmental problem-solving impossibility zone of draft paper ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY THINKING 101 in good faith as food for thoughts
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Environmental sustainability thinking 101: The environmental pollution production problem, global warming and dwarf green markets since 2012: Pointing out the energy future we need to construct and the one we need to avoid
By
Lucio Muñoz*
* Independent qualitative comparative researcher / consultant, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Email: [email protected]
Abstract
The road towards 2012 Rio + 20 was a road that was supposed to lead to the energy future we needed to build, a future towards a pollutionless world, but instead it led to a future we should have avoided, a future under ongoing dwarf green market failures. Perhaps this route was possible or it was allowed to go unchallenged because of green market paradigm shift knowledge gaps created when you shift from fully dirty economies to a fully clean economy, which hides possible transitions tools available and it makes more attractive, specially politically, to use no transition development tools; and by doing this we give a blessing of permanency to the market failures we are supposed to be trying to fix. Among the goals of this paper are: i) to show analytically and graphically, using the critical anthropocentric environmental problem-solving impossibility zone theory, how and why dwarf green market tools and thinking cannot be expected to fix the pollution production problem linked to traditional market thinking as pollution production continue to take place in the permanent environmental market failure under which they work; and ii) And then use this framework to point out the energy future we need to construct and the one we need to avoid.
Environmental Sustainability Concept
Environmental sustainability refers to the responsible use and management of natural resources in ways that meet present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The concept emphasizes balance: human societies depend on ecosystems for resources such as clean air, fresh water, fertile soil, and biodiversity, but these systems have natural limits. When resources are overused or degraded, environmental sustainability is threatened.
At its core, environmental sustainability involves maintaining the long-term health of ecological systems. This means ensuring that renewable resources, such as forests and fisheries, are harvested at rates that allow them to regenerate, and that non-renewable resources, such as fossil fuels and minerals, are used efficiently while exploring alternatives. It also involves reducing pollution, minimizing waste, and promoting technologies and practices that lessen environmental impact.
The concept is closely linked to the “three pillars of sustainability”: environmental, social, and economic. Environmental sustainability specifically focuses on protecting ecosystems and natural capital as the foundation for social well-being and economic stability. For example, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and circular economy practices are all efforts to align human activity with ecological limits.
Globally, environmental sustainability has become a central goal in policy and development initiatives, reflected in frameworks such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Goal 13 (Climate Action), Goal 14 (Life Below Water), and Goal 15 (Life on Land).
In short, environmental sustainability is not just about conserving nature—it is about creating systems where human progress and ecological health support each other over the long term.
Emmanuel, good day. if you look at the vertical blue line 2012-DWG it tells you the opposite of what you said, that point is inconsistent with all what you said as it is A NO TRANSITION MARKET POINT working under a remaining pollution production problem, and this is the reason it falls in the anthropocentric critical environmental problem-solving impossibility zone. So UNCSD 2012/United Nations HAS GONE THE UNSUSTAINABLE WAY since 2012, you will find the paper interesting when it is published, I will share it.
Respectfully yours;
Lucio
Outside-the-box environmental sustainability ideas include reimagining pricing systems around planetary boundaries, embedding rights-of-nature into market structures, using blockchain-based decentralized governance for ecosystem services, and applying paradigm-shift logic (à la Thomas Kuhn) to accelerate the replacement of traditional market thinking with systemic sustainability frameworks.
Chuck did you have time to read the abstract of the article shared? Did you look at the picture carefully? Do you understand what no transition tool means? Can you see the nature of the impossibility zone in terms of critical problem solving thinking where the no transition tool is? If yes, you can see how the framework can be used to justify what you say
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