​A new definition of sustainability – Horton and Horton guide toward a less exploitative relationship with our planet

The global climate movement, led by the next generation, is urging us to take action against climate change now. However, global environmental change comprises a vast range of seemingly disparate phenomena, from warming, pollution and sea level rise, to loss of biodiversity, soil degradation, and so on, the causes of which can all be traced back to human activity. For many, the overwhelming scale of the problem leads to a sort of paralysis; though you care about future generations, it’s hard to know where to begin, if you can really make a difference and how it is all connected. In a recent article in One Earth, a new environmental and sustainability journal, ASE Chair Prof Benjamin Horton and Emeritus Professor Peter Horton, University of Sheffield, UK, (father and son) outline paths for the future, giving directions based on science. In the article, they guide towards a future where sustainable development includes a profound change in the human attitude towards the natural world in all sectors of society, showing that the future that the young climate movement are calling for is within reach, if we choose to follow that path.

Read the article in CellPress: Re-defining Sustainability: Living in Harmony with Life on Earth

Read the EOS blogpost: How We Can All Live in Harmony with Life on Earth