SUSTAINABILITY

What is SUSTAINABILITY?

The word sustainability is derived from the Latin sustinere  (tenere : to hold sus : up).

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Sustainability is the capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social.

Definisi SUSTAINABILITY

›Sustainability/keberlanjutan/keberterusanan/mampan ialah keupayaan bertahan lama dan secara berterusan dalam jangka masa yang panjang yang  merangkumi alam sekitar, ekonomi , dan sosial. Tiga perkara tersebut memainkan peranan penting untuk menjadikan sesuatu itu sustainable.

What does sustainable mean?

›Sustainability means living within the resources of the planet without damaging the environment now or in the future.

›Sustainability means living a life of dignity in harmony with nature.

›Sustainability means creating an economic system that provides for quality of life while renewing the environment and its resources.

›A sustainable community is one that resembles a living system where all of the resources (human, natural and economic) are renewed and in balance for perpetuity.

›Sustainability is creating a world where everyone can have fulfilling lives and enjoy a rich level of well-being within the limits of what nature can provide.

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›Sustainability means taking the long-term view of how our actions effect future generations and making sure we don't deplete resources or cause pollution at rates faster than the earth is able to renew them.

›Some of the many uses of the word sustainable include: Sustainable Business, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Living, Sustainable Community.

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Sustainability?

› In ecology, sustainability describes how biological systems remain diverse and productive over time, a necessary precondition for human well-being. Long-lived and healthy wetlands and forests are examples of sustainable biological systems.

›Sustainability could be defined as an ability or capacity of something to be maintained or to sustain itself. It’s about taking what we need to live now, without jeopardising the potential for people in the future to meet their needs.

›If an activity is said to be sustainable, it should be able to continue forever.

Living sustainably is about living within the means of our natural systems (environment) and ensuring that our lifestyle doesn’t harm other people (society and culture). It’s a big idea to get your head around, for all of us.

Why should we be concerned about Sustainability?

›Production of sustenance for large populations is increasingly difficult because of climate change and increased levels of pollution. While the use of fossil fuels for energy, transport, and manufacturing has made it possible to support large increases in the world’s population it has also worsened environmental conditions.

›Our activities and practices today are causing widespread extinction of a wide variety of species. The biosphere of the Earth is being destroyed at a steadily increasing rate. The rate of consumption today is exceeding the Earth’s carrying capacity. 

RECYCLE, REUSE, REDUCE

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Sustainable development, sustainable growth, and sustainable use have been used interchangeably, as if their meanings were the same but They are not same actually. 

›Sustainable growth is a contradiction in terms: nothing physical can grow indefinitely.
›Sustainable use, is only applicable to renewable resources.
›Sustainable development is used in this strategy to mean: improving the quality of human life whilst living within the carrying capacity of the ecosystems.

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