Sustainable Development

What is substainable Development ?

•Definition: „Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs“. (Brundtland Commission of the United Nations)

What is substainable Development ?

•Sustainability has become a wide-ranging term that can be applied to almost every facet of life on Earth, from a local to a global scale and over various time periods.

•What sustainability is, what the goals are and how they can be achieved is open to everyones own interpretation.

What is substainable Development ?

•The Earth Charter speaks of “a sustainable global society founded on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a culture of peace.”

What is substainable Development ?

Social

Enviroment Economic

Definitions of sustainability often refer to the "three pillars" of social, environmental and economic sustainability

What is substainable Development ?

Social

Enviroment Economic

Another representation of sustainability showing how both economy and society are constrained by environmental limits.

Important parts of sustainable development.

Social sustainability

Social sustainability is one aspect of sustainable development. Socialsustainability includes human rights, labor rights, and corporate governance. In common with

environmentalsustainability, social sustainability is the idea that future

generationsshould have the same or greater access to social resources

as the current generation.

Important parts of sustainable development.

Economical sustainability

Sustainability interfaces with economics through the social andEcological consequences of economic activity. At present the

averageper capita consumption of people in the developing world issustainable but population numbers are increasing and

individuals areaspiring to high consumption Western lifestyles. The developed

worldpopulation is only increasing slightly but consumption levels areunsustainable.

Important parts of sustainable development.

Economical sustainability

The challenge for sustainability is to curb and manage WesternConsumption while raising the standard of living of the

developingworld without increasing its resource use and environmental

impact.This must be done by using strategies and technology that break

the link between, on the one hand, economic growth and on the

other,environmental damage and resource depletion.

Important parts of sustainable development.

Enviromental sustainability

Sustainable development of the Earth is a development that meets the

basic needs of all human beings and which conserve, protect andRestore the health and integrity of the Earth's ecosystem, withoutcompromising the ability of future generations to meet their ownneeds and without going over the limits of long term capacity of theearth’s ecosystem.(Stappen 2004–2008, S. 25 ff.)

Important parts of sustainable development.

Enviromental sustainability

In ecology, sustainability describes how biological systems remain

diverse and productive over time.

For humans it is the potential for long-term maintenance of wellbeing,

which depends on the wellbeing of the natural world and theresponsible use of natural resources.

Important parts of sustainable development.

Enviromental sustainability

What can we do ?• Humans have to return to an sustainable use of

natural resources.

• To reach this goal there are many different ways:▫Reorganising living conditions ( e.g.

ecovillages and sustainable cities)▫Reappraising economic sectors ( e.g.

sustainable agriculture)▫Developing new technologies ( e.g. renewable

energy)

What can we also do ?• Revive growth

• Change the quality of growth

• Meet essential needs and aspirations for jobs, food, energy, water and sanitation

• Ensure a sustainable level of population

What can we also do ?• Conserve and enhance the resource base

• Reorient technology and manage risk

• Include and combine environment and economics considerations in decision-making .

Important Projetcs.

•ICLEI – Local Governments For Sustainability

•World Business Council for Sustainable Development

•Earth Clock

•Leraning for Sustainability

Important Projetcs.

•BBC Bloom

•Lexikon der Nachhaltigkeit (only German)

•The Encyclopedia of Earth

•Ecosustainable Projects

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