Collection: What is the Sustainability?
Sustainability:
Sustainability is like an effort and real practice for maintaining and protecting the world, planet, environment, animal and human from the process of unlimited productions By changing or shifting the resources for higher-value resources but without destroying or endangering natural ecosystems either compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
It needs to understand the relationship between economic growth and development and environmental degradation also, an additional attention from present generations' responsibility to regenerate, maintain and improve environmental resources for use by future generations
Sustainable living:
Sustainable living is a way of being a better, responsible person for past and future generations, environment, people , our own and mother nature.
We will learn in this procedure, how we can live with less damage and more benefit for our planet and environment.
Everyone has the right to live, grow and meet the needs BUT, those rights should not prevent the others Human, animals, plants and next generation to live and meet their needs.
The sustainability challenges related to climate change and environmental degradation, get our attention to the idea that the individual choices don’t make the difference, but the individual choices like what we are doing in daily living, do make a big difference.
Our individual choices or acts are valuable for our Home and family, our Community,and all people, for having a stronger movement with the goals of reducing human impact on the environment. So that's why sustainable living is important.
Sustainable lifestyle:
It says that our lifestyle should not disrupt the future and the possibility of life for other human, animals and plants.
we have several different sustainable lifestyle:
Minimalist: less is more, they believe to simple side of everything like doing Don't waste food, Eat less meat, Recycle and reuse, Grow your own produce, Donate unused items, Buy fair trade products, Wear sustainable clothing, Use Eco-friendly cleaning products
No-Waste/Low-Waste: less impact of the waste to the earth like doing Go paperless, Don't waste food, Use reusable alternatives, Recycle and reuse, Wear sustainable clothing
Footprint: less footprint to environment; like Carbon Foot Print, Water foot Print like doing Save water, Drive less, Save energy or Use renewable energy, Buy fair trade products, Use Eco-friendly cleaning products
To reach a sustainable lifestyle, the best way is to think before doing anything, think for best action on each step of the life. We should consciously decide and correct our own worldview to live with wisdom.
Everyone who tries to improve the wisdom and conscience which are the most important in our life, they reach a sustainable lifestyle. Sometimes, it is a decision between the good and better or bad and the worst, so wisdom and conscience will help us in this case.
In this lifestyle, the earth, environment and keeping safe and maintenance of mother nature, are important values. This is a win-win path to save the value of keeping the world calm and strong against the things which threaten the planet.
Sustainable development:
Sustainable development comes from the ideas about sustainable forest management which were developed in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries in response to growing awareness and improving the knowledge of the decreasing of timber resources
it is to meet your current needs without stopping or affecting the others’ quality of life specially next generation and Disrupting needs.
It is all about the well being of everyone, environmentally responsible, equal opportunities, social cohesion and energy savings!
There are 3 pillars of sustainable development: economic growth, environmental stewardship, and social inclusion. Those are concerning the three primary goals of sustainable development which are less use of natural resources, reducing or zero harm to the environment, more environmentally friendly methods.
There are 4 levels/factors of sustainability:
world level: it is included with general goals and plans to implement sustainable development all around the world.
it needs the world and each country's commitment in the way in front.like UN SDG with 17 goals to be reached by 2030.
national level: it is for a country and for the compatriot and country man.
position level: It works for small group of people like colleague, friends, family. like doing compost in the family.
individual level: running a sustainable lifestyle is based on this level. It starts with improving the knowledge and wisdom of one and changing the worldview and encouraging the one to be a better one!
Sustainable Development Goals:
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were born in 2012 at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to set of universal goals that meet all environmental, political and economic challenges facing our world.
Before it, we had Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which started a global effort in 2000 for tackling extreme poverty and hunger, preventing deadly diseases, and expanding primary education to all children, among other development priorities.
The SDGs are also an urgent action to push the world onto a more sustainable path.
More importantly, SDGS need everybody to take the own responsibility to build a more sustainable, safer, more prosperous planet for all humanity, improve life for future generations, international commitment to end poverty, permanently, everywhere
GOAL 1: No Poverty
SDG 1 is to: "End poverty in all its forms everywhere".[11] Achieving SDG 1 would end extreme poverty globally by 2030.
GOAL 2: Zero Hunger
SDG 2 is to: "End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture".[19]
GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being
SDG 3 is to: "Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages".[23]
GOAL 4: Quality Education
SDG 4 is to: "Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all".[25]
GOAL 5: Gender Equality
SDG 5 is to: "Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls".[28]
GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 6 is to: "Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all".[31]
GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 7 is to: "Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all".[34]
GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 8 is to: "Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all".[38]
GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
SDG 9 is to: "Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation".[42]
GOAL 10: Reduced Inequality
SDG 10 is to: "Reduce income inequality within and among countries".[45]
GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 11 is to: "Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable".[48]
GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 12 is to: "Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns".[51]
GOAL 13: Climate Action
SDG 13 is to: "Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts by regulating emissions and promoting developments in renewable energy".[54]
GOAL 14: Life Below Water
SDG 14 is to: "Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development".[59]
GOAL 15: Life on Land
SDG 15 is to: "Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss".[65]
GOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
SDG 16 is to: "Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels".[69]
GOAL 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal
SDG 17 is to: "Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development".[73]
One of the main ones is what is behind the products, from the materials, farmers, and laborers to the end production procedure. when we are committed to the SDGs in our individual lifestyle, the market, society, and then the government will follow us because this is each of us who can change the world meaningfully together!
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