The document discusses the importance of sustainable development, emphasizing the need for balancing development with environmental conservation to ensure future generations can meet their needs. It outlines problems related to sustainable development, such as food and water scarcity, pollution, and climate change, while also introducing the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Additionally, it highlights the concept of a green economy and the importance of natural resource conservation through the principles of reducing, reusing, and recycling.

1. Employability
Skills
(Weightage 10)
Deep Narayan Singh
PGT (Computer Science), KV Chh

2. Unit 5: Green Skills
• The environment around us affects all aspects of our life;
and all our day-to-day activities also affect the
environment.
• Everything around us forms our environment and our
lives depend on the natural world around us.
• Over the years, with economic development, there has
been an increase in environmental pollution.

3. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Sustainable development is the development that satisfies the
needs of the present without compromising the capacity of
future generations to meet their own needs and guaranteeing
the balance between economic growth, care for the
environment and social well-being.

4. Problems Related to Sustainable
Development
⚫Food: The amount of rich, fertile land needed to grow crops, such as
wheat, rice, etc., is becoming less as we are using up more and more
land for other purposes.
⚫Water: We use fresh water from rivers and ponds for drinking and
cleaning but dump garbage into them. The rivers and ponds are getting
polluted.
⚫Fuel: We are using a lot of wood from trees as fuels and for construction
of homes and furniture. it is affecting the climate of the place. Extreme
weather conditions, such as floods, extreme cold or heat, are seen in
many places, which affect the people living there.

6. Our Role towards Sustainable
Development
United Nations has formed 17 Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) so that countries and nations can work towards finding a
solution to the growing problems in the world.
o Quality Education
o Clean Water and Sanitation
o Affordable and Clean Energy
o Decent Work and Economic Growth
o Reduced Inequalities
o Sustainable Cities and Communities
o Responsible Consumers and Producers
o Protect Life Below Water
o Protect Life on Land

7. NATURAL RESOURCE
⚫Natural Resource - Any natural material that is
used by humans or
⚫Resources that the Earth provides for you
⚫EX: Water, Petroleum, Minerals, Forests
⚫Renewable Resources - can be replaced
⚫Nonrenewable Resources - Once they’re gone,
they’re gone!!

8. NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION
To conserve natural resources, you should
try to use them only when necessary.
3 R’s
⚫Reduce
⚫Reuse
⚫Recycle

9. GREEN ECONOMY - INTRODUCTION
– Cities around the globe are trying to figure out how to grow
green – i.e., how to generate economic activity that preserves
and enhances environmental quality while using natural
resources more efficiently.
– Though the path to reducing human impact on the
environment is clear, we are less sure about how to grow our
economies and benefit society’s least advantaged members at
the same time – in other words, how to link the three E’s
(environment, economy, and equity) of development

10. WHY GREEN ECONOMY?

11. Energy efficiency policies on
some priority areas
1. Building
2. Appliances
3. Transport
4. Lightings
5. Industry

13. “Earth provides enough to satisfy
every man’s need, but not every man’s
greed”
-Mohandas K. Gandhi
Stay Safe. Stay aware. Stay Healthy. Stay Alert

14. Q1. What is sustainable development?
Q2.How many sustainable development goals were formulated by the United Nations?
Q3.Enlist any 2 SDGs which are formulated to address the problems related to water?
Q4.Write about any 2 ways to reduce/reuse/recycle for energy efficiency which can be included for
sustainable development.
Q5. According to the concept of sustainable development, the environment and development are
_________issues.
a) Inseparable b) Separate c) Independent d) None of these
Q6.………………………………. development emphasises on the wise use of resources like minerals,
coal, petroleum, water, insecticides, chemical fertilisers, forest products, etc.
a) Economic b) Environmental c) Social
d) Sustainable
Q7.Choose the option which is not a sustainable development goal according to the United Nations.
a) Clean Water and Sanitation (b) Gender Equality (c) Population (d) Reduced Inequalities
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15. Q1. An economy is called Green economy when it is based on the
principles of ________________________________.
Q2.List down any four factors causing ecological imbalance.
Answer- a. Destruction of forests
b. Industrialization
c. Urbanization
d. Large scale use of pesticides
e. Overgrazing
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