Summary

The realisation that communities lack resilience in the face of food and energy scarcity, forces a reconsideration of our developmental objectives. We are challenged to identify new or adapted systems for production, distribution and consumption suited to delivering well-being now and in the future. We must ensure suitable investment in those capitals influencing well-being: Capital that complements, allows for and is interdependent upon meeting food and energy needs; such as kinship, health and education. A knowledge of sustainability technologies, policy and science underpins this essay but I have written a human story, for that is the story that must unfold.