Essays on Sustainable Development

Introduction In any business activity, the core objective is to make profit. Every individual and business organization always aims at maximizing the profit. This, however, comes with a series of sacrifices and consequences. Have you ever wondered why an individual may have so much money yet he leads a miserable life? Or why a business venture may be quite profitable and yet considered unfit? These questions depict that, in any venture, there is more than meets the eye: more than the profit. With the continued increase in human population, more pressure is put on the scarce resources; and without proper ...

Sustainable development refers to a process whereby the future generations receive as much or even more capital per capita as compared to what the current generation has available (Serageldin 1996a, 1996b). This eco agriculture plan is a practical example of sustainable development plan since it aims at maximizing agricultural production while minimizing environmental harm, and paying attention to conservation of biodiversity. The key goal of this plan is to have farmers maximize their production with minimal waste and pollution, conserve soil, water and wild species while trying to maintain a natural ecosystem using a mix of crops, grasses and trees. (Scherr & McNeely ...

The problems associated with scavenging are so vast that the position of scavengers needs to be reconsidered. As much as the importance of scavengers should not be under-looked, it is true that serious measures need to be taken.

The major role that scavengers perform is, the reduction of the amount of waste, as they collect and sell some of the waste materials thereby encouraging recycling. They also provide the work force that is needed in garbage collection. This acts as the major source of their livelihood. However, when waste is managed in a proper way, there is likelihood of job ...

The world commission on environment defines sustainable development as development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising on the ability of future generations to survive. (OECD, 1987)

Sustainable development emphasizes on the importance of quality of life and ensures that the decisions made by individuals and corporations today, take into consideration the social, economic and environmental issues without negatively impacting on the future generations’ ability to sustains itself. It’s thus built on these three major pillars that must be taken into consideration when developing a long term plan to meet the goals and objectives of sustainable ...

Executive summary

Sustainable development has been defined by the World Commission on Environment as development that meets the needs of a generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. (OECD, 1987)

In this age and era, the world is faced with many challenges including economic crises, global warming, poor health and loss of diversity. Sustainable development is thus employed to reconcile human developments and the earth’s ecological systems. Public policy all over the world and especially in Canada has been centered on sustainable development and environmentally centered decision making. Sustainable development is thus centered on ensuring ...

In the current times the society is facing many problems of different nature. Some of these problems include for instance; homelessness, racism, poverty, educational issues, environmental problems, child abuse, and drug abuse. Environmental and economic issues can be said to be the major problems that the society experiences today. In order to deal with these problems, strategies have to be laid down on how they can be minimized.

One such strategy is sustainable development. According to Baker (2006), many definitions for sustainable development have been put forward. However, it is most commonly defined as the utilization of resources in ...