The Nature Of Sustainable Development

Caring for this earth is a duty of our faith and a way to respect God’s creations. Regardless of a person’s background, culture, or religious preferences, we are all called to protect the planet on which we live to preserve the future of the earth. As stewards and stewardesses called by God to share the responsibility for the future of the earth, we must work to protect all of creation for the sake of future

The most commonly used definition of sustainable development is still that given in the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (1987), i.e. sustainable development is ‘a process to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.’ Sustainable development is therefore about creating a better life for all people in ways that will be as viable in the future as they are at present. In other words, sustainable development is based on principles of sound husbandry of the world’s resources, and on equity in the way those resources are used and in the way in which the benefits obtained from them are distributed (Making Tourism More Sustainable, 2005).

The Earth is currently facing detrimental environmental issues. These issues have been evident for decades; however, many people have continuously denied them to be problematic or even their existence entirely. While they have managed to get away with the rejection of these problems for many years, it is no longer deniable that the issue of environmental degradation is very real and in need of immediate action. That being said, although there have been a variety of modest attempts to increase environmental sustainability, they have demonstrated to be of minimal effect. Pollution, global warming, deforestation, and a plethora of other human impacts that cause this degradation rapidly continue to destroy the planet, and in order to obstruct them,

In the decade of the 1970s, the United Nations organized several important meetings on the human environment to study a very serious problem . We humans are destroying the world around us . We are using up all of our natural resources . We must learn to conserve them, or life will be very bad for our children and our grandchildren .

The Brundtland report defined sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” From early times, philosophers, such as Thomas Malthus, believed humanity could not be sustained. Malthus believed mankind would reach their carrying capacity, specifically with regards to food. Yet, this notion changed in subsequent years, thanks in part to the green revolution. This revolution helped increase crop yields due to new fertilizers, pesticides, etc. While there became more food available, sustainability, with regards to producing food in an environmentally friendly way, ran into some difficulties. While the Brundtland commission defined sustainability, there are three components that must be integrated for the well-being of all—social, environmental, and economic. Each component of sustainability must be looked at critically when considering the sustainable use of any resource. While many simply worried about having enough food available in the world, one must think of food sustainability with regards to environmental, economic, and social implications. As follows, the importance of food sustainability will be discussed, along with the attempts to measure food sustainability.

With about 7.4 billion people living on Earth right now, the question of how one planet can continue to support our population continues to spread. It does not help that this number is only expected to increase, which poses for difficult times in the near future. We are at our carrying capacity, and more people than would like to admit are living way past the normal ecological footprint. Modern western culture has led to many believing a luxurious lifestyle is necessary. People buy TV’s they don’t need, food they won’t eat, etc. Unfortunately, I believe that we have turned into a wasteful society that isn’t grateful for the things handed to us by both our society and Mother Nature herself. It is just the way that some have been raised, and

Humans have an ethical responsibility to care for the earth, they should make a better world and repay the earth by

For quite some time, life on earth has been nothing but peaches and cream for several people and because of people who live a non-sustainable life, it has left others with an indistinct outlook on earth’s future. Sustainability to me is doing things that will help prevent harmful things from happening to the environment now and in the future. With the support of the sustainability and more quality ways of living, the Earth Charter is gradually introduced. Through key research I will explain what the Earth Charter is and why it was founded, describe one of its four parts along with the goals and overarching philosophy, and share the impact it has on my life now and in the future.

Right now, the Earth is at a point where with each day that passes by, it is slowly falling apart. It is deteriorating due to the uncaring actions being done to it and because of the lack of human interaction we have with one another to actually care for the Earth. Even though it may not seem as if it is crumbling right in the present moment, nothing will remain if no progress is achieved. The ones who are causing the most harm to the planet are human beings when in comparison to other animals. Human actions are the real problem as their main concern is only on how they can fix their own personal issues or challenges, instead of focusing on how we can improve and save our planet. There are many articles, books and other resources written on how we can refine the well-being of the Earth, including the document of the Earth Charter with its analyzation and potential solutions towards helping the Earth. The books that we have read throughout the semester are able to address particular issues that are also confronted in the Earth Charter through the similar themes and messages that they all provide. They are all able to be connected through the biggest similar message they all share, which would be how important it is for us all to come together to help improve our planet Earth in any way we can.

As societies have developed, technology has increased, and the environment has developed into a highly politicized issue many different environmental worldviews have formed. An environmental worldview is “how the people think the world works and what they believe their role in the world should be.” Some people have earth-centered worldviews. The earth-centered worldview is more

Environmental awareness or the subsequent lack thereof, have been on a rise for a while now with rise in population, changing political ideologies, increased private investments and overall privatisation and a dominant enshrining of the pro-development philosophy of the West. With such tendencies, as humans grow in number, so does the dependency on nature and the lookout for space, an insatiable cycle of production and consumption commences and with this, the Earth - our primary producer is reduced to commodity status.

The concept of sustainable development has become a major topic among intellectuals from various fields. Sustainable development has gone through various changes in its definitions and at present does not have a commonly accepted definition. The origination of the concept of sustainable development is debatable. In 1974 at a conference on Science and Technology for Human Development by the World Council of Churches the concept of a “sustainable society” is believed to have been first noted. This early concept focused on equitable distribution of scarce resources and the need for democratic decision making. In 1980 the currently used term of sustainable development emerged in the

The environment has no replacement, and therefore, it is the role of the earth’s inhabitant to ensure it is handled correctly. International Environment Movements have stepped in to aid in the fight of saving the environment for the future generation. The key concerns identified by International

Earth is our home. Our home needs to be protected and loved for it to survive for decades to come and for our future children. Taking the time to learn and educate yourself about the environment and the home we live in is crucial not only for its survival but our own too. it is not only important to realize how our daily lifes harms the environment but also that there are many steps we can take to save the environment as well. First step in doing so, is learning what the environment is, what makes up the environment, what are we doing wrong and what can we do that is right to save our home.

In conclusion , we have to preserve and conserve the earth for the upcoming generations so that they have chance to enjoy the beauty and the miracle that happens in earth . So , we have to take action starting from today because what we doing