SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Introduction

GREEN ECONOMY
“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we
were at when we created them”
Albert Einstein
“When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and other build windmills”
Wisdom word
According to the World Commission on Environment and
Development, the definition of Sustainable development is
“development that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future generations to
meet their own needs” (1987).

Definition to Sustainable
development
 • Water

Topics of • Waste management

• Green space
sustainable • Community space
development • Food
• Urbanism
Water
• Drilled wells
• Dug wells, driven well
• Rainwater harvesting (Monsoon)
• Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
• Use of landfill to power sewage treatment plant
• Composting (decayed organic material used as a
fertilizer for growing plants)

Waste management
• Community green space supports
Walkable urbanism
- Pedestrian and bike friendly
- Safer for children

Outdoor space
Home design

• Green roofs
• Solar panels in yard or on roof
• Facing north and south to catch southeast
breeze
• Trees placed on the east and west sides of
the house
Mixture of native deciduous and evergreen
trees
 Sustainable building
materials

• Salvaged wood
• Local materials
• Sustainable insulation
• Double-panes windows
 Energy star appliances

Repurchased hardwood floors and cabinetry

Low-flow faucets and toilets

Interior Compact fluorescent light bulbs

products Low/No VOC paint

Countertops made of recycled materials: glass, aluminum,

paper, etc.
Recycled carpet or carpet made of natural fibers.
Sustainable energy
forms
• Wind energy
• Solar energy
• Hydroelectric power
• Biomass energy
• Geothermal energy
• Hydrogen energy
 UN Conference on UNESCO in
the human cooperation with
environment, UNEP held a Our Common Future
Stockholm conference, Tbilisi. (Brundtland)
History of
sustainable 1972 1975 1977 1980 1987 1992
development
concept UNESCO sponsored World Conservation Rio Earth Summit,
conference, Strategy Agenda 21: global,
Belgrade national, local
 UN decade for
The report, education for
Education for UK Strategy; sustainable
sustainability updated 2005 development

History of
sustainable 1996 2002 2012

development 1994 1999 2005–2014

concept Johannesburg
Sustainability The living planet
indicators World Summit on report
Sustainable
Development
 Term sustainable development was popularized by
the World Commission on Environment and
Development in its 1987 report entitled Our
Common Future

Brundtland OBJECTIVES

report • To re-examine the critical environment and development issues

and to formulate realistic proposals for dealing with them.
• To propose new forms of international co-operation on these
issues that will influence policies and events in the direction of
needed changes.
• To raise the levels of understanding and commitment to action of
individuals, voluntary organizations, businesses, institutes, and
governments.
 Population and human resource

Industry

Food security

Species and ecosystems

Key issues The urban challenge

Managing the commons

Energy

Conflict and environmental degradation

 Environmental concerns:
• Globalization and green-house
effect
Why • Acid rain
sustainable • Desertification
• Ozone layer deletion
development?
• Pollution causes
• Technology in warfare the use of
chemicals and micro organisms
• Species extinction
 Environmental concerns:
• Resources are fixed
• Drastic increase in global population and
Why increasing human needs
• Helpful in invention alternative resources
sustainable • Promoting reuse and recycle of resources
development? • Reduce dependence on non-renewable
resources
• Social equity
• Balance our economic, environmental and
social needs
Dimensions:
Sustainability
pillars
Dimensions:
Sustainability
pillars
Sustainable development is the journey
towards Sustainability

Global society Towards sustainable

(Unsustainable) society

Basic needs and life quality

Inequality, poverty, provided; tolerable
decreasing life quality inequality; living within the
Earth`s limit
 Organizing principles for human
life on the planet

Sustainable
development
Utilize resource optimally and
is the journey rationally
towards
Sustainability
Sustainability is goal of
sustainable development
 Healthy
and
productive
life in
harmony
with nature

Sustainable
development
is the journey
towards
Sustainability
 Sustainable
development
is the
journey
towards
Sustainability
 • Social goals
Sustains institutions, improves justice and
encourage participation

What makes • Economics goals

sustainable Ensures basic needs, equity and
employment opportunities
development?
• Environmental goals
Maintains genetic diversity which maximizes
productivity and renewal
Sustainable
society
 • Consumption
Use of resources beyond the reasonable limits set by
nature

Approaches
to • Production
Sustainability Gross influences in production

• Distribution
Inequitable distribution
Global sustainability
• Sustain economic growth
• Maximize profit
• Expand markets
• Externalize costs
Socialism

• Respect carrying capacity

• Satisfy needs • Conserve and recycle resources
• Increase self-reliance • Reduce waste
 Global
sustainability
 Global
sustainability
 Principles of holistic approach

Principle of intra-generational and inter-generational solidarity

Principle of social justice

Principle of integration

Principles Principle of utilization local resources

Principle of public participation

Principle of social responsibility

Principle of precaution and prevention

 Integration of environmental and economic decisions

Support responsible development that promotes efficiency and enhances the quality of life

Protect the environment

Stewardship

Shared responsibility

Principles Prevention, conservation, waste minimization, enhancement, rehabilitation and reclamation

Science-technological innovation

Global responsibility

Public participation

Education for all

Transformation and change

 • Cyclical material use
Emulate natural cycles; 3R approach
• Safe reliable energy
SOLUTIONS Conservation, renewable energy,
substitution, interim measures
to • Life-based interests
sustainability Health, creativity, communication,
coordination, appreciation, learning,
intellectual and spiritual development
• Technology
 • A journey towards sustainable development
will not accomplished overnight
• End-point not definable
CONCLUSION • Each county has different goals, based on
economic, circumstances, population size,
stage of development, resource endowment
and etc.
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