Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools, he is nothing; with tools, he is all.
—Thomas Carlyle
As noted in the preceding chapter, the desire to be sustainable combined with management support (especially top management support), while important, is not enough. We need frameworks and tools. These important elements provide support to those charged with developing and deploying sustainable systems. Frameworks provide structure; they show the relationship between the various components and how these components can be arranged to generate more sustainable practices. Tools, on the other hand, provide the vehicle whereby specific tasks or goals can be achieved. They simplify problem solving, provide structure, and ...
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