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Post-sustainability is a term that has emerged in sustainability-related scholarly fields, and it indicates concern over the sufficiency of sustainability paradigm and its goals.[1][2]
Although post-sustainability means internal critique of sustainability paradigm, it does not mean denialism over scientific evidence concerning environmental degradation. On the contrary, articulations of post-sustainability often mention the urgency of finding the policies that meet the rapidly changing and worrying prospects: "it is highly probable that catastrophes and social collapses can no longer be prevented"[3]
The different meanings of post-sustainabiltiy have been discussed in an interdisciplinary edited volume 'Post-Sustainability: Tragedy and Transformation'[4], where it is suggested that post-sustainability as a term is suitable for certain framings and questions inside sustainability discourse: “It is no longer completely out of court for thinkers and scholars concerned with environmental issues to argue that the ‘sustainability’ discourse and policy paradigm have failed, and that we are moving into a new and much bleaker era.”[5]
Post-sustainability in different scholarly fields
[edit]There is no single definition of post-sustainability and the term has rather emerged spontaneously in different sustainability-related scholarly fields.
Possibly the first articulations of post-sustainability emerged in development studies, and they critically evaluate the limits and legitimacy of sustainable development (SD), and international development- and environmental policies[6][7]
In sociology, post-sustainability is an indicator term for the imminent paradigm shift that will replace the on-going self-deception where hegemonic sustainability merely “sustains unsustainability”[8][9]
In sustainability policy, post-sustainability is a trilemma, where the three main goals of sustainable development (economic growth, democratic participation and environmental protection) cannot be simultaneously attained, leaving “no easy ways out” for policymakers.[10][11]
In the field of sustainable education, the challenge of post-sustainability has been discussed in an edited volume 'Post-sustainability and Environmental Education'[12], and one conclusion is that "A deep learning response within educational thinking, policymaking, and practice is required”[13]. Scholars of education have defined post-sustainability as the signifier currently defining the field of sustainability education[14], and as the required paradigm shift in education, where uncertainty and existential questions are increasingly addressed.[15]
Finally, post-sustainability is used to indicate that the sustainability science itself, as a scientific paradigm, is in crisis: "The global socio-environmental crisis poses what is arguably the greatest challenge in the history of science."[16]
References
[edit]- ^ González-Márquez, Iván; Toledo, Víctor M. (2020-04-02). "Sustainability Science: A Paradigm in Crisis?". Sustainability. 12 (7): 2802. doi:10.3390/su12072802. ISSN 2071-1050.
- ^ Morse, Stephen (2008-02-14). "Post-sustainable development". Sustainable Development. 16 (5): 341–352. doi:10.1002/sd.354. ISSN 0968-0802.
- ^ Adloff, Frank (2024-01-15). "Trajectories of Post-Sustainability". International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society. doi:10.1007/s10767-023-09463-0. ISSN 0891-4486.
- ^ Foster, John, ed. (2018-10-22). Post-Sustainability. doi:10.4324/9781315099989. ISBN 978-1-315-09998-9.
- ^ Foster, John (January 2017). "Hope after sustainability – tragedy and transformation". Global Discourse. 7 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1080/23269995.2017.1300401. ISSN 2043-7897.
- ^ Redclift, Michael R.; Guerra, Lemuel (2002-06-13). "Pós-sustentabilidade e os novos discursos de sustentabilidade". Raízes: Revista de Ciências Sociais e Econômicas. 21 (1): 124–136. doi:10.37370/raizes.2002.v21.186. ISSN 2358-8705.
- ^ Redclift, Michael (2005-07-22). "Sustainable development (1987–2005): an oxymoron comes of age". Sustainable Development. 13 (4): 212–227. doi:10.1002/sd.281. ISSN 0968-0802.
- ^ Blühdorn, Ingolfur (January 2017). "Post-capitalism, post-growth, post-consumerism? Eco-political hopes beyond sustainability". Global Discourse. 7 (1): 42–61. doi:10.1080/23269995.2017.1300415. ISSN 2043-7897.
- ^ Blühdorn, Ingolfur (2021-12-14), "Post-democracy and post-sustainability", The Routledge Handbook of Democracy and Sustainability, London: Routledge, pp. 476–494, doi:10.4324/9780429024085-40, ISBN 978-0-429-02408-5, retrieved 2024-09-09
- ^ Sconfienza, Umberto Mario (2019-10-10). "The post-sustainability trilemma". Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 21 (6): 769–784. doi:10.1080/1523908x.2019.1673156. ISSN 1523-908X.
- ^ Adloff, Frank (2024-01-15). "Trajectories of Post-Sustainability". International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society. doi:10.1007/s10767-023-09463-0. ISSN 0891-4486.
- ^ Jickling, Bob; Orr, David W.; Sterling, Stephen, eds. (2017). Post-sustainability and environmental education: remaking education for the future. Palgrave studies in education and transculturalism. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-319-51321-8.
- ^ Sterling, Stephen (2017), "Assuming the Future: Repurposing Education in a Volatile Age", Post-Sustainability and Environmental Education, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 31–45, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-51322-5_3, ISBN 978-3-319-51321-8, retrieved 2024-09-09
- ^ Karrow, Douglas D.; Fazio, Xavier; Zandvliet, David (2022-07-13). "What's In a Name? The Signifiers and Empty Signifiers of Environmental Sustainability Education: Implications for Teacher Education". Brock Education Journal. 31 (2): 109–130. doi:10.26522/brocked.v31i2.917. ISSN 2371-7750.
- ^ Takkinen, Pasi; Pulkki, Jani; Vadén, Tere (2023-10-28). "From the Archimedean point to circles in the sand—Post-sustainable curriculum and the critical subject". Educational Philosophy and Theory. 56 (8): 772–783. doi:10.1080/00131857.2023.2274275. ISSN 0013-1857.
- ^ González-Márquez, Iván; Toledo, Víctor M. (2020-04-02). "Sustainability Science: A Paradigm in Crisis?". Sustainability. 12 (7): 2802. doi:10.3390/su12072802. ISSN 2071-1050.