There was a time when ‘sustainable development’ meant economic development, or perpetual economic growth — not, as we know it today, environmentally sustainable development.
The change in meaning can be traced to the 1987 report Our Common Future, chaired by Norway’s then-prime minister, Gro Harlem Brundtland. The report involved social scientists, natural scientists, industrialists, environmentalists and policymakers emerging from their silos to talk to each other to understand how humans alter the global environment. The report helped such collaborative processes to become mainstream, alongside the idea of treating the environment and development as one issue.
Architecture, design and behavioural science need to get talking about sustainability
Architecture, design and behavioural science need to get talking about sustainability
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