Sustainability Is A Focal Point And A Significant Part Of Life

In recent years, Earth’s issues have become increasingly politicized, publicized, and economically important. When you examine how the environment affects us and how we affect it, it’s easy to see that overpopulation is one of earths most pressing environmental issues.

the population is said to reach 9 billion by 2050. The overpopulation of humans is causing destructive impacts on the environment and a high demand for resources. One destructive impact would be climate change because of the exceeding rate of humans, causing pollution in the air. While the Earth is having a tough time sustaining particular resources, the high demand causes the earth to force to get its nonrenewable resources. Overpopulation can lead to dangerous impacts of pollution, depleted resources, habitat loss, etc. Overpopulation is a controversial topic. While there are those who are not paying attention to its effects, the world is displaying its resources will soon disappear due to the depletion of nonrenewable resources such as water, oil, and soil. Addressing the problems and concerns of overpopulation now, can help save the lives of individuals in the future, LITERALLY!

“Sustainability is a matter of long term development” (Fowler, J., Sept.24th), this is the simplest statement describes the word “sustainability” till the end of the third week lecture. After two weeks’ lecture classes and ESS lecture classes, the concept that “sustainability is not a certain technology or policy” (Introduction to Environment, Sustainability and Society, slide79) is founded in my mind. Mind Shift organization and professor Matthew Schnurr’s research taught me more specifically that sustainability is not only about the environment.

Sustainability has become a relevant word in the vocabulary of many organizations, governments and individuals. More than just a word, sustainability relates to the ability of institutions to continue executing their functions without forgetting the effects on the environment and taking into consideration the fair treatment of their employees and the human rights of society. Although sustainability is a widely used term by many individuals, the understanding of this term is not as clear as its popularity. When discussing the ideas of sustainability, most people automatically associate the term with the human impact on the environment. Others relate sustainability to the ability to cut costs and inefficiencies within the organization. A few individuals believe that sustainability is a matter of human rights. So what exactly is sustainability?

A group of adolescents sitting inside an internet café are discussing their local newscast website’s trending topics. All though sustainable development has been a topic of discussion for years, some teenagers are not aware of it. Ordinarily relatively knowledgeable about diverse subjects, Ron interrogated the group for responses about sustainable development. To which, Ami acknowledges ignorance of the subject. Though not completely knowledgeable about sustainable development, Dena communicated observation of people conversing about sustainable development, noting that some were louder and more passionate than others about it. After locating the definition of sustainable development electronically Jenny chimed in, this 1987 United Nations report states, sustainable development refers to a type of development, stating that it will ensure that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (as cited in Aikins, 2014). Of course, this definition did not satisfy their inquisitive minds, so they decided to further their investigation of sustainable development. Hayden and Theo heard the group talking about sustainable development and expressed their desire and willingness to assist them with researching the subject. After a brief thought, the group unanimously welcomed Hayden and Theo to join them. Shortly after joining the group, Theo presented the others with an article about sustainable development which also

Population is a major reason as to why sustainability is important. This is an argument brought up in both articles. As our population grows, we must continue to have resources and food, which is stated nicely by Weisser in “Sustainability”:

Coming into this class I believed sustainability needed to be taught as a mandatory way of life, relying on personal change in order to lessen our environmental footprint. Although my knowledge of sustainability has grown, this new information has only reaffirmed my initial beliefs of what sustainability is. Sustainability is a necessary practice that will only become more important as the population rises. With an increasing population, we face a growing strain on our natural resources. The major point that has changed since my first position paper, was my exclusion of the government and corporate role in the struggle for sustainability and global equality. Immoral corporate control of natural resources, such as water, is a vital factor

Throughout this course, over the past semester, we have discussed a variety of ideas and opinions. These ideas include such concepts as science and religion coexisting together, the origins of life, politics, California being the edge of western civilization, and what my essay will focus on, sustainability. Much of the latter half of this course focuses on the idea of ecological sustainability, meaning that there is a limit to the amount of natural recourses we currently have, so we must conserve and manage the remaining recourses we have left, in order to protect the environment and have future recourses. This concept will be further elaborated on when I write about the Assembling California reading by

