Ecosphere Net Blog

Achieving global sustainability and sustainable development refers to the difficult task of meeting fundamental human needs worldwide while preserving the life supporting ecosystems of the planet at the same time. There remains little doubt that we are currently failing at both. A successful transition toward global sustainable development is a complex multi-variable problem that requires both innovation in science and technology and broad-based changes in human behavior. In general terms, required changes include improvement in coupled social-ecological systems, that is, human–nature interactions and human-human relationships across global societies.

The various attempts to motivate people across global societies into actions more equitable with a sustainable future can be seen as currently occurring along three fronts: 1) Direct public education efforts such as through schools, corporations and the social media, 2) through the implementation of governance and policy for sustainable development, and 3) utilizing initiatives that seek to bridge knowledge and innovation in science and technology for sustainability and sustainable development into local action. Successes and difficulties have been experienced with each type of initiative such that collectively they have resulted in a limited amount of action across global societies toward a sustainable future. 

At Ecosphere Net we are currently developing a research based initiative that seeks to link and organize all three approaches into valid and effective collaborative action. Stay tuned to this blog for more details over the next months.

EJ Wensing

US Virgin Islands

ejwensing@ecosphere.net