Students:Kateřina Racková: Difference between revisions

In my view all the aspects needto be harmonbised. Development should be socially equitable, economically viable and environmentally friendly. Fundamental changes are necessary in order to prevent human race extinction as our current development is definitelly not sustainable. Both renewable and non-renewable exhaustible resources are being depleted, our industry and agriculture consume more energy than they produce and together with households they produce enourmous amount of waste and pollution therefore overload ecosystem services.  

Humans need to learn how to live within the Eraths carrying capacity. The best way how to do that is to let us be inspired by nature. The most perfect and sustainable technollogies we try to invent already exist! In addition to technological aspects we alsoí need to change our values and lifestyle from consumer culture to non-materialistic one.

Personally I at least try to recycle, save energy, buy ecologically produced food and use thigs until they break. I am always happy top learn about new sustainable iniciatives therefore I am looking forward to our sustainability field trip to Germany where I hope I can get further inspiration for my efforts to live sustainably.

The best solution is to combine this bottom-up approach with top-down approach. WHat the world needs most in the present is political will, posibilly widely respected international organisation or a charismatic leader who will desighn and guide us through transition from consumer capitalistic system to sustainabiliy. However, it may be painful process and many people and corporations will fight against the transition...