Creating sustainable futures/CSF103/Framing/One planet

BedZED 2007

One Planet Living is an initiative of Bioregional and its partners. The framework uses ecological footprinting and carbon footprinting as its headline indicators. It is based on ten guiding principles of sustainability as a framework.

The concept of One Planet Living builds on sustainability work carried out by Bioregional over the past few decades but specifically grew out of Bioregional’s work to build the BedZED eco-village in south London.

The 10 One Planet Living principles cover:

Health and happiness	Encouraging active, sociable, meaningful lives to promote good health and well being.
Equity and local economy	Creating bioregional economies that support equity and diverse local employment and international fair trade.
Culture and community	Respecting and reviving local identity, wisdom and culture; encouraging the involvement of people in shaping their community and creating a new culture of sustainability.
Land use and wildlife	Protecting and restoring biodiversity and creating new natural habitats through good land use and integration into the built environment.
Land use and wildlife	Protecting and restoring biodiversity and creating new natural habitats through good land use and integration into the built environment.
Sustainable water	Using water efficiently in buildings, farming and manufacturing. Designing to avoid local issues such as flooding , drought and water course pollution.
Local and sustainable food	Supporting sustainable and humane farming, promoting access to healthy, low impact, local, seasonal and organic diets and reducing food waste.
Sustainable materials	Using sustainable and healthy products, such as those with low embodied energy, sourced locally, made from renewable or waste resources.
Sustainable transport	Reducing the need to travel, and encouraging low and zero carbon modes of transport to reduce emissions.
Zero waste	Reducing waste, reusing where possible, and ultimately sending zero waste to landfill.
Zero carbon	Making buildings more energy efficient and delivering all energy with renewable technologies.

Learning journal activity

This activity is required for students seeking formal credit. Other students may complete a learning journal but it will not be assessed.

1. Download and read this document published by WWF on The Rights of Earth.
2. Consider the One Planet Living guiding principles against the four principles of the Natural Step framework. Then answer the following questions in your learning journal.
   • How closely are they aligned?
   • What do you consider to be the strengths of each?