Sustainability now and then Introduction ���������� Millennia ago, human beings settled down their communities subsisting their life with sufficient acquisitions� merely to sustain lives. Mother nature seems to be the cornucopia vault whose subsidize will be indefinite for those tiny lives. In reality, things do not happen that way. Values of life change. Simply sustainability does not adequate and "sufficiency" means more than enough.� People perceive � |
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standards of life in a significantly different manner; ones may consent with just a meal tonight �while ones feel upset that the lobsters may not fancy enough for his party. Humans harvest on environment to ensure their own "sufficiency". and many times we cross the line where nature needs to maintain its own sufficiency also. Depletion occurred thus chances of equity subsided. When resources are not distributed properly, who is to be blamed ?� Were Ethiopians wrong that settled down in their land ? Do people in developed countries have to responsible for other poor countries' well-being just because they were born in the societies that have better quality of life ? All men are not created equal in terms of opportunity, and natural assets are not indefinitely suppliable. However, attempts were made to neutralize differences, allocation all world population resources opportunity with the most similar standard for both current generations and our posterity, and that was how Sustainable Development derived. Mentioned in this review are some major threats to world citizen's sustainability which once we can define exactly the priority and severity, the effective approaches is soon to come. |
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