SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT
FLOWER RANGERS

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1. Definition of Sustainable Development

2. Dimensions
Environmental
Human
Economic
Technological
3. Goals
4. Guidelines
5. Examples
Wind energy
Solar energy
Crop rotation
Sustainable construction
Efficient water fixtures
Green space
Sustainable forestry
Sustainable fishing practices

Problems like critical environmental threats and

widespread, persistent poverty can trigger
adverse effects that will diminish the prospects for
humanity.
The concept of sustainable development serves
as a way to respond to these threats.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
is a process that meets the needs of the present without compromising
the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Its goal is to
improve the well-being of individuals through the means of resource
conservation and resource management.

FOUR DIMENSIONS

Environmental
Human
Economic
Technological

Each of these dimensions have their own set of goals, but there
must be a simultaneous progress in all four in order for us to have
sustainable development. They are interdependent, which means
actions of one area can reinforce the goals of another.

EXAMPLE:

SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

It cannot destroy of natural resources or neglect environmental constraints

It cannot succeed without the parallel development of social resources
It will require transformation of the existing industrial base and the
development and diffusion of more Earth-friendly technologies
It must consider the needs of all species and their rights to enjoy the same
quality of life and share of resources
It must support fairness between all people so everyone can enjoy the same
standard of living and the same level of access to resources and quality of life
It must consider the needs of future generations

THE THREE PILLARS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

(named at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002)

Society

Understanding of
social institutions
and their role in
change and
development.

Economy

Sensitivity to limits
and potential of
economic growth
and its impact on
society and on the
environment.

Environment

Awareness of the
fragility of the physical
environment and the
affects on it of human
activity and decisions.

However, politics and culture are also a key dimension of sustainable development.

GOALS
FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

GOALS
1. Thriving lives and livelihoods

End poverty and improve well-being through access to

education, employment and information, better health and
housing, and reduced inequality while moving towards
sustainable consumption and production.

2. Sustainable food security

End hunger and achieve long-term food security

including better nutrition through sustainable systems of
production, distribution and consumption.

3. Sustainable water security

Achieve universal access to clean water and basic

sanitation, and ensure efficient allocation through integrated
water resource management.

GOALS
4. Universal clean energy

Improve universal, affordable access to clean energy that

minimizes local pollution and health impacts and mitigates
global warming.

5. Healthy and productive ecosystems

Sustain biodiversity and ecosystem services through better

management, measurement, conservation and restoration.

6. Governance for sustainable societies

Transform governance and institutions at all levels to

address the other five sustainable development goals.

GUIDELINES
FOR WORKING WITH THE EARTH ALONGSIDE THE
CONCEPTS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

 Leave the earth as in good as or better shape

than we found it.
Take no more than we need.
Try not to harm life, air, water, or soil.
Sustain the variety of earths life forms and the
places where they live.
Help maintain the earths capacity for self-repair
and adaptation.

 Do not use renewable resources faster than they

are replenished.
Do not waste resources.
Do not release pollutants into the environment
faster than the earths natural processes can dilute
or recycle them.
Emphasize pollution prevention and waste
reduction.

 Slow the rate of population growth by decreasing

birth rate.
Have the market prices of all goods and services
include all of their harmful environmental cost and
thus tell the ecological truth.
Reduce poverty.

More Sustainable Agriculture

INCREASE

DECREASE

High yield polyculture

Soil erosion

Organic fertilizers

Soil salinization

Biological pest control

Aquifer depletion

Integrated pest management

Overgrazing

Irrigation efficiency

Overfishing

Perennial crops

Loss of biodiversity

Crop rotation

Loss of prime cropland

Use of more water efficient crops

Food waste

Subsidies for more sustainable

farming and fishing

Population growth and poverty

Methods for Reducing Water Waste

IRRIGATION

INDUSTRIES, HOMES,
BUSINESSES

Lining canals bringing water to

irrigation ditches

Redesign manufacturing
processes

Irrigating at night

Landscape yards with plants that

require little water

Polyculture

Fix water leaks

Organic farming

Require water conservation in

water-short cities

Growing water efficient crops

Use water saving toilets

Irrigating with treated urban

waste water

Collect and reuse household

water to irrigate lawns and nonedible plants

Use drip irrigation

Purify and reuse water for houses,

apartments, and office buildings

SOME

EXAMPLES
OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Wind Energy
Harnessing wind energy to
provide power for homes,
offices, and other buildings or
to pump water is one of the
best examples of sustainable
development.

Solar Energy
Energy from the sun is available
in limitless supply in most areas.
Installing a photovoltaic system
allows energy from the sun to
be harnessed to replace or
supplement grid power without
the need to use up resources
that are not renewable.

Crop Rotation
Rotating crops is a chemical
free way to maximize the
growth potential of gardening
land as well as to diminish the
presence of disease in the soil.
This example of sustainable
development can benefit
home gardeners as well as
commercial farmers.

Sustainable
Construction
Building homes, offices, and
other structures that are
energy efficient and that
incorporate renewable and
recycled resources is a way
to incorporate sustainable
development into residential
and commercial
construction.

Efficient
Water Fixtures
Installing efficient showers,
toilets, and other water using
appliances in existing
structures and new
construction is a way of
making the most of available
resources by conserving
water.

Green Space
Incorporating green spaces
into urban development is
an example of sustainable
development that can
encourage wildlife and
provide opportunities to
enjoy outdoor recreation
even in metropolitan areas.

Sustainable
Forestry
Timber companies that
practice green logging
replace any trees they
harvest by planting new
trees in their place.

Sustainable
Fishing Practices
The commercial fishing
industry can engage in
sustainable practices by
farming fish and other
marine organisms in both
fresh and salt water.

In the Philippines, the main agency working

for sustainable development is the Philippine
Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD).
The agency implemented the Philippine
Agenda 21, which advocates for:
A better quality of life for all through the development of a
just, moral, creative, spiritual, economically vibrant, caring,
diverse yet cohesive society characterized by appropriate
productivity, participatory and democratic
processes and living in harmony within the
limits of the carrying capacity of nature.

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