Conceito de desenvolvimento sustentável

1. Sustainable Development
More than one hundred definitions of
sustainable development exist, but the
most widely used one is from the World
Commission on Environment and
Development, presented in 1987. It states
that sustainable development is
“Development that meets the needs of
the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their
own needs.” Sustainable development
promotes the idea that social,
environmental, and economic progress are
all attainable within the limits of our
earth’s natural resources. Sustainable
development approaches everything in
the world as being connected through
space, time and quality of life.
Ecological footprint
An analysis that gauges our impact on the
planet's biological systems, the ecological
footprint measures human consumption of
natural resources in comparison to Earth's
ecological capacity to regenerate them.
Individually, each of us has "a footprint,"
and, collectively, they aggregate across
geographical zones and other means of
classification. Calculation of the footprint
takes into account just about everything
we do; from the food we eat, to the house
we live in, to the car we drive and the
other consumption habits we practice
each day. It's a very complex calculation
that answers a straightforward question:
how much of the Earth's resources do our
lifestyles require?
1- What relationship can be established
between sustainable development and
ecological footprint
Consider the concepts mentioned above and make the following activity
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2- On the picture, write five behaviors that
contribute to increase your ecological footprint.
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3- Draw a hand and write on each finger a measure
that contributes to sustainable development.Reply
Sustainable development