fair enough, but . . . what is the difference between “the kinds of things we want to mean when we're collectively talking about sustainability” and a definition ?? . . .
cheers, craig craig k harris department of sociology michigan agricultural experiment station national food safety and toxicology center institute for food and agricultural standards michigan state university http://www.msu.edu/~harrisc/ <http://www.msu.edu/~harrisc/> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beth DeSombre Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 12:35 PM To: Ronnie D Lipschutz Cc: [email protected]; GEP-Ed List Subject: Re: [gep-ed] seeking definitions of sustainability "Ronnie D Lipschutz" <[email protected]> writes: If you look over the courses linked to our Sustainability Engineering and Ecological Design curriculum (http://seed.soe.ucsc.edu/), you may find some useful material. I try not to get too bogged down in definitionalism, since that can go on forever... Our whole point in starting with definitions is to point out that a) there are many different ways to define this concept; b) any definition by necessity prioritizes some things and excludes others, and so c) we're not going to use a definition for our course, but instead talk about the kinds of things we want to mean when we're collectively talking about sustainability, Beth
