Absolute sustainability: knowing what to aim for

Sustainability can be seen as a long journey towards a distant destination. But how do we know what the destination we are aiming for looks like? How do we determine the correct course and how do we stay on it? Absolute Sustainability is a navigational tool that may help us steer clear of environmental disaster.

To learn more, listen in as Anjila Hjalsted, environmental engineer and TEDx speaker, lays out the latest research on the topic of “absolute sustainability” – a methodology to quantify environmental sustainability and determine whether something is, in absolute terms, sustainable or not. Based on her peer reviewed paper on the topic , Anjila explains the conceptual framework and demonstrates how this can be put into action. How can circular economy help on the journey towards absolute sustainability, helping humanity to stay within the planetary boundaries? And which challenges and opportunities present themselves on the sustainability journey for an island? Join this talk to learn about the new groundbreaking science of absolute sustainability.