Taken from http://www.conversationweek.org/top-ten-questions/

Top 10 Questions for 2008… Plus One!

Fifteen hundred people in 39 countries participated in suggesting and selecting the following ten questions as the most important ones in the world today. These are our concerns expressed not as demands but as the questions we must all consider at every level of life to meet the challenges of our times.

Conversation Week 2008 gives us a chance to talk with friends, neighbors and strangers about one or more of these questions – and discover answers that can re-direct our lives and work, while knowing that sincere people on the other side of the planet are doing the same.

Social Sustenance 101 is our executive director's favorite presentation to give. It is presented in an innovative slideshow format. Here is the general outline:

There seems to be a lot of confusion surrounding the concepts of sustainability, sustainable development, and how to be sustainable. Oftentimes, simple definitions are overlooked in favor of something more verbose or academic, and we feel that is a mistake. These terms are easy to define, and this is our attempt.

Sustainability is a design characteristic

Is this sustainable? = Will we ever have to stop doing this?