Change is inevitable. And necessary.
Over the last 30 years abundant scientific evidence has been gathered that demonstrates the unsustainably of human lifestyles on this earth. Society is waking up to the realisation that humanity’s existence is dependent upon our environment, and we are compromising our own future and that of future generations. Our western lifestyle is heavily dependent upon finite natural resources, such as fossil fuels. Our foods contain more embodied energy in fossil fuels than they give our body when we eat them. We poison our water, our air, our soils and our food. Socially, almost 1 in 3 Australians will experience clinical depression. Our urban environments place us close enough to our neighbours to hear their most intimate moments, but few people have supportive relationships with most the people who live in their street. Economically, our debt-based economic systems are staggering between crisis and fed on rampant consumerism. Our Association is focused on researching, implementing and promoting solutions that address sustainability holistically through communities working together to find meaningful, comprehensive solutions.
The Association for Sustainable Communities Inc was established in 2007 as a not-for-profit, environmental organisation building relocalised communities that are socially, culturally, financially and ecologically sustainable. We are committed to furthering an ecologically sustainable future through reverence for the environment, each other, and our interdependence. We are creating and modeling ecological and conscious communities, guided by grace, that liberate and nurture the potential of the wider community through social equity, integrity, courage, transformative growth, care of the planet and collaborative enterprises. Inherent in this objective is an acknowledgement of the importance of intergenerational and intragenerational equity in maintaining a sustainable lifestyle, and of conserving and protecting our biological diversity, as recognised by the United Nations in 1987.
"The greatest things
ever done on Earth
have been done little by little." |
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