I am recording statements made in discussion at the DDM faculty meeting on January 30, 2017 on the topic of Ecological Sustainability as follows:
1. Emily Carr's Mission and Value statements need to affirmatively, clearly and strongly reflect the cross-campus values of ecological sustainability as demonstrated in numerous grass-roots initiatives that include pedagogical, research, and on-the-ground actions. Given the state of the global ecology, these values are imperative.
2. Powerful language around ecological sustainability can encompass many different epistemologies, approaches and project types, including post-humanist theory, social innovation initiatives, ecological literacy, and many others.
3. Ecological sustainability needs to be reinforced as a value to enable follow-up with much needed funding support for the initiatives that currently exist, and to support many more such diverse attempts to address this problem.