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The article examines the criticism surrounding the Brutland Commission's local-global project on human settlements. Issues discussed include the Brutland movement's aim to replace sustainability with the green revolution that is led by many institutions and organizations, the emergence of the concept of resilience in the sustainability discourse, and the three central features of socio-ecological systems which are resilience, adaptability, and transformability.

An essay is presented on sustainability and green labels. It offers a distinction between the term green and sustainability and locates this debate within a hierarchical sustainability rubric that provides gradations on the sustainability continuum. It tries to illuminate stakes that involved in this debate and clarify the variations on sustainability imply for both theory and practice. Moreover, the author seeks to overcome the dispute on sustainability and sustainable development.

An essay is presented on the continuing arguments that support the low-hanging fruit dictum and the obligations pushed by political realities. It tells that ecological awareness pushes the shift from conceptualization to implementation of sustainability programs with considerations of applicable tactics and strategies. It adds that the tactic of "picking the low-hanging fruit" offers the imagery of a pathway to sustainability that requires a minimum level of activity and quick paybacks.