More frameworks and materials

Sustainability Definitions 

Limits of Growth: A report that dates back to the last century, where a think tank identified the risks and challenges of a growing population and growing economy. 

Brundtland Report - Our Common Future: First idea of Sustainability as conceived today, and still one of the most common definitions of such term: "the ability of meeting today's needs without compromizing future generations to meet their own needs". 

Sustainability Assessment 

The Sustainability Assessment Identification Key: There are several definitions and methods of assessment of Sustainability. These play a determinant role when decisions are made within specific contexts to choose "the most sustainable alternative." The Sustainability Assessment Identification Key helps select the best assessment framework.

A Systemic Framework for Sustainability Assessment: Focus on the scientific and technical evaluation of Sustainability Assessment to support decision-making.

Stakeholder Involvement 

The Quintuple Helix innovation model: The Quintuple Helix innovation model has been developed as a follow-up to a Triple and Quadruple Helix models, which originally focussed on the relations amongst university, industry and government relations in facilitating and supporting innovation. The Quintuple Helix innovation model sees civil society and nature as equally important stakeholders with a role to play.

Impact of Technology 

The Jevons Paradox: The Jevons Paradox is an economic theory that explains why, historically, efficiency has only led to additional consumption rather than an actual decrease. This short article helps the reader understand the paradox between linking the concept of efficiency to Sustainability, and how the former, most often, produces the opposite effect.