Rather they are the common desires and aspirations of all Oregonians and we must therefore strive to ensure that our efforts result in simultaneously meeting environmental, economic, and community needs throughout our state. The problems that we face today are complicated. Our social, economic and environmental challenges are interwoven. The strategies that we have used in the past to make progress are not enough. We need to develop new tools, new approaches and new perspectives to deal with growth and with the environmental and social problems that can accompany growth.
Sustainability requires simultaneously meeting environmental, economic and community needs.
There is great confusion as individuals and organizations struggle, often in isolation, to bring about a more sustainable way of life. We invite those engaged in this struggle to join us in a bioregional learning community. Visit Ecotrust's Conservation Economy site or view their slideshow which links into the pattern.