This document provides an overview of a presentation on sustainability given by Dr. Valerie Shoup. The presentation introduces sustainability and defines it as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. It discusses sustainability from environmental, economic, and social perspectives. It also covers topics like climate change history, United Nations sustainability goals, and strategies to advance sustainability efforts through areas like education, research, legislation, and public awareness. The goal is to educate participants on creating sustainable business plans that consider people, profits, and environmental protection.

1. Sustainability:
Investing in the
Future of Your
Business
Session 0: Sustainability, a Global
Perspective

2. Presenter: Dr. Valerie A. S. Shoup, PE, FACHE
President: Heritage Institute of Sustainability
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Investing in the Future of your Business
 Presented: multiple papers both nationally and internationally on topics in
sustainability and healthcare
 Recognized: leader in sustainable business operations
 Passion: creating a sustainable environment for current and future generations

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Please Introduce Yourself
1) Your name
2) Why you are here
3) What you hope to learn from
this course

4. IntroductionsSustainability Defined
Sustainability, noun, verb, way of life
[suh‐stey‐nuh‐bil‐i‐tee]
Meeting the needs of the present generation without
compromising the needs of future generations
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Physiological‐
environmental: air, water,
food, shelter
Personal security‐economic:
financial security, health and
well‐being, safety net
against accidents/illness and
their adverse impacts.
Social: Intimacy, family, esteem,
and self‐ actualization
Self
Actualization
Esteem
Love,
Belonging
Safety
Physiological

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Environmental‐
Physiological
Natural Resource Use
Environmental
Management
Pollution Prevention (air,
water, land, waste)
Economic– Personal
Security
Profit
Cost Savings
Economic Growth
Research &
Development
Social‐ Intimacy
Standard of Living
Education
Community
Equal Opportunity
Environmental‐Economic
Energy Efficiency
Subsidies / Incentives for use of
Natural Resources
Social‐Environmental
Environmental Justice
Natural Resources Stewardship
Locally & Globally
Economic‐Social
Business Ethics
Fair Trade
Worker’s Rights

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8.  A business plan is a framework from which
the business operates.
 Consists of people to make the plan
(social/employee engagement).
 Consists of profit to remain viable (personal
security).
 Consists of responsible use of resources to
remain viable (protecting the planet,
physiological).

9.  1753 Joseph Black Discovers CO2
 1827 Jean‐Baptiste Fourier atmospheric effect of
earth warmth i.e. greenhouse analogy
 1896 Svante August Arrhenius CO2 emissions from
coal leads to global warming
 www.direct.gov.uk
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10.  1980‐2000: Climate change: Reduction in Greenhouse Gases
 IPCC (1988) panel on climate change.
 UNFCCC (1992) United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change.
 IPCC (1995) Greenhouse gases continue to rise
 KYOTO Protocol to UNFCC (1997)
 Rock Ethics Institute, (2007)
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11.  2001‐2006: Impacts of climate change recognized as an
immediate problem in this decade.
 Adaptation: Impacts vary across globe
 Poorest countries require assistance
 Marrakech Accords (2001) Funds to help poor countries.
 LDC Fund & SCC Fund
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12.  2007 forward: Environmental problem as a question of global
justice.
 Human induced climate change recognized.
 Greenland Ice melt, European heat waves, droughts in Africa,
floods in Asia, hurricanes in the Caribbean.
 Rock Ethics Institute, (2007).
 2010 The United Nations Development Goals.
 Poverty and hunger, primary education, gender equality and
empower women, child mortality, maternal health, HIV aids
malaria and other diseases, environmental sustainability, and
global partnerships for development.
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13.  Tragedy and Opportunity of the Commons
 Spaceship Earth
 Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC)
 Social Accountability International
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14. Global potential for negative CO2 emissions through
biomass: Carbon dioxide capture and storage.
Protection of Marine Reserves to conserve and restore
populations.
Progress in eradicating disease and hunger worldwide.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROEFaHKVmSs

16. Marine reserves: Preserving our fish
populations worldwide
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17.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcRSCynTsWc
 http://lugar.senate.gov/food/legislation/
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18.  https://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/w
aterquality/swqm/assess/12twqi/2012_imp_i
ndex.pdf
 Above link to all the not suitable for drinking
water streams in Texas.
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Dallas Skyline

