1.3.11—Scales of sustainability and justice

Sustainability action runs from individual and organizational choices through community, city, national and global coordination; the actor must have authority for the action.

Name the scale, actor and decision. Scales interact: individual behaviour cannot substitute for infrastructure or standards that only institutions can provide.

Reducing household energy is individual; building public transit is city-level; setting appliance standards is national.

National government or an authorized national institution; a household cannot set it alone.

Naming a scale is not enough; match authority to action and show coordination.