Sustainability

Latin word: sus – up tenere – to hold

*Sustainability is holding up human existence.

Sustainable Development is a process

- Institutional Change (IC)
- Direction of Investment (DI)
- Orientation of Technological Development (OTD)
- Exploitation of Earth’s Resources (EER)
“Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations”
- Brundtland Report, 1987

Historical Perspective (4)

Silent Spring, written by Rachel Carson in 1962.
- Rachel - nature author and marine biologist
- Ecological view of nature and complex web of life.
- Exposed hazards of DDT (colorless & tasteless, originally developed as insecticides and
impacts negatively on the environment)
- Set up stage for environmental movement