21. Strengths: United Nations Goals and
Worldwide governmental awareness.
Multiple programs including the World
Meteorological Organization.
Individual countries are making
changes in legislation and offering aide
to other countries. Increasing global
awareness of sustainability Issues.
Opportunities: CO2 capture technology
development. Wind turbine
technologies and other sustainable
technologies. Marine Wildlife reserve
expansion. Clean water legislation and
control worldwide. Focus on global
hunger, education, agricultural
development worldwide. Education
worldwide on the issues.
Weakness: Lack of educational programs
that bring the issues to the forefront for
the general population. The downturn in
the global economy diverting
governmental energies. The lack of sense
of global urgency.
Threats: International corruption,
economic instability. Geocentric behaviors
of governments. Wars and Natural
Disasters.
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•Require Sustainability Education in all colleges and universities
worldwide as part of the core curriculum.
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•Require Sustainability education in primary and secondary schools.
•Provide Government funding and research.
•Focus on awareness through philanthropic efforts and mass media .
• Continued support of United Nations for worldwide protection of
natural resources and protection of human rights.
•Ramp up production of drugs and vaccines and provide to
underdeveloped countries worldwide.
•Programming to educate the general public on worldwide
sustainability issues.
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23.  What will you do??
 Are we meeting the needs of our
generation and the needs of future
generations??
 Learn how to create a sustainable
business plan. Contact ssheritagecos@gmail.com
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24.  ARC center for coral reef studies, (2012). Marine reserves can help restock the world’s exploited fish populations.
Sailworld.com. Retrieved from http://www.sail-world.com/UK/Marine-reserves-can-help-restock-exploited-fish-
populations/97981
 Atinmo, T., Mirmiran, P., Oyewole, O. E., Belahsen, R., & Serra-Majem, L. (2009). Breaking the poverty/malnutrition cycle in
Africa and the Middle East. Nutrition Reviews, 67S40-S46. doi:10.1111/j.1753-4887.2009.00158.x
 Bertini, C., & Glickman, D. (2009). Farm Futures. Foreign Affairs, 88(3), 93-105
 Hatton, A., Herzog, H., Meldon, J., (2009). Advanced post-combustion CO2 capture. Report prepared for the Clean Air Task
Force under a grant from the Doris Duke Foundation. Retrieved from http://web.mit.edu/mitei/docs/reports/herzog-
meldon-hatton.pdf
 Hirokawa, T., Watanabe, C., (2011). Japan aims to start bilateral carbon offset program 2013. Bloomberg. Retrieved from
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-29/japan-aims-to-start-bilateral-carbon-offset-program-in-2013.html
 Laviernen, (2012). Can no-take fishery reserves help protect our oceans? Our World 2.0. United Nations University.
Retrieved from http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/can-no-take-fisheries-help-protect-our-oceans/
 Mooney, P. H., & Hunt, S. A. (2009). Food Security: The Elaboration of Contested Claims to a Consensus Frame. Rural
Sociology, 74(4), 469-497.
 Rock Ethics Institute, (2007). Three eras of climate change and the emergence of concern for global justice. Penn State
University. Retrieved from http://rockblogs.psu.edu/climate/2007/11/three-eras-of-climate-change-and-the-
emergence-of-concern-for-global-justice.html
 Science Daily, (2011). Large global potential for negative CO2 emissions through biomass linked with carbon dioxide
capture and storage. Science Daily. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110803111005.htm
 Science Daily, (2012). New materials remove carbon dioxide from smokestacks, tailpipes and even the air. Science Daily.
Retrieved from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120104115100.htm
 Shao, K. (2009). Marine biodiversity and fishery sustainability. Asia Pacific Journal Of Clinical Nutrition, 18(4), 527-531.
 United Kingdom, (2012). A history of climate change . Retrieved from
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Environmentandgreenerliving/Thewiderenvironment/Climatechange/DG_072901
 United Nations Environmental Program, (2012). The United Nations Goals. Retrieved from
 http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2688&ArticleID=9158&l=en
 World Meteorological Organization, (2012). WMO’s Outcomes, Strategies, and Associated Goals. Retrieved from
http://www.wmo.int/pages/about/vision_en.html
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25. IntroductionsPicture Sources
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3 Spheres of Sustainability Adapted from the 2002 University of Michigan Sustainability Assessment
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Thank you NTCOG and North Texas Food Bank for your Pictures