Chapter Eight The Turning has Started Abstract Chapter eight highlights the challenging process of creating a state of global sustainability. It outlines potential frameworks and factors needed for it to be implemented and draws a trajectory for the future based on the sum of the diverse parts. In doing so the chapter summarizes the key ingredients in the challenge to achieve sustainability and concludes with final reflections on its realisability. Questions relating to barriers and processes are addressed from the perspectives of the current state of sustainable development. Utopian theories and historical examples as well as practical experiences from the three cases are addressed. New influences are added including recent global events and calls for action, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the IPCC 6th Assessment Report from 2021/2022 as well as the agreements made at COP 26. The aspect of inner sustainability comprising the emotional, psychological, and spiritual dimensions is examined as it plays a key role in the change of direction, as well as in building resilience to meet the new challenges as they arise.
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