ANUJ KUMAR BAL CLASS- B.Ed ROLL NO- 04 SESSION-2013-14

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT

CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT sustainable development is the society’s development that creates the possibility for achieving overall wellbeing for the present and the future generations through combining environmental, economic, and social aims of the society without exceeding the allowable limits of the effect on the environment.

WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT The definition provided in Brundtland commission’s report “Our Common Future” (1987), which discloses the idea of sustainable development best. It postulates that sustainable development is the kind of development, which satisfies the current needs without endangering the future

The definition presented in the report of the Brundtland commission contains two essential concepts: 1)The concept of needs,especially the needs of the world’s poor, which should be given priority; 2) The idea of limitations arising from the effect of technologies and social structures on the ability of the environment to satisfy present and future needs.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Environmental sustainability is the process of making sure current processes of interaction with the environment are pursued with the idea of keeping the environment as pristine as naturally possible based on ideal-seeking behavior Thus, environmental sustainability demands that society designs activities to meet human needs while indefinitely preserving the life support systems of the planet. This, for example, entails using water sustainably, only utilizing renewable energy, and sustainable material supplies (e.g. harvesting wood from forests at a rate that maintains the biomass and biodiversity).

An "unsustainable situation" occurs when natural capital (the sum total of nature's resources) is used up faster than it can be reestablished. Sustainability requires that, human activity only uses nature's resources at a rate at which they can be reestablished naturally. Inherently the concept of sustainable development is intertwined with the concept of carrying capacity. Theoretically, the long-term result of environmental degradation is the inability to sustain human life. Such degradation on a global scale should imply extinction for humanity.

Consumption of renewable resources State of environment Sustainability More than nature's ability to replenish Environmental degradation Not sustainable Equal to nature's ability to replenish Environmental equilibrium Steady state economy Less than nature's ability to replenish Environmental renewal Environmentally sustainable

Scheme of sustainable development: at the confluence of three constituent parts

CONCLUTION one may conclude that the sustainable development concept in both the Brundtland commission’s report and its definition presented in the Brundtland commission’s report merges two urgent goals: a) to ensure appropriate, secure, wealth life for all people- its is the goal of development, b) to live and labour in accordance with bio-physical limits of the environment – it is the goal of sustainability. These goals might seem contradictory but, despite that, they have to be achieved in unison. On the other hand, development, which is frequently understood as a synonym to progress, has become more acceptable, since it was associated with “natural” limitations that were clearly identified in the concept of sustainability.

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