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What We Do

Information and Resources

The Million Year Society provides information and resources to its' members and the public, and intends to promote research and analysis in various fields and thereby help advance the understanding and stewardship of our global future. The Million Year Society as maintained on the world wide web, is both a repository and resource to support the topics of interest to the Society, providing literature, links and other resources for academic study, to advance the understanding and stewardship of the planet As this website develops, it will provide a forum for the presentation and consideration of sustainably strategies to support another million years of human civilization.

Educational Information and Stewardship

Membership Services

Membership services will consist of providing educational information in several fields including: environmental science, natural resources, human cultures, global sustainability, architecture, resilience, governance policies and planning, to advance the understanding of the planet for the purpose of academic study for long term human stainability. Membership in The Million Year Society: Apply for membership by contacting us. Tell us why you wish to be a member. You can also sign up for notifications when this website has new materials. Membership is not necessary to submit prepared materials and resource links.

How the Million Year Soceity (MYS) is defining the above words.

Sustainability. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sustainability is the capacity to endure in a relatively ongoing way across various domains of life. In the 21st century, it refers generally to the capacity for Earth’s biosphere and human civilization to co-exist. Sustainability has also been described as “meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs” (Brundtland, 1987). For many, sustainability is defined through the interconnected domains of environment, economy and society. Sustainable development, for example, is often discussed through the domains of culture, technology economics and politics. According to Our Common Future (Brundtland Report), sustainable development is defined as development that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Moving towards sustainability can involve social challenges that entail the following: international and national law, urban planning and transport, supply-chain management, local and individual lifestyles and ethical consumerism. Ways of living more sustainably can take many forms, such as:

reorganizing living conditions (e.g., Ecovillages, eco-municipalities, and sustainable cities)
reappraising economic sectors (permaculture, green building, sustainable agriculture) or work practices (sustainable architecture)
using science to develop new technologies (green technologies, appropriate technologies, renewable energy and sustainable fission and fusion power)
designing systems in a flexible and reversible manner
adjusting individual lifestyles to conserve natural resources

Despite the increased popularity of the term “sustainability” and its usage,[11] the possibility that human societies will achieve environmental sustainability has been, and continues to be, questioned—in light of environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, climate change, overconsumption, population growth and societies’ pursuit of unlimited economic growth in a closed system.

Stewardship is an ethic that embodies the responsible planning and management of resources. The concepts of stewardship can be applied to the environment and nature, economics, health, property, information, theology, cultural resources etc.

Policy is a deliberate system of guidelines to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent and is implemented as a procedure or protocol. Policies are generally adopted by a governance body within an organization.

Culture is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.

Resilience the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. The ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity. For MYS purposes, resiliency of systems – both natural and manmade.

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical, biological and information sciences to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems. Environmental science emerged from the fields of natural history and medicine during the Enlightenment.