Sustainable Development

1. Topic
Sustainable Development

2. Definition
According to Brundtland Commission,
“Sustainable development is the
development that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs.”

3.  Sustainable development is not just about environment. Its focus
is much broader than that.
 Its all about meeting the diverse needs of people in different
communities, social cohesion, creating equal opportunity to ensure
a strong and healthy society.
 Sustainability development also focuses on finding better
ways of doing things without affecting quality of our life.

4. Goals Of Sustainable Development
 Eradication of poverty across the world
They aim to eradicate poverty in the least developed
countries by expanding social protection programs like
school feeding, cash transfers and labor market programs
such as skill training, old age pensions, and so on.
 Provision of quality education for all
These bodies have realized that the level of child
school dropout is at an all time high. This gap must be closed
to ensure sustainable future development.

5.  Promotion of good health and well being
The goal takes into account all the main health priorities
such as maternal and child health, reproductive health ,
communicable and non-communicable diseases,
universal health coverage, and access to quality, and affordable
vaccines and medicines.
 Building up strong infrastructure, supporting inclusive and
sustainable industrialization and incubating innovation
This goal takes into account three aspects of
sustainable development: industrialization, infrastructure,
and innovation.

6.  Achieving gender equality
In the past few decades, gender equality and
women empowerment have been agendas for most governments
for long-term sustainable development. Access to education for
girls has since improved, the percentage of child marriage has
Plummeted.

7. Examples Of Sustainable Development
 Wind Energy
Wind energy is energy harnessed from
the motion of wind using wind turbine or windmills. Wind energy
is renewable, which means it’s never ending and can be used to
substitute energy at the grid.
 Solar Energy
This is energy harnessed from the sun using solar panels.
It’s advantageous since it’s absolutely free and its supply is
infinite. These factors make it beneficial to consumers and good
for Mother Nature because it doesn’t contribute to emission of
greenhouse gasses.

8.  Green Space
Green spaces are locations where plants and animals
are left to flourish. Parks also fall into the category of green spaces.
Green spaces provide people remarkable opportunity to take
pleasure in outdoor recreation.
 Crop Rotation
Crop rotation is the practice of planting different crops in
the same farm to enhance soil fertility and assist control diseases
and insects. Crop rotation is beneficial in many ways; most
importantly, it’s chemical free.

9. The 3 Pillars of Sustainability

10.  The three pillars of sustainability are a powerful tool
for defining the complete sustainability problem. This
consists of at least the economic, social, and environmental
pillars. If any one pillar is weak then the system as a whole
is unsustainable.

11. Environmental Sustainability
 In a truly sustainable environment, an ecosystem would
maintain populations, biodiversity, and overall functionality over
an extended period of time.
 The utmost importance is the proper management of natural
resources.
 Unnecessary disturbances to the environment should be
avoided whenever possible.

12. Economic Sustainability
 Economic sustainability involves creating economic value out of
whatever project or decision you are undertaking.
 Economic sustainability means that decisions are made in the
most equitable and fiscally sound way possible while considering
the other aspects of sustainability.
 There are several key ideas that make up economic
sustainability.

13.  Strong financial support for universities, education programs,
and research & development is an important part of economic
sustainability as well.
 An emphasis should also be placed on other areas such as
reducing unnecessary spending.

14. Social Sustainability
 Social sustainability is based on the concept that a decision or
project promotes the betterment of society. In general, future
generations should have the same or greater quality of life
benefits as the current generation do.
 This concept also encompasses many things such as human rights,
environmental law, and public involvement & participation.
 The social aspect of sustainability focuses on balancing the
needs of the individual with the needs of the group.

15.  One great example of social sustainability is the passing of the
Clean Water Act in 1972 (and amendments in 1977) and the
Safe Drinking Water Act in 1974. Overall, these sets of laws
were great pieces of legislation that set minimum water quality
standards for both surface and drinking water.

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