Redefining success to save humanity

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Redefining success to save humanity

• Mark Warner
• Sustainability Manager
• Estates Services

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Introduction

• Whats my role why Estates?
• What this presentation is bases on
• My personal experiences
• My theories thoughts
• Other influences i.e. peers
• Evolving theory
• Would like you influence it.

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Reminder

• Deforestation and habitat destruction
• Soil problems (erosion, salinization, and soil
  fertility losses)
• Water management problems
• Overhunting
• Overfishing
• Effects of introduced species on native species
• Human population growth
• Increased per-capita impact of people

• Human-caused climate change
• Buildup of toxic chemicals in the environment
• Energy shortages
• Full human utilization of the Earths
  photosynthetic capacity
• Source Jerad Diamond. Collapse how societies
  chose to fail or succeed

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Define humanity

• Family
• Civilisation
• Species
• People
• Human Race
• Save Im talking about survive
• Why not save the planet
• Are we the generation to see the end of this
  Civilisation?

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Define success

• Achievement
• Accomplishment
• Victory
• Triumph
• Failure?
• Highly personal
• How I think people define themselves as successful

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Lets look at the human being

• Intelligent but selfish
• Vote who thinks the Iraq War is a just war?
• Vote Who has an ethical pension?
• Why not?
• Abdicate responsibility i.e. University dictates
  who the pension provider is not down to us.
• Governed by the Reptilian Brain fight or flight
• Do not feel insignificant to nature (quote)
• No morals or ethics (GTA, George Mombia,
  Children of Men)

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Carbon rationing

• Basic explanation - flight to New York
• Government target 60 reduction in CO2
  emissions by 2050
• Need 90
• Vote how many people would vote for Carbon
  Rationing
• Vote was Gandhi a good man? Why?
• Vote who would live like he did?

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So

• Students will be our biggest impact
• How do we redefine success 3rd world aspires to
  1st
• How does a global economy continue to prosper?
• Our students will be our biggest impact how do
  we get them to renounce cars, videos games and
  the marketing machine
• What role does religion play
• How do we give anyone the skills to make true
  ethical/sustainable decisions?
• Volunteering

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Role of the university/administrator

• Universities have to be the critic and
  conscience of society (New Zealand Education
  Act.
• Hence we have to be the leaders
• Teach ethics throughout all courses
• Teach sustainability (define) throughout all
  courses
• Lead by example
• Ethical investments
• Sustainable construction
• Recycling
• Timetabling
• International activities