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Sustainability as currently defined (Brundtland) is '...that which meets the needs of present generations without reducing the ability of future generations to meet their needs.'

Is this the best we can do?!!!

Surely the human imagination can come up with solutions which IMPROVE the ability of future generations to meet their needs. And of course not just generations of humans, but of all life.

I aspire to this positive-impact goal in my work (aiming high), partly because we have so much restoration to do before we can talk in a meaningful way about neutral-, zero- or even low-impact design; but also because there are usually so many pressures that compromise the aspiration (including my own laziness, greed, ignorance, fear etc etc.) A merely zero-impact goal will also be compromised to end up with what is essentially unsustainable - or at best just delayed decline.

regards
John-Paul Frazer