people‚ the word sustainable is an adjective that means the activity the word describes can continue forever. For example‚ since biblical days‚ farmers practiced sustainable agriculture by leaving their fields fallow every seventh year. In early America‚ farmers knew that for agriculture to be sustainable‚ the same crop could not be planted in the same field year after year. Sustainable agriculture has always been practiced by successful farmers. Farmers who didn’t practice sustainable agriculture inevitably
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Science‚ Medicine and Technology What is sustainable development? Sustainable development has been defined in many ways‚ but the most frequently quoted definition is from Our Common Future‚ also known as the Brundtland Report:[1] Sustainable development has various definitions; a well-known definition is that of the Brundtland Report. According to the Brundtland Report‚ "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
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"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains within it two key concepts: 1) the concept of needs‚ in particular the essential needs of the world’s poor‚ to which overriding priority should be given 2) the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organization on the environment’s ability to meet present and future needs." Over the past two decades
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EUT 1072 – Sustainable Development and Management Exam # 1‚ October 19 2009 Professor: Georges A. Tanguay • Exam total points = 100; 19 mandatory questions and one BONUS. • Answer directly on the questionnaire using available space. • Maximum time : 90 minutes Good luck! PART ONE (50 PTS) ANSWER QUESTION 1 OR QUESTION 2 QUESTION 1 (30 pts) We started the course by arguing that the sustainable development concept was first
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Sustainable Development There are many definitions of sustainable development‚ including this landmark one which first appeared in 1987: "Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Sustainable development (SD) is a pattern of growth in which resource use aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present‚ but also for generations to come (sometimes
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Sustainablity Paper Engineering Ethics‚ Sustainable Development and the Law ES 4498F/G Submitted By:Muhammad Musa Khan Submitted to:Dr. Kevin Mcguire The industrial revolution in the 18th and 19th century saw the progress of human kind in manufacturing and energy. The source of this revolution was the discovery of minerals and fossil fuels‚ which the human race started to exploit without thinking of the consequences on the environment. Fossil fuels were burnt for energy and mines were
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Sustainable Development By the year 2200 there will be a lot more people living on this planet then there are now. Estimates range anywhere from 15 to 36 billion people. Where will these people live? How will they live? The answer is sustainable development. Sustainable development‚ "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. " It also‚ "requires meeting the basic needs of all peoples and extending to them the opportunity
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The word ’sustainable’ means maintainable or bearable. Hence sustainable development refers to that development which may be prolonged for a considerable period of time or which may be bearable by the system and the society. It refers to a type of development that meets the needs of the present generation‚ maintains same level of development for a longer period of time‚ conserves the existing resources for the future generation so that same level of development could continue and causes very
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Sustainable what? Sustainable development can be defined in many ways; the one that I prefer to use is that of the Brundtland Commission: "Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."(1) Along those lines‚ many Governments around the world strive to minimize the pollution impact over our most valuable resource‚ the Earth. Additionally‚ lobbyists have spent thousands of hours encouraging legislators to enact laws
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Syed Abd Rashid‚ APPM Department of Social & Development Science Faculty of Human Ecology Universiti Putra Malaysia sharifah@putra.upm.edu.my Introduction to Agenda 21 v The Earth Summit held in Rio De Janerio‚ Brazil was attended by 178 country leaders (including Malaysia) on June 1992. The Earth Summit provides world’s action plan towards sustainable development. This action plan was known as Agenda 21 - an agenda to achieve sustainable development in the 21st century. Agenda 21 is designed
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