Wrapping up

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Reflection

Conclusion

In this module, you learned about economic sustainability: development that makes secure sources of livelihood available to everyone and ensures that global communities remain intact.

You considered some of the ways economies are measured, such as GDP, HDI, BLI and GNH. You considered how economic sustainability relates to all 17 UNB SGDs and learned about circular economies, along with other types of alternative economies such as steady-state, sharing, and gift economies.

You had the opportunity to learn more about gift economies in the context of Canadian indigenous peoples, particularly the potlatches of the Kwakwaka’wakw people. Finally, you took some time to reflect on economic sustainability and make connections to your existing knowledge and experiences.

Call to action

Next time you step outside, take a few minutes to identify some of the sources of abundance in your neighbourhood. Do you have neighbours growing vegetable gardens or pollinator patches? Does your neighbourhood have any community spaces, parks, or green spaces? Are there any “little libraries” or out-of-home services?

Then take a few more minutes to think about other ways that you and your neighbourhood could increase abundance and/or use aspects of sharing or gift economies to help improve well-being of those within the community.

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