Sustaining the sustainable
creating the culture of sustainability
pp. 135-145
in: Maria C. Coutinho de Arruda, Boleslaw Rok (eds), Understanding ethics and responsibilities in a globalizing world, Berlin, Springer, 2016Abstract
The Rio20 event of June 2012 followed the United Nations Organizations' traditional model of sustainable development: economically viable, socially fair, and environmentally correct. Lélé (1991) and Boff (2012) criticize this Triple Bottom Line, as it eases accumulation of wealth, and lack of equilibrium in the ecosystems, and does not alleviate poverty. These pillars are not adequate or sufficient for the complexity of sustainability issues.