The document discusses the history and definition of sustainable development. It began with Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring" in the 1960s, which sparked the environmental movement. In the 1980s, the Brundtland Commission was formed by the UN to define sustainable development. Their 1987 report introduced the now widely used definition as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." This definition balances environmental, economic, and social issues.

1. Sustainable Development
An introduction

2. A book started it all
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3. In the sixties
• Rachel Carson: ”Silent Spring”
• The book started an environmental movement
• For example was the non governmental
organisation Greenpeace founded in 1971.
• Scientists found that environmental problems
were due to man's way of life.
• What to do about it?

4. In the seventies
• Scores: www.sverigesradio.se Scourse: Plyhm.se
• Some young people wanted to live in harmony
with nature and mowed out from the cities.

5. The Brundtland Commission
• After a UN-conference in 1983 the Norwegian
Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland got the
mission to find out a definition that should be
the official environmental aim for the whole
world.
• The definition was to be as clear as possible,
but not so clear that the UN-member states
would not want to plan their politics after it.

6. A new definition
• In 1987 Mrs. Brundtland presented a report
named “Our Common Future”.
• It had a definition of ”sustainable
development” that included both
environmental, economical and social issues.
• Link to the original report:
• http://www.un-documents.net/ocf-02.htm#I

7. Source: http://ekstranett.innovasjonnorge.no/Felles_fs/ Source: thwink.org
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8. Three aspects of
Sustainable development
Socurece:
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9. The definition…
Sustainable Development
"Development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own
needs".
The three dimensions of sustainable development - economic, social
and environmental - are to be in harmony and mutually reinforcing.
At the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg
in 2002, the concept of sustainable development was recognised as an
overarching principle in the activities of the United Nations. This makes
it possible to continue to promote sustainability as a broad and holistic
development agenda.
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