A brief presentation of our undertaking, with the Networking for a Common Future in Sustainability Society

Our overall task is, as spelled out in our society's name, to engage in networking for a common future in sustainability. This implies de development of links with a growing number of people and groups everywhere possible, who may be concerned about local issues that relate perhaps indirectly to the world problematique, or are directly worried about our common good and our common future. Our mission then, is to share with them and improve our respective perceptions and understandings of the prevailing circumstances in society, locally and more widely, if possible up to the whole problem; identifications and assessments of relative risks to our common future that are inherent to the issues they already worry about; perceptions of the extent to which the institutions that govern society and those in charge of public information and education recognize these threats and deal with them; identification of the hows and the whys of the circumstances and of the risks they identified in relation tho the issues that worry them; assessements of activities under way or contemplated toward resolving these issues and getting those risks under control; changes or complements to these activities that may improve chances of resolving these issues, as far as possible in non-conflictual ways, as rapidly as possible and yet, without creating more risks and damage than already exist. It should be evident that the possibility of critical stress and dangerous risks to our ways of life (and probably to our common future) are increasing rapidly: How can economic growth be reconciled with the fact that we live on a finite plente, with finite resources, and a populatrion that, by combination of numbers, demands and ways to meet (or not to meet) these demands, has reached and even outgrown the carrying capacity of our natural context, and te resilience of society itself? Can we trust the existing institutions, all of which were conceived for that economic growth where ecologic concerns are a late and timid addition only, to deal with these risks while we, the public, do not move? If not, who else than ourselves will assemble forces and try to find ways out of this conundrum? This is the rationale of our approach and of the process we are proposing. To carry out effectively our mission we are organized and incorporated as a non-profit organization, incorporated in British Columbia, Canada (2001). We are an open partnership, independent of any kind of vested interests. Our activities have until now been funded by our members. If you want to know more about us or if you feel up to the challenge and want to apply for membership in our society, you are welcome to consult our invitation to join. Or, if you want to pursue without joining, please go back to the thread you came by hitting the "return" button.