From my experience of working on a farm, I have developed a true understanding of what it means to live sustainably. In my undergraduate years, I have chosen to pursue a major in environmental engineering. The main reason why I have picked this program of study is due to my inquiry and concern into why people continually damage our environment. After graduation, I plan to work as an environmental engineer and apply my experiences to improve and expand conservation efforts in order to protect and preserve our environment. I am interested in studying this topic because living sustainably and preserving our environment for future generations is extremely important to me.

The change of population can impact the world on many aspects, and usually it will create adverse effects. According to our situation lately, we have been suffered from overpopulation- one of the main issues that the human race is facing today. It is becoming a problem for people of all races, religions and nationalities. Our population is believed to currently be over seven billion people! That is seven billion people sharing the same planet with us and relying on the same resources as we do. When we reach our ultimate carrying capacity our population is guaranteed to decline due to lack of resources and this would be a bad thing for all of mankind, competing for the same resources generally causes conflict. Thus, whether our primary concern is cleaner air, purer water, the elimination of

The environment has been put in a dangerous position of not having sufficient amount of resources for current residents and the future generations that are to come. Many things such as personal needs put the environment in this position, but most of time we use these products because they are needed. Earth has become reliant on the resources, therefore we use up our resources way too fast. Our current obstacle to obtaining sustainability is we don't manage our resources, and they are used too often when there is not enough to begin with. Individually we are responsible for ourselves and the actions that are used to take care of the environment. To reach sustainability, there needs to be a limit of how much is used.

Sustainability is a simple term with a fairly simple definition, a way of doing something that can be continued rather than having a finite limit. However, the much more difficult part is defining what things are actually meet the definition of sustainable. As a concept, we all understand it, but the great challenge is figuring out what it will look like in the real world and, perhaps even more difficult, putting the idea into

The amount of resources humans currently use is far greater than the Earth can support, and eventually the finite sources of energy such as coal, gas, and oil will run out. Even renewable resources such as trees and farming land are being depleted at a faster rate than they can be naturally replenished. The only way that the Earth’s resources can continue to support the growing human population is if we attempt to reduce our ecological footprint, and there are several ways to go about this task. For one, people can find sustainable methods of fulfilling their needs for things like energy and food. Instead of using so much land for taking care of livestock and growing feed, farms can focus on growing vegetables for humans which use much less energy and water. People will have to eat less meat and purchase food that was grown locally to reduce transportation costs. Forests, farmland, and fisheries need to be used in a more sustainable manner so that they are not depleted before they can be replenished. We could also reduce our footprint by making use of cleaner, alternative sources of energy like wind and solar power instead of non-renewable ones like gas and oil that will soon run out. Although it is not practical for everyone to stop driving cars and flying, newly manufactured cars should be built as fuel efficient as possible or be able to be

As a short answer, sustainability means to me as the endurance capacity of an environment (what may be a city, a forest, or even the world itself) stays “alive” and productive for attending the needs of beings. Looking at this question from a different way, sustainability brings to my mind a lot of issues, but all of them related to humans. This relation comes to my mind because when I imagine a world without humans the sustainability will not be an issue to worry about. I’m not saying that the world will not have environment problems, but the point is that the nature will be balanced or balancing, as I think.

Global sustainability is multi-faceted topic and is very complex. However, at its essence, global sustainability is defined as using your resources wisely today to give your children a better life tomorrow. It is the balance between using enough to develop right now but leaving enough for future generations. For example, if we were only looking at preserving the environment and not developing it, we might use none of the resources and leave them to be. But the problem with that is that then there is no resources for us to use. On the other hand, if we were just looking to develop the land, we would use all of our resources, but then there would be no more left for the future. Thus, I want our