Sustainability and related concepts may seem daunting and have different meaning depending on the context, but Brundtland’s definition of Sustainability can be used as a guide:
[M]eeting “the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (WCED 1987a: 43, as cited in Scoones, 2007).
The needs both of us now and of those in the future can be broken down into the three dimensions of sustainability (also known as the “Triple Bottom Line” in the business world): environmental, social and economic. A fourth dimension – diversity – is becoming more commonly included to represent not only diversity of thought but also diversity of action in the three traditional dimensions.
What does this mean at Humber?