Government
GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
EFFECT
SUSTAINABLE OUTCOME
10. TEACH ETHICS Introduce courses in sustainability ethics in schools (Prebble).
Create awareness and subsequently a more ethical basis (rather than financial) for intergenerational decisions.
Promote a moral community based on non-GDP measures of wellness.
11. TAX NON-RENEWABLES Resource tax on all non-renewable resources (Pearson).
Accelerate substitution of nonrenewable resources with green technologies.
Create globally competitive technologies, likely to cause new stimulation of economy.
12. MARKET WATER Introduce water-trading based on markets and property rights for environmental, rural and urban needs (Malano).
Allow inter-sector trading and more transparent water prices, without political interference.
Provide greater imperative for better technological and economic decisions that allow for the provision of infrastructure and water for the environment.
13. GO SOLAR Make a substantial commitment to large solar, wind and energy storage installations (Seligman) with emphasis on large-scale solar (Brumby).
Shift to renewable energy at acceptable cost.
Reduce carbon pollution; create new industries; vitalise some remote rural areas, but recognise and address negative economic impacts on others, eg, communities in coal basins.
14. PROVIDE CHILDCARE Provide universal and affordable childcare (Sykes).
Enable low-income families to fully participate in workforce.
Reduce inequity; increase productivity; increase educational aspirations.
15. VALUE CULTURE Develop frameworks for, and measure, impacts of culture programs on sustainability (Yue).
Improved assessment of value of cultural programs.
Stimulate cultural support as a factor in societal change, leading to increased govt commitment to culture programs.
16. PROMOTE TRANSPORT PYRAMID Provide a public awareness campaign on healthy transport based upon the transport pyramid (Conheady).
Changes in attitudes and behaviour to modes of transport.
Greater demand for public transport, separated bikeways, community car ownership, improved health; significant reduction in carbon pollution.
17. RESTORE ECOSYSTEMS Establish an international Ecosystem Restoration Service (Keenan).
Restore natural ecosystem function to 20 per cent of deforested areas.
Help society adapt to climate change by working with the natural environment and reducing our exposure to future risks.
18. PLAN FOR POPULATION Plan for population growth by increasing investment in new public infrastructure like water, transport, energy and communications (Kippen).
Greater efficiency in publicresource usage.
Improved management of demands made by population growth.
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