on sustainability: las torres patagonia 2025
SUSTAINABILITY HAS MANY MEANINGS AND HAS VARIED WITH LITERATURE, CONTEXT AND TIME. IT COMES FROM THE LATIN WORD SUSTINERE, WHICH MEANS TO SUPPORT, TO HOLD, TO ENDURE.
I WOULD DESCRIBE SUSTAINABILITY AS A BIELF AND AS AN ACTION, WHERE HUMANITY LIVES IN BALANCE WITH NATURE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY ECOLOGY. THIS IS A HUMAN PHENOMENON AND A GLOBAL ISSUE, WHICH REQURIES GLOBAL SOLUTIONS.
CRITICISM AROUND SUSTAINABILITY ARE MANY. BUT IT IS CLEAR, NATURE IS IN TROUBLE AND THEREFORE WE ARE IN TROUBLE. WE OFTEN FORGET WE ARE FROM NATURE. NATURE IS NOT SOMETHING SEPARATE FROM US. SO WHEN WE HAVE LOST OUR CONNECTION TO NATURE, WE HAVE LOST OUR CONNECT TO OURSELVES.
ROBIN WALL KIMMERER ONCE SAID, “HOW, IN OUR MODERN WORLD, CAN WE FIND OUR WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE EARTH AS A GIFT AGAIN, TO MAKE OUR RELATIONS WITH THE WORLD SACRED AGAIN”. I BELIEVE THIS IS A PATH TO SUSTAINABILITY ACROSS ALL CULTURES, CONTEXT, AND TIME.