ROOTS 13
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Contents
Introduction
5
Principles and definitions of environmental sustainability
7
1.1
Poverty and the environment
7
1.2
Sustainable development
9
1.3
Our environmental footprint
10
1.4
Understanding water resources
10
1.5
Understanding forest resources
12
1.6
Understanding and responding to climate change
13
A biblical perspective on the environment
21
2.1
Understanding the environment from God’s perspective
21
2.2
Understanding people from God’s perspective
24
2.3
Practical response
25
Sustainable energy
27
3.1
Energy and development
27
3.2
Renewable and sustainable energy resources
28
3.3
Developing an energy project
30
Organisational environmental sustainability
35
4.1
Modelling good stewardship
35
4.2
Issues to consider
35
4.3
Benefits of good stewardship
36
4.4
Good practice in office-based environmental stewardship
37
4.5
Developing an organisational environmental policy
39
4.6
Encouraging staff ownership
41
4.7
An environmental audit
41
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Environmentally sustainable projects
45
5.1
The benefits of environmentally sustainable projects
46
5.2
How to carry out a basic environmental assessment
48
Using advocacy to help protect the environment
67
6.1
Introduction to advocacy
67
6.2
Advocacy and sustainable management of natural resources
70
6.3
Advocacy and waste management
71
6.4
Advocacy and sustainable energy
73
6.5
Advocacy and disaster risk reduction
74
6.6
Advocacy and climate change
76
Personal lifestyle
79
Resources and contacts
83
Glossary
85
Index
87
Templates
89
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ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
T E A R F U N D
R O O T S
R E S O U R C E S