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2010
is the UN's International Year of Biodiversity |
February 16th
through 19th, 2010
Session Abstracts
11A Keynote:
Sustainable Horticulture: Connecting Living Plants to Liveable Communities
Speaker: Dr.
Jennifer Sumner
The word
sustainable is often divided into environmental, social and economic
aspects. This means that when we talk about sustainable horticulture,
we need to understand it not only from the environmental perspective,
but also from the social and economic perspectives.
This paper will
explore what connects living plants to liveable communities using a
basic understanding of sustainability as the civil commons -
co-operative human constructions that protect and/or enable universal
access to life goods. The Kyoto Agreement, Toronto's Greenbelt,
bylaws banning the cosmetic use of pesticides, municipal parks,
community gardens, organic school lunch programs, fair trade and
farmers' markets are all examples of the civil commons in action that
express the environmental, social and economic aspects of
sustainability. They are also the foundation of liveable communities
and, in this way, offer an expanded role for horticulture in the 21st Century. |
