The Natural Step (TNS) Canada is part of an international non-profit research, education and advisory organization. The framework developed by TNS addresses the need for a systematic way of understanding and planning towards sustainability. In the summer of 2009, King Township partnered with TNS to assist the Township on our journey towards sustainability.
One of the most important components of the TNS framework is that in a sustainable society, nature is not subject to systematically increasing:
- Concentrations of substances from the Earth’s crust
- Concentrations of substances produced by society
- Degradation of nature by physical means
And that, in that society, people are not subject to conditions that systematically
- Undermine their capacity to meet their needs
These four system conditions will become imbedded in Kings ICSP, such that King maintains its essential ecological processes in addition to meeting human needs in King, all integral and essential components of sustainability. Our Sustainability Steering Committee is trained in the framework, ensuring its continued use and importance.