SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT? SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT? Translation: Marita Pasuri, lecturer, Dept. of Natural Resources and the Environment, Lapland Vocational College LAO

DEFINITION DEFINITION globally, regionally and locally sustainable and directed social change, aiming at securing opportunities for good life both for the present and coming generations globally, regionally and locally sustainable and directed social change, aiming at securing opportunities for good life both for the present and coming generations

THREE DIVISIONS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 1. Ecological sustainability 1. Ecological sustainability 2. Economical sustainability 2. Economical sustainability 3. Social and cultural sustainability 3. Social and cultural sustainability

ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY preserving biological diversity and the functioning of the ecosystem preserving biological diversity and the functioning of the ecosystem adapting economical and material human activities to natural load capacity adapting economical and material human activities to natural load capacity

CHALLENGES slowing weather changes slowing weather changes reducing emission - securing biological diversity reducing emission - securing biological diversity changing nature loading production and consuming habits changing nature loading production and consuming habits

sustainable use of natural resources sustainable use of natural resources economical use of unrenewable natural resources and replacing them with renewable natural resources economical use of unrenewable natural resources and replacing them with renewable natural resources recycling recycling

ECONOMICAL SUSTAINABILITY including balanced growth in contents and quality including balanced growth in contents and quality –debtfree state –debtfree state –sensible use of reserves

provided that goods and services can be globally offered, loading nature less, and using natural resources sparingly provided that goods and services can be globally offered, loading nature less, and using natural resources sparingly taking into consideration the environmental and health effects of production and consumption during the whole life-span taking into consideration the environmental and health effects of production and consumption during the whole life-span development of environmental technology and economically preserving technology (form an important factor) development of environmental technology and economically preserving technology (form an important factor)

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY securing the transfer of wellbeing prerequisites from one generation to another securing the transfer of wellbeing prerequisites from one generation to another awareness of culture and the meaning of its behavior patterns for sustainable development awareness of culture and the meaning of its behavior patterns for sustainable development

culture includes among other things culture includes among other things – values – values - national operation models - national operation models –international interaction –international interaction –various environments and every-day-life practises

on the other hand culture gives restrictions, but on the other hand opportunities to promote sustainable development on the other hand culture gives restrictions, but on the other hand opportunities to promote sustainable development

CHALLENGES population growth population growth poverty poverty nutrition and health care nutrition and health care sexual equality sexual equality organizing education organizing education

SOURCES: Kestävä kehitys ja koulutyö. Kehittyvä koulutus 3/1999. Opetushallitus.)