Topic: The politics of Sustainable Development Dozen of years after the second millennium‚ people are witnessing a world with a high level of complexities‚ trans-boundary issues at a level of dysfunction that seem not to cease. Today‚ humankind is said to have a tendency to produce what they do not necessarily consume‚ and consume what they do not produce; as well as produce far more information than the capacity of any individuals to absorb (Mebratu 1998‚ UNEP 2012). The urges for changes throughout
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on how to cope with the situations. Many proposals and agendas were made for attaining sustainable development globally but it didn’t attain its success for it has been focused on political agenda and education was not reflected in the strategies on achieving sustainable development. It was in 1992 Earth Summit that they found out that education itself among citizens were lacking for the success of sustainable development. Education was the missing link and the Philippine Agenda 21 (PA 21) is the
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aware and being green. To grow into the future‚ businesses need to apply eco-efficient practices to produce better outputs. Everything a business does in relation to its products‚ services‚ people‚ and the community around it‚ should contribute a sustainable future. To be successful in the long-term‚ leaders must look beyond what they are doing today and consider what they will be doing in the near future and in the far future. This is an ever-changing world. This means they need to implement ethical
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Debate Achieving sustainable development in Jamaica is unattainable given the present cultural norms of the country. A recent study conducted by the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) defines sustainable development as “a process of change in which the exploitation of resources‚ the direction of investments‚ the orientation of technological development and institutional change are made consistent with the future as well as present needs of a nation.” Sustainable development requires
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Abstract This assignment seeks to consider the facts‚ challenges‚ dimensions and strategies on how education can play a pivotal role in sustainable economic development. It considers three different perspectives of dimensions as researched globally and now applicable in the South African context. It also discusses the concepts of how education can be applicable and of great assistance for self-reliance to address the skills shortage and job creation challenges in South Africa. It further discusses
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Cities of the Future Presented To: John Gillies Presented by: Devon Francis English Essay Wednesday‚ October 8‚ 2013 The arrival of the cities of the future and what it has to offer such as technology and many other things evolves as everybody awaits to see what the city has to offer and what changes and improvements the city will have also. Many people have these types of question stuck in their heads and wonder: “Could the changes and improvements
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ABSTRACT KEYWORDS: Sustainable Development‚ Oil Industry‚ Common Good‚ Tension‚ Harmonization‚ Oikonomy Moments of crisis can represent an opportunity‚ given that fact that they allow for the cleansing of ideas and behavior‚ through a process of discernment‚ becoming a primordial opportunity to implement the so called Sustainable Development. The moments of tension may arise in different configurations; in fact‚ tension is everywhere and its part of the human condition. Only a correct judgment
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water‚ energy and the environment. The World Bank‚ for example‚ uses the discourse of ‘financial‚ physical‚ human‚ social and natural capital’ in its conceptualization of sustainable development. The Brundtland Commission report on ‘Our Common Future’ (WCED‚ 1987) focuses on institutional imperatives in addressing sustainable development issues‚ including political‚ economic‚ social and administrative systems. The Brundtland Report explicitly addresses the matter of production and technological
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environmentally sustainable city through re-creating landscape with abandoned industrial structures. The problem of abandoned structures contributing to a large amount of construction waste has long been recognized; it becomes an environmental threat and severely affects the sustainability of a city. However‚ the conventional urban planning system does not account for this problem‚ this will result in an endless negative loop of environmental pollution and resource depletion. A new sustainable approach
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information modeling for sustainable design and LEED® rating analysis Salman Azhar a‚⁎‚ Wade A. Carlton a‚ Darren Olsen a‚ Irtishad Ahmad b a b McWhorter School of Building Science‚ Auburn University‚ Auburn‚ AL‚ USA Department of Construction Management‚ Florida International University‚ Miami‚ FL‚ USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Today‚ there is a high level of demand for sustainable buildings. The most important decisions regarding a building ’s sustainable features are made during
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