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Sustainability is an ambiguous concept starting with the basic definition of sustainable development invented by Gro Harlem Bruntland in 1987 in the document "Our common future". According to this document sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future generations to meet their needs. This definition is very anthropocentric therefore I prefer definitions which contain also environmental aspect. | Sustainability is an ambiguous concept starting with the basic definition of sustainable development invented by Gro Harlem Bruntland in 1987 in the document "Our common future". According to this document sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future generations to meet their needs. This definition is very anthropocentric therefore I prefer definitions which contain also environmental aspect. | ||
In my view all the aspects | In my view all the aspects need to be harmonised. Development should be socially equitable, economically viable and environmentally friendly. Fundamental changes are necessary in order to prevent human race from 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 enormous amount of waste and pollution therefore overload ecosystem services. | ||
Humans need to learn how to live within the Earth`s carrying capacity. The best way how to do that is to let us be inspired by nature. The most perfect and sustainable technologies we try to invent already exist! In addition to technological aspects we also need to change our values and lifestyle from consumer culture to non-materialistic one. | Humans need to learn how to live within the Earth`s carrying capacity. The best way how to do that is to let us be inspired by nature. The most perfect and sustainable technologies we try to invent already exist! In addition to technological aspects we also need to change our values and lifestyle from consumer culture to non-materialistic one. | ||
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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 sustainability. However, it may be painful process and many people and corporations will fight against the transition... | 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 sustainability. However, it may be painful process and many people and corporations will fight against the transition... | ||
== Day 1 Sunday== | |||
"What a beautiful day!" This was the first day of sustainability field trip to Luneburg in Germany. Very diverse mix of non-Prague students from different universities across the Czech Republic led by Andrew and Dana from Environmental Center of the Charles University decided to visit our friendly neighbors to get inspired by their best practices regarding sustainable development. The goal of the field trip was to educate future "leaders" of the Czech Republic | |||