We were really pleased to be invited to attend The Sustainable Enterprise Conference at Sonoma Mountain Village in Rohnert Park, which is a sustainable community.
We chatted with friends and colleagues-generally one and the same. We were pleased to share how we teach sustainability to our D5 kids.
Here is the information on the poster you see on the wall behind our table briefly explaining D5 and Sustainability.
What is sustainability?
Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations.
Sustainability is important to making sure that we have and will continue to have the water, materials, and resources to protect human health and our environment.
Sus·tain·a·ble
adjective
1. Capable of being sustained.
2. Capable of being continued with minimal long-term effect on the environment: sustainable agriculture.
Sus·tain·a·bil·i·ty
noun
1. the ability to be sustained supported, upheld, or confirmed.
2. Environmental Science: the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance: The committee is developing sustainability standards for products that use energy.
At DirectionFive, Sustainability is a Verb
Sus·tain
Verb sus·tained, sus·tain·ing, sus·tains
1. To keep in existence; maintain.
Through fiscal responsibility. We manage our funds carefully and have a commitment to grow our scholarship fund so kids from all walks of life can attend D5’s programs.
2. To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for.
Education is the key necessity that we provide.
3. To support from below; keep from falling or sinking; prop.
Good health is one of the keys to success. By providing education to improve the health of our nation’s kids, we provide hope and therefore opportunities.
4. To support the spirits, vitality, or resolution of; encourage.
D5’s programs discuss stress reduction, spirituality and the power of physical and mental health. We encourage vitality through health education.
5. To bear up under; withstand: can’t sustain the blistering heat.
When kids feel strong and healthy, they are able to endure challenges easier.
6. To experience or suffer: sustained a fatal injury.
See above!
7. To affirm the validity of: The judge has sustained the prosecutor’s objection.
Validity of D5’s success is the improved health of kids. For kids, the validity of good health equates to a happier, healthier life!
8. To prove or corroborate; confirm.
Confirmation of kids improved health through the D5 programs is proof positive of D5’s success.
9. To keep up (a joke or assumed role, for example) competently.
When kids maintain or obtain their good health and feel strong, they feel confident and want to continue that feeling for life. When kids truly understand how their bodies work and how to keep healthy, this education will be sustainable for life!
Some Photos from this fantastic Event. We learned so much and so many people learned about D5. Thanks to Oren Wool for putting on this incredible conference.
