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JUST SUSTAINABILITY Seattle University The Intersection of Spirituality and Sustainability Shariff M. Abdullah, JD JUSTICE? SPIRITUALITY? SUSTAINABILITY? Vaclav Havel The Velvet Revolution Spirituality I take to be concerned with

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JUST SUSTAINABILITY

Seattle University

“The Intersection of Spirituality and Sustainability”

Shariff M. Abdullah, JD

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JUSTICE?

SPIRITUALITY? SUSTAINABILITY?

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Vaclav Havel The Velvet Revolution

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“Spirituality I take to be concerned with those qualities of the human spirit -- such as love and compassion, patience, tolerance, forgiveness, contentment, a sense of responsibility, a sense of harmony -- which bring happiness to both self and others.

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“Thus spiritual practice... involves, on the one hand, acting out of concern for others’ well-being. On the

  • ther, it entails

transforming ourselves so that we become more readily disposed to do so. To speak of spiritual practice in any terms other than these is meaningless.

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“My call for a spiritual revolution is thus not a call for a religious revolution. Nor is it a reference to a way of life that is somehow

  • therworldly.... Rather, it is

a call for a radical reorientation away from

  • ur habitual

preoccupation with self.”

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An Example of Dysfunctional Systems and Structures…

Trees cut down in rainforest…

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tauntingpanda/14782257/

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An Example of Dysfunctional Systems and Structures…

Trees cut down in rainforest…

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainforestactionnetwork/5681326518/

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An Example of Dysfunctional Systems and Structures…

Shipped to a paper mill…

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/4758487266/

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An Example of Dysfunctional Systems and Structures…

Turned into Yellow Pages phone books…

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvery/4461519535/ Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leelefever/1142561866/in/photostream/ Source: http://leftofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/02/san-fransisco-considering- ban-on-yellow.html

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An Example of Dysfunctional Systems and Structures…

Then sent straight to recycling bins… or trash. Because… MOST PEOPLE DON’T USE PHONE BOOKS ANYMORE!

Source: http://jwikert.typepad.com/the_average_joe/2007/07/when-will- the-y.html Source: http://greenlimbs.com/turning-the-page-on-the-yellow-pages/ Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/timhoran/2308095645/

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An Example of Dysfunctional Systems and Structures… This system is not just “wasteful”, it is

ECOLOGICALLY IMMORAL

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What is our highest VALUE?

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VISIONS

AND

META-VISIONS…

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Shariff Abdullah:

“We can create a world that works for all beings.”

William McDonough:

“[We can] love all the children, of all species, for all time.”

Mark Anielski:

“We can create an economy of enduring happiness, an economy

  • f love.”
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Our current long-range plan…

“Let’s Kill this Planet”

“The purpose of a system is what it does.”

Stafford Beer

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Some of us are engaged in a related plan…

“Let’s Kill this Planet SLOWER”.

  • Let’s do all we can to save the Earth – so long as:
  • it doesn’t cost too much
  • we don’t have to change ourselves or our

lifestyles too much

  • we don’t have to quesKon our basic aMtudes

and assumpKons about work, money… or anything else.

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“I sit on a man’s back, choking him, and making him carry me… …and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by any means possible… …except getting off his back.

Leo Tolstoy

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What are the

12 GLOBAL CHALLENGES?

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12 Global Challenges

Security Water Food Energy Health Politics Economics Education Habitat Ecology Media Spiritual/ Cultural

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12 Global Challenges

Security Water Food Energy Health Politics Economics Education Habitat Ecology Media Spiritual/ Cultural

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From 12 CHALLENGES to 12 PARADIGM SHIFTS…

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Industrial paradigm

(uniformity/sameness; mass producKon; over- producKon)

“Time is Money” Controlled regulated Corporate, Industrial mega-scale paradigm Life- destroying LIFE AFFIRMING AND SUPPORTING Soul- deadening;

fosters spiritual illness

Scarcity Paradigm Constant Growth

(Cancer Paradigm)

Extravagance, “luxury”, leisure, waste Abundance Paradigm Toxic ArKficial and syntheKc Efficiency measured by money Human-scale CraG paradigm

(quality; beauty; funcKon; durability; pride; soul)

Sustainability

(Enoughness Paradigm)

Elegant simplicity

(funcKonability; “right use”)

Healthful ParKcipatory Natural and

  • rganic

CreaKvely “inefficient”

(Efficiency measured by LIFE, not MONEY)

Soul-liGing

(supports spiritual healing and awakening)

“Time is Time; Money is Money”

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THIS IS NOT “UTOPIAN”!!!

EMERGING PARADIGMS

  • Human-scale
  • Abundance Paradigm
  • Craft paradigm
  • Sustainability
  • Elegant simplicity
  • Healthful
  • Participatory
  • Natural and organic
  • Creatively “inefficient”
  • Soul-lifting
  • “Time is Time; Money is

Money”

  • LIFE AFFIRMING AND

SUPPORTING

SUSTAINABLE LIVING… for over 330 years!

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“The Chronicles of the Upheavals” Humanity makes it… but HOW?

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JUST SUSTAINABILITY

Seattle University

“The Intersection of Spirituality and Sustainability”

Shariff M. Abdullah, JD