Cultural Sustainability Around the World
What is Cultural Sustainability?
Culturally sustainability means change occurs in a way that respects cultural values. Sustainability discussions should include an understanding of the culture as well as the location where it occurs, so as not to neglect the geographic and community context. Serious discussions of sustainability require exploring the specific complexities of each situation in detail, and the preservation of the environment and culture balanced with the considerations of current practice.
Eco Arts
Finally, we must acknowledge the effects on thinking about the role of culture in sustainability in the field of eco-arts, which can be traced back to the 1960s.
Eco-art projects are often collaborations initiated by artists, environmental groups, local musicians or communities, and they tend to be linked to local concerns regarding pollution and other specific environmental issues. Artists dealing with cultural sustainability often see their creative projects as an environmental practice.