The document discusses sustainable development and its key principles. It defines sustainable development as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. It also discusses balancing social, economic, and environmental dimensions. If solutions consider all three dimensions, that is considered sustainable.

1. The word - sustainable
The words –
sustainable development

2. Sustainable Development
Brundtland Commission stated the goal of sustainable development is to enable all people throughout the world
to satisfy their basic needs and enjoy a better quality of life, without compromising the quality of life of future
generations.

3. Limited Resources
If everyone had the same standard of living as people in North America or Europe, we
would need the resources of three planet earths.
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4. What are our basic needs?
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5. What are our basic needs?
Food Water Shelter
Power Waste Treatment Medical Care
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6. Three Dimensions
Social
Sustainable development is the balancing of social,
economic and environmental dimensions.
Environmental Economic
People Planet Profits
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7. Being Sustainable
Most issues are combinations of
social, environmental and economic.
If you create a solution that
considers all three, then you are
being sustainable and have
achieved a win-win-win.
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Social
Economic
Environmental
Sustainable
Equitable
Bearable
Viable

8. "Development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own
needs." Bruntland Report for the World Commission on
Environment and Development (1992)

9. "A process of change in which the exploitation of resources, the
direction of investments, the orientation of technological
development and institutional change are all in harmony and
enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs
and aspirations"

10. "The environment must be protected… to preserve essential
ecosystem functions and to provide for the wellbeing of future
generations; environmental and economic policy must be
integrated; the goal of policy should be an improvement in the
overall quality of life, not just income growth; poverty must be
ended and resources distributed more equally; and all sections of
society must be involved in decision making".

11. "Sustainable development is a dynamic process which enables
people to realise their potential and improve their quality of life
in ways which simultaneously protect and enhance the earth's
life support systems" (Forum for the Future)

12. "A sustainable future is one in which a healthy environment,
economic prosperity and social justice are pursued
simultaneously to ensure the well-being and quality of life of
present and future generations. Education is crucial to attaining
that future."

13. "We cannot just add sustainable development to our current list
of things to do but must learn to integrate the concepts into
everything that we do."

14. "In essence sustainable development is about five key principles:
quality of life; fairness and equity; participation and partnership;
care for our environment and respect for ecological constraints -
recognising there are 'environmental limits'; and thought for the
future and the precautionary principle".